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Show UTAH LEGISLATURE ADJOURNSJN III JOLONB OBSERVE 8IXTY DAY LIMIT FOR FIRST TIME IN STATE S HISTORY. a. Number of important Bills Passed, 268 Meaaurea Having Been Introduced Intro-duced In Senate and 218 Meaaurea Originating In the House. 8alt Lake City. The tenth legislature legisla-ture of the Etflte of Utah adjourned Thursday, March 13, on the sixtieth lay of the sexslon. This la the first time In the history of Utah that a legislative assembly haa adjourned on time. Tbo laat day of the session was a strenuous ono In both ,houxe. The bouse slaughtered senate Ulls without mercy; nor did It spare its own bllla In the final windup. In the senate tbe toard was clear by one motion to strike out the enacting clause of all the billa appearing thereon. Of the number num-ber that went to dufeat on the seuate calendar only ten were bouse bills and torty-aix were senate bills. Tbe tenth legislature baa presented a complete reversal of form In the position occupied by the two houses. In previous legislatures the senate haa been the one to complete Its business first; this year the house has at all times toot in control of the situation. situa-tion. During the session there were introduced intro-duced In thj senate 2GS bills and about fifteen memorials and resolutions. ILouse members offered 21S bills and a dozen memorials and resolutions. Of tbe numbsr o! bills Introduced approximate! ap-proximate! 100 were passed by both houses and sent to the governor. Of these tbe governor has approved about oue-thlrd, leaving in his hands something some-thing like sixty-five bills. Proposition! for nine constitutional amendments were Introduced, ail of them In the cenate. None carried, so there will be no constitutional changes proposed for tbe acceptance or rejection rejec-tion of the people two years hence. Tbe legislature refused to ratify either the amendment to the federal constitution providing for tbe direct election of United States senators or thst Indors'ng the Income tax The direct elections resolution was killed to the senate and the house killed the ircome tax resolution. Three bills ere Introduced creating a railroad and public utilities commission, commis-sion, one in the senate and two in tjje house. All failed. Hills for employers' em-ployers' liability, of which three were consolidated into one, also failed. Attempts At-tempts were made In both tbe senate and house to pass legislation changing tbe present commission form of government gov-ernment for Salt Lake 'and Ogden. These attempts were defeated. The legislature passed a bill providing provid-ing for pensions for mothers who are obliged to support their children by tiitTr own efforts. Tbe bill has been signed by the governor. The legislature legisla-ture also passed a bill establishing a minimum wage scale for women. A bill which means much to Salt Lake Is the measure providing that aUacent propel ty shall be assessed for tbe cost of paving street intersections. Another bill does away with the present pres-ent board of perk commissioners and gives the city commissioners authority author-ity to. establish parking districts. Fifty thousand dollars was appropriated appro-priated for tbe expositions st Ban Diego and San Francisco in 19 IS. The Congressional apportionment bill was passed, dividing the state Into two congressional con-gressional districts. Under this bill gait Lake, Tooele, Davla and Utah counties, constitute the second district, dis-trict, and tbe remaining counties ot the state are tbe first district Tbe bill providing for the creation of a bank commissioner was passed oy both bouses after a lively contest A bill calling tr -the r7ment of Interest Inter-est by banks ,u r'ulct deposits of public pub-lic funds are wf ras passed by both houses. A new flsk ni game bill was passed. There was parsed also a bill for reorganising re-organising the state board of sheep commissioners, and there were strengthening clauses added to the "pore food" law. A measure which promises to be popular legislation Is the boxing commission com-mission bill. Tbe appropriation bll carries almost 13,000.000. Mnrty-thrte appointments to v rious state departments and state boards were made o to laat leglrU-tive leglrU-tive day by the governor. appointments ap-pointments were received by the senate sen-ate about 9 o'clock Thursday night and rromptly confirmed by unanlnioua vote in open session. Tbe appointments of the governor rake but few changes in tbe personnel cf the governor's official family, as oarly all of them are reappointments. Secretaries Appointed. Washington. In succession to Jobs II. ttarble, confirmed Monday as interstate in-terstate commerce commissioner, the commission appointed George D. Me-3lnty Me-3lnty secretary and Alfred IL HoImea4 aa assistant secretary. |
