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Show ably and passed to third reading; cal- endar; ayes 14, nays 4, absent 2. House Bill No. 14 by Constantine Amending sections 8121 and 8123, Compiled Laws cf Utah, 1917. Received Re-ceived from house and referred to judiciary ju-diciary committee. Senate Bill No. 4 by Peters Color-ado Color-ado river compact. Taken, from special spe-cial order calendar and made special order for Tuesday at 3 o'clock. ' - Senate Bill No. 80, committee notice no-tice of prior sale for taxes on tax notices. no-tices. Passed to third reading calendar; calen-dar; ayes 17, absent 3. House Bill No. 28 by Mor.lcy Teaching of United States constitution. constitu-tion. Received from house and referred re-ferred to committee on education. House Bill No. 2 by Atwood cooperative co-operative marketing bill. Received from house and referred to agriculture committee. House. House Bill No.3 by Hollenbeck Appropriation Ap-propriation for bridge across Lake Fork river in Duchesne county. Un- of the state apply to happenings in the air over the state, no matter what the height. Such legislation was indorsed in-dorsed by the national committee on uniform laws which met in connection with the National Bar Association. Senator Candland introduced into the state senate a measure which, when whipped into conformity with the requirements re-quirements of the joint rules, is expected ex-pected to relieve persons engaged in the business of fattening livestock for the market from the necessity of paying pay-ing a whole year's taxes on animals destined for shipment or slaughter within a few months. Senator W. W. Warnick's bill to postpone the delinquent Hate of taxes was passed almost without debate, hough Buch measures before have had opposition at every turn in the road, j and finally went down to defeat It had been introduced at the request of the Utah county commissioners. The farmers of Utah county and other lounties of late have paid their taxes out of their December 15 beet checks. Senator Dixon said that in his county ASSEMBLYPUTS IN FULL WEEK SECOND WEEK OF UTAH LEGISLATURE LEGIS-LATURE BRINGS ACTION ON . , MANY BILLS With th opening of the second week of the fifteenth legislature, Monday, function began with a perfected or-ganira'don. or-ganira'don. Heretofore the measures that have been introduced in the legislature have averaged more than 500, a large number num-ber of which never got any further than first reading, which carried them to a committee where they were allowed al-lowed to lay1 until near the close of the session, and then the sifting committee commit-tee would side track them and the enacting en-acting clause would be stricken, thus killing the measure. While the usual flood of bills can be poured into the legislative mill at this session, the conservative element ele-ment say that the measures will be held down to the minimum and that biUs will not be allowed to die in committee, com-mittee, but will have to be disposed of within the time set by th rules which compel the reporting of a bill when the committee has had it for fifteen fif-teen days. This, it is believed, will prevent any vicious legislation being enacted. The intention of the leaders in both houses it not to make a record, but to so steer the legislative ship that it will make the voyage across the legislative leg-islative sea in the time which is provided, pro-vided, by law, sixty days, so that there 'ome'42 per cent of the taxes were subjected to the delinquent penalty of 3 per cent, but of these 85 per cent were paid before sale date. The bill passed without opposition to the third "ad'ng calendar. Only ona bill was introduced in the Souse Friday. It is No. 36, and is by Representative Hollenbpck. It Is a substitute measure for his House Bill No. 5, repealing the laws and amendments amend-ments creating and govern'ng the public pub-lic utilities commission. The new bill is more specific than the former. - The cooperative marketing bill No. 2, by Representative Atwood of Utah county, had but one opponent. Forty-seven Forty-seven voted in its favor. Represents- tive Goggin of Salt Lake county was the on'y nr attve voter. Six were ab- favorably recommended by committee. Motion for recommitment made by author. Motion and bill laid on table. House Bill No. 1 by Constantino Favorably reported by committee. KilUd on third reading, 27 to 27; one absent House Bill No. 7 by Hollenbeck Separation of school districts. Unfavorably Un-favorably reported by committee. Killed on third reading, 45 to 7; three absent and not voting. House Bill No. JO by Hollenbeck Empowering school district beards to employ architect. Defeated et third reading, 47 to 7; one absent. House Joint Memorial No. 1 by Dun-yon Dun-yon Memorial to t president, asking commission to stimulate use of silver. Favorably reported by -committee. Passed on third reading, 54 to 0; one sent during the balloting. Two thousand Utah citizens thronged throng-ed the state capitol Friday night in attendance at-tendance upon the reeept'on tendered members of the fifteenth legislature ind the public by Governor Charles R. Mabey. The governor's reception room presented a brilliant scene as state officials, members of the legislature, legis-lature, of the supreme eoiwt and of the jrovernor's staff assembled. Members of the senate and the house rere the first to be received by the state excutive and the first lady of the state. They filed into the reception room from the capitol board room. Following the reception of the legislators, legis-lators, the public was received. The line filed into the reception room fr-jm the main rotunda. Those in the receiving re-ceiving line were Governor and Mrs. Mabey, President T. E. McKay of the senate and Mrs. McKay, and Speaker W. W. Seegmiller of the house. ibsent House Bill No. 14 by Constantino Passed on third reading. 43 ayes, 12 absent and not voting. House Bill No. 18 by Constantine Election of school board members. Unfavorably reported by judiciary committee and killed because of lack of enacting clause. House Bill No. 19 by Constantino Special verdicts and special finiing by juries. Recommended that enacting enact-ing clause be stricken by committee. Bill killed. House Joint Memorial No. 1 by Dun-yon Dun-yon Memorial asking the president to appoint commission to confer with foreign nations relative to use of silver. sil-ver. Motion to reconsider vote and bill recommitted to mines and smelting committee. Senate Bill No. 11 by Candland Reducing fee for filing on mineral leases. Received by house and, reined to public lands committee. will be ho turning back of the clocx when the day of adjournment arrives. The clange in the rules which was made on the motion of Representative Pembroke and which prevents the in-troduetirn in-troduetirn of bills after forty days of the session has passed with unanimous unani-mous consent is expected to expedite business and thus hasten the end of the session. After deciding not to make a trip to the l.tah Agricultural College at Logan the lower house decided to snd a committee of six, and then, af.cr much oratory and debate, the house reconsidered the motion and decided to make the trip on Monday of tha third week. To make up for the lost day, session was held Saturday, giving giv-ing six full days for the week's business bus-iness instead of the usual five. The Invitation to visit the college includes not only the members, but also ths officers and employes cf the house, and is at the expense of the Chamber or Commerce of Logan. Attack against the public utilities commission found expression in thy Senate in a resolution to the governor signed by pub!ic officials and business men of St. George and Washington eounty. Attorney General (.luff has several amendments which he says are needed to strengthen the present laws, and will make their appearance sion in one of ths chambers. Interesting and Instructivs talks were given the Senate Committee by Dr. John A. Widstoe and R. E. Caldwell, Cald-well, state engineer, on the Colorado River compact, which was precned as S. B. No. 4. Dr. Widstoe, who was in attendance at most sessions of the commission which drew the compact, urged thut Utah hs the first of the even basin states to express her ratification rat-ification of the compact Political spoils in either the legislative, legis-lative, judicial or executive b-anch of ths state government through nepotism nepot-ism would be prohibited nn;'er a bill introduced in the house of representatives representa-tives by J. E. Openahaw of S:i!t Lake ss II. B. No. 27. Under the bill people holding public pub-lic office who appomt or vote for the ACTION ON BILLS Sen it e. Senate Bill No. 1 by Tebbs Appropriation Appro-priation of $15,000 for legislative expenditures. ex-penditures. Signed by the governor. Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 1 by Candland Messenger for governor. Signed by the governo-. Senate Bill No. 3 by Jandland Corporations Cor-porations not for pecuniary profit. Referred to committee on agriculture. , Senate Joint Memorial No. 2, Jenkins Jen-kins Asking congress to assist the silver mln!ng industry. To committee commit-tee on commerce and Industry. Senate Bill No. 17 by Pixon Additional Addi-tional judge In Fourth district. To judiciary committee. j Senate Bill Nj. 13 by Tebbs Depositories Depos-itories of public funds. To commit-, tee on public affairs. j Senale Bill No. 11 by Candland! Foes of land commlssionsr. Reported favorably by judiciary committee and passed on tw-nd reading, ayes 19, absent ab-sent 1. Senate Bill No. 5 hy Tebbs Requiring Requir-ing notice of prior sale for taxes to be stamped on tax rpceipt Recommitted for draft of a substitute measure. Senate Bill No. 6 by Peters County Coun-ty treasurers' scUlmrn'.s. Passed Scnats Joint Memorial No. 2 Asking Ask-ing congress to aid silver industry, fecwived by house and referred to committee on resolutions and memorials. mem-orials. House Bill No. 4 by Hollenbeck Sale of property for delinquent taxes. Majority judiciary committee report adverse. Special order for bus!nc3. I House Bill No. 9 by Hollenbeck j Assignment of tax sale certificates. Majority judiciary report adverse. Special, Spe-cial, Order of business following consideration con-sideration cf house bill 4. House Bill No. 25 by Pettit Concerning Con-cerning coal mine bosses. Favorably reported by mining and smelting committee com-mittee with minor text amendments. Made special order of business. House Bill No. 27, Openshaw Prohibiting Pro-hibiting practice of nepotism. Unfavorably Unfav-orably reported by elections committee. commit-tee. Defeated on third reading. DO nays, 4 ycs, 1 absent. House Bill No. 23 by Mozley R-quiring R-quiring teaching of constitution in state schools. Favorably reported by ! education with amended text Passed on third reading. B3 to 0. Two absent. ab-sent. House Bill No. 2 by Atwood Cooperative Co-operative Marketing association. Favorably Fa-vorably reported by agriculture committee com-mittee with amended text. PseJ on third reading. 47 to 1. Six not vo-mg. sppointmert of any person related to them by affinity or consanguinity to any clerkship c public office for which compensation is psid out of pub-lie pub-lie funds would be guilty of a misdemeanor misde-meanor punishable by a fine of from $10 to $1,000 together with the forfeit for-feit of his right to the office. As a protest against the possible ereation of what they termed "insurance "insur-ance monopoly" in the field of workmen's work-men's compensation ii the state, insurance in-surance men nnmberlig seventy-five called upon Govomor Charles R. Mabey Ma-bey Wednesday, unanimous in seeking seek-ing his opposition to the passage of legislation in that direction. Report that a bill was being or had been drafted in the attorney general's eff'ce had reached the insurance men, for the ereation of such a monopoly in the state, under which all employers employ-ers in industry would be compelled to write workmen's compensation insurance insur-ance with the state insurnn-e fund. " Charles Smith, a member of the Insurance Insur-ance men! legislative committee, was iroltesman for the insurers. Advance legislation has mads its appearance in a bill, by Senator Irvine of Salt Lake, which defines the rights ef aircraft in the r and makes laws second reading. Ayes 19, ah.xcnt 1. Senste Bill No. 25 by Standlsh Human Hu-man ailments. Referred to committee on public health and labor. Senate Bill No. 23 by Cand'and Abatement of taxes on feeder livestock. live-stock. Agriculture. Senate Bill No. 27 by Dixon UtRh Tuberculosis Research association. Public health and labor. Senate Bill No. ?3 by Irvine Uni-! f'orni asrohaniles law. ' Public affa'rs. j Senate Jnnt Resolution No. 1 by , Winder Crime wave investigation. Reported favorably and passed from necond rcsd'rg to third reading calendar; cal-endar; ayes 16, nays 4, absent 1. Senate Concurrent Memorial No. 1 by Irvine Immigration commission. Reported favorably and passed to third reading calendar; ayes 17; nays 2, absent 1. Senate Bill No. 19 by Hirschl Re-ported Re-ported without recommendation, and placed on second reading calendar. Senate Bill No. 20 by Warnick Postponing delinquent tax date three weeks. Reported favorably, and passed to third reading calendar; ayes 18, absent 2. Senate Pill N. 11 by Dixon City lighting contracts Rirted favor- |