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Show HE UTAH LEGISLATURE IT IT Li The legislature Is hearing much regarding re-garding Boulder Dam from Arizona, California and Utah speakers nt various va-rious sessions held to consider the diverting of the Colorado waters to a useful wort; for the residents of the several states Involved. A threat on Utah's part to ratify the six-state compact regardless of Arizona and other lower basin states was smothered in the spceial Bonier dam committee of tbe lower house. The Young memorial calling upon Arizona, California and Nevada to "get together" immediately, as Utah wants action, was laid aside temporarily, tempor-arily, owing to the fact that tbese ' three states are now negotiating n tristate conference in Nevada at which the lower basin diffferences may be straightened out. Charges of salary grafting, profiteering profi-teering sales to board members and unfair discrimination in the employment employ-ment of teachers were made against many county and district school heads at an open meeting of the education committee of the Utah house of representatives. rep-resentatives. Those bringing the charges were mainly, members of the Utah Press Association and weekly newspaper news-paper owners In attendance to protest the passage of Representative Thomas B-urton's bill, proposing that school boards be relieved from detailed publication pub-lication of their expenditures as required re-quired by law. A measure Introduced by Representative Represen-tative Jefferson of Beaver provides that the property and franchises of all public service corporations be assessed as-sessed by the state board of equalization equaliza-tion at their full cash value, as shown by sworn statements furnished the public utilities commission. Mr. Jefferson Jef-ferson estimated that adoption of his measure would Increase the taxable property of this state by $ 100,0. 0.000. A house Joint resolution by Representative Repre-sentative S. M. Jorgenson . would amend the state constitution to increase in-crease the state school tax to an amount equaling $j0 for every chlid of school age. Tha present provision is for $2o ier capita tar with no e'luali.Ing fund. Mrs. Anna Piercey of Salt Lake introduced a bill which would relieve from Jury duty only thOfC female citizens who have active care of n.inor children wtihin their homes. IN THE SENATE Sen. Ilollin-sworth introduced a till Monday doubling the ati ou cigarets and ciggiret rapcrs. A bill introduced by Senator D. W. Parratt would Impose a peulaty i f $10 a day upon all schools districts which are In arrears in reporting the number num-ber of his:h school students iu the dlstclrt. IN THE SENATE Iiills Introduced No. ,11, Irvine Providing f. r the establishment, bail. ling and equipping of the Utah State Training sch 1 for tl.o care, protection, treatment nnd education of fivble-niindcd persons, etc. No. Ti1t Dlliman Ametiding existing exist-ing child l:ib"r laws so that proper Influences and rolcpiate opport nitio.-i for education are provided fer iu connection con-nection with the employment of such minors. No. fi.l, Iloliingsworth An r.ct re-' lining to habitual criminals nr. d pro-j iding that upon the fourth conv iction of n felony persons so convicted shall he sentenced to life lnprisonment. No. SI, Patterson (by request) Providing for the teaching of medicine, medi-cine, surgery, ol -tetrics nnd pediatries in trailing schools for nurses, and re-quring re-quring pooons entering such schools after May .".I, VJ.Vl, to have completed fifteen units of credit In a creditable hhth school or the equivalent of fifteen fif-teen units of credit In some creditable educational I list I tut ion. No. S3, Dillman Requiring boards of education on or before June 150 of each year to make nn estimate of the expenses of the district for the school year coinincm Lug 0:1 July 1 thereafter. there-after. No. fid, Evans- Prohibit lug the slaughtering of meat animals for commercial purposes rxcept nt federally feder-ally inspected packing plants or slaughter houses or nt state licensed slaughter houses and providing for the licensing of slaughter houses. Ily nnd security for nud Interest required re-quired thereon. No. fin, Candhinil-Relating to the cure of fdalo funds, the responsibility, and security thereof and providing for the designating of public depositories deposi-tories and the deposit lug of public funds therein. No 01, Ciiiulliiiid - Relating to certificates cer-tificates of deposit, borrowing limitation limita-tion nnd prescribing the manner ir qualifying by bunks 11s depositories for Fulled Slates dep.. sits or postal savings funds, or as depositories fot funds of the stale of Flab, etc. No. ('.:', l'arrntt -Relating to the j certificates of kindergarten leacheis. No. ;::, Irvine - Relating to stale- mentg of accounts rendered by bank! , or trust companies to their deposi-. deposi-. tors. No. Go, Irvine Relating to notice of adverse claim to any bank deposit and the proceedure necessary to make j such claim effective to cause recognition recogni-tion of the ndverse claim. I No. Cfi, Irvine Limiting the lia-j lia-j bility of a bank or trust company for non-payment of a check through er-ror. er-ror. I No. G7, Irvine Fixing liability of ! a bank or trust company to its depositors depos-itors for payment of forged, altered, I or raised checks. No. GS, Irvine Giving a bank or trust company the option to refuse payment of a check or other demand instrument presented six months after af-ter date. No. 69, Irvine; Fixing limitations, countermands of payments and stop-payment stop-payment orders relating to the payment pay-ment of checks or drafts against bank accounts. I S. R, 1, Ryan Asking the govern-! govern-! or, water storage commission and ' state engineer to make available for I the use ofthe legislators any Informa-I Informa-I tion they may have on the Colorado ! river In its relation to Utah. I Resolution of sympathy to the fam-i fam-i ily of Col. C. E. Loose, who was a member of the 1905 senate. BILLS IXTR0DTJCED IN The House No. 41, Bates Giving the board of , education charge of student organiza- tions and extra-curricular activities, ! in each school district of the state. No. 42, Redd Providing that the 1 minimum levy for general county ' purposes and for the care and relief of Indigent sick and dependent poor shall apply to all counties having an assessed valuation of $4,000,000 in ' stead of two million. ' No. 44, Hodgson Authorizing the state board of health to establish rules governing plumbing, j No. 43, Burton Changing the dates of school board election from December Decem-ber to June. 1 No. 4G, Burton Further defining the application of taxes for school ! purposes in county districts of the ' first class. H. J. R. Redd Providing for a , convention to revise or amend the I constitution of the state of Utah. I No. 47, Woodbury Creating state rcul estate commission and empowering empower-ing it to license and regulate brokers t and salesmen. I No. 4S, Mellor Providing that the water commissioner prorate the cost of water distribution In accordance , with the number of acre feet deliv- erod the previous year. No. 49, Hirsch Providing for the taxing of auto freight and passenger lines. No. SI, Hacking I'roviding bills of sale on livestock requiring registration regis-tration of dealers in frosh meat products. pro-ducts. j No. 0G, Jefferson Providing that all pullic service corporations be assessed for taxation on the basis of their full cash value as shown by the statements made to the public utilities utili-ties conircission. J II. J. R., Jorgenson Amending the constitution to increase the state school fund to an amount equal to $."0 for every child in tbe state and providing that Jj rer school capita of such fuud be apportioned among the school districts of the state. |