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Show UTAH LEGISLATURE CLOSESSESSIOH CIGARET BILL, GAS TAX AND BUDGET MEASURE COUNTED NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS A total of 106 bills were killed during dur-ing the last day's session of the lower house, many of them being led to their death because there was not time to do anything else with them. Of the bills killed, sixty-seven were originated origin-ated in the house and thirty-nine in the eenate. With one report, the sifting committee recommended that the enacting en-acting clause be stricken from sixty-8even sixty-8even house bills and with another it was taken from twenty-eight senate bills. Then, in the early evening, Mr. Cannon of Davis county moved that the enacting clause be stricken from the remaining seven senate bills on the calendar. The motion was carried and the calendar was clear. The session has had a few outstanding out-standing features, among these being the cigaret bill, on which some members mem-bers of the two houses have been working since the session opened. The gasoline tax also has been an item of interest as the bills having to do with this and the licenses for automobiles and trucks were under consideration. The budget bill held a wide interest, as everyone interested in any sort of legislation was concerned regarding regard-ing the appropriation. Decision to stop on time was announced an-nounced some time ago by Speaker Seegmiller of the house after he had been advised by the attorney general that it was not only his privilege, but his duty so to do. At the time the members appladed his announcement. In addition to the usual felicitations and resolutions of thanks and appreciation appre-ciation to the newspapers, the hotels and the theatres for courtesies extended ex-tended to the legislature, the closing hours of the state senate were marked by the unusual occurrence of the confirmation con-firmation of two of the governor's appointments in open session. One of these came early in the evening, eve-ning, when the communication from the governor arrived naming Thomas E. McKay as member of the public utilities commission to serve for six years from March 15, next. He succeeds suc-ceeds Joshua Greenwood, Democrat, on that body. President McKay was confirmed con-firmed in this office at once by unanimous un-animous vote, Senator David Jenson, his colleague from Weber county, occupying oc-cupying the chair in the senate at the time. Senator J. W. Peters made the motion in a congratulatory speech, in which he felicitated the governor in the excellence of his choice, and the people of the senate in obtaining the services of a man of Mr. McKay's type. Before the actual vote had been taken Senator Antoinette B. Kinney, in a speech so happily worded that it was ordered spread in full on the journal, jour-nal, presented President McKay, in behalf of the members, with a handsome hand-some gold watch and chain, on the inner in-ner case of which is inscribed the name of each of the senators. Mrs. Kinney said she was expressing the love and loyalty of the senate members for their presiding officer in their presenting pre-senting the gift from all of them. President McKay feelingly r e -sponded, but was compelled by emotion to desist before he could round out to a conclusion. The presiding officer of the senate placed in the hands of Governor Ma-bey Ma-bey his resignation as a member of the legislature, effective March 14. A complete resume of all legislature passed by the two houses of the Fifteenth Fif-teenth legislature follows. Much of this legislation is still awaiting the approval of the governor but to date there has been no indication that the executive's action would be other than favorable. Memorial to President: For appointment ap-pointment of commission on increased use of silver for currency reserves. Memorials to Congress: Favoring distribution of surplus war materials; to assist silver mining industry; to pass Towner-Sterling education bill; to extend further relief for settlers on U. S. reclamation projects; opposing tax exempt securities. Resolutions: For appointment of commitee to investigate crime wave and board of pardons; for annual display dis-play of flag on mother's day; endorsing International Mining Exposition in Salt Lake. Bills, appropriating $45,000 for leg-islative leg-islative expenses: Changing budget law to permit legislature leg-islature to increase budget items. Agricultural co-operative association associa-tion act. Extending law covering organizations organiza-tions of associations not for pecuniary profit. Amending law on labelling provisions provi-sions of baking powder containers. Ratifying Colorado river pact treaty. Requiring county treasurers to distribute dis-tribute tax receipts monthly. Authorizing the University of Utah to pay up to one-half of premiums on eld age annuities for faculty members. Cancelling state warrants not presented pre-sented for payment in two years. Allowing life imprisonment penalty for assault to kill. Reducing fee for filing mineral lease with land office. Changing law relating to felonious assault. Increasing exemptions allowed on homesteads. Changing compensation insurance Jaw so that stock companies need not write insurance at same rate as state fund. Repealing law prohibiting use of narrow tired vehicles. Restricting .iurisiliciion of state engineer en-gineer over waters in small streams. Ro'mir;ri'.r tnK.t r.:il p-mrpntp:? nsso-cint''"t"s nsso-cint''"t"s f'i pnr-i-n rinrmits from bank cov'-iii"""" be?.v opening commrr-ci111 commrr-ci111 "iv:;v-s nc-n;;nLs. t ,,, .,.:r. n,- .., min tax on hogs T.pvin-r n -V.vo mill tnx on dairy st,v,,k fiv "rxying indemnities on 'vbsr-cular 'vbsr-cular catili X Changing the procedure in criminal trials. Appropriating $15,000 for construction construc-tion of a road from Bluff to the San Juan oil fields. Amending various regulations on administration ad-ministration of state land office. Allowing mine and fire boss certificates certifi-cates only to American citizens. Amending educational requirements for licensing practitioners in healing arts. Requiring teaching of the U. S. Constitution Con-stitution in schools. Repealing statute which requires county assessors to prepare military eligible lists. Enacting uniform law on aeronautics. aeronau-tics. Prohibiting rebates on insurance premiums. Requiring notice of sale for prior tax to be stamped on tax policies of current year. Continuing state welfare commission. commis-sion. Amending law relating to dismissal of court actions on application of plaintiffs. Creating state depositories commission. commis-sion. Providing for dissolution of drainage districts. Enacting new law for propogation and protection of fish, game and wild life. Repealing present fish and game law. Permitting savings bank with a surplus sur-plus and capital of ?100,000 to engage in trust business. Providing for appointement of adult probation officers. Making it a felony to kill stock, the property of another. Making it a misdemeanor to maim or injure stock, the property of another. an-other. Providing for pro rating of taxes on feeder stock. Correct educational requirements for licensing practitioners in embalming. Allowing more liberal regulations governing licensing of certified public pub-lic accountants. Exempting assault for robbery from being a crime for felonious assault. Allowing- an additional judge in the Fourth judicial district. Extending control of bank commissioner commis-sioner over state banks and trust companies. Repealing law on licenses for grazing graz-ing foreign livestock. Allowing life sentence to be imposed im-posed for assault with intent to commit com-mit robbery. Regulating adoption of children by persons other than relatives. Permitting voluntary admission to state mental hospital. Requiring periodic audits of public accounts. Abolishing state certification commission. com-mission. Limiting school tax levies in rural districts. Limiting school tax levies in city districts. Allowing veterans organizations the use of national guard armories. Amending the cold storage food law. Requiring county recorders to keep records of honorable discharges of men from military service. Abolishing office of director of health education. Changing name of mental hospital to Utah State hospital. Extending jurisdiction of first class cities over water sheds. Amending bounty law so as to increase in-crease tax and provide for 100 per cent co-operation with federal government govern-ment in predatory animal control work. Limiting the civil service in police and fire departments to first class cities. Appropriating moneys to carry on state government for biennium beginning begin-ning April 1. Amending law relating to real es-state es-state in irrigation districts sold for taxes. Requiring annual audit of. state insurance in-surance fund. Changing law relating to liquidation of state banks. Restoring to Carmela and Giovannt Maione money escheated to the state. Regulating advertising along public highways. Exempting from taxation property moving in interstate commerce. Making theft of a goat a grand larceny. lar-ceny. Extending absent voters law. Levying a 2 cent gasoline tax. Changing automobile license regulations. regula-tions. Reducing automobile license fees. Authorizing land commissioner to lease the section of land approaching Bryce canyon. Authorizing the sale of the state's interest in lands under the Piute irrigation ir-rigation project. Amending law on automobile traffic signals. Appropriating $50,000 for a revolving revolv-ing fund in survey of public lands. Requiring taxing units to report to the state board of equalization on tax levies. Retrulating the sale in bulk of merchandising mer-chandising equipment. Appropriating $173,000 from the motor vehicle registration fund for the revolving construction fund of the state road oemmission. Amending the Southwick anti-cig-aret law. Appropriating S50.000 from the surplus sur-plus in the motor vehicle fund to the state road commission. Authorizing the organization of mosquito mo-squito abatement districts. Accepting the federal act for child hysriene and maternity welfare. Appropriating $750 for revision of maps and plats of Morgan county assessor. as-sessor. Regulating the manufacture of bedding. bed-ding. Amending the law governing organization or-ganization of building and loan associations. asso-ciations. Allowing traveling and subsistence to district attorneys. Permitting county boards to extend the delinouent dafes on taxes. Changing the law relating to or-rinvation or-rinvation of building and loan asso-cint-'os. Changing the regulations governing licensing -of practioners in healing arts. Reducing calary of finance and purchaser pur-chaser director to $4,000. i The rieht-to-work bill. I Permitting a levy of one-tenth mill for an agricultural inspection fund. Changing the designation of the state road system. Allowing until April 1 to secure moor mo-or vehicle licenses for 1923. Levying a 2.4 mill for general fund tax and a .2 mill tax for the state high school fund. Providing additional public recreation recrea-tion facilities. Requiring accounts of public works to be kept. Truth in advertising bill. Regulations for licensing and bonding bond-ing of warehouses. Allowing the wider use of school buildings. Reducing the number of scholarships in the school of education of the University Uni-versity of Utah. Pertaining to the illegitimate children chil-dren of girls committed to the industrial indus-trial school. Creating state agricultural zones. Abolishing the office of state road engineer and empowering the state commission to regulate the use of highways. Amending crops and pests regulations regula-tions to conform to agricultural zoning zon-ing bill. Providing for a commission to provide pro-vide a statue for Indian Chief Washakie. Wash-akie. Amending the law relating to the regulations of foreign coporations doing do-ing business in the state. Amending the law or - par value of common stock for corporations. |