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Show Mrs. Dunyon, Salt Lake; Peacock, Emery; Brewer, Weber. , Joint rules Seegmiller, Kane; Cal-lister, Cal-lister, Salt Lake; Jones, Iron; Stookey, Tooele." With the ending of Friday's session each house of the Utah legislature closed the first week, so far as formal for-mal sessions were concerned, with lull organization perfected, and. fifteen bills introduced during the five days. The senate getting away with a clean start, had elected the president of the senate, and passed two measures meas-ures on Monday, the first day of the session, but the house, although it elected its speaker during the first day's session, was not sufficiently organized or-ganized to transact further business until Wednesday, when at a joint session ses-sion of the house and senate Governor Gover-nor Charles Mabey delivered his message. mes-sage. Governor Mabey, in his message, laid especial emphasis on denouncing freakish legislature, "disregard for one law tends to create disrespect for all laws," said the governor, and he asked the members to exercise restraint re-straint in legislative enactments. Commendation may be given Speaker Speak-er Seep-miller of the house, in his appointment ap-pointment of the house committees, absolutely without reference to party lnes, each committee being appointed according to the speaker's estimate A the appointee's ability in the partita-1 lar- line assigned. About the oaly criticism that any one could make was thet, in a houso of which forty-four members were Republican as against devtn P?mocrat4, four committee memberships were allotted to members mem-bers of the minority party. Eiht rew bills were introduced into the state senate Friday; four others, previously introduced, were passed by the committee on revision and printing; print-ing; two other measures were sent to the governor for his signature, and the senate adjourned until Monday, with fair prospects of being able to put in an active week at the work of legislating. All the preliminaries to such work were out of the way, and House Bill No. 2 by Atwood Organization Or-ganization of marketing associations. Agriculture committee. , House Bill . No. 3 by Hollenbeck Construction of bridge in Duchesne county. Appropriations committee. House Bill No. 4 by Hollenbeck Sale of property for delinquent tax. Judiciary committee. nouse Bill No. 5 by Hollenbeck Repealing utilities commission act. Judiciary committee. House Bill No. 6 by Hollenbeck Limiting authority of commission for validating irrigation district bonds. Education committee. House Bill No. 8 by Hollenbeck Equalization of general property assessments as-sessments by state board. Revenue and taxation committee. House Bill No. 9 by Hollenbeck Providing for assignment of certificates certifi-cates of tax sales made to county. Revenue Rev-enue and taxation committee. House Bill No. 10 by Hollenbeck Abolishing state control of plans for school buildings. Education committee. commit-tee. House Bill No. 11 by Hollbeck Act to amend public utilities commission sections. Judiciary committee. House Bill No. 12 by Constantino Prohibiting ambulance chasing. Judiciary Ju-diciary committee. House Bill No. 13 by Constantino Salaries of district attorneys. Judiciary Judi-ciary committee. House Bill No. 14 by Constantine Judiciary committee. House Hill No. 15 by Constantine Deputy district attorneys. Judiciary committee. Senator W. D. Candland, himself formerly chairman of the stnte board of land commissioners for a long term, introduced in the state senate seven bills intended to clarify and in one or two instants to amend in rather important im-portant naviculars the stnte land laws, "he bills were Introduced at the request re-quest of the state land commissioner, John T. Oldroyd. HIGH rOINTR OF THE GOVERNOR'S GOVER-NOR'S MESSAGE. I MlEGISLAlE DOilOBBESS COMMITTEES ARE APPOINTED BY SPEAKER SEEGMILLER; GOVERNOR GOV-ERNOR READS MESSAGE Bllla Are Being Introduced Which Cover, Agriculture Development As Well As Other Matters of Interest to State Senator Seegmiller has announced the appointment of standing committee commit-tee members for the Fifteenth Utah legislative assembly as follows, the first named in each instance being chairman: Agriculture Finlinson, Millard ; Fletcher, Summit; Stookey, Tooele; Johnson, Rich; Crouch, Morgan; White, Beaver; Atwood, Utah; Jacobs. Weber; Andrus, Salt Lake; Leatham. Cache; Bagnall, Sanpete; Nix, San Juan. Appropriations Jorgenson, Sevier; Hooks, Wayne; Browning, Weber; Rowan, Garfield; Pembroke, Salt Lake; Finlinson, Millard; Jones, Iron; II. Christensen, Sanpete; Wheatley, Box-elder; Box-elder; McKell, Salt Lake; Shelley, Utah; Naylor, Carbon, sen, Salt Lake; Openshaw, Salt Lake; Wood, Cache; Brewer, Weber; Lar sen, Daggertt; Rowan, Garfield. Corporations Goggin, Salt Lake; Browning, Weber; Naylor, Carbon; Crook, Wasatch; Anderson, Salt Lake; Lursen, Daggett; Shelley, Utah. Banking Ivcrson, Boxelder; nan-Education nan-Education Wood Cache; Mrs. Lyman, Ly-man, Salt Lake; Siddoway, Uintah; Jacobs. Weber; Wheatley, Boxelder; Judd, Washington; Shelley, Utah; Meeks, Wyne; Hanson, Salt Lake. Elections Meeks, Wayne; Bailey, Weber; Andrus, Salt Lake. Engrossing and enrolling Rowan, Garfield; Mrs. Graham, Salt Lake; White, Beaver. Fish and game White, Beaver; Brewer, Weber; Crook, Wasatch; Goggin, Gog-gin, Salt Lake; Mrs. Graham, Salt Lake; Rowan, Garfield; Peacock, Emery; Em-ery; Fletcher, Summit; N. C. Christensen, Chris-tensen, Utah; Meeks, Wayne; Crouch, Morgan. Highways and bridges Jones, Tron; Bagnall, Sanpete; Nix, Ran Juan; Johnson, Rich; Siddoway, Uintah; Hol-liday, Hol-liday, Utah; Iverson, Boxelder; Moz-ley, Moz-ley, Salt Lake; Larsen, Daggett. Industrial school Jacobs, Weber; Mrs. Graham, Salt Lake; Naylor, Carbon; Car-bon; Wheatley, Boxelder; Schaub, Cache; H. Christensen, Sanpete; Booth, Salt Lake. Insurance and real estate McKell, Salt Lake; Iverson, Boxelder; Mozley, Salt Lake; Cannon, Davis; Hansen, Salt Lake; Wilkins, Juab; White,. Beaver. Judiciary Callister, Salt Lake; Hoi-lenbeek, Hoi-lenbeek, Duchesne; McKell, Salt Lake; Judd, Washington; Constantine, Grand; Cannon, Davis; Iverson, Box-eldT. Box-eldT. Irrigation Stookey, Tooele; N. C. Christensen, Utah; Bailey, Weber; Birterneld, Salt Lake; H. Christensen, Sanpete; Peacock. Emery; Finlinson. ine senate will have before it Monday a sufficient number of copies of printed print-ed bills for its committees to work on. Tho bill by Senator H. C. Tebbs, providing pro-viding $45,000 for legislative expenses, was receive.' tack from the house with the signature of Speaker W. W. Seegmiller, Seeg-miller, rnd was. sent to Governor Ma-bfy Ma-bfy for his signature. Notwithstanding Notwithstand-ing that the bill had not been signed at that time, the warrants from the state auditor's office paying each senator and senate employee for the first thirty days of the session wore distributed. distrib-uted. The fund on which the warrants were drawn will not be officially established es-tablished until the governor has signed the bill and transmitted it to the secretary sec-retary of state. As soon as Speaker Seegmiller informed in-formed the house of representatives that the house machinery was in readiness read-iness for operation, fourteen bills were introduced. Cf the fourteen, nine were by Representative L. A. Hollenbeck of Duchesne county. Four at least of Mr. Hollenbecks vbills contemplate rather startling and unexpected changes in existing laws and also in the status of one or two state departments. depart-ments. The bills of the Duchesne representative rep-resentative were numbered from 3 to 11, inclusive, Law requiring counties, municipalities municipali-ties and school districts to make proportionate pro-portionate funding annually of bonded, indebtedness during life of the debt. Definite restrictions o.i local tax levies. Authority to a board consisting of the attorney general, treasnrer and bank commissioner to select depositaries depositar-ies for state funds. . Amendments to motor vehicle laws to overcome defects and eliminate trifling annoyances to the public. Requirements for periodic independent independ-ent audita of records of counties, cities cit-ies of the first and second classes and school districts. Protection cf the producer and a guarantee of a return con.riensurate with the importance of his labors, a co operative marketing law und i law permitting local farm bureaus to incorporate in-corporate as associations not foe pecuniary pe-cuniary profit Curtailing powers of finance and purchase department so as to ex dude constitutional officers. More liberal privileges, whereby director di-rector of registration may permit members of examining boards of different dif-ferent professions to attend the various var-ious national conventions. Revision downward of automobile 'icense fees and imposition of gvoline tax to provide lunas ior roaa ti&in-. tensnce. Well-organized patrol of highsraya, to prevent their destruction by vr- j loaded vehicles. Requirement of proper Jlghtlirg of borse-drawn vehicles at night. I Support of provisions of the ftderal Sheppard-Towner, or maternity act. "Co-ordination of five different stats agencies engaged in health work for the state. Commission to make a eomp'ete study of the prevalence of tuberculosis tuberculo-sis in Utah, to report to the next legislature. leg-islature. Provision for settling the rijhU of the statfl to riparian lands. Funds to enable state land commissioner com-missioner to resist in the courts arbitrary arbi-trary ''federal rulings as to mineral J lands. Increase in the revolving funl for survey of public lands. j Study of present pardonmg tjstem, and amendment of the indeterminate sentence, law, . Providing that counties, rather than the state, shall pass on extradition extradi-tion rases and stand the expense. Milhrd; Jorgenson, Sevier j Wood, Cflrie. I-ahnr Judd, Washington; Baldwin, Salt Lake; Anderson, Salt I,ake; Mrs. Lyman, Salt Lake; Pettit, Carbon. Livestock Crook. Wasatch; Bag-rail, Bag-rail, Sanpete; Peacock, Emery; Crouch, Morgan; Pembroke, Salt Ink; Finlinson, Millard; Johnson, P:'h. Mn .facture and commerce Brown-r.t. Brown-r.t. Weber; Booth, Salt Lake; Cannon, )ivU; Atwood, Utah; Judd, Washing- tO". f Uttiry affairs Pettit, Carbon; ft-':, Salt Lake; Baldwin, Salt Lake. , Mining and smelting McCaskell, ?slt Lake; Mrs. Dunyon, Salt Lake; IVtit. Carbon; Booth, Salt Lake; V.'il-klns, V.'il-klns, Juab. Ffnitentlary and prison Motley, f-H Like; Brewer, Weber; Stark, JVf. Ls';e; Iysthsm, Cache; Holiidny. ';nh; Hollenbeck, Duchesne; Mrs. fv-hem, Salt Lake. PbHc buildings and grounds reiub. Cache; Bailey, Weber; Eutter-'feir:. Eutter-'feir:. Salt Lake; Siddoway, Uintah; C-rtantine, Grand. n P;jSJ!e .heaKh Mrs. Lyronn Salt Tv?: Holiday, Utah; Constantine, C -ip.: Fletcher, Summit: BViley, We-V- W. 1, Cache; McKell. Salt Uka. P iKic lands Crouch, Morgan; Bag-r.-"'. ?annete; Butterfleld, Salt Lake. Public printing Pembroke, Salt ;'"'(; IIoHenheck, Duchesne; Shelley, r-o!ir utilities Stark, Salt Lake; r--bs. Weber; Leatham, Cache; Jor-r-'Ton. Fevier; Larsen, Daggett. Mc-(V-AtII. Piute; Anderson, Salt Lake. t-'ution.i and memorials Con-f-nt'nn. Grand; Jones, Iron; Tem-V Tem-V . Salt Lake. r.'-vnuo and taxation Cannon. Da-v Da-v - Nf. C. Christensen, Utah; Goggin, -' T.nVe; Atwood, Utah; Openshaw, fr.'i I.aV.e; Andrus, Salt Lake; Jorgcn- Fevicrj Crook. Wasatch; Wheat-V- T'ovelder, V;,!,. Callister, Salt Lake; Jones, j.-tt Stookey, Tooele. fi'nrio'i, fees and contingent ex-rr ex-rr -or,-Hanson. Salt Lake; Wilkins, t S; Atwood, Utah. ftiit mimta! hnspi'al N. C. Chris-t Chris-t nen Vtih: Mrs. Lyman, Salt Lake: y Pi;nron, Silt Lake; Baldwin, Mir, ?Jn Juan; Naylor, f.,-hin Johnson, Rirh. 1 n'vrsHy nnd Agricultural college -CVnhaw, Salt Lake; Jones .Iron; CiV'il-r, Salt Lake; Schaub. Cache; BILLS INTRODUCED IN THE SENATE Senate Conjoint Resolution No. 1, by Candland Messenger to governor; sirmcd by presidont and speaker, and sent to governor. Senate Bill No. 1 by Tebbs Forty-flve Forty-flve thousand dollars for legislative expenses; .received from house and transmitted to governor. Senate Bill No. 7 by Jenson Declaratory Dec-laratory judgment; referred to judic-iay judic-iay committee. Senate Bill No. 8 by Peters County treasurers' settlements; committee on public affairs. Senate Bill No. 4 by Peters Colorado Colora-do river compact; public affairs. Senate Bill No. 5 by Tebbs Requiring Requir-ing notice of prior sale on tax receipts; public affairs. , SenaU Bill No. 2 by Jenkins To repeal re-peal "the Indeterminate sentence law-Sens law-Sens te Bill No. 11 by Candland Reducing fee for filing rtiincral lease from 3 to $2. Senate Bill No. 12 by Candland Senate BUI No. 3 by Candland A measure providing that local farm bureaus bu-reaus anJ similar organizations might incorporate. Held for changes and alterations. al-terations. Senate Bill No. 8 by Candland Relating Re-lating to requirements for issuance of patent to state lands. Senate Bill No.' 9 by Candland Limitations Lim-itations on sale of public lands. Senate Bill No. 10 by Candland Covering purchase of public lands from state, after relinnuishiYient of filings with federal land office. Permittinrr chief clerk of state land office, as well as commissioner, to certify cer-tify expense vouchers of the department. depart-ment. Senate Bill No. 13 by Candland Amending statutes governing investment invest-ment of state land grant funds. Senate Bill No. 14 by Candland Making state school fund beneficiary of certain revenues from state lands. Senate Bill No. 15 by Peters City zoning commission bill. KILLS IN THE HOUSE Senate Bill No. 1 by Tebbs Appropriation Appro-priation of $45,000 for contingent legislative leg-islative expenses signed by the speaker. Senate Conjoint Resolution No. 1 by Candiar.d Messenger for the governor; gov-ernor; signed by speaker. Suitable action opposing the federal fed-eral public shooting ground, game refuge bill. Initiation of a system of stats parks, with especial reference to Bryce canyon. Reimbursement of private citizens who made possible Investigations cf irrigation projects by federal and state engineering agencies. Approval of the Colorado river psct, as embodying ideas on which Utah insisted. Senate Bill No. 2 by Jenkins, i causing much favorable comment. II will, if passed, repeal the indeterminate indetermin-ate sentence law. Section 1 of tho Jenkins bill reads: "Hereafter every person convicted of a crime In th courts of this state shall receive a definite sentence inflicting the punishment punish-ment of the statute in such cases made and provided." A legislative investigation of tho crime wave now said to bz much in evidence in Utah and also to determine deter-mine if the state board of pard ir.s u really, as is oftn intimated, to any degree responsible for its prevalent e, ig proposed by Ssnatoi M. S. W'A tr of Salt Lar |