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Show H. B. 67, Atwood Amending sections sec-tions and adding: new sections relating relat-ing to dairying; and foods. Agriculture. Agricul-ture. . ,. .... ACTION ON BILLS IN THE HOUSE H. B. 4, Hollenbeck Sale of property prop-erty for delinquent taxes. Ayes 3, nays 52. H. B. 25, Pettit-Requiring coal mine bosses and fire bosses to be American citizens. Ayes 64, nays 1. S. B. 11, Candland Reducing- fee for filing on mineral leases. Signed by speaker. . H. B. 41, Nsylor Employment of clerks for district attorneys. Ayes 49, nays 5, absent 1. H. B. 13, Constantino Mileag9 for district attorneys. Unfavorably reported re-ported by committee. Motion to strike enacting; clause adopted. Ayes 54, absent 1. Bill killed. II. B. 52, Callister Death penalty for assault with intent to commit robbery. rob-bery. Ayes 55. Sent to Senate. II. B. 49, Canister--Felonious assault. as-sault. Ayes 51, absent 4. Sent to senate. H. B. 8, Hollenbeck Equalization of taxes. Ayes 43, nays 10, absent 2. S. B. 30, committee on public affairs Requiring notice of prior tax to be stamped on current tax notices. Ayes 49, nays 6. . S. B. 19, Hirschi Repealing wide wag-on tire law. Ayes 29, nays 8, absent ab-sent 8. S. B. 4, Peters Ratifying; Colorado river pact. Ayes 63, nays 1, absent 1. H. C. R. I, Wilkins Appointing- vacancies va-cancies in legislature. Ayes 2, nays 51. S. J. M. 1, Restriction of immigra-tion. immigra-tion. Ayes 6, nays 49. UTAH 50L0H5 SEJSl WEEK NEW MEASURES CONTINUE TO FLOOD BOTH HOUSES. RIVER PACT HOLDS SPOTLIGHT. After visiting the Agricultural College Col-lege at Logan, Monday, and seeing the ins and outs of how successful farmers farm-ers are made, the Utah assembly opened op-ened the third week of its session Tuesday. Tues-day. New bills and measures as well as amendments and repeals of present laws aire pouring into the legislative hopper. Many are killed in committee and others more fortunate continue their journey through the legislative mills to become laws. The Colorado River pact, wide t're bill, state fire marshal, repeal of public pub-lic utilities act held the spotlight during dur-ing the week. Representative Iverson proposes to give a new set of teeth to the banking bank-ing laws in a bill introduced to the house. The measure has been prepared pre-pared with great care, and the intent is to protect the depositor in every way possible. All books and records are to be kept in accord with the rules and regulations laid down by the state bank commissioner. Severe penalties are provided in the law and violation of them means a fine of $1000 to $5000 or imprisonment of from one to ten years, or both fine and imprisonment Restrictions placed on pledging the bank's assets to depositors or creditors cred-itors so as to allow a banker or bank to qualify as depository for United States deposits, postal savings funds or other public funds, by deposit of securities required by law as set forth in the present law are changed. It is provided that commercial banks may borrow money for temporary purposes and may pledge assets of the bank not exceeding 50 per cent vote resulted in twenty-nine yeas, 18 nays, with eight absent, there being just one vote more than is required by the constitutional majority. Representative Represen-tative Wood, who opposed the bill in debate, announced that he would vote in its favor, and that he desired to give notice of a motion to reconsider. The biennial chiropractic bill was introduced in the senate by Senator H. C. Tebbs of Garfield. The bill is the attempt of the practitioners of chiropractic chiro-practic to be permitted to practice legally le-gally in Utah without having to undergo un-dergo the regular examination for healing arts prescribed by the state department of registration. Utahns desiring the abolishment of the public utilities commission and those wishing its retention appeared before the judiciary committee of the lower house of the legislature to present pre-sent their contentions. The occasion was a public hearing by the committee commit-tee on House Bill No. 36, by Representative Represen-tative Hollenbeck of Duchesne county. The bill proposes repeal of the act creating the commission and all laws pertaining to the organization. Opponents of the commission based their arguments principally upon the assumption that the board is an unnecessary un-necessary state department; that the cost of its maintenance is in excess of the benefits its confers; that its decisions de-cisions are unsatisfactory and discriminatory, discrim-inatory, and that its functions could be performed satisfactorily by the courts and by jury verdicts. Two measures that it is believed will have the approval of about every citizen cit-izen of the state were passed by the house late Wednesday afternoon. They were the bills of Representative Callister Cal-lister which provide for more severe punishment for bandits who make assault as-sault for the purpose of committinig robbery. The bills provide that long terms of imprisonment shall follow conviction. Another measure of Representative Callister provides for a terra of not less than five years or tha death penalty pen-alty for persons who sell or give away any intoxicating liquors which cause death, blindness or paralysis. S. B. 63, Winder County tax levies. S. B. 64, Winder Bulls on tha range. S. B. 65, Jenkinsi Changing name of state mental hospital to Utah State hospital. S. B. 60, Winder Tax levies for county poor funds. ACTION ON BILLS IN SENATE S. B. 19, Hirschi Repealing wide tire law. Ayes 13, nays 6, absent 2. S. B. 11, Candland Land office fees. Signed by governor. S. B. 4, Peters Ratifying Colorado Colora-do River compact. Ayes 19, absent 1. S. B. 2, Candland Corporations not for pecuniary profit. Ayes 19, absent ab-sent 1. II. B. 2, Atwood Cooperative marketing. mar-keting. Ayes 15, nays 4, absent 1. II. B. 28, Mozley Instruction in federal constitution. Ayes 18, absent ab-sent 2. ' S. B. 3, Candland Farm bureaus may incorporate. Ayes 20. j S. B. 6, Peters County treasurers settlement. Ayes 13, nays 6, absent 1. S. B. 27, Dixon Utah tuberculosis research commission. Ayes 16, nays 3, absent 1. S. B. 39, Committee on commerce and industry Savings banks to do trust business. Ayes 17, absent 3. S. B. 30, committee on public affairs af-fairs Notice of prior sale for taxes. Signed by president, speaker and governor. gov-ernor. S. B. 39, committee on commerce and industry Savings banks as trust companies. Ayes 20. S. B. 30, Warnick Delinquent tax dates changed. Ayes 9, nays 11. INTRODUCED IN THE HOUSE II. B. 42, Cannon Excluding domestic domes-tic building and loan associations from corporation tax. Revenue and taxation taxa-tion committee. H. B. 43, Cannon Excluding domestic domes-tic building and loan associations from provisions relating to fraud In the sale of securities. Revenue and taxation taxa-tion committee. II. B. 44, N. C. Christensen Relating Relat-ing to the sale of property for dalin- in amount of the money borrowed as collateral security. Two bil!s, the purpose of which is to clarify the law pertaining to inheritance inher-itance taxes, were introduced in the house. -The laws of 1917 say that the apprvsers shall receive a per diem and be paid eft of the state treasury, treas-ury, the same as other state officers are paid, while the laws of 1919 provide pro-vide that all costs are chargeable to the estate when such estate is subject sub-ject to tax. Senator H. E. Jenkins an.l Representative Represen-tative E. R. Callister, both of Salt take, each presented in their respective respec-tive nouses petitions signed by some 255 peace officers and men similarly employed asking repeal of the indeterminate inde-terminate sentence law. "Whereas," runs the petition, "crime has increased the last few years and there appears to be a crime wave sweeping ovr the country each winter, win-ter, it is cvijetit from the practice of the past few years that the operation of the indeterminate sentence law is not what w.s contemplated on its creation." cre-ation." The pet tion asks for the re-enactment of the law fixing a maximum and nrnimui?. sentence for each crime, and asserts that the trial judge 13 better able to determine the proper sentence than is tit state board of pardons. It adds: "Unless new evidence is furnished, the board of pardons should have no jurisdiction in the cases, and greater care should be exercised in the granting grant-ing paroles, as experience has shown that the greater percentage of crimes cleared up were committed by ex-convicts ex-convicts or parole violators." Establishment of the office of state fire marshal is the object of House Bill No. 47, the author of which is Representative Iverson. It provides that the commissioner of insurance of the state shall be ex officio marshal, and prescribes as his duties the enforcement en-forcement of all laws and ordinances relating to the prevention of fires, the storage an' use of explosives, the maintenance and regulation of fire escapes, es-capes, the adequacy of exits in factories, fac-tories, ayluma, hospitals, churches, schools, halls, theatres and public places the suppression and punishment of arson and fraudulent practices in connection with fire losses, and all other duties pertainit r. to prevention of fires and regulatioas pertaining. The proposed act specifies the powers which the marshal may have and prescribes pre-scribes methods of procedure in all cases coming under his or his deputies' depu-ties' supervision. Whether or not the law compelling the use of wide-tired wagons on the roads and highways of Utah should be repealed was the subject of lengthy discussion in the house of representatives representa-tives Thursday and constituted nearly aJl the business of the house in regular regu-lar session. The cause of the discussion discus-sion was Senate bill No. 19, by Sena- j tor Hirschi, which came before the house on third reading. The bill was passed, but not without considerable opposition. The measure caused a wider divergence of opinion and more scattered voting than eny other so far coming before the representatives. The INTRODUCED IN THE SENATE S. B. No. 36, Jenkins Salaries of county assessors. Referred to committee com-mittee on public affairs. S. B. No. 37, Jenkins Insurance agents' qualification law. Commerce and industry. S. C. R. 2, Jenkins Constitutional amendment to require that treasurers in counties of the first and second classes take office the first Monday in April, rather than the first Monday in January. Ordered printed and referred re-ferred to committee on judiciary. S. B. 38, Mrs. Kinney To place the industrial school under the control of the state board of education. Education. Educa-tion. S. B. 39, committee on commerce and industry Permitting savings banks with $100,000 capital and surplus to engage in business as trust companies. Ordered printed, referred to and reported re-ported by committee on commerce and industry, and placed on second reading calendar. S. B. 40, Jenkins Saturday half hoi-, Tday in ail county offices. Public affairs. af-fairs. S. B. 41, Jcnson Altering filing dates of candidates nominated for election. S. B. 42, McConkie Making it felony fel-ony to kiil livestock the property of another. S. B. 43, McConkie Repealing law making ing misdemeanor to kill livestock live-stock as above. S. B. 44, Dixon Amending blue sky law as to control of realtors. S. B. 45, committee on agriculture (substitute for S. B. 25. Candland) Relating to taxation of feeder livestock. live-stock. Introduced with favorable report re-port of committee and bill goes on second reading calendar. S. B. 40, committee on commerce and industry Negotiability of promissory notes. S. B. 47, Funk Correction in law regulating embalming. S. B. 48, Funk More liberal regulations regula-tions governing certified public accountants. ac-countants. S. B. 49, Funk Reciprocity In licensing li-censing architects. S. B. 50, Peters Taking constitutional constitu-tional offices out of control of state department of finance and purchase. S. B. 51, Jenson More libera! firemen's fire-men's pensions for Salt Lake and Ogden Og-den departments. S. B. C2, Mrs. Kinney Increasing state board of insanity to seven members. mem-bers. S. B. 53, Tebbs Chiropractic bill. S. B. 54, McConkie Uniform conditional condi-tional esles act. S. B. 53, Mrs. Kinney Public recreation. re-creation. Public affairs. S. B. 53, Mrs. Kinney Placing out of children. Judiciary. S. B. 57, Jenkins Voluntary aJrais-I aJrais-I sion to state mental hospital, j S. B. 58, Winder State board of review, re-view, to limit tax levies. S. B. 59, Winder School tax levies in rural districts. S. B. CO, Winder School tax levies in city districts. S. p. 61, Winder Tax levies fur exhibition ex-hibition purposes. 8. B, 61!. Winder City tax levies. qucnt taxes. Revenue and taxation committee. II. B. 45, Shelley Relating to the use of school buildings. Education committee, H. B. 46, Bailey Relating to voting, vot-ing, and the form, marking and counting count-ing of ballots. Elections committee. II. B. 47, Iverson Establishing office of-fice of state fire marshal, defining powers pow-ers and duties and providing for maintenance main-tenance of same. Insurance committee. commit-tee. II. B. 48, Mrs. Dunyn-Relating to vaccination. Public health committee. II. B. 49, Callister Relating to felonious fel-onious assaults. Judiciary committee. II. B. 50, Iverson Concerning banking bank-ing corporations with reference to manner of keeping books, loans to officers of-ficers and directors, meetings, statements, state-ments, etc. Banking committee. H. B. 61, Canister Fixing prison terms from five years to life for selling sell-ing or giving away intoxicating liquor containing poisonous substance which causes death or injury. Judiciary committee. com-mittee. H. B. 52, Callister Providing life sentence or death penalty on recommendation recom-mendation of jury for one convicted of asi.ault with deadly weapon with intent to commit robbery. Judiciary committee. II. B. 53, Iverson Amending sections sec-tions relating to the industrial commission com-mission and the state industrial fund. Labor committee. II. B. 54, Rowan Liquidation of banks. Banking committee. II. B. 55, Mrs. Graham Transfer of habitually delinquent children to industrial indus-trial schools. Education. H. B. 50, Petlit Salaries for mine inspectors of coal and hydrocarbon mines. Mining and smelting committee. commit-tee. II. B. 57, Callister Appointment of deputies for county, precinct and district dis-trict officers. Judiciary committee. II. B. 53, McKell Auditing accounts of cities, counties and school districts; creating supervising state board of au JiU and accounts, and defining powers pow-ers and duties. Judiciary committee. II. B. 59, committee on irrigation and reservoirs Investment of irrigation irriga-tion district bonds. Irrigation and reservoirs res-ervoirs committee. H. B. 60, Wilkins Eliminating 3 per cent penalty from delinquent taxes. Revenue and taxation committee. H. B. 61, Hollenbeck Relating to sale of property for delinquent '.axes. Revenue and taxation committee. H. B. 62, Atwood Amending sections sec-tions relating to boundary lines of Utah and Wasatch counties. Public lands committee. n. B. 63, Judd Amendment relative to assessing metalliferous mines. Revenue Rev-enue and taxation committee. II. B. 64, Goggin An act providing for the protection and assistance of aged persons. Judiciary. H. B. 65, Cannon Amending laws relating to cold storage of foods. Manufacturing Man-ufacturing an l commerce. H. E. 6rt, Mrs. Lyman Substituta for II. B. No. 3. Amending sections relating to construction of water ihci and jurisdiction by cities. Pubic health. |