Show 1 u tap aa i OULU A NS SEE BUSY WEEK NEW knew MEASURES CONTINUE TO FLOOD BOTH HOUSES kivett RIVER PACT HOLDS SPOTLIGHT after visiting the agricultural college at logan monday and seeing the ins and cuts outs of how farmers are made the utah assembly opened the third week of its session tues bues dy 1 N bills anil and measures as well as amendments and repeals vt of present laws are pouring into the legislative pr p r many blany are killed in and others more fortunate continue their jou ncy icy through ane legislative mills to b come laws the co CD orado arado river pact wide tire bill state fire marshal repeal of public otilit e i act held the spotlight during the week u iverson proposes to give a nc ric v set of teeth to the banking lava las a n a bill introduced to the house the measure has been prepared wl 1 I i great care and the intent 4 to pro act the depositor in every way pos poss ale all books and records are to be kept in accord with the rule rules and regulation i laid down by the state bank commissioner severe penalties are pro provided in tha lav law and violation of them r cam a tt ass of 1000 to or ament of from cne one 4 ten years or both fine and imprisonment restrictions placed on pledging the banks assets to depositors or creditors so as to allow a banker or bank to qualify as depository for united states deposits postal savings funds or other funds by ly of required by law as set c t forth in the present law are changed it is provided that commercial banks may money star ifor temporary 9 purposes and may pledge assets of the bank not exceeding 50 60 per cent in amount of money borrowed as collateral security two bills the purpose of which wh ach Is I 1 ap t citify the law pertaining to inheritance taxes were introduced 1 in n the house bouse the laws of 1917 1017 say that the shall receive a per diem them and be paid ot alit of the state treasury the same as other state officers ate are paid tho the lawa laws of 1919 1910 provide that all costs are re chargeable to 1 the estate when such estate is subject to tax taic senator 11 E jellins an i Le lepreston preson s dative E R callister Cal CaI llster both of salt lake each presented in their respective f houts petitions signed by some 1155 2 peace officers and men similarly employed asking repeal repee of the inde terminate sentence law whereas run runs the petition crime has increased the lat latt la tt few years and taro appears to be a arme wave vave 1 I sweeping over the country each win ter it la Is evident from the practice tle of the past post fw fow years that all tl operation of the indeterminate sentence law is not what was contemplated on its creation re 11 the petition asks for the reenact re enact ment of the law fixing a maximum and minimum sentence tor for each crime and asserts that the trial judge is better able to determine the proper sentence than is the state board of pardons it adds unless new evidence Is furnished the board of pardons should have no jurisdiction in the cases and greater j care should be exercised in the granting pa roes as experience has ha shown greater percentage of crimes cleared up were committed by ex e convicts or VlOlA violators tors estable establishment rement of the office et c state fire marshal Is the object of housa bill no 47 the author of acieh is representative iverson it provides that the commissioner of insurance of the state ahall shall be is cm officio marshal and nd prescribes as me his duties the en rit of all laws and ordinances relating to the prevention of fires the forage storage and use of explosives vie oe maintenance and regulation of clr escapes the adequacy of exits in factories asylums hospitals churches schools ec och hool hall halls theatres and bublie i jublle places the suppression and punishment of arson and fraudulent practices in connection with fire losses and all other duties pe pertaining kalning to prevention at of fires and r pertaining proposed act spi cofiell fles the powers which the marshal may have and pre scribes methods of procedure in all cases comin coming under his or his dra tie ties supervision whether or not the law compelling the use of wide tired wagons on the aronds and highways of utah should be te Iv pealed was the subject of lengthy ft in the house of represents thes thursday ani ant constituted nearly all the business of the house in regular session the cause of the discus aten was senate bill no ID 10 by sena tor hirsch II irsch cusie before house on third reading the bill was passed but not without considerable opposition the measure canned a wider divergence of opinion and more battered 11 catt ered cotine than any other so far coming before the representatives the vote resulted in twentynine twenty nine yeas 18 nays nayo with eight absent there being just one vote more than Is required by the constitutional majority represent wood vrho ft ho opposed the bill in debate announced that he would vote in its it favor and that be desired to gi ph e notice of a motion to t cenat der the b annial bill wae was in ju ed n th mt wite bl II 11 C tsui f gi fi A rl A tho in i n Is tile the atte apt lart of th t h n 11 itie merR of ceiro t t tre ke r 4 v n p acte lei t li fv s t an L r w ta r tn ni niton for scaling arts prescribed by the th state department of legista allom utahna desiring the abolishment of the 6 pub public c utilities commission and thov wishing its retention appeared before the judiciary committee oz 0 the 1 lower house of the legislature to present men their contentions the occasion was a public hearing by the committee on house bill no 36 by rehren dative hollenbeck of duehesne Dui besne county the bill proposes repeal of the act creating the commission and all laws pertaining to the organization opponents of the commission based their argun ants principally upon the assumption that the board Is an unnecessary state department i that the cost of it lu maintenance is in excess execs of the its confers that its et visions are factory and discriminatory in atory story and that lt it functions could be performed oy vy the courts and by jury verdicts two measures that it is believed will have the approval of rif about every citizen of the state were passed by the house late wednesday afternoon they were the bills of representative callister which provide for more severe punishment for bandits who make assault for the purpose of robbery the bill provide that long terms of imprisonment shall follow conviction another measure of representative a callistia calif Call istir provides for a term of not less than fiva years or the death penalty for vason s who pell sell or give away any intoxicating liquors which cause death blindness or paralysis |