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Show HD BILL IS PASSED BY UTAH LEGISLATURE BALT LAKE, Oct. 4. following op-F op-F position by Representative D. D. McKay Mc-Kay of Weber county and Represen- latlve J. E. Holmes of Carbon county, the house of representatives yesterday qfternonn passed, by a bate constitu-t tinnal majority, tbe measure authoriz- I Ing the public utilities commission to srant certificates of convenience and 1 I necessity to railroads. The vote was ; -I to 9, there being a large number of absentees when the roll was called.' I nnd an expressed unwillingness by j Representative McK.iy to withhold an- nouncemcnt of the roll call until some' t of the absent ' members who were! knows to favor the measure could be summoned from other parts of the! capitol. The bill, which. It is considered like- j ly. will get favorable action In the senate sen-ate today, would allow the public utilities utili-ties commission to give a railroad corporation cor-poration the sole right to operate in a given territory, so long as the service: it rendered was deemed satisfactory and sufficient. Supporters of the measure mea-sure said that for many years tbe project pro-ject of building a railroad into Uintah basin had been blocked because when one railroad announced its intention of building into the territory, threats were made by others also to build, when both knew th.it the basin's business busi-ness would not support two lines. Representative McKay said the measure mea-sure was special legislation designed to favor special interests, and therefore he was opposed to it Representative Holmes made the same charge against the bill. Senate Bills Passed. The house also disposed of several measures yesterday. At the morning I session it passed the two senate bills as amended, increasing the penalty! for stealing automobiles and permit- I ting juvenile courts to hold minors to I the district court for this offense It ! also approved the two senate bills requiring re-quiring quarterly reports to the bank1 commissioner by banks in the state,' and prescribing fees for the filing of the reports. At the afternoon session, in addition addi-tion to passing the bill authorizing certificates of necessity for railroads,; the house also passed the senate bill authorizing county commissioners to make appropriations for water storage and reclamation surveys, Representative Representa-tive 1 H. Masters of Utah county voting vot-ing against the measure. The bill em-powering em-powering the state land board to sell j the Piute project to the i-ettlers, the house bill authorizing Salt Lake couu- : ty to increase Its annual appropriations ton widowa' and orphans' aid from $20,000 to $50,000, and a bill intro- duced by Representative Charles M. I Croft, changing the deer-hunting -.i- son from November l to 10 to October' 15 to 25, also were approved and sent to the senate. Emergency Clause Fails. Representative Croft's bill carried an emergency clausp which would have mad it effective this year, but the! bill I. tiled to get B two-thirds major- j Ity required for an emergency clause to be effective, and theretore will not go into effect until 60 days after executive exec-utive approval. Consequently it will not become a law in time to affect the deer season this year. Objection to making it effective this year was raised upon the admission by R. H. Siddoway. deputy fish and game commissioner, com-missioner, that some licenses for deer hunting this year already had been Issued. rw-i |