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Show DEFER ACTION ! ON DERN BILL Auto Theft Measures Introduced Intro-duced in Senate by Jenkins ' I ' SAIr LAX B, Jan. 21 The Utah r.enate yesterday postponed ,oonslder-atlon ,oonslder-atlon of the Dern bill, which attempts to change the terms of payments on state lands, and by recommitting the 1 Peters measure, which alms at re-I re-I apportionment of county school dls-I dls-I trlcts, plunged Into Intense action. One I new bill was Introduced by Senator . Harrison E. Jenkins. It was the j uniform bill against automobile theft I now before the legislatures of several 1 other stalls. A committee substitute i for the measure bj Senator J. William j Knight, providing a penalty for the 1 unwarranted use of insignia of certain cer-tain patriotic orders. wa.s given s separate number. l F l 1 1 1 IT BULL The auto theft bill provides new regulations for the registration of automobiles, au-tomobiles, which will make proof of ownership necessary at the lime of taking out an automobile license. The measure, now known officially as Senate bill No. 14, Is a copy of the uniform antltheft law drafted by the national officers of the motor organizations organ-izations The I'tah motor vehicle committee, which had chrags of its adaptation to Utah's needs, Is composed com-posed of N" H Hansen chairman; Boy Cros. Frank Bottorlll, A. S. Brown. Russell Richards. W. D. Rlshei and Charles C. Backcs. It has been Indorsed by the I'tah I State Automobile Association, the Salt , Lake County Automotive Trades aaso-: aaso-: elation, and has Ihe approval of C. Frank Kmery. sheriff of Salt Iake j county: Joseph E. Burbldge chief of police of Salt I-ake, and H E. Crockett Crock-ett secretory of state. The bill Is a part of a national cnr.i-I cnr.i-I palgn against the automobile thief, j and similar measures are being in- troduced before the legislature.! of I several states now In session, each be- ing changed to fit In with locui co!i-I co!i-I ditlons and present regulations Oif- j ernlng tho licensing of atitomob W 8. Provisions of the measure include the filing of in affJ lavlt with the sec-1 rotary of state of the ownership and description of each vehicle for which I a license Is being applied The sum; of one dollar for each affidavit filed Shall bo paid to the secretary of slnle. I I The fund accumulating from these ! filings will exceed HO, OOO and will I pay for the administration expenses of the law, leaving all licenses Intact for payment of Interest and creation of a sinking fund for the slate's I SO 000,000 bond Issue. The Vers mensure from the house, providing that counties may pny as 1 high as R per cent. When neuossrrv, as Interest on current Indebtedness was placed on the second reading cal-i endnr with a majority report of the! I judiciary committee agains it. S n-ator n-ator Jenhins C the committee pre sen ted n iniuorlL'v ,-eport, recoouii -wj-1 ing that the bill be paased. Consld- ! eratio.1 of the measure; wen; over until today. I BE OF iNSHiM Senator J. William Knlghl concurred concur-red In the committee substitute for his bin regarding the unwarranted use of Insignia of certain orders The, substitute seeks tb accomplish ttie some purpose of altering a section now on the statutes, instead of enacting a new sertlon. Senator George H. Iern pointed out that the committee on 1 revision and printing had not caught I tho fact that the state laws at present' carry a measure similar lo tho one desired In the Knight bill. This cauo out during a discussion as to whether j the substitute bill should b printed or not. and It was decided that typewritten type-written copies shoud be furnished In sufficient numbers to supply all mem- bers of the legislature When the Dern land btll, supported by members of the present state board I of land commissioners, came up fori third reading) Senator Jenkins asked I that consideration be postponed for I fifteen days' His request was taken as a motion and met with some :is- ussion Senator I)crn nld he was 1 not particularly anxious ;o rush the I moasure through without consideration, considera-tion, but that fifteen days seemed a long time to postpone it. Senator! Jenkins said he dealred somo Infor-1 mation that would probably take that! long to get here. Senator WlMbim H Smart said he was not ready to vote 1 finally on the measure at present and favored :i postponement. Senator Sen-ator John W. Peters thought It would be wise and prudent to postpone consideration. con-sideration. Senator Peters pointed out that .he bill affects the tax revenues of the Mate, for the reason that the state! taxeS the equity only of a purchaser of 6Uite lands This meant that ihe lands themselves would not he placed on the slate tax rolls for twenty years, ' Instead of ten. and ho thought this I was an item worthy of due consld. gratton. Senator Edward Southwn k had as yet heard no Just reason for such a postponement. He said that a crisis is confronting the agricultural Intercuts Inter-cuts and the sheepmen. He had no objection to a reasonable postpone- ' ment. but he thought that fifteen days was eniiri ly out of reason. The bill I was a simple one. and he thought the Salt Lake senator could obtain any information he might desire on the measure in tw-nty-four hours OFPOS1 - i) LAI President Thomas E. MaKu fhoupht the senate would he much I more crowded with work fifteen days from now than in two or three davs. Senator Joseph Qulnney. Jr.. opposed a long delay. He thought three days should be sufficient. Senator South-wick South-wick moved as an amendment to the Jenkins resolution that conslderailon of the hill be made a special ord-r '"" '. : '10 o'clock nnd the amendment carried unanimously. Senator Peters moved that his bill lo empower commissioners t0 reap. portion precincts In country school districts, which wag on the second reading calendar, be reeorrunltted He said he had been advised that a pro poeal was under consideration to change ths number of persons on school boards. He asked for time to take u pthls question. |