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Show SENATE PASSES I iCTIIIE SESSION Eight Bills Taken Off Second Reading Calendar and Sent to House SAlT LAKE. Feb. v In three hours' of Intensive work yesterday the I'tah senate took eight hills off the second r'-i.linK calendar, one off the third reading calendar, and sent them air It" the house. Kight of lbs nine bills. which were all senate measures, were (the group providing for the establish-1 ment of th- "ate department of fi- I nance and purchase. I To replace the nine bills senate com- 'mittees reported om six more to be .-t.Ided to the senate calendar. o that I the net result of the day Was one bill j I less on the third rending calendar. I j clearing It. and two bills less on the second reading calendar, which now j 'shov.s twenty bills and one resolution) ! ready for discussion on the senate ' floor. I l l I I I I ktPRCn XI All of the administration bills i 'passed carry the emergency clause I making them effective on approval j Before this clautte may take etfeut n I must hae the assent of two- thirds of the members of ach hnii- In one Instance est. r.lay . when the Itepui. ' lloans refused to emend d measure In a manner ti.- toe. l by the Democrats of the senate to be proper, the latter j voted as n unit, and this means that! Senate hill No. 22 will not become a law until 6 days after approval byj tii" governor. The bill haa to do with (he expenses ex-penses of the commissioner of insur-! unce. COtttpgttleS pot Incorporated in Utah, The present law provides that theconsent of the state board of ex-amfners ex-amfners is required before the commissioner com-missioner may undertake l be expen-dit'ir.s expen-dit'ir.s of such an examination. Thc bill vvns written simply to reoulrt the i approval of the director of finance and! purchase. Senator fJeorge 11. iJern "-aid that this placed with the director! the POWer oi deciding whether the I'tah law interests of insurance pol-l Icy hold, is in I "tali, should be etilorced i or not. He did not think thai was fright. S. n.uc bill No. 22 brought forth a 'spirited battle which resulted In the loss of (he emergency clause on a party vote. Senate hill No. prtwe I without flisciisfi ;is lir! Senate hill ;No. 2 1, except that in this case Senator Sena-tor Knight drew attention to the fact that they were volhg out of the law the requirement for sealed bids on supplies for the state, out he voted "aye." Inasmuch as the point raised 'reallv in-longed to Senate bill So. 80 Senator Southwick voted no, to record his opposition to the letting of bids Without advertising, which, he said, would be the effect of tbe present j measure The remainder of the department de-partment of finance group of bills passed almost without comment. i'assi ii w n H DisiM n ii The next bill was the reapportlan- .ment bill, and lollowln? ihat wax Sen ,ator J.iikin's measure lo reduce the' land board t me member. Senator j I.Dern moved that both ie paased ion the da Senator Knight's bill permitting per-mitting t ines I., turn over the distribution distri-bution of Irrigation water and the col-;lecfon col-;lecfon of a.-.s ssnioiits lo private cor-1 Lporatldns or irrigation districts w.iv next on ihc Ii-'. and waa passed on both reavOIngs after it had been as-. ssrtsd that the bill would relieve main cities of eornu legal embarrassments. jSenator Dsrn wanted to know If the! bill was irlng to turn over to private! persons the collection of public reVl 'Hues, but after Senator Knight and Senator Peters had explained whnti in.;, thought it would do he Joined' the chorus in voting f0r the measure.! The gander measure, relating to In-j debtcdnt-ss of boards of education, brought out vigorous denunciation!; particularly from Senators Kdward Southwick and II C. Tebbs. Senator Southwl.k s.,t,i it w., "cunningly drawn" and that Us consequences no man might foresee. He declared there would be no en. I to expenditure, and no cuttim; down of taxes, provided this' bill afforded Ihe loophole for school' io m, ur iiMjetUi-dnesa without limn for current expemltiures. , Senator 1'eters cxpl lined that the board could no nothing without con-- con-- int of a majority of the taxpayers Of the district, but the opposition to the bill became so violent thai, In the absence of Senator i.arnph. representing represent-ing Uintah county, which is especially ,in ne.-d of some sort of legislation llks the one in aueatloc, the friends of thc bill were glad when the motion carried car-ried to postpone further action until the return of the senator from the Twelfth. The bill Willi in ihe meantime, mean-time, remain at the bead of the second sec-ond reading calendar. PI Ns I OR Ml MOW l A petition from the Salt Lke post, i American Legion, asked that some S.iiiable action be taken to preserve' the pli.ns for a memorial prepared bv . a . oinmittee authorized by the l'jpi1 legislature, and the matter f,9A lerred to I ha special committr,- Which has the report of that committee In c ha rtrp Li. h Cit"n,'r-V SSBOClatlon urged . the appropriation for the purchase of , 'the state experimental farm in UavU 'county. The Provo Commercial club w.inis :h. a. hool amendmert passed by j the people at the I .H einilon put In-to In-to th. si;,;.,t..s. rn. f.,rm bur.-aua ..f i Sanpete . ounty are in faUJ uf Mn.ome tax law. House bill N'o. 20. which would put the constitutional amendment efon saul Into effect, vv , .11. d .,; .. , Mast night, and this brought the motion mo-tion to .oljourii bj Senator Hern Ihe legislature wa Invited to at-(tend at-(tend the meeting on the automobile ,theft law. at the Commercied club las. night, and alagf ihe noon membership luncheon tomorrow, when the antlalien laws will be under discussion. The senate and house of represents- 1 tles asked to go on r.-Cord aa f.tvoi -lng the congressional reeolutloa pending pend-ing which requests ihe president to .enter Into negotiation with Oicat Bri-1 jtaln and Japan to reduce naval expen-l .dltures io per cent annually during the! I next five years. The requeat comes in ' tbe form of a memorial. Introduced b I IS . ator Qeorge II. Dern or Salt lke i .which aaye that the "crime of eompe-itltive eompe-itltive armaments not only threaten t" bankrupt the rtval nations participating partici-pating therein, but IS a constant mat ace to world peace It says that, as (the richest and most powerful eoun- Itrv In ' - .. ... i.t i ... . ahould take tbe lead in the reduction of axrnsmentj) in Mi r i hiii Another Income tax bill wlU make Ua appearanea tn tha state )ea;islatur-thla )ea;islatur-thla week. It la Repraaantatlva Jn,s ft. Thome's bill and i sponeorad b ciilrens of t tah counfv The Thome b.U a ill not be near aw v oluminous aa thc Southwick income tax bill Intro-dued Intro-dued In tha eenate last waek, for It Is only one pace In length and la de atgT.ed for simplicity Tbe measure provides that anr person per-son who haa nor ben paying a property prop-erty tax on proprl of an ntfnn- f. valuation of f2ouo for the year l2o hall b BUbJeel t an lnrom tax of! . per -rnt of lrrnm. providing h or she Is not married. If married thc j lnconu? ta would be only 1 per cent. I and If either the man or woman is married and has two or more children living In the state, they would he exempt ex-empt from the lr.coine t The bill provides that the 1., x u,,,,,j be tak' n from tho pay check each pa day by his or her employer and ti,..t the employer would pay over to the state treasurer monthly these deductions deduc-tions for Income taxes. The employee' would have to show that he had paid1 property tax or that he had depend-I mi children, and faltur,. ,, ask for' this exemption ten .lava hern.- day would result In failure io set . 1 SU h exemption. A penalty for fllinr an Incorrect statement or S0 fine or flftj davsn jail is provided in the bill aei WOU,d hPconre effective July I, 1 oo |