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Show I mm RESUME IRK Initial Steps for Reorganization of State Government to Come Up Utah Legislature .1 m i:y it ik. in 11 D Ml Ml AH. SEN iTJ Cnnvcnrs at 2 o'clock Both calendars bare. Seoul, 1 decided It will todnv fix date at which (o henr from secretary of Mormon b&tthllon monument com- : mission HOI M Convenes at - o'clock. Report of .Mormon b&tt<on 1 monument commission. Special order nffbusjness for 3 o'clock. ( SALT YAK K, Jan 17 -Initial BtSpS for (he rcorKa nizution of the stnlo government will DIobftbl he begun In the legislative mill this week, the aim of Ihn Republican lawmakers being: to evolve a svstem In which both eebnomy and efficiency shall be better attained than under the it,s-ent it,s-ent state government machinery. Nqne of the numerous bills being advocated In Working out this plan has as yet been introduced. Bills covering, a majority of the proposed topics, however, how-ever, nre already In the hands of the P-Kislutors. and will probably be introduced in-troduced during the present week DIVIDE WORK Representatives of the achate nnd of the house have divided the work between the two branches, it being i he Intention, if possible, to have the house working on one Dart of the reorganization re-organization plan while the senate is n another. Senator George H. Dern, Demo-ratle Demo-ratle floor leader, was one of the sgtglatlve committee present Friday .hen the rorganlzation plan was explained ex-plained by member of the informal advisory committee which has been afwork on that problem. Asked as to the attitude of the lemoernts oh the reorganization plans, ho said: The lemocrats will be glad lo help in anything that will tend to cut down expenses of government without Incurring inefficiency.' While I heard the explanation given to the committee. I huvc not studied the plan In detail Reduction in expenditures expendi-tures for government, however, was n port of the Democratic as well as of the Republican platform, and I believe that the Democrats will bo found earnest supporters of any I change where it can tie shown that a ! raving will be effected without too great loss of efficiency. At first glance, there are at least somo of the I measures where the Democrats will have to be shown, but I, for one. am ready to be shown, and In favor of all proper reductions of expenses. Some of the orosposed measures Will probably be IntrodUl Ad bv Individual Indi-vidual members of the legislature. Others will. In all llkllhood come I from committees, and If is understood under-stood that the senate committee on ; public affairs will father severul of 'the Important measures, Including I the considerable number having to do with the establishment of a d Opart -I ment of finance and purchase BJEAPPORTIOXMT n l Formally, however, reorganization is not yet before the lelslat ure. lino f the big Subjects already touched on l-i reapportionment of the legislative district, There are two bills with that aim now before the senate committee com-mittee on public affairs. The authors. Senators J YV. Peters and George H. lierti. are respi i t lve v chairman and member of the commit tee. In view of the huge volume of work likely to rotue before the public affairs com-i com-i mlttee later in I lie session In connection con-nection with the reorganization plan it Is oulte probable That the Commlt-tt Commlt-tt en will he asked to give early .m) peej' consideration to the reapportion reappor-tion ment measures. The bills introduced intro-duced are due from the printer this is the eighth legislative day. nether the clo k is stopped or not, there can be a maximum of only sixty legislative days. The regular session of the fourteenth legislature, therefore, there-fore, s one-eighth over already. While six bills have been introduced l In the senate, there is no particular I reason for forecasting that this sen-fctt sen-fctt will introduce any fewer measures than Its predecessors, which have run 'of late anywhere between HO and 200 While avrainst the two resolutions resolu-tions already Introduced. It Is quite probable that the total will be at least twenty before the session expires. However. the first week of the session ses-sion has served to create the machinery ma-chinery of legislation and get It Into What appears to be fair running order. If this appearance is borne out when the test comes later in the session, ses-sion, it will prove to have been a week well spent. roth ROUSES READ'S ! The senate convened at 2 o'clock this afternoon. A report is due from the commltteo on revision and printing, print-ing, and another from the committee commit-tee on engrossing an enrolling. The s- nate has previously decided thr.t it would this afternoon fix a time to . hear from Mrs. May Belle Thnrman j Davis of the hou.se, relative to the report re-port of the Mormon Battalion monu-; monu-; ment commission, of which she Is secretary. Some of the senators have , been at work Saturday and Sunday perfecting bills they have had In mind for some time Rut the big attempt j win be to have the decks reasonably : clear for action on the reorganization measures, and those on taxation, should any be offered. i The house session was called to open at S P ni. Action on the report of the Mormon Battalion monument commission is made a special order j of business for 3 o'clock, but it Is expected ex-pected that many bills that were held I up pending the appointment of com- mlttecs will be offered before ad- lournmenf- , Tiie first week of the fourteenth legislature, so far as the house of representatives Is concc mod. started . of f with h speed that promises to make a record. Organization, with I the exception of the appointment, I of committees, was completed on the ! second day and two bills and one resolution were presented before committees had been appointed to examine ex-amine them. I The appropriation bill for the ex-! ex-! penses of the legislature) entitled Senate Sen-ate bill No li is the only measure that has Passed both houses and has been signed by the governor. It Is the Ortly appropriation measure that can ba offend until (he budget bill hSB i n acted upon. The budget probably prob-ably will be presented before the end of this week, for Governor Mabcy has been working on It ever since he took office. Two bills weic Introduced In the house during the week, one providing for the appointment by the governor of railroad police and the other providing pro-viding for Rich county roads to be known as stale roads. This latter i bill was withdrawn Friday, by unanl-' unanl-' mous consent, because It was said to j be faulty In construction, and It will be presented again this week, it was said yesterday by Its sponsor, Representative Rep-resentative Norrla of Rich county. I House and Joint rules were adopted by the house Thursday and a house resolution calling for an lnvcstlga- tion of the killing of bison on Ante-l Ante-l lope Island was adopted under su9-, su9-, spenslon of the rules. Friday the house I standing committees were announced ! and everything virtually completed j for the beginning of a busy islon I this week. nn |