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Show 'MOTOR CAR FEE 1 BILL IS PASSED .Expected Opposition Fails to Develop; 1 1 New Measures Meas-ures In House SALT LAKE. Feb. 22 House bill Xo. 10.1, b Beeglhlllsr, Inrrcaslns motor mo-tor car licence fees and limiting ve-I ve-I hlclo loads on the paved highways! of the state, pastes' the house of rep I resentatlves resterdsy with only minor amendments. There were 38 ayes, I nine members of th Kbuse 'inj? ab- sent when JOo voto WSS taken. None of the amendments adopt.. l I called for a reduction In the ffCH pro- I poard by the meauro. niost f them bolnK of a teohnloal nature and hat -j Inpr horn nropoed by the automoblh-1 dealers of tho state c . OPP1 181 I ion Contrary to expectation, there WSS J no opposition to th'- measure on the ' floor of the house. Several of the members questioned the author of the ' measure a to whether it would brim; in a greater revenue for the state, and aomo askod If It would he retroactive. retro-active. An amendment WSS offered to mako it offe.-tive June i. Instead of I upon approval, but this amendment! was defeated Representative Seegmlllcr, talking for the bill) an M he anticipated oppotd-tjon oppotd-tjon to the fees proposed but none appeared. ap-peared. He said tho motor dealen had SOiltsnded that there should be a higher rate on small trucks un,l a low j rate on heavy trucks, and that the committee had done what was possible possi-ble to remedy this situation, Imus-1 much as it hud been claimed thnt the llht truck with a heavy loi.i mor road damage than a heavy truck with only a capacity load. NoT Kl'l lt Tl 1 . The bill will not be retroactive, he said, and those who have already pur-OhaStd pur-OhaStd thlr llcenne.. rr who do sn he-fore he-fore the bill Is plgne.i i.- thr governor, providing It paspo.s trio aenate, will escape a higher hcenuo fee this year. The Kane county representative said ! that it was anticipated that It would Incre.LM. the motor vehicle lieens.' receipts re-ceipts to some, extent this year, hut nothing in comparison to what the I Incream. would bo next year, when every oar owner would be required to pay the higher fees. It was expected. j he said, to add approximately $00,000 to the annual revenues of tho slate. 1 I 1 VES NEW BIT bg Eleven new bills were introduced ! in the house yesterday, only one more I legislative day remaining for tho in- j traduction of bllla The house neeom- 1 I pllshed much work, but It did not re- dues Its eolendar materially, and j i Htandlnjr committee reports on hills i helped to lengthen thr. third reading calendar. Of the eleven new measures probably the most far reaching, although al-though the most innocent looking is house bill 1R9, hy S W. Morrlaon. Jr. It provides that any voluntary association as-sociation of seven or more member may sue and be sued in the name of the asportation, and that service of process upon any officer, manager m-managing m-managing agent of such association shall constitute service upon the nsso- I elation. The bill would make any organization, or-ganization, eapeelally labor unions. II-: II-: ahle to suit, and It would, according to Its language, make the member I liable also. It wns referred to the Judiciary Ju-diciary committee. RE(i i I. T i CTCIROPRACTOR& Representative Day. out of the regular reg-ular order. Introduce .i new bill providing pro-viding for examining and regulating' of chiropractors. The new measur--varies only slightly from the original , ( bill for such purpose, Introdueed by Day, ond Is designed to make th j proposed hoard of chiropractic exum-I exum-I Iners conform to the provisions of the j new state department of registration. House bill 29, by Day, with the same! purpose In view. Is substituted hy the i new bill. Th- committee on public health is understood to be divided on the chiropractic bill, and it wus Kakl j bust night thnt two reports woul.l i I come from the committee, one favor- able and one adverse. Anothor attempt to regulate the j business of production and sale of lnltatlon milk Is to bo made. Representative Repre-sentative Parker yesterday Introducing Introduc-ing a hill for that purpose. House bill No. 1 SB. by B. W. Morrison, Mor-rison, provides for the amending of j I the existing laws relating lo corpora-! tlon license taxes, and it would elim- , lnr.te from the payment of such taxi domestic building and loan assocln-: tlons organized and operated exclusively exclu-sively for the mutual benefit of mem-1 hers. It was referred to the commit-1 I tee on corporations. WATER RIGHTS. House bill 188, by Flr.llnson. n I r.es to water and water lights. anJ . ' would amend 1919 session law on this j -" ' j i. nvuiu prmii diversion or , Water and provide that cr'a!n diver -I Slons shall not be deemed a change Of place of use, and 'hat it would be I unnecetsary for the state engineer to I mike such change in place of use where the lands to be Irrigated can I be Irrigated under an existing or ex- tonue.l r.r salvaged canal system. Another proposed amendment to tho water statutes Is in the case of the appointment ap-pointment of ii water commissioner. jThe state engineer would be empowered empow-ered to make such appointment on the recommendation of tho water users1 owning the right to the use of a majority ma-jority of the water to be distributed, provided that If a majority doca not make such recommendation prior to (March 1 of each year, then and in that event the state engineer shall make an I appointment without such recommend - atlon. The water users would bear the expense of the commissioner pro rata ;upon schedule to be fixed by the state I'Miglue. r Tho bill was .-. l.-rred to the .committee on irrigation. Administration bills were placed at the head of the calendar yesterday, but only two of them were disposed of. Senate bill 17 and House bill 106. The latter was the automobile regls- itratlon and license bill, and It now Is ion the way to the house. I JKNKIVs BILL ls ,1 S. Senate bill 17, by Jenkins, is the one-man one-man land board bill and it passed I without any debate, axes 39, nays 2, absent 6 It now goes back to th0 senate sen-ate for enrolling and engrossing, slg-ature slg-ature by the president, then by the speaker anil thence to the governor. j House bill 89, by Douglas, relating to I taxing of personal property of mer-' chants and manufacturers, which I passed Saturday, was reconsidered and' s. nt ha. k to committee House bill 24,-by Mills, prohibiting 1 discriminatory practices by fire lnsiir-1 ance companies, was taken from the' La bin and passed without further debate. de-bate. Tho vote w.ik :ies L'fi, nayB 13. labse.nt 0. I Senate bill No. 10. relating to the maximum nnd minimum populations of second and third class cities, was passed, it having been a bone of contention con-tention ever sines it Introduction, The house went Into the committee of the whole for a time during the dav to listen to Dr. George Thomas. state superintendent of public instruction, explain the effect of the measure upon school organizations In cities affected. He said that if something was not douo wltliln tho next few years In th way of a constitutional amendment n would, sooner or later, he. Impossible to handle school matters in t' ro wi 1 1 cities. The bill was originally introduced for tho benefit of ilrlgham City, for the purpose of keeping that place In the third class despite, her increase in population. By increasing the minimum mini-mum size of the third class cities tho toes of Murray were trod upon, for it pined thut town back In the thlr.l Blaaa A compromise was effected and it is now hoped that lhe bill may not bo declared unconstitutional. Although Al-though the bill pnsetul without opposition, opposi-tion, notice of a motion for reconsideration reconsid-eration was given I M AX )K AMI I R I K I One bill was reported unfavorably by committee yesterday. Lewis bill, which would provide free transposition transposi-tion for school children living a distance dis-tance from district schools. It wus given second reudlng and placed on tho calendar! however, according to the provisions of the house ruler. I Douglas' hill providing for tho rapaal' of the existing prize fight lawa v i reported favorably, oa wils Ivers' bill, authorizing the state land commission1 to loan its suspense fund. Cal lister's bill providing for civil ser-; vie for policemen and firemen was reported re-ported out of committee favorably and his bill relating to the ago for retirement retire-ment of firemen on pension also received re-ceived a favorable report. AJ1 arc now! on the third reading calendar McShano's bill, to make the maximum maxi-mum rate for legal printing five ccnta a line wan reported out with an amendment amend-ment which would muke the rate ton cuts a lino for the first insertion and live cents a line thereafter. The houn adjourned over Washington's birthday and will convene ajjuln nt 2 o'clock Wednesday. |