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Show STEADY GRIND INUPPPUSE Senators Pass Three Bills to House and Kill Three Others SALT LAKE, March 2 A steady grind In 'ho I'tah Monate yesterday resulted re-sulted In tho sending of three hills to the hous. tho death of three others and the passing of six op second reading. read-ing. Including one reoommlunont. j nine bills wore taken off the second i on, ling calendar, while seven wore added ad-ded during t he dS I The Dern workmen" compensation measure, a long one and full Of dc- batable points, was added to the third reading calendar after occupying the creator part of the morning session, when amendment alter amendment was propose! l Senator Harrison E. Jenkins of Salt Lake, a former member mem-ber Of the mtate Industrial eommlssion. Tho hill goes on third reading calendar calen-dar with Hi" understanding that one or two changes prdpoaed bs senator Jenkins are ptlll to l,o considered. KILL Ql IWLY BILL During the afternoon the senate amended and then killed on final passage pas-sage 'be Qulnne) bill requiring cooperation co-operation between the stale engineer's office and federal engineers In preliminary- Investigations for irrigation districts, Senator Antoinette B- Kinney's bill providing for 0 welfare commission i was amended lo meet the objections! of those who Hated that the bill nucnt give opportunity for prying in- terference on the part of possibly well-meaning well-meaning busybodlcs. The measure was then passed In rather emaciated form, with but three votes recorded against It. The Peters bill on city lighting contracts con-tracts permitting them to lip undertaken under-taken for ten years Instead of a maximum max-imum of three, was amended to read flvo years. The author protested that tlni destroyed any purpose in the bill, and oted against the measure, but he was supported by only two other senators sen-ators on second reading. s, nator L'lizabeth Hayward minimum mini-mum wage measure, which has the IMMIIIUI ami lllliviai iiiciii JL Utah Manufacturers' association, was 'placed on third reading calendar by a vote of nine to eight. Some who oted for the passage of the bill on Dnd reading Intimated that they might be found to be opposed to the measure on final passage. A commission from John S Karley. sfcrotaxv of the Manufacturers' association, asso-ciation, was read Indorsing the Hay-ward Hay-ward measure, with amendment which the nlt 1-Jike senator herself had Inserted In-serted In the bill. Before tho senate committee on public health and labor, also, several employers Of huge numbers num-bers of female workers stated that they considered the present minimum wage law something of which the state should be ashamed, so low are tho wages mentioned. Senator Kintn-v bad : busy lime defending de-fending her measure to place two wo-n.en wo-n.en on the. state board Of Insanity, but It was finall) placed On third leading calendar by a vote of 1 1 lo " Senator Jenkins' bill providing for ritv planning commissions in cities of the first and second classes " is amended by Senator Edward Sod 1 1 1 -wick to Inciude cities of the third cla.-s us woll, and the bill went on third reading calendar with two opposing votes. BRINGS OBJ&4 HON'. The bill providing for a bond issue to the extent of 11,600,000 was re-ceLved re-ceLved from the house, and its friends asked for Its prompt passuge The bill whs placed on third reading under suspension su-spension of the rule, but Senator L'ern asked that consideration be deferred for one Ih Liter in the day opposition oppo-sition to the bill having deVeloPfd from persons who desired a hearing as to the merits of the measure, tho bill was committed l" 'he senate Judiciary committee com-mittee The objection comes from thosp who do not think H right that the automobile automo-bile owners and users should be taxed for the next twenty years to pay off a deficit In the slate general fund. The bill proposes a bond Issue of $1.-oOO.OOO. $1.-oOO.OOO. of which 1 1 .000,000 shall be used to complete state road contracts, to this there Is no opposition. The Other $.100,000, however. Is proposed foi use In diminishing the deficit alleged al-leged to bo in tho state general fund, is i result of the wartime- administration administra-tion There Is considerable opposition to the proposal to pay BUCh S bond Issue from the proceed? of the motor chlol tax exclusively Senator J. W' Peters Introduced a memorial to congress urging passage of the Smith-Towner bill by congress saying that If the bill becomes a law, a total of 1460,000 In federal funds will be available for Utah He asserted thai' the aim of the smith -Towner bill Is similar t that of the Seegmiller bill, which has recently pa-sscd both houses. In that It attempts to equalize In a measure the educational advantages advan-tages of .ill children no matter where resident. He thought It would be a fatal mistake to adjourn without passing pass-ing such a memorial The senators thought likewise. ;md pasxed the bill without opposing vote, and without much debate. I MAJJfU t i.e. A iv Tho effect of the numerous amendments amend-ments proposed h Senator Jenkins to the Dern bill, an, ending tho workmen's work-men's compensation act. whs to give the senator- a clear understanding of the nature of tho 'legislation Senator Jenkins was regarded by his colleagues as more or less hostile to the bill, but thev were willing to be shown," and In two or three cases adopted his amendments, while they asked for additional ad-ditional time to consider one or two others. REFUSjfiB T RECEDE. House amendment to the depart-IW depart-IW nt of registration bill, a reported to the senate, were not grammatical, but i he intent of the legislators being leaVi the senate decided to adopt the intendments, rather than "create h angle." They provide for payment Of a per diem of $."i to members of the n i idii- examining boards. N The house does not like the senate, plan lo make the state hoard of education edu-cation the proposed board of eduea-tlonal eduea-tlonal co-ordlnution. and the senate refused to recede from 'he amendments. amend-ments. Senator J. W. Peter. W. H. Smart nnd U. T. Jones are the senate conferees. In the afternoon, after the Qulnnev bill, for cooperation between federal and state engineers In preliminary Investigations In-vestigations lor irritf.ition districts, had teen amended to meet vurlous objections, objec-tions, and to lease tho co-operation entlrclv optional with the stute engineer, engi-neer, the bill was killed by a vote of 7 to 10. Senator Smart was absent, and the supporters of the bill on roll call were Senators Rufus Adams, David Da-vid Jenson. Antoinette B. Kinney. J. W. Peters. Joseph Qulnney, Jr.. Henry N SUndlsh and President Thomas E. .McKay. The minimum wage scale as amended amend-ed b Senator I lay ward in her bill which waa introduced to give some of tho employers of female workers op-POrtUPit) op-POrtUPit) to in ike good on statements made to the senate committee when the nttntmum wigc commission meas-ure meas-ure was beinK aigued. provides for minors a minimum wage of $1.25 a da instead Of the present legal 7. cents a day; for adult learners, Jl .",0 a day instead of 90 cents, and for experienced workers a minimum Ol I h dav Instf.id of tho present $1 IS The learninc period, fixed in the Mil orlgln:illv .P six months, whs amended amend-ed by Mrc: Hayward to read cue . r, (he Same a the present law. JKNSON Bll.l, KILIiL'D. Senator Jenson moved the adoption of the adverse report which killed his own bill requiring a Jur trial r.n parsons whom it was sought to enjoin en-join from practicing medicine without a license. Senator Jenkins aroused some jKlS-cusslon jKlS-cusslon when he said that bv 'some jockeying" his ritv planning . ommls-slon ommls-slon hill had got Into the public health and labor committee Instead of thai oi public affairs, t.. which the Journal Jour-nal showed the bill had been ussign-ed. ussign-ed. fin his motion the adverse report was filed, and ihe hin considered by the senate. It was drawn to affect only cities of the first and second classes. Senator Southwlck had it amended to include cities of tile third class as well. The purposes of the bill were debated at some length. Senator Sen-ator Kinney aroused a mlli when she remarked that the bill proposed to allow women on these boards. Bans tor Standlsh was unable to get In qn amendment excluding stores from the prohibitory powers of the city commissions com-missions or councils, The bill finally was pasted on second reading over tho votes of Senators Standlsh and Tebbs The latter argued that he doubted the oonatltutlBnaUtj of such measure, holding 'hat it Infringed on the personal per-sonal right of the property owners |