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Show PARTY LINES ' Li IN SENATE Administration Bill for New State Department Creates Differences SALT LAKE. Feb. C For a time In t'he senate yesterday there were Sam Indications that a tight draw n of partv lines might result over the administration bill providing for a state department of finance and purchase pur-chase On a proposed amendment to the; measure, which would place control of, 1 1 he department with the state board ( of examiners, rather than with th 0 governor solely, the senate, divided on party line In a rlilng vote Howor, , when Umc came to pass the bill to, the third reading calendar, the vote BtOOd H to 4. Senators J. JJ11". Knight, Orlando Bradley and Edward Southwlck voting with the solid Republican Re-publican majority. n third reading Monday It is quite possible that the bill will be subject to other amendments. Inasmuch as some of thn senators expressed themselves them-selves vesterday as not completely al- vised as to the probable effect of the legislation creating the new state department de-partment As the bill now stand? It Is amended amend-ed so as to Include all departments of state government among those reporting report-ing their financial condition" to the proposed state department of finance and purchase Furthermore the bill was amended vesterday so as to do aw,i with any requirement tht the, senate confirm the nppoiiilmciit 01 , slate direc tor of finance and purchase, and that officer will also be removable , at the pleasure of the governor. PETERS AMENDMEN 1 This amendment was proposed by I Senator John ". . peters, Republican floor leader. Immediately after the secretary sec-retary had finished reading the bill.. There was no opposition Senator Edward Ed-ward Southwlck proposed thai the salary sal-ary of the director be reduced from the $5,000 mentioned In the bill to $t.-, 000 in keeping, he said, with the spirit of the times- Plenty of men would bc Klad to accept the duties of the pro- posed office for the lower salary, he thought. Senator Joseph QUlnney, Jr.! and Senator Peters, on the other hand,! thought It would be difficult to gt ft I properl) iiuallfled man to serve at $0,000. '1 he amendment found little 1 support. Senator Harrison E. Jenkins pro-j posed an amendment to provide that the state department in awarding! contractu for work or equipment, sup-l plii printing and the like, might not patronize the business houses of any state which refused to permit Utah business men Ihe privilege of contract-j ilng for public work in their s.ate. He. rererred to the fact that Idaho Willi rtoi P'liiiu state or municipal print iim 10 be contracted outside the state , lie. -j.d that thfie might be other; itati . for a'.l he Knew, and the amend -, ment. would make business men in' lhv.se Mates ."if they want to come here and make bids, clear up the laws In their owii states first. " Senator Uriah T. Jones was opposed! to retaliatory measures, and Senaiui George H Dern .-aid tnai. in passing retaUatOVjf law- In the past, the I v.ih legislature had late to back up. '1 Senator Henri C Tebba thougnt that such a provision in a tiah law was only just and supported U President Thomas b: Mi Ku thought that any' action needi d in anothe't state could be obtained by the director without sptciul leg. slat ion. The clew carried on v i va voce vote Senator J. William Knight though' that the bill should can v a provision that t'id 1 should be opened in public, or at leusi thai the bidder might have the right to be present when orders lor worU or supplies are opened. Otherwise, Oth-erwise, he pointed out. the director 1 inlylit verj eas.ly favor his friends When holding sue n a responsible posl? j tlon. . Then Senator George 11 Hern un-1 un-1 loAded a flood ui discussion which lasted almogl throughput the remainder remain-der of the afternoon when he proposed propos-ed thai the state deportment ahould consiut of ihe board of examiners (governor, secretary of state and attorney at-torney general), the d. rector appointed appoint-ed by ilic goVernor, and Hie state treasure', l( OME 1 BULL. I The fiisi income tax bill to be pre- srnted to the lg.slaiur- of the state oi I'tah during the present session was brought Into the scnuie yesterday b Senator Edward Southwlck of L'tah county. The bill Is thirty-seven pagi i long antl pu; ports lo be a careful adaptation to l'tah conditions of the federal Income tax law, and the mod-el mod-el Income tax legislation proposed by the model tax committee of the National Na-tional Tax association The special committee named by both houses of the L'tah legislature will today make the trip to Antelope island to investigate the reported slaughter of buffalo from ihe privately private-ly owned herd there. Thev will bo. accompanied by representatives from the I'nitod States bureau of biological Survey, George E. Holman. predatory ! animal inspector, and a man sent - apei i.iiiy from Washington. The Joint legislative committee was named as the result of a resolution introduced by Mrs. Cloa Clcgg In the , house of representatives, and Is made I up of Senators H. C Tebb8 and Ed- ward Southwlck and Representatives I G W H elch and H. II. Crouch. owing to the fact that both the senate sen-ate members arc also members of the Judiciary committee ln the senate, the hearing before that body on the Jenkins Jen-kins and the Dern bills to amend the, w orkmen's compensation act has been I postponed until Monduv morning at 10! o dock, it had bven sot for this morning morn-ing TO DISCUSS REGISTRATION. The public affairs committee will meet instead of tho Judlciarv commit-,1 tee. and will take up the a'dminlstra-lion a'dminlstra-lion bills with reference to the depart-1 ment of registration A hearing on' (these measures was held yesterday, and representatives of the nurses.1 j Pharmacists and barbers were present pres-ent to discuss terms of the bill. The I Pharmacists and nurses were In fa-1 vor of retaining a board of examiners appointed by the governor. and of, haying the director of registration BX-o.flclo BX-o.flclo secretary of all the boards. 1 I Pere was also a committee hear- terd.i . "ii th' autoni4K!jaa bci"or thi ju iJictary MS&j .t , inj exjdiined lUlfctart some j mr,dtB3ifcli1s ported out frflE' i.rob.i -Is Mo3(Sy "Vc-1 "Vc-1 av Apr . - 1 he -"-iiief - i'rmfani'., 01 - la inis nu t t;!(r BsO-iirf- be' ! -en.. I'" I''' llAjBejl s . t o'clock "UMJ will contlouam .,1 th.- 1. bill an.i 1,1 "fJM propriation:" before (be Ppjanw Senatoi Hc-nry N f. fa , u.d the attention -J. ;mjr : imk-J ... the authority l': ( ,.n nt he f'ejmf'' of legislative "ltmcrUl,,ir!l,! thai lh senate pa. ro01" Bt.e;! thorlzing the secret jry Manaj A report from .1 .iMkiw. conside, th rc iu--t ...'emV, the I" t..b - .n "l,U'clMm in. art. I!cr In the I W"SKS had .-I-; .. '''.'7DB extra pay b. cause c- t"- AV 1 ing and In ' , M ' ' ' 4 r""'r Itr'T& ,of praise 'f lh .hejnflfjfct the m-n but said tha' J ,,VtM question Th- iKr inorial woubi - - " " "LrM? J Lh. .-. fori r. c-n. in- n-,J .' idsH" e filed The rP ;,ir, Two lnsuran. e rrt 1 to .onipanlcs lh",,e I pnrt.,1 back, to the s n lyesterday 'ne .sijM tnT hit.,, rebates on d dls ciln 3 -tl.-r h.i- to ''j.i jKL1 ho as to prevent the k fund from romin ttlln I", of the proposed I |