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Show CITY ZONING BILL TO BE BROUGHT UP SALT LAKE. Dee. 28 The Municipal Munici-pal league of L'tah Is behind a city zoning bill to be presented to the next legislature which convenes a week rrom Monday. The league's program also in I tides a bill to afford cities better opportunity opportun-ity to protect the drainage areas from which they obtain their water supply, sup-ply, another to amend the law fixing pi s for legal advertising In some Instances; In-stances; one to require county treasurers treasur-ers to turn over to the municipalities at more frequent Intervals the cities' and towns' share of the taxes, a bill to make the present laws . onfnrm ) as to give municipalities power tO take advantage of the terms offered by power companies for ton-year lighting contracts, and or two other measures largely designed to correct present laws. There are vurious Interests now willing will-ing to support a movement lonklng to the establishment of the "eity-and-Cbunty" government. which would eliminate some duplication between present city organ:.utlon and county organisations covering in part the same ground. Thi re Is also a rather definite movement looking to "self-determination" "self-determination" In cities, to use the more modern equivalent of the former "homo rule In cities " |