Show practically halt half ot of the he ceslou for or the 1929 1920 legislature la is over ever and the body has had bad about bills introduced for consideration several important matters were brought forward lit week union theae were six measures passed by tile the senate recommended by the state code commission for repeal ing lins dead timber from the statute books some of 0 these laws lawa which the bills would repeal have bare been declared unconstitutional tut tat ional while others never have been effective and appropriations have bare lapsed back into the general fund these theae laws deal with licensing peddlers a home for fallen women setting betting it a tax on trading sta stamps taps providing a B minimum wage tor for females aud and the utah soldier settlement law governor dern a headless headlam balat balart t act came to the hout houte e in a bill by crump jr of salt lake providing for the abolishing of the party emblems at the top of the election ballots and malang voting strictly by office the B boulder data dam Is still till a rallying boint for the speech makers with ft a portion of the present week to be devoted to ways and means of utah adopting a stand of some und kind on the pla plan A some eighty nica beis of the body paid a vleit to southern utah over the week end and found among other things a very low temperature and nipping breezes an attempt to rectify the of corporation law was made in a bill introduced into the house the measure provides for the licensing and certification of domestic and foreign corporations by the secretary of bdate at the same rate as the present law but restricts the license tax to apply only on capital stock used within the state A bill lias las been introduced providing for the licensing alcer aln of aircraft and airmen the law would ex extend tend the ila liability of an aircraft owner or operator to include injury to other operator era as well as passengers aircraft operated in the state stata must be licensed by the united states department of commerce A bill establishing old age pensions ball ha passed the lie house after a real attack and defense on OB the part of the defenders and antagonists of the measure doubling the present assessment on ferous mines taxing the stockholders of building and loan companies and extending the hie present tax to include till all forms of 0 tobacco are the features of several new bills the utah law now does not assess stockholders of banks and does not apply to investment houses building and loan and other concerns of a similar nature one bill would extend the tax mans activities to such holdings A 15 per cent tax to apply to tha retail price of all tobacco products prod acta is a the rate rata proposed in the nicotine act A bill now in the house proposes to divide each county into population districts corresponding to the number of representatives from the county and that one represent representative athe be a selected by the voters of each district much discussion followed a divided report by the educational com on the constitutional amendment measure which increases th ill state school fund to M 30 per child and establishes an equalizing fund A t 5 per child the uniform veterans law relating to the guardianship tit of incompetent veterans and their minor children passed the house without a dissenting vote four bills arranging enactment ot of utah motor legislation uniform alth similar legislation of other states have been offered the plans offered offe reI 1 by these bills provide provida a uniform registering of motor vehicles and requires public liability insurance on rented cars also proposes registering regi of titles tor for motor vehicles and regulates opera teion of cars on the highways and provides for licensing the car drivers BILLS introduced IN THE HOUSE no ga critchlow Provi providing jing for 11 of aircraft and airmen no GS CS Il neither olther providing tor for uio the certification and payment of license taxes by corporations to the secretary of state no 69 miller setting aside a SID sinking fund fault for the redemption of bonds issued by the board of education no 70 designating the north Allie licau cellar as a the state slate tree of utah no 71 Jorge jorgenson tison providing for assessment of mines at six times their net annual proceeds I 1 instead as te a it of three as aa now provided no 72 ileda providing tor for tax Asse assessment of stockholders tock holders of banking and investment companies no 73 badger exempting kaempf ing pneumatic DI ate t t tired i red tr trailers rile r 9 f r 0 ray neut ot of motor vehicle regi registration strat to ani loees tees no 74 thompson Repeal repealing log the law prohibiting smoking oking in duclo enclosed ell public places no 73 75 hir thi compelling feint annual statement by county auditors of their sni salaries arles find and those of deputies arid and assistants doing a roll work no all 70 reil ang the fees feel of 0 county officers no 77 47 young placing a tax of 13 15 per cent of tile lie retail price be before fore the tax Is added on all forms of and tobacco tobi cco substitutes j no 78 mellor providing for ad i Justi nent settlement and payment of 0 drainage taxes asses assessed ed bialla it lands in districts I 1 |