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Show THE UTAH LEGISLATURE AT SIT LAKE Tlio legislature Is hearing much regarding re-garding Houlder Dam from Arizona, California and Utah speakers at various va-rious sessions held to consider the diverting of the Colorado waters to a useful work for the residents of the several states involved. A threat on Utah's part to ratify the six-state compact regardless of Arizona and other lower basin states was smothered In the spceial Bonier dam committee of the lower house. The Young memorial calling upon Arizona, California nnd Nevada to "get together" immediately, ns Utah wants action, was laid aside temporarily, tempor-arily, owing to the fact that these three states are now negotiating a tristate conference in Nevada at which the lower basin differences may be straightened out. Charges of salary grafting, profiteering profi-teering sales to board members and unfair dlscrimniation In the employment employ-ment of teachers were made against many county and district school heads at an open meeting of the education committee of the Utah house of representatives. rep-resentatives. Those bringing the charges were mainly members of the Utah Press Association and weekly newspaper news-paper owners in attendance to protest the passage of Representative Thomas Burton's bill, proposing that school boards be relieved from detailed publication pub-lication of their expenditures as required re-quired by law. A measure introduced by Representative Represen-tative Jefferson of Beaver provides that the properly and franchises of all public service corporations be assessed as-sessed by the state board of equalization equaliza-tion at their full cash value, as shown-by shown-by sworn statements furnished the public utilities commission. Mr. Jefferson Jef-ferson estimated that adoption of his measure would increase the taxable property of this state by $400,000,000. A house joint resolution by Eepresentative Eepre-sentative S. M. Jorgenson would nmend the state constitution to increase in-crease the state school tax to an amount equaling $50 for every chlid j of school age. The present provision is for $25 per capita tax with no equalising fund. Mrs. Anna Piercey of Salt Lake introduced a bill which , would relieve from jury duty only i those female citizens who have active care of minor children wtihin their ; ' homes. j IX THE SENATE j Sen. Hollingsworth introduced a bill Monday doubling the atr on cigarets and cigaret papers. A bill introduced by Senator D. W. Tarratt would impose a penlaty of $10 ' a day upon all schools districts which J are in arrears in reporting the num- j ber of high school students in the distcirt. IN THE SENATE Bills Introduced No. 61, Irvine Providing for the establishment, building and equipping of the Utah State Training school for the care, protection, treatment and j education of feeble-minded persons, etc. No. 52, Dillman Amending existing exist-ing child labor laws so that proper influences and adequate opportunities for education are provided for in connection con-nection with the employment of such minors. j No. 53, Hollingsworth An act relating re-lating to habitual criminals and providing pro-viding that upon the fourth conviction of a felony persons so convicted shall be sentenced to life imprisonment. . No. 54, Patterson (by request) Providing for the teaching of medicine, medi-cine, surgery, obstetrics and pediatrics In traning schools for nurses, and re-quring re-quring persons entering such schools after May 31, 1932, to have completed fifteen units of credit in a creditable high school or the equivalent of fifteen fif-teen units of credit in some creditable educational institution. No. 55, Dillman Requiring boards of education on or before June 30 of each year to make an estimate of the expenses of the district for the school year commencing on July 1 thereafter. there-after. No. 56, Evans Prohibiting . the slaughtering of meat animals for commercial purposes except at federally feder-ally inspected packing plants or slaughter houses or at state licensed slaughter houses and providing for the' licensing of slaughter houses, lty and security for and interest required re-quired thereon. No. 60, Candland Relating to the care of 6tate fuuds, the responsibility, and security thereof and providing for the designating of public depositories deposi-tories and the depositing of public funds therein. No Gl, Candland Relating to certificates cer-tificates of deposit, borrowing limitation limita-tion and prescribing the manner of qualifying by banks as depositories for United States deposits or postal savings funds, or as depositories for funds of the state of Utah, etc. No. 02, Parratt Relating to the certificates of kindergarten teachers. No. 03, Irvine Relating to state- f meiits of accounts rendered by hanks or trust companies to their depositors. deposi-tors. No. Go, Irvine Relating to notice of adverse claim to any bank deposit and the proceedure necessary to make such claim effective to cause recognition recogni-tion of the adverse claim. No. GO, Irvine Limiting the liability lia-bility of a bank or trust company for non-payment of a check through error. er-ror. No. 07, Irvine Fixing liability of a bank or trust company to its depositors depos-itors for payment of forged, altered, or raised checks. No. G8, Irvine Giving a bank or trust company the option to refuse payment of a check or other demand instrument presented six months after af-ter date. No. G9, Irvine Fixing limitations, countermands of payments and stop-payment stop-payment orders relating to the payment pay-ment of checks or drafts against bank accounts. S. R. 1, Ryan Asking the governor, govern-or, water storage commission and state engineer to make available for the use ofthe legislators any information informa-tion they may have on the Colorado river in its relation to Utah. Resolution of sympathy to the family fam-ily of Col. C. E. Loose, who was a member , of the 1905 senate. BILLS INTRODUCED IN The House No. .41, Bates Giving the board of education charge of student organiza-i organiza-i tions and extra-curricular activities, in each school district of the state. No. 42, Redd Providing that the minimum levy for general county purposes and for the care and relief of indigent sick and dependent poor shall apply to all counties having an assessed valuation of $4,000,000 in 1 stead of two million. 1 No. 44, Hodgson Authorizing the 1 state board of health to establish rules governing plumbing. I No. 45, Burton Changing the dates of school board election from December Decem-ber to June. i No. 46, Burton Further defining the application of taxes for , school , purposes in county districts of the ' first class. I H. J. R. Redd Providing for a j convention to revise or amend the , constitution of the state of Utah, j No. 47, Woodbury Creating state real estate commission and empowering empower-ing it to license and regulate brokers and salesmen. No. 48, Mellor Providing that the ; water commissioner prorate the cost of water distribution in accordance j with the number of acre feet delivered deliv-ered the previous year. No. 49, Hirsch Providing for the taxing of auto freight and passenger lines. No. 51, Hacking Providing bills of sale on livestock requiring registration regis-tration of dealers in fresh meat products. pro-ducts. No. 5G, Jefferson Providing that all public service corporations be assessed for taxation on the basis of their full cash value as shown by the statements made to the public utilities utili-ties commission. II. J. R., Jorgenson Amending the constitution to increase the state : school fund to an amount equal to ' $50 for every child in the state and providing that $5 per school capita of such fund be apportioned among the school districts of the state. |