Show ruthh practically half of the session for the legislature la Is over and t the ic body has had bad about bills introduced for consideration several important matters were brought forward lost week among these were six measures passed by the senata recommended ly by the state code commission for repealing dead timber from the statute books some of these laws which the bills would repeal have bi been en declared unconstitutional tut ional while others never have been effective and appropriation have lapsed back into the general fund these laws lairs deal with licensing ensing peddlers peddle lerm rw a home for fallen women setting n I 1 tax on trading stamps providing si 1 minimum wage for females and the lie utah soldier settlement law governor derns headless ballot act net cameto came to the house inabell in a bill by crump jr of salt lake providing fo for r the ibo abolishing lishing of the party emblems atthe at the top of the election bal lots and making voting strictly by office the boulder dam Is ill still a rallying point for the speech makers with a portion of the present week to bo be devoted to ways and moans means of utah a adopting a stand of some kind on the plan some eighty members of the body paid a visit to southern utah over the week end and found among other things a very low temperature and nipping breezes an attempt to rectify tho the unconstitutionality of corporation law was made in a bill introduced into the house the measure provider provia eg for the licensing and certification of domestic bestic and foreign corporations corpora tlona liy by the secretary of state at the same rate late as the present law but restricts the he license tax to apply only on oil capital stock used within the state A bill has been introduced providing prodding for tho the licensing of aircraft and ormen the law lav would extend the liability of an aircraft owner or operator to include injury to other operators as well as passengers aircraft operated in the state must be licensed by the united states department of corri commerce nerce A bill 1111 establishing old ago pensions has passed the house after a real attack and defense ou on the part of the defenders and antagonists of the measure doubling the present assessment on mines alne taxing the stockholders of building and loan companies and extending the present tax to include all forms of 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 matis mans activities to such holdings liol dings A 15 per cent tax to apply to the tha retail price of all tobacco products is the rate proposed la in the nicotine act A bill now in the house prop pro t to 0 divide each county into population liou tiou districts corresponding to the number 0 of f representatives from the county and that one representative be s lecter by the voters of each district much discussion followed a divided report by the educational com coin ii on the constitutional amendment measure which increases tin state school fund to sao 50 per child ind establishes an equalizing fund if f 3 5 per child the uniform veterans veteran law relating to the of incompetent veterans and their alii minor children passed the house without a dissenting vote four bills arranging enactment ot of utah motor legislation uniform with similar legislation of other states have been offered the plans offered of ferel by these bills provide a uniform registering of motor vehicles and requires public liability insurance on rented cars also proposes registering of titles for motor vehicles and regulates opera of cars on the highways and provides provide for licens licensing ipg the car drivers BILLS introduced IN I 1 THE HOUSE no CT ca critchlow providing Provid hiff tor for licensing hensing c of aircraft and airmen I 1 no 68 li neither olther providing for tin the certification and payment of license licen sr taxes by corporations to the se secretary cre tarr of state no 69 miller setting aside a sinking fund for the redemption of bonds issued by the board of education no 70 76 piercy designating thi north american cedar as the state tree of utah no 71 Jorg jorgenson ellson providing for assessment of mines at six times theli their net annual proceeds instead of three as now provided no 72 redd providing for tax assessment of stockholders of bank banking iti and investment companies no 73 badger exempting pneumatic tired trailers from payment of motor vehicle registration aks no 74 thompson repealing the iw prohibiting smoking in eit enclosed closed c places |