Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-02-26
FAVOR INITIATIVE
AND REFERENDUM
HOUSE APPROVES ONE OF MOST
IMPORTANT MEASURES BE-
FORE THE LAWMAKERS.
Senate Passes Substitute Measure
Providing for Aid for Rural Schools
and Bill Providing for Mutual
Insurance Companies.

Ing passed by the senate, three bills
killed, seven introduced and seven
teen reported from committees, while
in the house three bills were passed,
fourteen introduced and more than
seventy bills were reported out of
committees.
Probably one of the most important
measures before the present session,
the Initiative and referendum bill, was
approved by the house. This measure,
by Representative Shields, provides
initiative and referendum upon petit
ton by II per cent of qualified voters
of the state at last general election.
Amended to make II necessary to
sign petitions in presence of justice
OF peace, town clerk or notary public
and signatures on each page to be at
| tested to officer.
The senate on reconsideration de-
cided to overlook the governors veto
| message as to the unconstitutionality
OF the bill providing for state aid for
certain rural schools and passed the
bill designed as substitute fer the
one vetoed, the only amendment being
that the $4,000 for the biennium to
| go to the rural schools shall come
| from the general fund.
Another bill passed was Senator ID.
| o. Rideout's measure providing for
transfers by the district Judge of titles
held by former territorial probate
| judges.
Senator w. s. Hansen's bill provid-
ing that two or more contiguous coun-
ties may join in the organization of
| mntnal tno
passed, as did bill by Senator Jo-
seph Chez providing for bonds to
make mechanics liens more secure.
| A bill by Senator Joseph Eckersley
providing for a commission to inves-
tigate and suggest codification of the
state school laws was passed after be-
ing amended so that legislators might
have the report In time to look II over
before the next session OF the legis-
lature.
Senator Thornley's bill providing
that corporations must give notice of
the transfer of corporate stock when
transfers are made to avoid the in.
heritance tax was the other bill
passed
Adjournment was taken until Tues
day at p. m. because of Monday be.
ing holiday. On Monday members
Of the senate and house were guests
of the Oregon Short Line on junket
to Logan, leaving Salt Lake at 2
o'clock In the afternoon by special
train, and returning Tuesday morning
Rideout's land bank bill was passed
In the senate on February Is after q
considerable discussion. On final pas.
sage, after amendments suggested by
the committee and on the floor had
been stricken out. there was very lit
tie opposition to the bill
The bill provides for the organiza-
ton OF cooperative farm mortgage
banks by land owners. The land
owners would put up their farms as
! security to the banks, which thereupon
would lend money at more favorable
rates than ordinary banks do. secur-
ing the money from the sale OF bonds.
The house on February IS passed
the bill presented by the committee
on revenue and taxation. which has
for its object the Limitation of the lev
les of taxes for public schools, for
the construction of roads and for other
public purposes.
The bill is one of a series proposed
by the state board of equalization, and
| 1t has the Endorsement of the taxing
officials of the state. Under the pro-
visions of this bill the levies for va.
rious purposes are 30 reduced as to
make the maximum levy not to exceed
IL mills for all purposes.
At the present time there Ia no
maximum levy prescribed by law.
Eckersley's senate bill No. 2, giving
$4,000 as state aid to the poorer coun-
try schools, came back to the senate
from the governors office on February
Is with the chiefs executives veto.
An effort to secure a report from
the committee on manufactures and
ton prohibition bill failed in the
house.
Senator ID. o. Rideout introduced a
bill providing that taxes may be paid
In two installments. half Of II in No
vember and half the following June.
The Salt Lake senator also introduced
a bill providing two justices of the
peace, instead of one. in cities of the
first class s
Gas companies are included in the
laws giving right of eminent domain
by an amendment proposed in a bin
introduced In the upper aouse by Presi
| dent w. Mont Ferry
BY vote of l3 to 3, the senate
killed the Rideout bill providing an
! emergency appropriation of 100000
for grading the capitol grounds, The
bill was introduced in order that work
may be given to the unemployed.
Senator William Craig OF Weber has
introduced a bill which would give
the state fish and game commissioner
the right to designate game sane
tuaries' for the permanent protection
OF wild bird and animal life excepting
such as are expressly by law allowed
TO be killed at all times.
The government ownership feature
caused objection to the house memoir
ial introduced by ]. Alex. Bevan ask.
ing congress 10 build railroad
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