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Show j! WITH UTAH'8 LEGISLATORS. Heprcscntatlvo Clcgg has Introduced-, i bill to provide depositaries for , itato money. Tho office of mailing cleric has been created In tho houso and J. W. Kelly ot Pinto appointed to tho position. Scuato bill No. C, by Holllngsworth, leflncs powers and duties of state board of equalization In relation to taxation. Both the senate and thu hoiiBO adjourned ad-journed on Friday until Mondny, thus-observing thus-observing Saturday and Sunday a dnyB of rest. House bill 27, by Robinson, would' regulate oro purchases and guard. ngnlnst the appropriation and salci of high-grade ores. Representative George Hono, or Utah county, will again Introduco his eight-hour labor law, defeated at the last session of the legislature. Sennto bill 10, by Hasbnnd, provldei that all mines In tho stato of Uta shall provldo for emergency cngos li case of accident and providing a pea alty therefor. Tho senate had n short nnd unoveuU ful session Friday nttcrnoon, hut 11 minutes elapsing from the call to op dor to tho motion to adjourn until Monday at 2 o'clock. House bill No. 35, Introduced by Hoi rcscntatlve Nephl Jcnson, is intended to correct thu evils complained of In connection with the operation of the Justice's court at Murray. ' Houso bill No. 12, by Clcgg, makes It. unlawful for any person to require tho giving of surety bonds In corporation? corpor-ation? not authorized to transact business busi-ness In the state ot Utah. ' i . Senator Hulnnlskl, ot Weber county, has introduced a measure which pre vldes that tho namo ot a candidate shall only appear onca on a ballot and under only ono party designation. Houso bill 23, by Mceks.'ls a moa uro to rclmburso Mt. Carmol school .district No. 2, Kane county, for in debtcdness incurred In maintaining a school in county. Appropriation 25ft Tho house on Friday pnssod a resolution, resolu-tion, offered by Mr. Kuchlor, inviting, tho Trans-MlsBlsslppl congress, which, meets In Denver next summer, to hold. Its annual convcutlon In 1908 In Salt Lake. ( Senate bill No. 4, passed last wook, provides that any person serving a life sentenco at tho penitentiary upon conviction con-viction of assault with Intent to kilt or do great bodily Injury shall suffer death. Houso bill No. 14, by Jackson, would. 4 create a commission to nscortaln the feasibility of procuring subterranean wator in dry land farming and appropriating appro-priating money for the expenses-thereof. expenses-thereof. , Tho district attorney's office Is prob- ' ably doomed, at least, so far as tht-houso tht-houso Is concornod. A measure is In preparation which proses tho immediate imme-diate abolition ot tho offlco of district attorney. Senate bill No. 12, by Tlulanlskl, provides that salaries of county officers offi-cers shall bo full compensation for all service rendered, nnd providing for tho compensation of deputy county coun-ty officers. ' Tho deficits Incurred by tho various Btato boards, amounting! to aprtoxl- : matcly ?87,000, will bo Investigated by the scnato and their authority to ex- I ccod tholr appropriations will be brought Into question. An unfavorable report from tho com-mlttco com-mlttco on agriculture nnd horticulture m Houbo Bill No. 4, by Dean, authorizing authoriz-ing tho county commissioners to cm-ploy cm-ploy agents to exterminate pernicious J woods, wns concurred In, killing the t bill. Roprcsentntlvo Barnett of Juab I :ounty, In a bill Introduced last weok, I proposes to put a stop to tho nllegcd 5 practlco of railroads ot appropriating :o tholr own use coal and other fuel designed for public or prlvato uso, whllo in transit. Representative Giles has offered in tho houso a bill providing for tho manner of creating now cpuntlos. It sas no reference to thu proposed now county of Bingham,- which Is to bo (diced from Salt Lakn county, In caso tho plans of the promoters go through. Tho railroad commission bill Is now before the law-makers. Tho bill is a voluminous one, nnd provides for tho creation of a bonrd of threo railroad commissioners, to bo nppolnted by tho governor, not moro than two of whpm shall he ot tho samo political party, Tho Balary of tho threo commlsstonora Is placed at $3,600 a year each, and thoy may appoint a secretary, whoso salary shall bo $1,800 u year. Tho act Is mado to npply to railroads engaged In tho transportation ot freight and passengers within this Blate, and to express companies, but not to stroot ' and electric railroad engaged to transporting passengers alone. President Lovo last weok advised tho sonntors to Inspect the various itato Institutions at as early a dato as possible, ns tho last fow wooks of the Besston would bo so flllod with work that It would ho difficult to accomplish ac-complish much in the "Junkotlng" lino. Tho present legislature will bo called upon to provide moans for tho payment of $19,669.69 for outstanding animal bounty claims, according to n report Bent to both houses by tho state board ot examluors. Tho report Is an eoho ot tho bounty fraud expose ot two years ago. Tho state mining commltteo has rec-ommonded rec-ommonded tho Hasbnnd bll), providing provid-ing for tho equipment ot all mines with medical suplles for use In -an emergency. emer-gency. Tho bill makes any neglect to oboy its provisions pnlshablo by a fine ot $300 or Imprisonment not exceeding six months. 1 House bill No. 19, by Roblnsoa, amends the act creating n statu board of equalization. It increases tho salaries sal-aries of tho four membors from $800 to $2,000 a year and requires them to ." dovoto thelrholo tlmo to their duties. du-ties. The same measure has appeared in tho senate. |