Show NEW prohibition BILL introduced bill presented in the house provides for submission of question to the people at special election another prohibition was introduced in the lower house of ill tho utah legislature on saturday february 27 it provides for strict prohibition hs as the former bill did and adds the provision for a dispensary system ono in each county where on prescription by liquor may lc a had the question of prohibition or s BO 0 muc much li of it as is in provided in tile the bill Is to be put up to the people at a special cial election on june the date decided d upon for calling tile he special election in connection with the capitol matter diatte r A petition has haa been presented in the legislature toj to the creation of a new county out of portions of ulelah hviid wasatch counties three towns are candidates for the honor of bf becoming the county seat scat theodore adore myton and roosevelt A bill by russell makes it obligatory upon the state and municipalities oglee t the tt e preference of employment to citi citizens zend of the united states or those who have declared theli their intention of becoming citizen citizens ns ten tell bills were passed by the sen ate throb three were hilled and one went oyer till a later date of the bills passed seven wore were senate bills the three house bills passed by the senate now lack only the approval of the governor before becoming laws one of the important bills passed vas as house bill no by ashton authorizing cities and counties of the state to appropriate money for tile the entertainment of the G A R visitors to 40 the encampment next summer to bp be held in salt lake A measure aimed at the carrying of concealed conce alea weapons by the foreigners in salt lake county mining camps has passed both houses As compensation for the loss of the state engineering elpe ariment station the senate voted an appropriation of 2000 to the university of utah tor for carrying on archaeological and historical investigation and exploration in the regions in southern utah formerly occupied by bv din cliff dwellers when the house convened cony ened on friday F february rua y 26 6 there w were ore twenty bills upon tile the calendar and two more were favorably reported from committee after four hours of the session four bills had been disposed of there was a lengthy debate over house bill INO no relating to annual corporation license in which nearly neaily every member took a hand the bill was finally passed by a vote of 23 ayes 11 nays A senate bill was passed authorizing the district attorney in judicial districts having h a laton of or more inhabitants to appoint an assistant and providing the qualifications salary and duties of said assistant the bill prohibiting the unauthorized use of the name or picture of any public nubile institution in this state or any public officer or private person for the purpose of advertising was also passed friday was the first day since very early in the present session of the senate that no now bill made its initial bow and the entire day was devoted to the consideration of measures already before the house of which there are a great demand the greater part bart of the session was taken up by the reading of the bulky production of senator williams william s and the military authorities providing for the enactment of ot a set of laws for the governing of the state militia its maintenance and conforming to the provisions of the dick bill which Is necessary in order that the department may benefit by the appropriations made to the states stated by the federal government the bill finally passed other measures approved were S n providing tor for the erection of bridges in emery san juan and uintah counties and making an appropriation S B 70 0 prohibiting the circulation of derogatory statements concerning banks and trusts 11 n D 2 providing for the exercise of tho the right of eminent domain by foreign corporations at a joint session of the senate and the house of representatives bield thursday afternoon after february 25 j at governor william spry read a special message to the legislature urging the advisability of passing legislation which would have for its object the immediate commencement of work on tho the now new state capitol building the governor went into de tall tail on the bills to be introduced on this subject and immediately after the dM dissolving solving of the joint session four iralli bills were introduced in each house I 1 in which tile the points taken up in the message of jofs the governor were included almost the entire regular cession of the house was taken up in the consideration sider atlon of the state horticultural commission bill which was vas finally passed by a vote of 34 to I 1 I 1 0 the bill provides that thai the commis slon shall consist of the directors entomologist tom toni and agriculturist of the u utah till agricultural college export mental menial station all aisil for tile the establishment lish me lit of nn fill office co in ill tile the capitol building and the 0 payment of a salary ol of a year to a clork to look after it it also provides a salary of 1500 a year for the state lu inspector and for till nil appropriation of a year for office expenses the bill Is designed with the idea of procuring a more rigid inspection pr of all trees plants and shrubs the alin aim being to thus raise the standard of I 1 utah fruit and horticultural products generally ie rally the bill also makes pro vision for tile the appointment of county inspectors to work under tile the general direction and supervision of tho the chief inspector under its terms nursery moil men in the state must pay a state license and the duties of nurserymen nurseryman nursery men common carriers and the inspectors of the commission are outlined in full fill the state armory bill was passed b ly y the senate the bill provides for efio creation of a state armory board and authorizes the board to erect a state arsenal in salt lake city provision being made for the funds the armory till bill provides that the board to be created shall consist of tile governor tile the secretary of state and the adjutant general two bills by senator badger relating to special tax funds in cities were passed ton ten new measures were introduced in the senate tand eight in the house tile the sum of for the entertain ment of the grand army veterans dur ing the national nation al encampment to be held in salt lake city next august was appropriated by the house on wednesday february 24 after a warm debate some of the members wanted to increase the appropriation to 50 A number of bills of minor importance were introduced among tho lucky measures being an act auth authorizing briz the diversion of the sheep inspection fund to the fund for the extermination na tion of wild animals and an act deuning defining transient live stock and provid ing for the assessment and collection of taxes on the same mr henries Hen rles bill relating to the employment of convict labor on the co county u n highways and providing penalties for violations was passed the session of at the senate was a busy one during which two bills were introduced four were killed among which was the famous gardner bill no 69 59 and two bills were passed one being 11 B no 22 relating to es as tab lishing free public libraries and the other 11 J R no 2 providing that the legislature approve ap applina vlon of bf regents of university of utah for benefits under tinder carnegie dounda con fund to create the office of a commis aloner slone of boats and pilots for the examination of all boats and to examine applicants for the position of pilot if 14 the gist of armeasure introduced into the he senate by benner X smith by re quest q aest to create creata a commission for the con ser vallon of the natural resources ol 01 01 utah whose duty it if shall be to collect and publish statistics and data showing the value of df arid lands lc ir utah when subjected to irrigation and to collect facts for the gul dancs of the legislators and executives PJ nl the he united states in establishing sya eins of irrigation la Is the principal con tents ants of senate bill no intro deuced by john H seely four measures were passed by the house of representatives on tuesday february 23 two of them were the subject of a most interesting discus discus slon they being intended to protect workmen or persons seeking work through employment offices one of the bills passed was senate bill no 25 by carl A badger providing foi the licensing and regulating of employment of offices flees requiring employment agents to give bond prohibiting the sending of female help to any place of bad repute etc the other was by representative gardner an act relating to the protection of em am aloyes and tor for preventing superintendents foremen assistant bosses arany other hearons from receiving or so li citing money under this measure superintendents or other persons in charge of workers are prohibited from receiving money or other consideration from persons on account of employment the two other measures pas passed sod by the house were house dili bill no 98 permitting the state to care for feeble minded and non insane epileptic children at the state mental hospital and house joint memorial no 3 asking congress to grant to the state of utah for the benefit of indian war veterans one million acres of 0 land ta tho only ripple of excitement in th the a senate occurred when senator burton at the request of senator wilson moved the reconsideration of the adoption of the report of df the manufacturer manufacture rl and commerce committee recommending that the cannon prohibition bill known to fame as senate senata bill no 37 be not passed the minority was able to rauster muster but fout foul votes however |