Show congressional proceedings january 12 despite the announcement made by members of the legislature that few new laws are needed new ellla of various kind are being submitted those submitted at today s session were by joseph extending the statute defining housebreaking to the entering pt rooms apartments and tenements to tax the output of coal coke and minerals not taxed at present by austin making it a misdemeanor oi to threaten or intimidate employee of any individual or corporation by kuchler providing that pal judges may call in judges pro tern pore appointed from the bar when reason exists tor a change of venue to authorize the services of civil pro cess from municipal courts by city officers extending the jurisdiction of municipal judges in civil matters to the county in which the court Is sit I 1 by carroll providing for the ap of alre inspectors in coun ties outside of incorporated towns by thompson to establish expert mental farms to demonstrate the best method of reclaiming dry or arid lands H no 16 to prohibit the use of explosive oil and to regulate the use of powder in coal and hydro car bon mines at 3 clock the senate went into executive session to consider the ap point ments that had been made by the governor since the close of the last session the long list was read and the action of the governor was in in every particular january 13 only about one halt of the members of the senate were present the absent ones having gone to their homes and but little business was transacted sen ator lewis introduced senate joint memorial no 1 which has in view the memorializing of congress to sustain president roosevelt in his efforts to increase the effectiveness of the in ter state commerce commission the flood of bills in the house con finues eleven being introduced at fri day s session making the total for five days just twenty eight A committee clerk appointed from ogden caused the sensation of the day in the house it is alleged that his ignorance of short hand and typewriting make him use less as a committee clerk an attempt was made to haye him appointed read ing clerk this met with opposition and a not en was made to bisci irge him from further attendance on the house january 16 in both boises of the legislature much attention was given to the bounty fraud cases which have been unearthed in salt lake county gov arnor cutler presenting a message re garding the matter A committee of three members from house and a like number from the senate was appointed to investigate the frauds A bill was introduced in the house by mr thomp ison which would repeal the bounty law the crop of bills aggregated twelve three in the senate and nine in the house joseph came in with three mining measures including one for he inspection of mines introduced a measure creat ing the office of boiler inspector sen aitor lewis introduced a measure ap 25 to pay back money borrowed lor rowed to defray expenses of main the national guard in carbon county during the coal strike january 17 the election of a senator to succeed senator kearns was the first business before the house mr sutherland re ceiling 42 votes and judge kiep 3 the bill appropriating 25 tor the purpose of defraying the expenses of the national guard in carbon coun ty in 1903 and 1904 was passed in the house bills were introduced by mr fish burn of box elder changing time for taking school census in cites and counties also one by edward provid ng tor the establishment of schools ol 01 agriculture and domestic science in counties the voting tor a successor to unit ed states senator thomas kearns and preliminary steps to scalp the bounty faw occupied the major part of the time of the senate A bill was introduced by johnson to meet outstanding indebtedness ol 01 louisiana purchase exposition exhibit word has been received at wilbur wash of the dath of william H pe pix at virginia city nev penix killed udave at wilbur about alve years ago made a wild ride to the breaks of the columbia escaped the of bleers and left the country by a route bbown only to himself from that day to this no information had been had of his whereabouts in his message to the legislature governor meade of washington rec commends the establishment of a stat railway commission and favors th adoption of measures by which the legislature by a two thirds vote may submit any bill under consideration by that body to the judgment of the su preme court to determine its validity samuel musser who has been coroner of weston county wyoming during the past two years will serve two years lunger because of an un usual condition of affairs J Q el more who was elected last november to succeed him has left the county and the law provides that musser shall serve until his successor has qualified |