Show INSURANCE BUREAU 1 OR STATE OF UTAH II 11 passes leg slature great creat ng bu reau wh ch W 11 II cost S sate ate per year A bill creating an insurance bureau was passed by the house on tuesday march 16 after a prolonged deba e should the senate concur in the amendments adopted by the hou e the state ot of utah will nill have an ansur ance bureau which will cost the peo clelo per year senate b 11 no making it blufor the state to build its new ar mory on the capitol grounds passed the house as did the bill relating to the lowers bowers and duties of the state board of pharmacy senate bill no 55 relating to in vestment vest meni of land grant funds was wag ap proved by the house it gives the board of lani commissioners the power to extend loans on improved farms to th ill ir full assessed value as secure instead of two thirds as at present irrigation projects approved are also made acceptable cecur ties in the senate mcmillan s sunday closing bill was amended to death the final passage of the marks ripper bill the object of which is to take from salt lake city its fire and police departments and place it in the hands of the politicians was ef of fectea by the concurrence by the sen ate in the ho ise amendments to the bill under a suspension ot of the rules the senate on T lescay unanimously passed senate joint memorial no 2 memorializing congress to retain the present tariff on lead wool woo and hides other bills passed were S B marks making the use of defective devices for testing milk a misdemeanor S B 7 kuchler appropriating to the secretary coclet doci et cleri and I 1 d minute cleri tor for the revision of the e permanent journal of ti senate S 9 D los seeley creating a conser comm assion H B mcrae exempting from taxation pumping plants where they are used to irrigate lards owned by the persons reclaiming them S B 11 B illen making a uniform entrance tee fee tor zor the agricultural col lege of 10 S 9 9 kuchler providing tor for the paying of the traveling expenses of d strict judges in settling controvert con trover sies over water rights the senate on monday march 15 with but two dissenting votes passed the dmn bus appropriation bill hi as it passed the se seriate 4 ate car ries a total appropriation of of 2 oil ga which is 91 more than was approved by the committee on appropriations privations ns and claims in the senate this is in addition to special ampro privations pnat lons in ill specific bills pending be tore fore the legislature amounting to 41 the main addit addia ons olis to the bill monday were appropriations for the improvement of roads in the different counties of the state almost every senator asked for road appropriations and got them ahe debate of the different items oc coupled the attention of the senate all day long the marks ripper bill the fire and police masure which many of its opponents declare will prove to be unconstitutional even if it gets apon the statutes passed house after a sha p struggle senate bill 0 no o 52 passed the house without opposition this bill pi provide ovide ldes for state a d in build n ng s orage res ervo rs Is in tl ti at the sta state to may ma extend loans senate bill no reducing the number of the board of control of ohp art institute from seven to three mem mern bers was passed in the house the ap was increased by the new law from 1000 1 to 2 the terms are to be two years without discussion and arid without on position the house passed senate h b 11 no relating to garnishments the bill in effect is that garnishment garnishments may issue from courts of justices of the peace instead of courts ot of record as now provided other b ils to receive the approval of the house were S B NO ing to the distribution of state funds a measure providing for the creation of the office of state bacteriologist delatin to the creation and amainte nance of the state board of land corn com missioners and fixing the schedule se of fees that may be charged by county recorders for filing papers and for certifying copies the senate on saturday passed nine teen bills while four measures were killed important among those passed were four good roads bills the tion district bill and a bill ampro pria ting 25 for a utah exhibit at the alaska yukon pac fie exposition at seattle next summer house joint resolution no 12 ask ing that the congress do not permit the cancellation of surface entries on lands which may contain coal be with held was passed the thornley automobile b 11 which provides pio vides for the registration lani aril license of all automobiles and chaff feurs deurs passed the senate the marks bill providing for thi axtens on of the terms of the members of the state stale board of optometry from two to tour four years passed the senate but was amended sa s that the purpose of its introduction was defeated the senate passed unanimously a bill authorizing the state armory board to erect a new state armory on the capitol grounds the house of representatives sus tallied the veto relating to inquests only two votes were cast against the proposition to sustain the veto house b 11 no was ni as passed in the ho hoie ise this act pro provides for the ex axtens tenson on of the eight hour work day to sugar factories the house passed the bill providing tor for the establishment of relief fund for firemen in incorporated cities and to ans A long drawn out debate about the constitutionality of the proposed measure was aas precipitated the house committee on livestock killed senate bill no 42 bi by creating the office of state narlan at the session of the house and senate on friday which the journals will show were held on thursday the clock having been stopped a num her ber of bills were passed while sev oral era were laid to rest one of the most important measures to be kil ed being the public utilities bill which failed to meet the approval of the senate A motion was made to strike out the enacting clause and the following was the vote which decided the fate of the bill affirmative Sent senators tors br erhoff bullen horsley hula niski kuchler marks miller seely bevy john Y smith and williams negative badger burton benner X smith wilson and prest dent gardner bills were passed by the senate re lating to the disposition of money de rived from the investment of land grant funds appropriations for constructing and improving road in vv ashington county laws relating to the appointment ol 01 the board of trustees of the agrical tural college and fixing their terms of office creating a state dal y and food bureau defining its duties and powers and making an appropriation tor for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act an act bequir ing poultry game fish butter and eggs which have been in cold storage more ore than three months hs to bo be labeled cold cold storage an act providing fo a state veterinarian the manner of hi an preg prescribing gibing his of d ties and providing for the control and supervision of dangerous and contag lous and infectious diseases of domestic animals in the house a bill was passed au theorizing thor izing the university of utah to erect a central building at a cost not exceeding and appropriating the necessary money tor for that purpose and authorizing the partial conversion of the university of utah permanent land find t md into cash loan thereof and method of repay repaying ing the same to pre vent certain ab aises connected with the drilling operation and a bindon ment of wells on lands prod ing ding or containing r natural gas gap and an amendment to the laws ing to owning or renting buildings keeping residing in or resorting to houses of III fame together with ith 1 I number of other amendments of minor importance thursday march 13 11 was the las day for which utah s legislators w draw a salary and from that time un til ill final adjournment they are work ing without compensation except the I 1 knowledge now ledge that they are giving their lime time for the weal or woe of the corn coin a oil real th ahe senate passed the bill brov ding for the creation of a fire and police commission for the city of salt lake also a bill which if it becomes a law will probably be known as the burton insurance law the burton bill creates a state de apartment part ment of insurance with a commis aloner of ins trance and a deputy corn com missioner with salaries of 2 and 1800 1 per year the insurance corn com in missioner iss loner is required to file a bond of la 10 and h s deputy 10 the term of offee of the insurance corn com missioner and deputy are to be tour four years from the date of the tho approval of the act 1 the I he ins trance laws ian s of the state are thorough li devised in the bill the so called board companies given the preference since they can corp morp mor near ly comply with the terms of the bill for the support of tl e department i I 1 tax of 1 per cent is imposed on a I 1 premiums senator smith S 8 bill increasing the q necessary for admission 0 the bar was ras passed the senate bill creating a state board of statistics and the measure extending the duties of the board of pharmacy tailed failed of passage in the house the bill providing for the des moines plan of government for salt lake city was passed there being but six votes in opposition senate bill no relating to the duties of the state engineer in con nee don with irrigation enterprises the measurement and appropriation of water and tl e like passed the house this Is one of the important tion bills and is a companion to the bill for the establishment of irrigation districts the badger prohibition bill senate bill no was reported by the rift r ift ing ng committee of the house without recommendation the much talked of fish and game bill passed the house by a vote of 11 to 9 the bill has now passed both houses as presented by a convention of sports un en with a few minor changes which while they may not meet with the approval of the sports men are not of much 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