| Show LAWMAKERS AT horii excellent bils introduced into the senate and house bouse one proposed measure provides for th adoption A ti 0 of 0 f the e australian s t r a 1 i e ballat B a 1 ni alel atu ln system S m in n t the S state t e 0 of f utah t ii to assess flocks and herds feeding on our ranges mondays session of the senate was waa remarkable chidley for its brea vity as only twenty five minutes elapsed from the tap of the presidents feavel until dismissal but little business was transacted the measures pending before the legislature being in such condition as to permit of no action by the senate rev father kiley of St Marys cathedral offered prater the reading of the journal was followed by two messages from the house the first announcing the passage of senate joint resolution no 4 relating 0 to salaries and the appointment of the committee by bv the speaker of the house T the b e president thereupon named the following members of the senate to act with the biou route e committee booth candland snow jones evans evane zundel and mckay message no 2 announced the tha passage of AIli Alli sons memorial to congress aking fi f the restoration of the mckinley Ic Kinley tariff candland on the committee of appropriations and claims report clai inspector of salt lake li is coun fr TW back salary and the county court al having refused to make up a deficit the report was adopted awl and swaner will have to take another tack senator allison introduced in the senate a bill for an act for the adoption of the australian ballot system in butali the bill is a very lengthy one covering forty two pages of typewritten manuscript it provides for the adoption of the system which arranges the names of all candidates of political parties under tinder appropriate emblems and decrees that no person shall be voted for who has not been nominated by a convention of a political party provided that a candidate for a state office can be nominated and placed on the ticket at the request of citizens a city and county candidate at the request of fifty and a candidate for an office in a district by in other respects the bill is similar to the system of the states surrounding utah the details of this mode of balloting are so BO familiar to readers that an extended dissertation is deemed unnecessary booth moved the appointment of a conference committee on sen ate bill 14 the measure for the relief of the supreme court the motion was agreed to and the following senators appointed 1 booth Cb chidester idester and warner the senate then adjourned HOUSE january 20 20 the house went into committee of the whole immediately the preliminaries of opening were passed to consider 11 II B ta 42 which was set as a special order for the bill is in the nature of an amendment to the existing 51 law covering assessments and is is intended to enable the collection of taxes upon herds of stock owned iu in other states which are wintered in utah and from which the state derives no revenue inasmuch as the bill was not printed certain of the members thought they were not prepared to act upon it and the committee accordingly arose and reported recommending the bill be referred to the committee on waymand ways and means which report was adopted by the house A message from the senate announced tie the desire for a conference committee to consider S B ll 14 11 l l being the one with reference to the manner of organizing and conducting in the supreme court and asking immediate action by the house critchlow robinson of millard and egan were appointed the committee on claims reported that joint meetings s of senate and house claims committees will in future be held regularly every tuesday and thursday A deage me aage from the governor was received receive submitting the annual report of the board of equal alion iza iz tion the judiciary committee reported a substitute for 11 II B 17 relative VC to the duties of justices of tho the peace lr the report was adopted and the bill passed pasted to third reading g the following new bills ii were ere introduced trod H B no 50 by condon providing punishment for any person who shall cruelly ill treat or abandon any infant or minor child un der such persons care A penalty of 10 fine or imprisonment for sixty days for each offense is attached 11 II C no 51 by harris amending section of the compiled laws of utah and repealing chapter 4 of the session laws 0 of f the bill provides that a chattel mortgage shall hold good until maturity of the debt and shall be subject to action for re covery until outlawed by the statute pr af pf lit limitations ll 11 stations 1 11 II B no 52 by bolitho cr creating at ling a park commission in certain cities and towns the enrollment committee reported that it bad transmitted if B no 5 to the governor for approval A motion by nye to amend rule 38 with reference to the printing of bills with spaces between the lines lides instead of solid as is now done was referred to the rules committee 1 on motion by critchlow the houe 3 went into committee odthe of abe whole to consider senator Alli sons silver memorial to congress with howard in the chair Crit critchlow chow submitted list of amendments modifying the language which were agreed to without opposition and arose and reported recommending the passage of the memorial as amended it was then passed to third reading ou oil third read reading in 1 11 II J aa M no 1 by robinson praying congress to annex to utah certain portions of coconino and mohave counties arizona was passed unanimously substitute for H B 17 came up on third reading and was passed it provides that justices of the peace in cities of the first class may hold bold court in any part or any place in the city as it deems advisable vi H B 3 30 appropriating for contingent expenses was passed after its third reading H B 31 providing for the compensation pensa tion of members etc came up on third reading and was laid over pending the action ot of the joint committee appointed to draft a salary bill the committee on claims reported favorably on H B no 4 acting for the relief of david mcdonald who was injured while on duty in the state militia the bill was passed to third reading and placed upon its passage when it proved the subject of the only debate of the day of any consequence the bill finally passed us 38 to 9 0 6 absent or not botin voting the house went into committee 40 of f the whole to consider IT 11 B 26 with lewis in the chair the result was a recommends tion that it pass which it did when then ayes and nays called for i after third reading there was some borne little opposition to the bill in committee but the r republican majority did not dare i to turn it down with the democrats y all favorin favoring mit it As pase passed edit it reads Beit ba it enacted bythe by the legislature of the state of utah that it shall be unlawful for any individual or 1 1 member of any firm or agent officer abr 11 or employed of any company or corporation po ration to prey prevent e nt or attempt to prevent employed emp loyes from forming joining and belonging to any lawful lanful labor organization and anci any such individual member me noLer agent officer or employed that coerces or attempts to coerce employed emp loyes by discharging or threatening to discharge from their employ or the employ of any firm company or corporation because of their connection with such lawful organization shall hhall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall ahall be fined in any sum not exceeding three hundred dollars 3 or b be imprisoned for not more than six months or both in the diE discretion of the court house adjourned |
