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Show UTAH'S LEGISLATORS. . February 158. Senate It was a day of routine in theenate ..-broken ..-broken only by the recess taken at 3:38 to attend at-tend the Lincoln-McKtnley memoral services in' the hall of the House of Representatives, and at tbeir close the senate resumed Its session. , Bills passed during the day were: Senator Lawrence's bill amending 'the law regarding the making of answer in suits; Senator William's Wil-liam's bill .providing for the appointment of two commissioners b the governor to take measures to scoure aid from the Federal Gov- ' ernment in the construction of reservoirs and irrigation works under the national irrigation law. It olso provides for the appropriation of 16,000 to carry into effect the object of the measure ; Senator Lgwrence s bill No 78, b ased on what Senator Allison termed the most nonsensical decision ever rendered in the supreme su-preme court o' the state. By ti ls decision the attorney in taking an appeal to the snpreme court must transcribe the court reporter's notes in full instead of putting the notes in as evidence; also bill No. 80, by Lawrence, providing pro-viding that in taking exceptions it will not be " necessary to state the reasons for the exceptions. excep-tions. , House joint memorial No. 1, Spry, memorializing memorial-izing congress for an appropriation of 875,0.0 for irrigation investigation in the arid west, passed the senate by unanimous vote. House House bill No. , the free text book bill was passed, after a vigorous discussion, b a vote of 29 to 10. This system already pre- vails in Salt Lake City, and the bill proposes to extend it to every school district in the state. A motion prevailed allowing the members their salaries for the last thirty days of the session. A joint session of the house and senate was held when memorial exercises in ho&or of Mc-Klnley Mc-Klnley and Lincoln were held. The bouse adjourned until Monday. February 13. There was barely a quorum present at the session of the senate, the most of the senators being on the Logan junket, and but little sosi-ness sosi-ness of importance was transacted, it seemingly seeming-ly being the opinion of the members that it would not do to risk the fate of a biil before so small a crowd of senators. The entire session lasted but twenty-five minutes,' aad adjournment adjourn-ment was taken until Monday. February 16. , ,; Sbsatb The invitation of the Idaho legislature legisla-ture to visit Boise was turned down by the senate, by a vote of 14 to 4 The ehief argument argu-ment against the trip was that the senators could not afford to place themselves under obligations to the railroads for such favors while important measures are pending in which the railroads are deeply iuterested. . ' The pure food bill. No. 17, that has been so thoroughly discussed, passed the senate by unanimous vote. An amendment was added to make butter contain 83 per oent of butter fat . Seven bills that had been introduced by Senator Lawrence were passed unanimously. They were: For limiting the fee to fc! for the issuanoe of a tax deed; prohibiting judges from practicing law; relating to proceediisgS ajrainst corporations for violations of city ordinaaees; to make cities bear the expense of oases ip- " pealed from the city to the distrlot courts i to -extend the time, for making answers toconii plaints; relating to service by sheriffs of city court writs; providing for aseal foroity courts. Horsi-By a vote of 19 to 18, the house ,de- elded to accept the report of the committee on visit to Idaho legislature and to go Friday afternoon. This action may be rescinded, however. In view of the antagonism to the junket displayed in both the house and senate. Bills passed were: Senate bill No. 88, by Lawrence, providing that claims against towns and cities for person injuries must bepresented to the councils within ninety days and otter claims within one year or become outlawed; Mr. Hull's bill providing for the annual publication publi-cation of marks and brands; by Lawrence, providing pro-viding that actions against counties, cities and towns on rejected claims must be commenced within a year from the time the claim Is requested. re-quested. The anti-docking bill was killed. February 17. ' Senats What is known as the Council bill was passed by the senate. This is the bill that provides for holi-nvp n . ' ' "v..uiCU in ui&ies or U sizes. In oities of the first-class it pro vides that five councilmen shall hold over a! eaoh election ; that at each election two councilmen coun-cilmen shall be elected from each ward, one lor four years and one for two years Senate bill No. 44 was defeated by a vote of I to 8. It was intended to compel the railroads rail-roads to prove that they were not negligent in oases of cattle killing, if they (aea , this they were to be held liable for damages It was held to shift the burden of proof from the plaintiff to the defendant. Senator Bamberger's bill to provide for the eatment of drunkards at public expense was tfnH78,Tte:aCtl0n ln Pting the invUa-tton invUa-tton to visit Boise was rescinded b, a vote of sidrf anti-Jocki'8 b"l was reconsidered recon-sidered and the bill was withdrawn by Dr Condon for amendment. warhv",', PreVent the WBSte " water by closing wells was defeated. New bills introduced were: Bv Do Peterson, relating to fees of the clerk ef the district court; b, Watts, empowering cent, commissioners to allow bills of Jury commit ""embers of state boards; by Condon recognize certificates granted Miners of other states; by TietHXrU iUDty Clerks 10 lssue marriage licens To. affidavits without the presence of the pT rarev:rthewrin-'- |