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Show UTAH'S LEGISLATORS February 19. SBNATE-Senator Sherman's bill providing for an appropriation of iW.WO for an exhibit at the St. Louis fair was passed, as was the bill , appropriating W.OJO for an exhibit at the Portland fair. ' Other bills passed were: Senate bill No. 125, substitute for senate bill No. 34, (Lewis), providing pro-viding pay for election return messengers; house bill No. S8, relating. to the sale of trespassing tres-passing animals; house bill No. 11, relating to-marks to-marks and brands on animals was adopted; the Sherman report declining the invitation of the Idaho legislature, the; report of the committee com-mittee on manufactures and commerce against. t the world's fair resolution and the report of the public health committee favoring the pass-' age of senate bill No .-T.il were also; adopted. House A bill was passed permitting the- r passage of stock through Emigration canyon; V , and allowing cities of the first-class to acquire. : and maintain artesian wells. ' ' House bill 34, fixing the compensation .of. deputy assessors and surveyors in-counties below the first-class at 83 per day of eight hours was passed. . The bill raising the school age limit to 81. years was killed. ., - ' . . Senate bill 64, permitting county 'boards' to- ; ; grant-100-year franchises, and.prpvidiag a poor ,;: law, recommitted to the committee on counties. February 80. f Senate The initiative and' referendum bill had a narrow escape from defeat when it came up for consideration, a motion being made to- ., strike out the enacting c)ause. ."The motion-was motion-was lost by a vote of 9 to 7.;.' .' ' The mayor's emancipation bill was killed 'by ' the adoption of an adverse report from the j committee. . . ' ' Lewis' bill Intended, to enable counties to sell stray unbranded animals, jvas killed. The bill providing for an additional judge--' for the Salt Lake district was made the special,, order for Wednesday. .;t ' J,( A bill providing that no pest house may be located within half a mile of any stream carr , : lng running water Into any community for domestic use, was passed. This measure is Intended to secure the removal of the Salt Lake pest house. One of the most important bills Introduced was by Senator Barber. It provides for the organization of Irrigation districts, something after the nature of sewer districts in the cities, and provides for the issuance.of bonds backed-by backed-by all the land in the district. Senator McKay introduced a new bill to regulate liquor selling, while Senator Love presented a measure which would modify the law in regard, to property exemptions. The sens "iourned to meet Tuesday. HousE-i" for the control and suppression suppres-sion of scai. her infectious diseases of sheep was pas..Ja unanimous vote. Other measures passed were the one creating a sheep commission; exempting soldiers from poll tax; for'publication'of marks and brands; for collection of statistics: for commission to secure benefits of arid land appropriation; and the memorial praying for the opening of forest reserves for settlement.. The pure food bill was made a special order for the 24th. ' Consideration of the governor's vetoes of senate bills 2 and 4, exempting partial payment pay-ment on state lands from taxation, was made a special order for next Wednesday. The house adjourned until next Tuesday. February 24. . . Senate Bills passed by the senate wereV Senate bill 79, providing tnat refereea-appointed-by the court shall be lawyers, learned in the law; senate bill No. 115, more clearly defining the law relating to notices for motions for new trials in criminal cases; No. 129, modifying the law regarding the admission of candidates to the bar to practice law; senate bill 112, providing pro-viding for the distribution of 100 copies of Kinney's Kin-ney's Digest, at a cost of 1,500, passed by unanimous vote. Two bills of general interest were killed by the adoption of adverse committee reports. One of these was house- bill 61, providing for per diem mileage for jurors in justices courts. The other was senate bill 105. intended to more clearly define highways, streets, alleys and courts in cities. A new bill introduced by Whitmore provides for the establishment of a state bureau of statistics. It wipes out the office of state statistician. A bill was also introduced for the suppression of clubs and sporting houses that sell liquor without licenses. Senator Lewis' bill, 147, introduced by request, re-quest, provides for the appointment and duties of county sheep inspectors to have control of scab and other contagious diseases among sheep. Bonds are fixed at $5,000 and pay at J3 per day. Eouss-Mr. White's "health bill," which was favorably reported by the committee, was killed by a vote of 19 to 22. Senator Love;s "pure food" bill was passed with but one negative vote. Mr. Spry voting against the measure. The house bill contemplating a change in the exemption laws so that the judgment debtor may be compelled to pay the cost of proceedings proceed-ings against him, a bill known as "a relief for collection agencies," was defeated by a vote of 26 to 15. Petitions for appropriations for roads were received from citizens of Iron, Grand, Sevier ; and Millard counties. Senate bill No. 68, creating a commission to secure to this state the benefits of the irrigation irriga-tion appropriation was amended to require the governor to appoint one commissioner each .from the First, Third and Soventh judicia1 districts. |