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Show UTAH LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP Happenings In Both Branches of Ninth Ceneral Assembly. At the close of Tuesday's session of the legislature there had been a total of 172 nieusures Introduced In the senate and 164 In the house. One bill was approved by the senate on Tuesday, the measure providing exemption ex-emption from road ptll tax by persona per-sona using wide tried wagons on public pub-lic highways. Should all tho bills Introduced In-troduced go through the regular routine rou-tine of committees and discussion on the floor of the house, the present session ses-sion of the legislature might continue Indefinitely. The Benate voted Tuesday to en-oournge en-oournge the use wldo tires on wagons by remitting the road taxes , of users of wide tires on wagons. j Increases in the salaries of all the state officers are provided In a meas- j ure Introduced In the senate Tuesday by Senator William of Salt Lake. Senator Sevy of Garfield Introduced a bill on Tuesday amending the present pres-ent bounty law to jx-rmit the collection collec-tion of bounty up to a time within six months after tLe animal has been killed, Instead of sixty day-B as at present. Mr. Dahlquist has Introduced a measure In the house, know n as house bill No. 1C3, providing that court notices no-tices may be published In papers i printed In foreign languages, If the notice no-tice appears In Kngllsh. The firsH local option election In the history of the state to determine the liquor question wi;i be held June 27, 1911. If the bill as promised by the! special committee of the benate nnd house, appointed to draft a liquor measure, becomes a law. Senator James H. Wilson of Wasatch Wa-satch on Tuesday Introduced a Joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment permitting the state legislature legis-lature to fix the boundary lines of counties and to make new counties. Five new bills were Introduced In the senate on Monday, four were passed, two whJoh were on -their third reading went over for future consideration, consid-eration, and one back to the committee for amendment. ITghioen new bllla were Introduced In the house on Monday, while six were finally approved by that body. I5y unanimous vote, the senate on Monday posed Senator lladger'o measure meas-ure pcrmJUlu county oommlsKloncrs to levy a small special tax for making exhibit at domestic and foro'gn exposition. expo-sition. , After considerable debate, the senate sen-ate on Monduy passed the measure by Senator Williams reiiusUtlng corporations cor-porations whose right to do business In Uhe state baa been annulled by reason rea-son of non-payment of license tax. Mr. Grow has introduced a measure In the house making It Uie duty of school trustees to provide conveyance for children living more than two miles from the pkire vt holding school. Test vtes In the special committee of members of the house and the senate sen-ate appointed to deal with the question ques-tion of liquor legislation at Its Hrst meeting Monday morning showed that the conservative element was In easy control of the commltteo nnd Indicated Uiat no radical legislation would be favored fa-vored by the special committee. Mr. Welling of IUjx Kldr believes l that 'agricultural bulletin and popular popu-lar manual and circulars containing ' Information on agricultural subjects will be of great benefit to farmers, and has Introduced a bill In the house providing for their distribution. The sum of $2,000 is appropriated to meet the expense. j Senator Itudolph Kurhlcrs child la tior bill was introduced In the enaie Monday nnd, at the request of the author, au-thor, referred to the committee on i education. The measure deals large- i ly w ith tho discretionary powers of the superintendent of the city schools in J granting employment certifleates and j with the customary school attendance of the children. j Senator Smith of Salt Lake, Mon- i clayt Introduced a bill making it a fel-ony fel-ony to give to any convict in the state prison any weapon, any Instrument j that mav be used In escaping from , prison, any drug, poison or "dope" of any kind. The Joint committee from the sen ! e.te and house, having for two weeks , endeavored without success '.o reach nit Kteement on the provision of the II;.c fnd lladger liquor bills, ".n 1 tl dav reported their InabilUv to got together, and a special comtmHet of five members has been selected to draft a liquor bill mat It Is hoped will be approved by the legislature. This new committee Is composed of Senators Renner X. Smith, lladger and Kuchler. and Representatives Pope and Wootton. Eleven more bills were Introduced In the senate on Friday, bringing the total to 14.", whil eleven were Introduced In-troduced in tho house, making the total to date 141. The legislators enjoyed a acatlon on Saturday, adjournment being taken tak-en on Friday until Monday. Mr. Crnpo Is hot on the trail of the alfalfa leaf weevil and propose to give no quarter lo that Industrious In sect. Tuesday, Mr. Crao Introduced a bill In the house appropriating J10.-000 J10.-000 for the jurpe of Investigating the ravages of the weril and reporting report-ing upon the best method of exterminating extermi-nating Uie pel. An approbation at $10,000 to aid tie Manufacturers' Association ol f t Ah la supporting the t'ub Chambei of Commerce Is provided In a bill In trodueed lo the senate on Tuesday by ! Senator Carl A. Badger of Salt Lake |