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Show SENATORS PRESENT FLOW BILLS TWENTY-FOUR BELATED MEAS-URES MEAS-URES APPEAR BEFORE UPPER HOUSE OF LEGISLATURE. Last Day on Which Bills Could be Introduced Without Consent of Senate Marked by Unusual Activity. Salt Lake City. A flood of new bills appeared in the senate on February Feb-ruary 6, the last day for new bills to be introduced without unanimous consent. Twenty-four new measures appeared in the senate and five in the house. Among the ibills that were passed by the senate, was one by Senator Evans known as the Torrens land act, which entirely changes the method of abstracting land titles. "When the president of the senate signed the prohibition bill there were not more than a half-dozen spectators specta-tors in the gallery. T.hrpo coTiutft hills wtiipti Vtavp passed the upper house have disappeared disap-peared on their way to the house and the secretary of the senate was instructed to send out a tracer after the missing measures. Considerable legislative action, a wordy overflow of debate and flights of earnest eloquence marked the session ses-sion of the lower house on February 6. Four bills were passed, and an hour's time was given to questioning and exhortation on H. B. No. 12, by Bywater, limiting the number of cars composing freight trains. From now on until the house at least nearly catches up with its calendar, cal-endar, two sessions will be held daily, one at 10 a. m. and the other at 2 p. m. H. B. No. 16, by Hammond, calling for the assessment of transient stock, was passed by unanimous vote. Under Un-der its provisions, as explained by its sponsor, transient stock in the state will be assessed at half its value, or put otherwise, will be assessed for a six months' grazing period. H. B. No. 54, 'by Cardon, . allowing towns to levy a special tax of 4 mills for the installation of water systems, passed the house. S. B. No. 41, by Dern, fixing the minimum bond of the city treasurer, went through to passage. It was explained ex-plained that if the law as it exists today were complied with the treasurer treas-urer of Salt Lake would be under a bond of 'over $2,000,000. H. B. No. 21, by Cardon, providing for safe and healthful conditions in picture theatres of outlying towns, was reported adversely by the health committee on the ground that the phraseology was too wide in scope and did not properly cover the points ts author sought to cover. "The general public, which consumes con-sumes about 52 per cent of the entire coal output of the mines, pays the profits which the producers do not make on the 48 per cent sold under contract to smelters and industrial Consumers," declared F. A. Sweet of the Standard Coal company to the joint coal investigating committee of the legislature. The prohibition bill was delivered to Governor Simon Bamberger on February Feb-ruary 6 by the house of representatives. representa-tives. It is understood that the attorney attor-ney general will recommend that the bill be returned to the legislature for a slight amendment to avoid discrimination discrimi-nation against the manufacture in Utah of malt and brewed drinks containing con-taining not in excess of one-half or 1 per cent alcohol. Salt Lake City. The lower house of the Utah, legislature on Saturday, February 3, passed a memorial to congress and the president, introduced intro-duced by Representative R. W. Young, Jr., pledging the loyalty and support of the state and its people in the crisis at hand, assuring the president that the people of Utah would stand behind be-hind him in any action he might take. Suspension of diplomatic relations between the United States and Germany Ger-many was the chief topic of conversation conver-sation among the legislators of the house, the senate not being in session, ses-sion, and the situation brought forth ample evidence in the form of legislative legis-lative action to Indicate that Utah and her people are alive to the graveness of the situation and that they are not only ready and willing, but anxious, o go to the aid of the nation and the president in any emergency that may arise. The measure offered at the opening open-ing of the session of the house was passed under suspension of the rules by unanimous vote, and another resolution reso-lution by Representative George W. Decker of Iron, pledging the members of the house to respond to a call from the president if needs be, was sent to the committee on resolutions and memorials. Three measures relating to taxation, taxa-tion, including two resolutions providing pro-viding for constitutional amendments relative to the taxation of mines and the uniform taxation of general property, prop-erty, were introduced in the house of representatives last week by Representative Repre-sentative Thomas Page of Salt Lake county. Strict regulation of campaign expenses ex-penses by individuals and committees s provided in house bill No. 96, intro-luced intro-luced in the house of representatives by Representative D. D. McKay of Weber. |