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Show THE LEGISLATURE Elect a Public Printer in Joint Session AND LET THE CONTRACT For Printing Very Little Else Wbi Done By the Law Makers in Either House Yesterday The Bill for Women Directors Di-rectors Passes the House. THE COUNCIL. A communication from the house announced that the governor had signed the bill providing for the sur-yeying sur-yeying of coal lands. Adems presented the claim of B. A. Allen for $66.87 for uncollectable taxes of Piute county. The committee on claims further recommended that the claims, of! Iron county for $59 bounty on wild animals be refeired back to the county, aB the duties of the auditor are plainly de fined bv the law. A majority of the committee recommended recom-mended that $100 on the claim, of Parks and Thompson for $650 for legal services be allowed. Adopted. The committee on judiciary unanimously unani-mously recommended that the bill respecting re-specting the commencement of suitB be passed. The judiciary committee reported favorably upon the bill in regard to free employment offices. All reports from the committee on judiciary were adopted. Hague presented the claim of the 1 Provo Lumber and Manufacturing Co,, for $4,234 for supplies furnished the insane in-sane asylum; also the claim of S. Lid-diard Lid-diard & Co, for $2,070 for contract work j done on the asylum grounds and in the construction of walls and for ex cavating. Taylor moyed that the communica-lions communica-lions in regard to public printing be taken from the table. At 5 o'clock the council reconvened. Taylor moved to adjourn. Booth of I'rovo, amended to make the time for the next session 10 a. m. today. Carried Car-ried as amended, and the council adjourned. ad-journed. IN THE HOUSE. Clark presented the claim of Millard county for criminal prosecutions for $538.85. McBride presented the claim of Tooele county for maps lurnished assessor, as-sessor, amounting to $195. The committee on education presented pre-sented a substitute for bills presented, relating to public libraries, wnicn provides pro-vides that in cities of the first and stcond classes free public lioranes shall be established, maintained and enlarged to the use and privileges of whicn, without charge or fee, all inhabitants in-habitants ot their respective cities shall be entitled under sucu reasonable rules and regulations as may be formulated and adopted respectively by the board of library directors thereinafter provided pro-vided be appou led. Tne president of the board of education, with the advice ad-vice and consent or lue board, shall appoint a board of seven members, three ot whom shall be women. There are other provisions of good nature contained in it. Hatch presented a bill to repeal the act establishing the office of sealer of weights and measures. Johnsno.oy requeat,presented another long medical bin. Tabled. Allen 's bill for an act providing for the appointment of women upon territorial terri-torial uoards where women or girls are detained, maintained or instructed passed unanimously. This bill was suggested to Mr. Allen while he was Visiting the insane asylum. The bill to validate iLe issues of school bonds was passed. A bill providing that police justices may take tees in cases wuere tne city is not concerned, was passed. The council entered the chamber President Bieeden took the chair and the rolls of the two houses v etc Called, and Taylor moved to proceed to the election ot a public printer. Williams moved the printing con- ; tract be settled on li: st. Lost. A debatk. Seaman wanted toknov if the elec- , lion of a public printer gave the con- , l ' j tract too. Wlllians wanted the duties of t he pubiic printer defined. Allen said it is the duty ci t hat oLB.iil to overlook the work that is beiug done and see that the contractor does his duty. Allen thought that t:ie joint session eould not consider the matter of the printing bids. Hart wanted to settle on the bids before the joint session ses-sion took up the public printer question, ques-tion, After two hours of talking Bloor was elected public printer and the contract for printing was let to the Salt Lake Lithographing company whose bid was not the lowt st, but who doerygood work and who employ union printers. The house resumed its session and took up the bill providing that judges shall charge juries before the argu-menis argu-menis of counsel. On recommendation of the rnmmittee on judiciary the bill wa3 killed. Adjourned at 5:15. |