Show UTAH legislative goss GOSSIP happenings in both branches of ninth general assembly porty forty three appointments to fill positions as appointive officers of the state were sent to tho the senate tuesday afternoon by governor william spry for confirmation most of the appointees being present office holders but the senate tailed failed to confirm the tha governors selections the matter going over until wednesday the senate liquor bill passed the house for the third time tuesday morning tho vote was 35 tor for 7 against 3 absent and not voting A series cerles of four senate joint resolutions and three senate bills supported by the governor and the state board of equalization all relating to taxes and the powers and duties of the state board of oc were passed in the house tuesday afternoon mr peterson of sevier made a futile attempt tuesday afternoon to have his statewide state wide prohibition measure taken from the table the senate under a suspension ot of tho the rules on an tuesday unanimously passed a resolution by the sifting committee proposing an amendment to the constitution which it adopted will make possible the depositing of the state funds in banks where interest may be secured after a great struggle the apportionment bill went down to defeat in the senate tuesday afternoon the salt lake senators natora se were successful in securing the adoption of the amendments they favored and in defeating the amendments offered by the country members but they lacked the votes necessary to pass the measure and it was killed by a vote of 9 to 9 seventeen bills passed the senate on tuesday and sixteen were approved by the house bouse the senate killed six alx bills after one of the hardest fights of the present session the richardson i nine hour law lav for working women as amended by the senate passed tho lower house tuesday by a vote ot at thirty orie one to seven and will be sent to the governor for his approval no employer Is permitted to work a female employed over nine hours a day according to the new law the bill appropriating three of a million of dollars for the erection of a new state capitol Is now a law governor spry on monday signed the measure which passed the legislature last week the eardley coal rates bill was killed by a decisive vote in the house monday afternoon by the tha adoption of an adverse report by the committee on public utilities the governor approved nineteen new laws on monday the senate passed fourteen measures and the house seven which caused one of the members to remark that had they done as will at the beginning of the session there would have been no need for working overtime it if utah Is given another members of congress in the congressional apportionment portion ment expected from tho the special session both the congressmen from utah will be elected at large A house bill providing for the election of two congressmen at large in case utah Is given two congressmen under tho the new apportionment was passed pas bcd by the senate on monday A complete revision of the fish and game laws of the state slate Is contemplated by a measure introduced in the legislature monday by the senate committee on fish and game the senate voted on monday to appropriate prop to the manufacturers association of 0 utah for the support of the utah chamber or commerce Comme ice for the ensuing two years year s hobnails Hob nails coercion of laboring men measure house bill no with special reference to the walking delegate was passed in the house after amendment monday afternoon by a vote of at 33 to 5 with 7 absent and not vo voting ting tho the senate on monday passed the memorial to congress protesting against reciprocity with canada on oil wool lead livestock and farm products the vote on the tha memorial was 12 to 5 A greater part 0 of the forenoon session of the house and an hour or more of the afternoon session were taken up by the lawmakers monday in considering the house appropriations bill As finally passed the bill does not differ materially in amount front from the aggregate first announced the liquor measure as prepared by the joint committee and amended in both the senate and house passed the senate on saturday by a strict party vote tile the two democratic members voting against the measure and senator sevy being absent three bills enlarging the scope of the juvenile aenlle uen lle courts were passed by the senate at the night session saturday they are house bills by hayes and were passed by the senate with but slight amendment senator L M olson democratic member from sanpete San Sau pete conducted a and successful fill filibuster bus in the senate saturday it was directed against the passage of a bill by the terms ot of which juab cour county ty Is given about acres ot of land at present held by sanpete county the senate bill by marks creating a relief fund for disabled firemen was passed in the house bouso late saturday without amendment the measure taxes fire insurance companies I 1 per cent on their gross premiums in order to provide the fund |