Show FIRST LAW PASSED for the legislatures regular session salt bait lake city U tab january 8 the hie Legisla legislature tuie got out of 0 its ita special and into its regular sension yesterday the transition was wait riot not an en ethely smooth one as an the parlia parliamentary mentar machinery is not yet in perfect order but the democratic Senai ois ib offered no further obstacle to the enactment ent of the bill they had fought the evening before the object of 0 their opposition had been accomplished when the legislature adjourned on monday evening and so after the measure had been amended so BO as to provide for or beginning the regular session at 4 on tuesday day the vote ote on final passage in ili the senate as in the house the day before wits was unanimous STATU LAW when the bill had been enacted it wag waa presented to governor Go vernoi vernot wells by the committees on oil enrollment and ill Bios of the S senate e nate and house and at 3 60 0 clock the met law enacted lit in the mato of utah was signed and t tnt it into effect the bill was signed 1 in ri the office of 0 the county st which has hafi been set net apart for the use of tile nor during the session and the act was witnessed by senators olen glen sutherland Sut heiland and snow and rep resent atIN eg gushing cushing thompson of 0 at mallard illard arid and thompson Thom pHon of sanpete I 1 am about to sign the list first bill bil I 1 passed by the tha state legislature said go ei nor wells to the delegation I 1 with the pen behind m ml ear which wh ich Is the one used by P president r pal d ent cle eland in gigging the enabling act this table said lie pointing to the one on which the bill lay lv was as made by J R wll wil sell of this city from woods furnished by the bovet nors of the various arlous states and the bill N III be signed on it nt at mr air Wll sona request what hat time shall v we e say it is isa 3 60 50 the governor as he consulted his watch senen heen other watches a appeared p simultaneously but their own el eis it mith becoming respect for th the I 1 watch autch of the blate repressed ie ill all inclination to challenge the correct aca a of the gubernatorial timepiece time piece an 1 3 50 0 clock was indorsed endorsed Indor sed on tho the bill and became the icid acal minute FIRST REGULAR SESSION aho 1 he first sitting of the senate in ili id ulai session was called to older at 4 di 31 0 clock by Se secretary cretal y pardee of tile the the loll 1011 was called and all tho soil senator atohi answered to their names or R hie formal bimal election of officers was thin gone through with resulting in the choice of the officers elected by the special session with the addition ot of 11 theodore heodore chidester Chlde ster for or janitor T the lie democrats presented their slate a as in the Pes cession sion but it w was lie voted down by a strict party vote the ceis appealed and wire sworn in by the president I 1 he secretary was instructed to notify the house that the senate was or gabled in regular session and ready to picked with aith business I 1 he i ulea tiles ot of the last territorial council were adopted to govern gavern the senate until it made iti own rules aal an 1 the sergeant at arms was in s sti acted to procure from the proper source copies of 0 sald said rules and copies of the enabling act and the constitution for or the use of the members UTAH COUNTY CONTESTS ihen mr thorn of utah county 0 offered f a resolution that the contested utah county cases go over to the regular session mi ali Critch lows motion to table prevailed but later the resolution rell 0 was taken from the table and adopted J F who according to the canvass of tho the utah commission received 2562 votes for representative L from utah county contests the seat scat of II 11 HI rum lommon lemmon A whom hom 2567 2667 voters supported on the ground of ilits affecting the result at lehl lehi polls no 1 I and 2 american rork spring VII valle le spring lake and goshen mr air in his petition states that lit in all these precincts either there were votes cast for or him that the judges refused to count or ballots lit in his tavor favor were nere put in the tha wrong box john C graham who received 2539 votes la Is another utah county republican who seeks to enter tho the house by contest proceedings looking to the seat now occupied by A 0 smoot whose vote the utah commission decided was mr graham alleges illegal voting ito ho also asserts that the total vote of mapleton where smoot hal had 26 majority should bo be thrown out because of alit bality G 0 simons wants at M larson a s seat eat from utah county simons says lars larson on apparently had 2574 votes and himself ggs but that illegal voting made lars larb m n s majority ahe rocky mountain dell bell telephone company s proffer of 0 a free telephone for the uso use of members as well as ranking franking privileges to outside points v i as aa accepted 10 START COURTS when speaker p denny held eld that the house was organized and ready for or business nye nya introduced 9 a bill c covering 0 ver certain present necessities of 0 the judiciary in support of his measure he said the tha matters treated of oc required immediate attention the courts ho he asserted were unable to proceed particularly ticul arly in jury cases as there is now no means imparts of 0 drawing jurors ile he urged that tho the house hasten as a simple matter of justice to litigants rho fhe bill authorized the district courts court a to fix the terms of 0 court to be held in the respective counties of the districts the qualifications 0 of jurors are bit f orth forth as aa follows citizenship 0 of f the united states ability to read and write the english language six months residence in tile tho county payment of taxes POR possession Nession of 0 a sound mind and discretion and no to physical disability after passing to its second reading robinson of 0 kane suggested that only males be permitted to act as jurors of rich moved that further action bo be deterred deferred until a special committee might report upon the merits and necessity ne esstry for the proposed measure sure his hl idea commended itself to the majority and nye critchlow crutchlow taylor of rich and murdock were named as aa the committee harris of 0 weber offered ii a joint resolution that the sergeant at aims aime he be instructed ted to furnish members wit with h ahr three eo dally daily papers papera to i ir chase post postage age stamps for members use and for the delivery of their mall mail the resolution also requested the secretary of state to supply to ewh member and the chief clerk copies of tile the compiled laws of 1888 ant the session sessio ill laws aws of 1890 1892 and 1814 18 ja also the jou houi I 1 nals of the council and house of the thirty first territorial legislature arid and the rules of tho the last legislature but we have no sergeant at arms arma 1 interrupted a member amidst laughter when the resolution was being read I 1 mean when a sergeant at arms Is IB a abw ered harris with conald t rable dignity brilty a and nd boroi feeling the resolution then followed mon al gone sen a to the table by the solid vote 0 ali the democrats Demo crata and a large I 0 of f the republicans leali hewl s and andrus nere ere appointed to not notify i fy the governor that the house was prepared pie pared to receive any message mess aeo and adjournment adjourn waa was taken until 2 this afternoon |