OCR Text |
Show UTAH LEGISLATUBE. Salt Lake City, Utah, March H. The senate put in a long day yesterday, working- until midnight. Fifteen bills were passed and one was killed. The bills passed were as follows: Kelatinsr to the probate of wills: regarding costs on dismissal of appeals: to prevent the publication of names of corporations: relating to witnesses in criminal cases in justice courts: praying congress to restore to the public domain certain portions of the forestry reserve in Uintah county; relating to the method of appeals to the supreme court: including in-cluding attorney's fees in mechanics' lien cases in the cost bill: relating to procedure for new trials; making salaries sal-aries of district attornev for Third district, dis-trict, S3. 000: for Second'district, 80.000, and for the other districts, Si, 500; providing pro-viding for revenue for the state for 1S99 and r.iOO: relating So the branding of convict-made goods: providing for punishment for oit'onses committed at primaries; revising the law in regard to Hegotiable instruments; to permit the United States government to purchase pur-chase a site for the uew federal building; build-ing; prohibiting the adulteration of vinegar; the initiative and referendum resolution: and making the supreme court hold four terms instead of three. The bill relating to the publication of notices in newspapers was killed. The house passed the following bills: Directing election judges in the outside out-side counties to send election returns by registered mail, in order to save the large expense of special messengers; relating to state institutions drawing their biennial appropriations; fixing the salaries of district attorneys: authorizing au-thorizing the United States to purchase site for federal building: relating to the recording of marks and brands on live stock; joint resolution for the submission sub-mission of an amendment to the constitution con-stitution in relation to changing county coun-ty boundaries; joint memorial relating to the selection of state school lands in fractions of sections away from the original section; relating to the duties of the state board of equalization; extending ex-tending from ten days to thirty days the time fordefendants to answer when summons is personally served outside of the state; providing for tha payment pay-ment of expense of assessing and collecting col-lecting taxes in cities, including- cities of the third class. The house concurred con-curred in the senate, amendments to house bill No. 52 relating to new trials. Salt Lake City, Utah, March 15. The senate was in session all day, but accomplished ac-complished very little business. The following bills were passed: Substitute Substi-tute for senate bill No. 5, relating to the service of summons from justices' courts; house bill 1T3, relating to the duties of the state auditor; the roads and bridges bill; house bill No. 152, providing for having all state printing done in the state and county within the limits of the county; house bill No. 174, making some minor changes in the forms of treasurer's receipts; house bill No. 175, making changes in the method of collecting state taxes. The evening session was passed in considering consid-ering the governor's appointments. The house passed the following bills: Senate bill No. 07, to increase the salaries sal-aries of county surveyors in the smaller counties from S100 to 3?250 and S350; No. 93, prescribing the method of conducting con-ducting primary elections by political parties; house bill No. 138, to require county recorders to furnish county treasurers with certified records and abstracts of tax sales. While waiting for the general appropriation bill to come from the conference committee, the house's afternoon session was commenced com-menced by having a little fun with senate bill 41, by Evans, to prevent persons under the age of ' IS years smoking or chewing tobacco, the bill having been rejected on Monday. A motion by N. J. Harris to substitute the word ''over" for "under, "preceding the phrase "the age of 18 years," was carried, on the ground that old age should be punished first. The appropriation appro-priation bill was finished during the day and sent to the senate for its concurrence. con-currence. The total of appropriations is $1,114,580. Salt Lake City, Utah, March 10. After spending mostof the day in idleness idle-ness the senate cleaned its table yesterday yes-terday and this morning will meet to perform its last official function of the session witnessing the signing of the appropriation bill by the president. The conference committee readied an agreement on the appropriation bill; a compromise fixingtlie salt palace appropriation ap-propriation at Ss, ooi) and the appropriation appropri-ation for the militia at SKi.Ooo. The following bills were passed: House bill No. 91, relating to the duties of officers of cities; house bill No. 70, relating re-lating to records of tux sales. The house transacted but very little business, none of any great impor-ance, impor-ance, and adjourned till 9:30 this morning. morn-ing. Itoth the senate and house expect to adjourn sine die today. Salt Lake City, Utah, March 1 7. Tlie Third session of Utah's state legislature legisla-ture came to a close yesterday. The house adjourned sine (lie at 12:15 p. in., while the senate expired at 12:50. The motion for final adjournment of the house was made by Mrs. Horn, while Senator Evans performed a like service in the senate. The last official act performed by the senate was the reconsideration of the vole by which it had refused to confirm the appointment of W. V. Ki ferns one of the regents of the University of Utah. Mr. Sinoot. who had opposed Kiter's confirmation, withdrew his objection ob-jection and the appointment was confirmed, con-firmed, Mr. Tanner and V. (. Nebeker voting against it. Senate bill No. fS. rejected on Monday, Mon-day, was recalled by the house and passed by a vote of 31 ayes. The bill provides for easements of highways across public lands prior to issuance of patents to purchasers. The sixtieth "day" of the session lasted just seven days. |