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Show SENATE DECIDES UPON WAY TO ENTER B. X. SMITH'S NAME When President Gardner called the senate to order for the fourth day the roll call showed a quorum p'resent. and after the divine invocation by the Tcv. J. K. Carver the senate journal was read. At its conclusion, Senator Marks of Salt Lake called attention In the fact that, the name of .Senator Smith of Salt Lake was written in tho journal jour-nal variously as "Bonner X. Smith'' and "B. X. Smith." lie suggested that the name should appear uniformly in the journal as Bcnncr X. Smith. With this correction ttfe journal was approved. ap-proved. A petition was presented by Senator Miller, signed by S. T Gubler and thirty-eight other residents of La Verkin, Washington county, to prohibit tho manufacture and sale of malt mid spirituous liquors in the state of Utah except for medicinal, mechanical or sacramental purposes. Tt was referred to tho committee on manufactures and commerce,, of which Senator Kuchler is chairman. Petitions and Eills. The senate concurrent resolution, by Wilson, authorizing Governor Spry to namo his own incsscncers between his office and tho senate and house, was adopted. S. li. Xo. 4. by Kuchler An act. to appropriate the sum of .$o000 to Margaret Mar-garet Clark, on account of the death of her husband, Seymour L. Clark, while engaged in his duties as a peace officer of the state of Utah and a deputy sheriff sher-iff of Weber county, was introduced. A communication was received from the houso to the effect that a resolution resolu-tion had been passed to annex to the state of Utah all that portion of the territory of Arizona lying north of the Colorado river. It was ordered referred j to the committee on federal relations. President Gardner suggested that senate bill No. .'5, providing the right of eminent domain for foreign corpora- tions complying with the laws ot ihe state of L'liih, be referred to the com- i mittcc on private corporations. Senator Badger, the author of the bill, demurred and suggested that the bill be referred to the 'judiciary committee, com-mittee, and it was so ordered. Senator Badger called up the mailer that, had been discussed in the caucus of tho senate the previous night in regard re-gard to an assistant engrossing and enrolling en-rolling clerk, and on his motion the ad- ditional clerk was allowed by the senate. sen-ate. In providing this additional plare the only thought in the minds of senators sena-tors was to provide a place for Willnrd Pone, former private secretary to Governor Gov-ernor Cutler, who had been left, out of the original shuffle when all the other brethren, and some of the sisters, had been provided for. In the caucus of the previous afternoon it was contended bv Senator Kuchler of Weber that Ihe 'additional clerkship was not necessary, and he openly declared it to be an unnecessary un-necessary expense against the state and an effort to make a pluco for an cider i who had been so long at the public teat in the state. Nevertheless, when Senator Padger presented his namo the president of the senate remarked: "If there arc no objections it will be so ordered." And it was done. I Take Oath of Office. Scnntor "Badger called attention to j the fact that, there were some officers of the senate Hint had not yet been sworn in, and on his motion the follow- i ing took tho onth of office: lMiil IT. Robinson, janitor; lOlias W. Kricknou, ! committco clerk, and II. C. Boden. i messenger. His motion had also included in-cluded Willard Done as minute clerk. but Done was not present and did not I appear in the senate chamber until after the adjournment. The oath prob- ! ably will be administered 1o him when ! the senate convenes on Friday, ! A communication was received from i President ,1. T, Kingsbury of the fac ulty of the University of Utah, convey- j ing to the president, senate and house i a cordial ' invitation to at. some early i date pav a visit- to the state institii- j tion. This in vim linn was accepted on ' the motion of Senator Marks and a j committco of three appointed to visit the house and arrange n date. The I motion to accept was seconded bv j ".Miller. " j The report of the special committee ! that had recommended to the senate I the adoption of the senate rules of tho ! seventh legislative session, with the j amendment tn rule .11) I hat a commit- j tee be appoinlod on eapitol building and grounds was called tin and President Presi-dent Gardner named the following senators sena-tors to serve on this commit lee: fifookey. Minimum; Ifulanski. Marks, Tiaedor and Hyde. Then, on motion of Senntor Kuchler, the senate adjourned until 2 p. m. Friday, |
