Show RELIEF FOR lOCATORS + Supplemental Mining Bill Introduced and Passed SEVEN OTHER MEASURES 1 PASSER THE HOUSE ECLIPSING PSEVIOTJS BECOBDS f The Barbwire Fence Bill and ou Others Killed Several Reported On Favorably A Few In Danger Arranging t Visit State Institutions tutions Holiday Session legal t Through an inadvertence Representative Represen-tative Wheelers bU relating to the recording re-cording of notices affecting the location of mining claims and location work thereon which bill is now in the hands of the governor was s framed that possibly undue hardships would fall upon prospectors and locators in that the bill talcing effect in sixty days from executive approval requires the performance eeutve appoval formance of 50 worth of location work within ninety days from date of entry of claim A section in the present law contacted and for the purpose of harmonizing har-monizing the statutory provisions and relieving mining claim locators from unnecessary trouble Representative unnect Lloyd yesterday introduced in the house a bill No 142 intuce repl section 1499 sf the revised statutes After explaining explain-ing the purpose of the bill the rules were suspended and the curative mea vote ure was passed by unanimous pase Other bills were called up and pard under suspension of the rulee as follows fol-lows House bill No 52 by Shepard to amend section 3296 of the revised ala utes by requiring that a motion for anew uts a-new trial shall bo supported only by affidavit or by the minutes of the court In certain cases This is the measui certan which Representative Johnson on Tutf day when it faieii to pass suggests should be amended in title by subst tuting tne phrase A bill to encouraf lasy lawyers Poufucn votes were a nounce < 3 in opr > o < iica to the passage o < the trl and tentyft rr it i House bill No CS by Callister to e cmpt cittes of the dinl caa AIUUI 1e requirement to publish ordinances in a I newspaper before till date they 1hl take effect tke efect house bill No 103 by Shepard to re < quire the appointment or committees of three members of the supreme court bin b-in each judicial district for the examii alion of applicants for license to pram tire law in tie district courts House bill No 112 by r Home to t j Kreio the number of free norm I hoiarhip > of the university nor1o branch from ItO to 200 and to eaten the period of their appointment frm I tvx to four years The bill underwer several amendments and before it was reedy for passage fS Home charge that somo one liad been tampering wih I the copy of tie b i before It went to the printers When the bill had ben amended to suit the author and to agree with the original draft it passe I without opposition Iut House OPo No US by Robertson by request providing that any attorne who held 3 license lo t practice Jaw at the time the revised statutes went int tle res effect shall be permitted to continu practicing thereunder unless the boISe r I b disbarred for cause House bill No 120 by Johnson pro rIdIng that any subsisting judgment rendered In a justices court shall be enforceable at any time within eight life of judgmen yrsirs the period of le a un er the general law House joint memorial No 3 by Robinson Rob-inson prying conjrres to cede to Utah the Arizona strip lying north and west of the impassable Colorado river wa passed by a vote of S3 ayes 12 member being absent on the roll call READY FOR PASSAGE Passage of the following house bis < bein was recommended the reports beng adopted and the bills filed for thin reading House bill No 20 by Fullmer relating I relat-ing to the manner of transmitting elec tOI returns by registered mall to county coun-ty clerks of the smaller counties afe amendments made aenmet mae Substitute for house bill No 30 bj Ics relating to fire insurance Substitute for house bill No 38 bj Bywater relating to the election of long and shortterm county commissioners sioners House bill No 102 by Bennion rebating re-bating to fruit three inspection House bill No 110 by Callister to authorize counties to fund floating indebtedness in-debtedness existing prior to Jan 1 1897 1897Substitute for house bill No 119 by Stewart to abolish the office of board of public works in metropolitan cities Substitute for house bill No 122 by I Stewart by request relating to powers of city councils to enforce the erection I and maintenance of viaducts or other protection at crossings of railroads House bill No 130 by Redd to prohibit pro-hibit the exploration by relic hunters of Aztec and other prehistoric ruins after the amendment of the bill a to the penalty clause The judiciary committee recommend ud passage of senate joint resolution fso 3 by Whitney endorsing the Salt Palace project and inviting the people af adjoining states to participate in I the exposition festivities ADVERSE ACTION ON BILLS I Representative Christianson9 house jill No 80 to require after Jan 1 1900 the maintenance of a board or pole along the top of barb wire fences ncountered so much opposition that is defeat was finally accomplished Mr Jackson first attacked the bill iy proposing that it should become ef active as a law 100 years hence and he motion almost carried Then Mr Sichards moved to strike out the en icting clause but the motion failed 18 ices to 15 ayes Realizing that the members of the ilfalfa club were divided in supporting the bill Representative Fisher moved to postpone passage until all the epresentatives were present This notion was also lost moton bill was then placed upon its assage > and defeated by a vote of 1 toes to 16 ayes 12 members > beins ah ent Representative Robinson then gave notice of intention to move for a i reconsideration today The committee on mines and mining ecommended rejection of house bills STOS 23 62 and 6G by Murdock Shepard Shep-ard and Redd respectively for the easor that house bill No 94 by Vheeler relating to mining location records as passed by both the house and the senate more fully covered the subject Report adopted and bills kie The judiciary committees report ecommendlng rejection of house bill No 57 by Sorenson to confer upon ounty clerks in certain cases the uthority to appoint administrators executors and guardians was called Wed Ul a unfinished business from esday The recommendation was dopted and the bill rejected Senate bill No1 by Mrs Cannon uthorizing the erection of a hospital uilding in connection with the state school for the deaf dumb and blind The was taken up on third reading house committee to which the bill had heen referred recommended that the ppropriatlon for the building be cut from 3500 to 52000 Right here there as a division of opinion Rcpresenta thcs N J Han Is McQuarrie Johnson John-son and Hansen contending for the larger sum while Representative Farr favored the reduction Mr Johnson declared the present jarters wero already crowded and I Lcti h i0v i I that experience had demonstrated the i great need of a separate building for hospital purposes Representatives Cook and ONeil expressed pressed a desire to see the accommo datlons in the way of buildings befor voting for the bill and In order to satisfy the wishes of a majority of the satsfy members the further consideration ot the measure was postponed till Saturday Satur-day VISITS TO INSTITUTIONS committee appointei The special joint appinted to arrange dates for visiting the several sev-eral state Institutions recommende < that the legislature go In a body to < visit thestate prison at 3 oclock Saturday Sat-urday afternoon and that the tin versity of Utah be visited on Monda morning between the hours of Sand 10 oclok The report also recommended recom-mended that no state institutions outside out-side of Salt Lake City be visited by the legislature until after the electloi senator However of a United States the latter recommendation was stricken adopted strick-en out after which the resolution was The committee on manufactures and commerce reported or house bill No 126 by Welch proposing to pay a bounty boun-ty on potato starch and also on house < bill No 139 by Robinson to encourage encour-age the cultivation of canalgre and is use in the manufacture of leather without recommendation other tha that they be printed The bills wen ordered printed A similar recommendation from the judiciary committee was adopted with reference to the printing of house bi No 4 by Clyde to create the office 01 district attorney for the several judicial ju-dicial districts For the purpose of legalizing the proceedings ceedings of Washingtons birthday Representative Shepard moved that the journal of Wednesday so far a it pertained to the actions of that day be repeated in yesterdays journal oi the house The motion was adopted President dull of the BrIgham Young academy at Provo tendered in a communication com-munication an invitation to the legislature legis-lature to visit the academy at a date afternoon and evening convenient to the body The receipt of the invitation was acknowledged with thanks the date of accepting the invitation If it be accepted to be determined later Representative Holmgren was excused ex-cused from attendance until Monday BILLS INTRODUCED House bill No 143 by Bywater by request re-quest to amend section 2337 of the revised i vise statutes to that bona fide set I tiers on school lands may have the I privilege of purchasing their holdings at a price of not less than 25 and not I more than 50 per cent of the appraise I value thereof instead of merely at 25 I vaue that per cent of the value providing I such settlera or occupants shall have been In possession O the land prior to the establishment of the United States land office in Salt Lake City instead of the time the government surveys were extended oer such lands The bill was referred to tlC committee on public lands House bill No 144 by Holmgren to amend section 2057 of the revised stat ute by increasing the salary of county coun-ty surveyors in counties of the fourth fifth sixth seventh and eighth classes from 100 to 250 per annum Referred to the committee on fees and salaries t te House bill No 145 by Holmgren for an act authorizing the formation of rounty and town agricultural societies II The bill authorizes the incorporation of sttch societies for the promotion of agricultural I ag-ricultural and kindred interests the holding of county and district fairs etc Tho several societies that may be organized shall report annually to the igrlcultural college a list of the premiums pre-miums awarded to whom and for what rmrpose Referred to the committee on ignculture and irrigation House bill No 146 by Holmgren authorizing horizing the payment of bounties to icrsons who plant and cultivate forest rees on prairie lands I Is provided il the bill that any person who plants lot less than one and not more than ive acres of prairie land In any kind of for 5t trees except cottonwood and and keeps such trees > balm of gllead and tr rrowing In a thrifty condition not more han ten feet apart hal be entitled to a bounty from the state of 3 per aero fOrlve years Committee on forestry House bill No 147 by Callister to amEnd section 2317 of the revised statute stat-ute by making the rate of annual in te1 on farm loans from the state and funds not lees than per cent in sea of 7 per cent Referred to the ommittee on public lands The following bills passed by the sen ato were received and referred to the roper committees Senate bill No SS by Alder providing for instruction of voters upon constl utional amendments Senate bill No 39 by Tanner approbating bating 300 for half the cost of maps and plats in the county assessors office at Beaver Senate bill No 41 by Evans to prohibit pro-hibit persons under the age of 18 years from chewing and smoking tobacco Senate bill No 41 by Nebeker to enable able voters to indicate Q preference for Unie States senators |