| Show C BILL IS PASSED Se nate T Through r Ough asure For or Light and Railway Company O 2 AGAINST IT ACTION A IS TAKEN ON OTH OTHER ER LEGISLATION Two To of the eighteen members of the pate nate against the bill SUPPosed su to be Introduced on the tho re re quest it iest of oC the tho Utah Light Railway c CO when th the measure up as a special order yes e te afternoon Lawrence wag le ft alo alone e to the bill bUl on one the th e floor but dent LoVe Ive joined him hi m on The other embers m voted for the bill several or of them th em making in Its honor The Fhe bill which was introduced as senate Se nate bill No Ii 2 on Feb C by Senator HollIngsworth H is designated primarily to e the consolidation of the street St reet railway and light companies 1 ii S alt Lake City and does this by de declaring claring aring d a lighting plant to be a rail railroad road ro ad property r incidentally the meas Ire n rc gives corporations the power to c hang hange the purpose for Cor which the they were l organized and to extend their thelt b upon a majority vote of th the st Under the present law lawa a vote ot Bit of Trust Legislation The meas re had gone ov over from last week w eek by request ot of Lawrence who said aid s he desired to study It further He a yesterday that he had st and like it His broad cst t nt objection to it was that It jt per r m tn te consolidation laUon or of public u ne he said and would amount to ena e Ung a trust The measure was arther f fraught with danger to the people eople pd p he continued because It re dUc d d tilt n nUmber ot stockholders nece n sary to make important amend amendments ments m whole hole tendency of oC this bill is isto to t o reduce tIm tho power of oC stockholders and a nd place all power In the hands ot of directors d of corporations he saId In c ion It Is a question whether a e b by legislation change the tho for f or which a corporation was formed The T he very verj language of oC the bm bill is a subterfuge s It says the purpose of a 1 corporation c shall not be changed and hen t says that adding to the purpose lr o r extending the business Of a corpora lon lion t shall not be deemed a change Bamberger For the Bill Senator Bamberger was outspoken In I n Support of the tUl We Ve all know 1 the he t purpose of oC this bill he said It Its I s to Ia the Utah Light Railway c to m merge rge Its interests 1 Senator Bamberger said lie he could see no n o objection to the bill Lill and believed I would be an advantage to the state to t o throw the dOors to foreign I Corporations c as New Nen JErsey has done a nd get as many as possible to some come in i n After ACter all you cannot protect the minority no mutter matter what you ou do doit hI l it said Lawrence expressed ed no admIration for f or the laws of Ne New Jerse Jersey II HO pro t sted ested he was n not t to cripple any a ny corporation that bandies handies large In Interests t and had no quarrel 1 with I any local concerti concern but he objected to the he t radical changes made because they affected a all corporations In the state stat statHe He made he assertion that attorneys had spent months in search of words to t o gh give e the language of the measure the he t broadest latitude possible Well Vell It the Utah Light Railway company Were not so mortgaged d up that hat t they are helpless they would sim simpi simply pi ply bu buy up the stock of these other companIe c said Bamberger In lag Ing the need ot of the bill Other Bills Put Through The following other measures were passed by the Senate bili bil No 61 by bJ Larsen pro providIng providing vidIng for or the nt oj t a trades school under the direction ot of the Ag Agricultural Agricultural cOllege in Sanpete county Senate bill NO 70 b by Hollingsworth exempting wages earned earnd out outside th the state when defendant Is not personally served with process Senate bill No 71 b by Hollingsworth fixing the time when the fiscal year ear of the state shall shon cOmmence Senate bill No 68 by Johnson Johnso pro the earring of concealed weapons Senate bill No Il 91 by pro the 8 sale of dead fowls without first removing U ll e etc Ho House se bill No 4 by JOnney pro providing i viding an additional method for taking I depositions outside the state I IDeath Death For Other Me Measures Senate bill No ii 15 by changing the state board of equalla tion was kUl killed d by an adverse r report port from the committee and means The conference committee om on Yal Wal I ton tons s senate bill No o 23 an Roberts I house bill No 6 62 the state board I measures reported fht the had agreed ed to recommend the passage ot of I Waton bill Cud ind the R bill was killed I The conference Committee on Hol senate bill No 40 fixing the fis fiscal al year of the state reported tiui rin I agreement in favor ot of the house bouse amendments anti and the senate later con concurred i in the amendments I Committee Adopted I Favorable committee rep reports c Oft n the I II fo m were adopted Senate enate bill No 72 by re rem rere the time at making assess m eats Senate bill No 89 9 by p t relating lating re to Co present maps map House joint memOrial aJ No 4 by Asia Aus Asian S tin ti n relating to state parks House bill No 65 6 by McC McCrea a amend in g s 3 an stat st t utes si tes relating to sia Senate bill No by Husband mending amending a the company store bill Sen Senate te joint memorial No n a by Will WUI lams lan la ms 1 to n or of fOods medicines n and drugs Senate concUrrent resolution No Noy Nob b y rt ii cant cont m to draft a uniform tax bm bilL House bill No 35 5 by b remt tn g to compensation ot Of rs of oC b board oarda or of education Senate bill No 8 82 by re la ting to the erecting ot of sobo n b y contract l labor bOl House bill No by Tt bor berts ing I ng to annu annual l tax for library pur puros I p os oser Hou Housa bill No by Johnson pro h the sale of firearms to minors I Was w as recommitted to be considered In connection c with existing laws Jaws I I House bill N No 86 hy by Tolton relating to t o ft fees s of court stenographers was sas also r to be with ot o ther er bills along the same line House bill No 69 P by relating to t o state park was as made a speCIal order r f gr l 3 today upon request of Senator S Walton Talton The senate cc an Invitation to listen isten l to a lecture b by Dlo Di T B Beatty secretary s or of the state board u of S the causes and pre nUon O dl di s T lecture which will he be 11 l lg by b be ivon g in the h ball ll of represent thes at 7 30 w evening Bounties on Grasshoppers State Auditor Edwards presented a report r allowing that the total amount of o f bounties paId on gras grasshoppers hoppers b be tween t Jan 20 1903 and Tan Jan 20 O 1904 was Governor Cutler informed the senate that t hat h he had signed senate NO 36 8 by b y the committee on military affairs ceding eding c to the federal government Junta juris jurisdiction diction d the Fort Douglas and Fort Duchesne military r reservation New measures Introduced yesterday were w ere alt as Senate bill No by Park amend ing i tig sections and revised stat statutes ut utes s defining common b barratry proof required r for and punish punishment punishment ment Judiciary y Senate concurrent resolution No 5 by Lewis providing for fOl the appoint appointment ment of a joint committee of the tIte senate and hOus to put into effect section 9 1 of article 2 i of the state for or a dec decennial census ot of the I of the state |
