| Show i J LADED FOR MECAL Bill > Passed by House May I Affect Him JI J I I I TWO POSITIONS PROPOSED I j I I j I I I Bill No 208 I IB Claimed Is for the Purpose of Deducing aVEptcalf s Salary Sal-ary and Force Him to Resign From School for Deaf Dumb and Blind D A and 2T Society Authorized to Sell Exposition Grounds to City for 20000 EightHour Ltvw Amended S i S ed Siftinc Committee Appointed I r PSSED BY TUB HOUSE IIouso Will STO 20S by Anderson Providing Pro-viding that the board of tniKteos of tho School for tho Deaf Dumb mid Blind may appoint two jiorsons as principal and su perlntcnJcnt respectively One man now I holds a both positions S IIouso Hill No ISO printed 181 by Kelly Giving County Commissioners siuljiorlty to appoint or remove to members of the County Examining board to act with the County Superintendent In examining teachers They were heretofore appointed S by the County Stmterlmi tendon I Iloupo Dill No 2 by Smith Authorizing Authoriz-ing tho D A alt M society to soil Mio iirestMU exposition grounds and the main building to the city for a sum not leHI l than COO S Senate l Bill No C7 by Love Providing that after the apportionment of the county coun-ty school fund cities of tho first and second sec-ond class must 0 paid their t apportionment apportion-ment per capita before thc County Commissioners Com-missioners set aside the amount necessary 16 nay compensation of tIme County Superintendent t anti other expenses House Bill No 10 by iinrmon Instructing In-structing boards of trustees to supply pupils pu-pils with unto books pencils end exam ination paper in addition to other supplies sup-plies House Bill No 105 by Harmon by request re-quest Allowing tbo State Superintendent t of Public Instruction to fix tbo time for teachers examination In tho various counties House Bill No 211 by Srnltu Exempting Exempt-ing from taxation property held by municipal muni-cipal corporations under contract lionse u No 223 by Hamlln Making It a misdemeanor for any person corporation I I corpora-tion firm contractor agent manager I foreman or any officer of the State or r any county or municipal government to require or contract with any person to work moro than eight hours per day on any public works House Joint Memorial No 3 bv Lambert Lam-bert Praylntr for tho opening of thc Uln Ink reservation S resernton I KILLED BY THE HOUSE Senate Bill No 3t by Alder l Providing for the appointment ot City Marshals Incites In-cites of tIme third class Instead of election elec-tion by the people Honso Bill No lTJ by Anderson Allowing Allow-ing tho chairman of the Board of County Commissioners SSOO per year additional for I acting as exofllclo Commissioner oC tho poorHouse S poor-House Bill No 210 by SmithAllowing cities to Increase their tax for contingent expense from 3 mills to 7 mills and ilc crenslng the levy for streets and sidewalks side-walks and sewers and drains from 5 mills each to 4 mills each House Bill No 207 by Harmon Appro printing S10CO for prizes on poultry House Bill No 106 by Harmon Duplicate Dupli-cate of Senate bill No 67 which was I passed The House did a fair days business yesterday considering Nine bills and one joint memorial were passed and four bills were rejected But one bill was introduced This Is House bill No 221 by Langton which so amends the present laws that cites of the first and second class may vote for County School Superintendents There was comparatively but little discussion either on the bills passed or those rejected re-jected the main discussions of the day being brought out by House bill No 1C7 allowing cites of the first and second class to Increase their levy and Senate bill No 113 commonly called the polygamy bill which was passed by tho Senate Wednesday night Among the bills passed yesterday No 223 by Hamlln will especially appeal to the laboring classes The bill makes it a misdemeanor for any person In authority au-thority to require or contract with a laborer to work more than eight hours a day on any public worle TO FORCE OUT aiETCALP House bill No 208 by Anderson providing pro-viding for a principal and a superintendent superin-tendent for the School for the Deaf Dumb and Blind at Ogden instead of having one man hold both positions as at present precipitated a lively idls cus lon It Is claimed that the object of the bill Is to force the resignation of Superintendent Metcalf who has been with the school since Its commencement com-mencement but who has had more or less trouble with the trustee during the past year It is claimed that the Intention Is to appoint a superinten dent at a salary much higher than i that which will be offered to Prof I JJetcalf thus forcing him to sever his connection with the school of his own S accord because oChc insullicient salary Among the bills killed was one al lowing cities to Increase their lax two mills for contingent expenses although I corresponding decrease was made as to other levies which neither increased nor lowered tho whole tax There was a lively fight over House memorial No1 1 by Kelly which peti pet tioned Congress to set apart as forest reserve the sources of streams used I for agricultural and domestic pur poses J was claimed by a number of the members that lands which were covered wh trees and underbrush did not hold snow lswc1 as bare lands and that the setting aside oC the watersheds for forest reserves would not atlain the ends sought the memorial The matter was re erred after debate to the Committee Commitee on Forestry There was also some discussion over House bill No 105hy Harmon al lowing the State Superintendent to fix fx the time for teachers examinations In the various counties Instead of the County Superintendents as heretofore The majority however preferred to leave thc matter with the State Superintendent passed and the bill was I I |
