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Show Senate Notes The senate commllleo on public institutions insti-tutions yesterday recommended for passage pass-age the senate bill by G. A. Iverson of Carbon, authorizing the governor to con-vev con-vev to Utah county a certain tract of land within that county. The land was orlglnnllv ceded to tho state by Utah countv for the purpose of having the state "establish an agricultural experiment experi-ment station on It. The state, however, decided not to establish the experiment station and as a result the land is unoccupied. un-occupied. Three appropriation bills, introduced bv Senator "W. Williams of Salt Lake, which were on the calendar for final passage yesterday, went over until today al 'the request of Senator Williams, who wae in Ocden with other members of the appropriations commlttuo inspecting the stato Institutions tn that city. Ono of tho bills appropriates 57W)0 to assist In dc-fravlng dc-fravlng the expenses of Union and Confederate Con-federate veterans In attending t'.e srai'-tpnteuuial srai'-tpnteuuial commemoration o the lntl' of Gettysburg at aettystni'-g, Ph., next Julv Another appropriates 51S00 as ti eclnl award for ayed school teachers Tho third appropriates ?1000 to State Dairy and Food Commissioner Wll'ard Hansen, which Is tho amount of unpaid compensation duo him from the state. Two special orders will occupy the attention at-tention of the senate today. One irr the Cottrcll bill, prohibiting the manufacture and sale of thn so-called parlor matches within tho state, and tho other Is the Eckersley bill, extending the powers of the state text book commission to tho selection se-lection of text books for high schools of the state. Senator Benner N. Smith yesterday Introduced In-troduced o. bill defining more specifically the boundary line between Salt Lake ami Davis counties. Under the present law the mouth of tho .Ionian river Is one of the points on the boundary. The exact location of the mouth of the Jordan has never been determined and as a result some of the. property in Its vicinity la assessed both In Salt Lake and Davis counties. Senator Smith's bill locato? the mouth of the Jordan bv section lines in order that there may be no dispute as to whore the. "property shall be assessed. The bill was referred to the committee on county and municipal corporations. A bill was Introduced in the serial" yesterday by Senator Bonner X. Sjnllh of Salt Lake amending the probate code so as to class coal lands with other mining min-ing property in the matter- of probmlng an estate. Coal lands aro unclassified under un-der tho present probate law and attorneys attor-neys have felt that this amendment wan necessary in order that there might be no misunderstanding of their classification. classifica-tion. In order that the Jurisdiction in criminal crimi-nal cases may be determined. Senator l". O. Ridcout of Salt Lake yesterday introduced intro-duced a bill which provides that wher" the aclr- or effects requisite lo the consummation con-summation of an offense shall have occurred oc-curred In two or more counties, jurisdiction jurisdic-tion shall he In any uf such conntb-s. When, an offense l committed near the boundary line of two or mor tountlcf tiie bill provides that Jurisdiction shall )n in any of the counties In the cyont of a inurderwhuro the victim Is injured in one county and dies in another, jurisdiction jurisdic-tion shall be In the countv where the Injury was Inflicted. The bill went lo the commit lee on judiciary. The appropriations committees of both I he senate and tile house SDcnt Ncster-day Ncster-day In Ogden visiting the State 'Industrial 'Indus-trial school and the Stale School for tho Deaf and Blind. The committees were particularly Interested In ascertaining tho improvements in buildings and equipment needed hy these two schools. Ben Davis of Salt Lake ban ben designated des-ignated by the National Association of Retail Shoo Dealers to investigate the South wick bfll now before the slate legislature, legis-lature, which provides thAt all materials other than leather shall be stamped as such on the solft of the nhoe. Mr Davis said ho did not know whether the rotall dealers favored or opposed the measure and was going to try to ascertain their position In the matter. Disaster overtook the Eckcrnloy bill for stato aid for rural school districts where the revenues aro Insufficient when It camo up for consideration in the senate yesterday. The bill had been passed by both tho nenato and tho house and was In tho hands of the governor last week-The week-The author of the ibll, however, was fearful that the governor might veto the measure ns It read and he recalled It to reduce the appropriation from 512,000 to $10,000. When It came up for consideration con-sideration yesterday the bill failed to receive a constitutional majority and was declared to'be defeated. Notice of reconsideration was given, however, and It will likely pass today. |
