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Show FAVORS RElCIl II APPROPRIATION Commercial Club Laws Committee Com-mittee Acts on Measure for Panama Exposition Fund. The Commercial club committee on laws and legislation met yeHterday and considered the exposition bill, as It relates re-lates to the expositions at Sun DIcro and San Prnru'lsco. The committee decided de-cided to recommend that thc commission, which will represent Utah, be Increased from five to nine and that two executive committees bo named, bnc for San Diego and one for San I"rancl3CO. K was also the sense of the committee that no aal-arles aal-arles be paid to the commissioners, but that thfv should bo allowed neoeiJ.sary traveling expenses. It, was further de-elded de-elded to iecumin?nd the elimination of the political feature of the appointments by the Governor and leave him free to act as he pleases. The committee- favored w reduction in tho appropriation; for thc expositions, making tho amount 51CD.O00 for each. Instead of .'200,000, as provided in tho bill. These recommendations were all approved later by the board of governors. Tipon the recommendation of the com-mittei' com-mittei' on mines and mining th" board or governors also Indorsed senato bill Xo. 101. providing for an appropriation of SI o.OOO a year for the maintenance of n slate research metallurgical station.. Also the bill permitting cities of the first class to provide for lights, decorations decora-tions and entertainments at conventions and cither big gatherings, no appropria -linn for a single gathering to exceed $5000 nnd no appropriations for a year to exceed ex-ceed xm.ooo. Thc board of governors also considered consid-ered a number or other measures, some of which are now pending in the lcgia-luturo lcgia-luturo and others of which are yet to bo introduced, as follows: Bill to correct the defeats In the present pres-ent law relating to spr-ilaj taxs. in order or-der to obtain a better market for warrants. war-rants. Rill relating to bollor Inspcruioti and engineers' license and better protection of the city's water supply. Bill i-elatlng to special assessments for park purposes In cities of the first class and enforcing uniformity. Bill extending the prlvllcRo of free transportation to plaln-olothes mon of the police department upon Ih exhibition exhibi-tion of badges, and also to Inspectors of the board of health In uniform Bill Jlxlng the bond of thc eltv treasurer treas-urer at SC50.000. F. C. "Richmond told tho board that ho desired to make a report as chairman of the apeclal telephone committee. Ho said a rumor had been circulated to the cfTcct that tho Mountain States Telephone Tele-phone & Telegraph company intended to make a decided raise In Its rates as soon as the present legislature adjourned ad-journed and that as a result of these rumors somo member of the legislature was threatening to introduce a bill to prevent the company from raising rates. Mr. Richmond said lie had wired President Presi-dent B. B. Field of the telephone company com-pany at Donver and hnd received a long letter from Mr. Field saying that no such Intention existed on tlws part of thc company; com-pany; that It might bo necessary to make somo slight adjustment of rates in thc near future, but tlmt the general tendency would be downward rather than upward. The board directed that tho correspondence corre-spondence be filed for thc Information of thc board. |
