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Show House Notes Hooper of Wcbar yesterday introduced In the houso a bill requiring four-foot fences around all farming and pasture lands In the state. The bill maken the owner of tho fence responsible for damages dam-ages to livestock Injured by encountering encounter-ing loose barbed wire. Rango land. It Is provided, Hliall be fenced with a line of posts or by furrow or ditch. Smith of Kano Yesterday introduced a bill In tlm house extending tho present law relating to punishment for persons who tamper with canalB or dltchen or steal water therefrom so as to Include pipe lines also. Judd of Salt Lake yesterday Introduced a bill in tho houso providing for the payment pay-ment of traveling expenses of district Judgen, not to exceed 55 a day. Tho present pres-ent law gives the dlstrlot Judge a salary of -V1000 per year, and expressly provides that no mileage or expenses shall be allowed. al-lowed. A bill will be Introduced Monday by Swenson of Tooele, providing that county road commissioners be paid for actual services only. The bill also provides that oach precinct of tho county shall receive 'the. full amount of poll tax collected therein for tho making and Improvement of roads. A provision says that tho county treasurer may demand of any employer em-ployer or from the superintendent or foreman fore-man of any company the names of all persons in their employ, and that the company is liable for the payment of tho poll tax duo from Its employees, and tho sum may be deducted from the amount due the employees by the company. com-pany. Tho poll tax is fixed at $3 and is payable by all persons under SO and over 21. The house yesterday passed house, joint resolution No. 1, by Mrs. Cannon, specifying specify-ing the design of tho state flag or Utah. By two bills passed In the house yesterday, yes-terday, the stato coal mine .inspector Is given" a permanent deputy, whose salary is to be $1800 a year. The salary of the Inspector Is increased from $2000 to 52 100. These two bills have had some pretty rough sledding. They began with calling for a deputy Inspector at $2000 a year and a salarv of 38000 for the Inspector. Being recommitted lo the mining and smelting committee, the amounts were reduced. Yesterday further reductions were proposed, but were defeated. Thoso who spoke for the bill declared lhat competent Inspector. could not be procured pro-cured for low pay, and lhat If tho deputy Inspector were not paid a fairly good salary sal-ary the bill might as well not pas?. The house yesterday concurred In the senate amendments to senate bill No. 10. bv Hansen, already once passed by tho house, and It was returned. The bill ex-tunds ex-tunds the. time of interest payments on state. lands. Tho speaker yesterday referred the Mabey anti-pool soiling bill to the committee com-mittee on engrossing and enrollment. The bill camo from the senate after having hav-ing been passod by thai body. After It has been engrossed it will be. sonl to the governor. Houso bill No. .", by Judd. relating to winding up Ihc affairs of corporations, was Jso sent to the engrossing en-grossing committee, having passed both houses. The following committee, references were made in the house yesterday of senate hills: No. 11, "oy Hansen, relating relat-ing to dorogatory statements concerning banks to committee 011 banks and banking: bank-ing: No. 22. by Smith, relating lo com- mencomont of action In city courts. Judlclarv Ju-dlclarv committee: No. -14, by Wight, donning the crlmo of disturbing the peace, judiciary committee; No. -IS. by Wight, defining the time of filing actions, Judiciary committee. The judiciary committee reported favorably fa-vorably yesterday on Loveless's house bill No. 73. which limits the outside practice of a county attorney. The orlg-.Inal orlg-.Inal bill prevented tho county attorney from "being tho counnol of a public utilities utili-ties corporation. Thl3 clauso was stricken out by the cornmiltee. Tho bill In Its present form prohibits tlm county attorney from defending criminals In his own county. The house yesterday killed senate bill No. IS, providing for the compulsory attendance at-tendance at school of children up to 18 years. The bill was killed on tho adoption adop-tion of the adverse report of tho committee com-mittee on education. Senate bill No. 3S. relating to the courses of study In schoole. was passed by tho house yesterday. One hundred and fifty residents of American Fork yesterday sent a protest to tho house airalnst the passage, of house bill No. 2o. the bill proposing a graduated grad-uated tax on vehlolos. A bill introduced in th house yesterday yes-terday by Uamborgor of Salt Lako reduces re-duces the time for appeel in criminal cases from six mouths lo throe months. Tho bill is designed lo prevent the long delaj-s Incidental to mmvlor trials. Bamberger of Salt Lake vostordny Introduced In-troduced In tho houso a bill changing tho penalty prescribed in the present law for the snle of opium. The pre.sont law makes tho penalty imprisonment In tho state's prlBon from two to five years or a fine of from $2000 to $10,000. The Bamberger bill makes the penalty from one year In the penitentiary or a fine of from S500 to $10,000. It is said that prosecutions of persons engaged in the opium traffic heretofore have, boon much hnmporttd by the heavy penalties Imposed by tho law. Anderson of Sanpoto yesterday Introduced Intro-duced In the houso a "bill giving the stato land board power to abate. Daymen ts on principal nnd Interest on lands within a stato Irrigation proiert. The aim of tho measuro Is to protect the settler in the ovent of Ihe. state being unable lo cup-ply cup-ply water at the specified time Hammond of Grand will on Monda, In rroduro a bill providing for the inspection inspec-tion of livestock before shipment Th bill was outlined In last Sunday's Iseuo B hM uf The Tribune. - ; J D Swenson of Tooele yesterday introduced Bl a bill In tho house amending tho prcsour n law relating to family support and homo- i steads. The now proposed act says that ; I Bl the court may. in lur dlscrotton. exclude 1 1 Ha from any family allowance, except home- I H stead rights, any person who may have n Hfl separate property Income. JZ Bfl Hammond of Grand vest onlay Intro- ffi IBJ duccd a bill requiring railroads to "spol' JH iflj or place a car where the shipper can 8 MM load or unload it conveniently. The mil- II MB road is required to pay for loss of time u in coso of failure to mcot the demands ! of the shipper In' this respect at tho rats 9HJ of 31.n0 for oach man and 31.50 for eaci I team per day. , 1 EM The Judiciary committee has announced : QH a special order for 0 o'clock Wcdnosday I M morning to consider all Sunday cIo3hiB J fH legislation now before tlie committee. , t HB This order was made when the commit- 1 1 BH tee came, to tho consideration of Cardor-.; m flU bill which prohibits Sunday theaters. ll- : gWJ cycle races, baseball games, motorcycle I VJ races, automobile races, and, In fact. ; S IH practically all classes of amusement and ! f fan The Judiciary committee reported fav- ; fK orably yesterday on' house bills Nos. 30. ji 51, oi', 53, of. and 50. all liquor bills, with tfart one oxcoptlon. which prohibits the sab; , ZMjJi of tobacco to minors. The committee rHSB .substituted house bill No. 110 for No. 50. tHaB which relates lo tho possession of liquor Mj by minors. flEM On motion of Chairman Honric of tho Hfi committee the liquor bills -were made a i ffiB special order In tlie house for 3 o'clock ; SB Tuesday afternoon. ; Bfll Mrs. Cannon of Salt fvake yesterday in- HflM troduccd a bill providing that the com- $91 misuloner of the buroau of Immigration, tPH labor and statistics shall employ two I deputing, instead of one as tho law now i l provides, and that one of the deputies ' 1 MR shall bo a woman. Tho salary of th j K jfB deputies Is to bo $1200 a. year. j I Hi The bill also requires that industrial E M employers shall submit tholr payrolls oi ffi M registers showing tho number of hour T) viW each employee- works. In case of refus- i i; al. tho employer la liablo to a ftae of $o" , ;(" 't or imprisonment of tlftoen days, or both line iwm! 'Imprisonment, J : f I |