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Show Senate Notes At the request of Senator L,. B. "Wight of Summit, the bill enlarging th0 stato text book commission and defining Its dutlcB went over to Tuesday. Senator Wight said he wished more time In which to consider the measure. Members of the Salt Lako Clearing House association appenred before the senate committee on bank3 nnd banking yesterday and objected to the Wight bill declaring the Clearing House association to be a trust. Members of the Salt Lake Clearing House association declared that the interests of the public ns well as the bankers were best conserved by a clearing clear-ing house association. I A measure prescribing weights and ! measures conforming to the United States law in this respect was Introduced In the senate by Senator J. "W. Thornloy of Davis yesterday, and referred to tho com-mittco com-mittco on county and municipal corporations corpora-tions for consideration. The joint committee on revenue and luxation met last evening In the office of the state auditor and discussed at length senate bill Xo, 61, which provides pro-vides for a general revision of the law on tho subject. Vi'U slight amendments the senate : yestorday pasHcd the senate bill by Lunt 1 reducing the interest on deferred pay-: pay-: mento on state lands from 8 to 5 per ! cent. The bill had been passed by both I houses and wjis sent to the governor, but j It was found that slight amendments were necessary, and the bill was recalled. re-called. Senator J. W. Thornloy of Davis coun-1 coun-1 ty yosterday introduced a measure providing pro-viding for more rigid Inspection with reference ref-erence to weights and measures. The bill wax referred To the committee on county j and municipal corporations. An opportunity for appeal from the dc-1 dc-1 cislon of th stat- bank commissioner relative to th fTitabllshmont of a state bank In any community Is provided by a bill Introduced by Senator W. S. Hansen Han-sen of Box Elder yesterday, at the sug-cestlon sug-cestlon of the State Banker, association. associa-tion. The bill given tho opportunity for ; an appeal from the decision of the state ; bank commissioner to the state board of . examiners. Three bills were pasfcfd by the senate ycstenliiy to correct technlcol errors in 1 prenent laws. One corrects tho laws with reference to disturbing the peace, changing "tremendous" to "tumultuous" rondurt. Another eliminates an unneccs-, unneccs-, ary "not" in tho law providing for a . chance of venire. The third makes the , filing of a complaint necet-sary to the service of summons on individuals In j Justices courts. An effort was made VOBterday to pais Mio bill creating the office of atate bee . ins-pertor. The effort fallod, however. and tho b!ll wa- referred back to the . senate committer on livestock. J Viid was received by th legislature yesterday thnt the governor had signod senato bill No. 50. providing urgencv ap- I proprlat!on8 for the .state government. After some discussion the senate yesterday passed house bill No. 3, by Judd. extending tho time for corporations corpora-tions to close up their affaire. If the governor signs the bill the fees of Jurors throughout the state will be Increased from 52 to per diem. The senate yesterday passed the house hill I by Durham to this effect, and the mcas. uro wH now go to the governor. Recommending that the Midland Trail of the transcontinental automobile highway high-way go through Utah by way of Cisco. Green River. Price. Colton. Provo. Salt Lake. Kaysvillc, Ogden and Corlnne. the pennle committee on highways and public pub-lic land yesterday reported favorablv the senate bljl by Smith appropriating "550.-000 "550.-000 for the construction of an automobile rond through the state. Tho bill provides pro-vides that $35,000 bo expended on the road south of Salt Lake and 515,000 north of the city. The senate committee on prlvuto corporations cor-porations and InHuranco yesterday recommended recom-mended for passage the senate bill abolishing abol-ishing thft uso of parlor matcher. |