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Show House Note's Tho house yesterday passed S. B. No. 17. by Bckersley, giving state aid to schools that aro without funds. The bill appropriates $12,000, 5G000 to bp expended expend-ed annually and no county to reco ve more than two-fifths or the appropriation. appropria-tion. It was stated that unless the aid woro given, tho schools would havo to cIoec. Marchant of Summit announced In tho house yesterday that Stato Engineer Caleb Ca-leb Tunner would address a joint moet-mr moet-mr of the senato and house In tho house chamber on Monday, February 10. at j o'clock, on tho proposed irrigat on and water control laws. This legislation Is doomed of much Importance and doubtless doubt-less everv member of both Bonato and house will wish to hear the various bills explained, especially .that Introduced by Hoopor of Wober, which changeH the system sys-tem of water control and regulation. Tho house committee on highways and bridges will hold an Important mooting at the New Jrand hotel Monday forenoon fore-noon at 10 'clock. Tho committco haB five bills relating to state roads that are deemed of vita) interest. They are the measures prepared at the instance of the state road commission, and include the bill for bonding tho state for M.-620,000 M.-620,000 for Gtttte highway purposes, tho vehicle tax bill and other measures. Smith of Kau is chairman of the committee. com-mittee. Two bills were presented in the house yentorday by Speaker Seely for two bridgoB over tho Price river in Emery county. Ono of tho bridges It is proponed pro-poned to construct near Mounds and tho othor near Woodslde. Five thousand seven hundred dollars for eaoh of the Improvements Im-provements In asked, tho money to bo expended under tho direction or tho county commlaslonera. Petitions containing the signatures of approximately 700 persons wcro received In the house yesterday, urging tho pn8-nge pn8-nge of S. B. No. 29, the Indian war veterans' vet-erans' pension bill. The Judiciary committee yesterday reported re-ported favorably Oardon's bill relating to punishment for statutory crimes. The committee also reported favorably on S. B No. 13. bv Booth, relating to chattel mortgages, and S. !B. No. 30. also by Booth, relating to tho vnlldatlon of certain cer-tain conveyances. Tho judiciary committee of the houae met last night to take up the six now liquor bill introduced Wednesday. Tlio members met merely to study and fa-mlllstrloo fa-mlllstrloo UicmeolveB with the moasuroa. No action was taken. A largo nnmber of the senators and mombors of tho house will go to Iogan today on a Bpcclnl train, leaving Salt Lake at Silo o'clock. The legislators will witnosH an dcctrlcal demonstration to bo given at the Agricultural college. Both house! veslrrdHy adjourned until 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. |