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Show 4 : Legislative Notes. 4 : Seegmiller's bill, making irrigation a 1 first call on water rights, was discussed before the senate committee on agriculture agricul-ture and Irrigation last night at the Hotel Utah. Representatives of power interests, including a number from Provo, protested against the bill. j Unfavorable report on Rfdeout's reso- i lution proposing a constitutional amendment amend-ment as to taxes on mines was made to the senate yesterday by the committee on mines and mining. When the report was returned. Senator Rideout withdrew the! resolution. ! Favorable report vas made by the sen-i ate railroads committee yesterday on the: bill providing for weighing of coal at ; destination as a basis for freight charges, i The bill amends the old law byv providing j a penalty for violation. The senate yesterday passed Mrs. Wolstenholme's house bill providing , stricter regulation of pandering, and de- ! signed to further wipe out the social evil. I Senator "Evans's bill, providing for j bonds by contractors engaged by school 1 boards and similar bodies, was passed yesterday in tho upper house. The meas- ! ure is designed to insure payment of labor la-bor and for materials. Rills enlarging the powers of the district attorney to permit him to act for the commonwealth in the lesser courts were introduced In the senate yesterday by the judiciary committee. A motion in the house to reconsider the vote by which the bill reducing the tax levies of the state passed the house was-carried was-carried yesterday afternoon and the mens- ' me will airalp come before the house for final action. The bill will be cousidereir as a special order of business this after.'o noon at .1:30 o'clock. t The motion to reconsider was made b.jj Representative Parley P. Christ ensen " , Suit Lake, who declared that the cntir -portion of the bill with reference to ro' ei tux levies would have to be stricken r-iTs the bill In order to make It operative. 7 motion to reconsider prevailed by a t of 30 to 1. Representative T. L. Allen Summit being the only one to 1 against it. V : . tn i The house yesterday adopted a r r0 limiting each member of the house to c,i-0 mhiuie in which to explain his vote on . roll-call. It lias been found thut mu"1'' I of the time of the session has been tak up in listening to long explanations fro 1 members on roll-calls. r 'a The indicia i y romm itt ee y es'.em.-i y rc u mended Cor pn.-sace the Christens; antipass bill. This hill prohibits the giving giv-ing oi Xreo railway transportation to an ' Po.persons. except the officers and einp o ees i buildif railroads, employees, officers, teacher. and students of schools, persons engaged , c,,n in charitable work, inmates of charitable 1 e Su bstitution!., indigent, destitute and home-' r w cess persons. officers and Inmates of, I homes for soUbers and sailors, caretakers Oeori-of property In transit, policemen and flrc- men. Employees of sleeping car and ex-1 ex-1 press companies and, a few others. i 1 The two apportionment bills before the ' house were reported out yeslerday with- P Cap! ut recommendation by the 3udtetai., r Sura committee and both went to the caleti- s Dei- dsr The Pone bill increases the number 6 A of representatives in accordance witn the rir population of each county, and provides tne'f that each county, irrespect v of popula- , pore tion, shall have one, and only one senatui Wd" Tho Knnls bill increases the number of llSm members of each house and provides that -he in counties where more than one repro- Cote sentative is chosen they shall be seteetcd ot from districts instead of at large as at yfote present. |