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Show lUSE SETS RECORD: PASSESJ1GHT BILLS Calendar Is Practically Cleared Up After Double Dou-ble Session. FUNDS FOIi SOCIETIES Children's Aid and Free Kindergarten Are Given Appropriations. All previous records for legislative activity ac-tivity wore broken by the house of representatives rep-resentatives yesterday, when at its morning and afternoon sessions it passed eiht bills and two memorials. V-he calendar was practically cleared jf up so that an' adjournment might be taken until this afternoon to leave the way clear for a public hearing on the Page iucome tax measure before the committee on tax and revenue in the supreme court room at 9 o'clock this morning. House bill No. 5L by Eddy, relating to sentences for one or more crimes and prescribing the time when sentences for subsequent olfcnces shall take effect, was passed. This bill provides that each sentence shall becopie effective immediately upon expiration of the preceding pre-ceding sentences. Consideration of hbuse joint resolution resolu-tion NO. f, by Page, providing for the taxing of mining property on the same basis"as other real estate, was up for final passage, but was recommitted to committee for a minor amendment in the language of the measure. Funds of Societies. House bill No. 31. by Campbell, providing pro-viding an appropriation of $11100 for the Children's Aid society, was passed upon favorable recommendation by the joint appropriations committee, as was house bill No. 39, by Stratton-Airey making an appropriation of $4000 to the Salt Lake Free Kindergarten and Neighborhood House association. Senate bill No. 9, by Bevan. which amends the present law regarding the sale of narcotics to 'prevent the sale of peyote, was passed with little discussion. dis-cussion. House joint, memorial No. .". by Adams, asking congress to appropriate sufficient money to construct a national hi"hwav to connect the Mesa Verde in Colorado with the natural bridges and other national monuments in Utah, was passed unanimously. , ' ytourt Bill Passes. H. B No. '.'9, by Carrion, providing for C the establishment of municipal courts in !. all cities of the state having more than N 7600 population, passed by a vote of 26 : 1" at tlie morning session. he committee on highways and bridges reported unfavorably upon H. B. No. 1)2, by McKinney. providing for the appointment appoint-ment of countv engineers, and upon H. B No. 63. by McKinney. giving county commissioners power to designate county roads In incorporated cities and towns and to spend monev on their Improvement. Improve-ment. Both bills were killed, but later In the session this action was reconsidered reconsid-ered and the bills were re-referred to the committee on highways and bridges for amendment. Bills introduced yesterday include H. B No. 111. by Young, which relates to civil procedure and amends the present law by adding two new sections. The first section provides for a directed verdict, ver-dict, either bv the court or on motion of the attorney, without any reason rea-son being- set forth in the motion, or . order. The second section provides that the ' improper exclusion of -evidence, when a ; case is tried without a jury, shall not be ! basis for a new trial, but on appf-ul or ; application for new trial the court shall i simply reopen the case and receive the , excluded evidence and consider it in 1 connection with the evidence previously j introduced. ' House Caught Napping. The house was caught napping in the consideration of B. No. :iS, by Olson, relating to exemptions from jury service, ser-vice, and in trying to have a little fun succeeded unwittingly in tabling- the whole measure, which means Its defeat unless two-thirds of the house calls it from the table later. - The measure was under discussion when Representative Southwick Jokingly moved that the bill be amended to exempt farmers farm-ers and stock raisers from jury duty. Representative Young- objected, laughingly laughing-ly declaring they were most apt jurors. A motion to lay the amendment on the table was made and seconded and so voted. Then was when the surprise cam?. The house started to further consider the hill. "The bill is on the table," declared the speaker. The smiles on the faces of the house members changed like lightning to expressions ex-pressions of utter surprise. "L'nder the rules." said the speaker, "tabling an amendment carries to the table with it the entire bill." The house realized that it had slipped into a trap unwittingly and gracefully submitted. "Possibly this lesson will eliminate some of the attempts at levity here," the speaker said. Recommends Guard Bill. H. B. No. 43. fy Paxman, providing for the transfer from the state to 'the St. George & Washington Canal company com-pany of a small .piece of property in Washington county' which the canal company com-pany formerly gav to the state for ex- 1 perimental purposes, but which has been abandoned bv the state, was passed. I . B. No. 43, bv Golton, relating to time of notice to creditors in probate matters, was passed. It provides -4hat four months' time must elapse .fie fore closing an estate es-tate valued at more than $10,000 and two months in estates valued at leas than $10,000. At the afternoon session a brief report was received from the joint senate and house military committee recommending that the national guard of T.'tah be maintained main-tained on its present efficient footing and basis and that the necessary appropriation appro-priation be made to take care of it. The report was received and laid over, to be considered in connection with the senate bill now pending providing for abolition of the guard as a state maintained institution. insti-tution. Representative Southwick of Utah county presented H- J- M. No. 5. calling noon congress to grant to the state of Utah the buildings and grounds of o?d Fort Duchesne, so that the state may use them for the care of the feeble-minded. He asked that the rules be suspended and the measure be passed at once. A motion to this effect carried and the measure was passed. Eight Bills Introduced.1 Kight new bills were introduced during the afternoon session. H. B. No. 115, by McKinney. is an amendment -to the present dental laws, designed to raise the standard of requirements re-quirements for dentists to practice in the state of Utah and to make it impossible for "quack" dentists to operate upon the credulity of the people. H. B. No. 116, by S. Williams, provides an appropriation "of $Gnno to construct a road from1 Fremont, Wayne county, to Ivv Creek, Sevier county. H. B. No. 117, bv Fisher, provides an appropriation of $7000 to finish paying for the Wasatch fish hatchery purchased bv the state. H. B. No. US, by Bywater'(by request), provides for the creation of October 21 each year as a legal holiday, to be known as State Fraternal day. The clay is desired de-sired as a holiday by the fraternal organizations or-ganizations of the state. II, B. No. Ill), by Page, provides that any male person who applies for a marriage mar-riage license shall submit a certificate of a physician showing that he is free from certain diseases. A fee of $3 for such physical examination by a doctor doc-tor is provided. H. B. No. 120, by Fisher, provides for the creation of a state livestock board, and provides for co-operation between this board and the federal government in the handling of livestock matters. H. B. 121, by Boy den, provides that in case of jury trials in civil cases the notice of sucVi trial shall be accompanied by a fee of 515. H. B. No. V2'2, by Hecker, Is designed to prevent the telephone company from imposing restrictions upon subscribers in the matter of use of telephones. |