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Show JO REDRAFT BILL ON BaPPORTIOKMEWT Goes Back to Public Affairs Committee in Deference to Senators. THREE BILLS PASSED Drafts Hereafter to Remain on Calendar One Day Before Action. ' leather than permit some members of the upper house to violate the oath of ofiiee by voting against a reapportionment reapportion-ment of the senatorial and representative representa-tive (list riets as provider! by the state constitution. Chairman George 11. Dern of the publie. affairs committee yesterday yester-day asked that senate bill No. 15 be removed re-moved from tho calendar am) recommitted recom-mitted to the committee on public affairs af-fairs for further consideration. The request was complied with. The bill provided for tho reapportionment reapportion-ment nt the state, but its terms were not entirely satisfactory to man) of the senators from outside districts and they asserted that they would be compelled to vote against the proposed measure in violation of the constitution. Mr. Dern suggested that by returning the bill to the committee he believed a satisfactory satisfac-tory bill could be drafted.. On the three bills passed yesterday the vote was unanimous. The bill providing pro-viding for the compilation of the laws o f t h e st a te was reported out by t h e committee on appropriations and claims and acted upon immediately so that it might go to the lower house and the compilation commission be appointed at the earliest possible moment. Senator Wootton, who introduced the bill, explained ex-plained his reasons for prompt action and the bill was passed without opposition. oppo-sition. Protection as to Costs. The bill by Senator Olson relating to persons exempt from jury service and the one by Seuator Ohez relating to costs of appeal also were passed unopposed. unop-posed. Senator Olson explained that the purpose of the proposed amendment was to limit the activities of what might be termed professional jurors and to distribute jury work among a greater portion of the population of the various counties. The purpose of the bill offered by Senator Chez was to protect the interests inter-ests of persons to whom costs might be awarded by the supreme court. Under the existing statutes it is possible for the person against whom the costs may be assessed to file the remittitur with the district court and if the costs bill is not filed within a limited time by the winner of the decision they are forfeited. for-feited. Senator Chez 's bill provides that when the remittitur is so filed that, it will be the duty of the losing party to notify the -winner of the filing at once, so that a costs bill may be prepared pre-pared and offered within the required time. One Day on Calendar. Senate bill No. 43 was on the calendar, calen-dar, but because the copies had not been received from the printer its consideration considera-tion was deferred until Monday. Several Sev-eral other bills were reported back by various committees and placed upon the calendar and were to have been acted on at the session but Senator Col-ton Col-ton offered a motion, which was adopted, adopt-ed, providing that all bills should remain re-main on the calendar one day' before being acted upon. The reason for this arrangement, Senator Colton said, was to permit the members of the senate to become familiar with the various measures meas-ures and be prepared to offer amendments amend-ments or pass them with more intelligence. intelli-gence. Senate bill Xo. 4, by Evans, providing for compensation to attorneys appointed appoint-ed by district judges to defend indigent persons, was reported out hy the judiciary judi-ciary committee and placed on the calendar. cal-endar. Senator Armstrong, chairman of the committee on appropriations and claims, suggested that inasmuch as it provided for the expenditure of public funds the bill should be passed upon by his committee before final action ac-tion should be taken. The bill was removed re-moved from the calendar and referred to the appropriation ami claims com mittee. Bounty Bill Reported. The committee on agriculture reported re-ported back senate bill No. 4o relating to bounty on predatory animals, and the bill was placed on the calendar. The public affairs committee reported back senate bills No. 31 and No. 41 and they were placed on the calendar for Monday. Senate bill No. 31 is offered as an amendment to present laws pertaining per-taining to the establishment and maintenance main-tenance of public playgrounds, drive-wave drive-wave and other public grounds by cities of the first class. Senate bill No. 41 relates re-lates to oaths of office and bonds of city officers. House joint memorial No. 2, by Me Kiuuey, providing for the direct election elec-tion of the president and vice president of the United States, was referred to the committee on public affairs. House bill No. 11, by McKinney, relating re-lating to appeal costs, -was received and referred to the judiciary committee. The lower house reported that senate bill No. 6. by Wootton. fixing the liability lia-bility of inn and hotel keepers, had been passed by that body. It was referred to the committee on enrolling and engrossing. en-grossing. Funk Introduces Two. Two bills were introduced by President Presi-dent Fnnk. One provides that physician? physi-cian? shall use preparations of nitrate of silver upon the eyes of all newly born babies to prevent blindness. The other proposed measure provides for a state supervisor of agricultural jnd industrial in-dustrial edm-ation and a state super- isor of home economic? education for the Ivgh schools and district schools of the state. The positions arc to be assumed as-sumed by members of the faculty of the Utah Agricultural college and enr-rv enr-rv with them no additional cost to the state. A blow is aimed at misleading and fraudulent advertising in a bill presented pre-sented bv Senator St rin chain. Violation Viola-tion of the terms of the hill, if enacted, are pit nishable by a fine not i n excels of, or six mouths in the ouufv jail, or by both fine and imprisonment. A bill - introduced bv Sena'or I Ivans prnpivcs In amend existing statutes per- taining to the acquisition of title to public property by adverse possession. It provides that no person may acquire by adverse possession, continued for I any length of time whatsoever, any i right or title to any land or water right j or real property owned by any city or town or to any public park or other public pub-lic way. A communication from the stata board of examiners recommended an appropriation of $5.50 to meet a claim for damages suffered from seepage water at the state agricultural college. The communication was referred to the committee on appropriations and claims. Seuator f'hez presented an invitation from the "Weber club of Ogden to the members of the senate to be Hie guests of the club at dinner when the legislature legisla-ture visits the Junction city to inspect the state institutions there. . The president presi-dent ordered the communication filed and Announced without hesitation that the invitation would be accepted. No date has been st as yet for the trip. President Wattis of the Wrber club took occasion to assure the senators in the letters that all lobbyists would be barred from the ejub on "he night of the d inner. Ihe senato adjourned until 2 o'clock Moadny afternoon. |
