Salt Lake Telegram | 1905-01-30 | Page 3 | Work of the Legislature

JVORK OF THE LEGISLATURE - 4M Hereafter Jurors In Justice courts and at Inquests v'll be paid per diem and ' mileage whether they are sworn to service ser-vice or not, provided that Luther's H. B. No 2 passes th? Senate. ' The bill was acted on in the House favorably. " Kinney's H. B. No. 56, providing for the recording of leases and hiring of nfllroad stock and equipment, is another an-other of the measures passed by the House.- The forging or counterfeiting of -smoii cfcitls. letters of service and time .;iecks is made a misdemeanor by Kin-l.ty's Kin-l.ty's H. B. No. 4, passed "Wednesday, and protection is given unions and employers em-ployers by tbCTirovislons of the bill. Kinney's amendment to the Constitution, Constitu-tion, as embodied In H. J. M. No. 1. was favorably acted on by the House last week and after January 1, 1507, no tax will be collected on mortgages, provided provid-ed the voters act favorably on the amendment at the next election. Much labor legislation is on tap for the House during the present session. One of. the most revolutionary bills is that of Hone, limiting the working day to one of eight hours. I Cromar has two bills up for consider- I atlon, one making the coercion of any employee into agreeing not to Join a union, a misdemeanor, and the other providing punishment for any one who shall retain any part of the wages of a foreigner who does not speak English for his own personal use without giving giv-ing full value therefor. Panter has labor bill against the Importation of any alien laborers under contract. The House now has eight-live bills to consider, twenty-fouf more than the fifth Legislature had at the same time.