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Show INDORSES ELECTION OF SENATORS BY A DIRECT VOTE 3tt mills for State distribution to district dis-trict schools. Senate Bill No. 191, by Barber Providing Pro-viding for retention of interest in a copartnership co-partnership by the executor of a deceased de-ceased partner.' Senate Bill No. 192, by Barber Making Mak-ing use without permission of animal, vehicle, machine or other personal property a trespass. Senate Bill No. 193. by Barnes Authorizing Au-thorizing railroads to condemn land tor toundhouse, shop or other improvement sites. Senate bill 153, abolishing the office of State Statistician and 186 abolishing the silk commission were killed by the adoption of unfavorable committee reports. re-ports. , The Joint resolution favoring the election elec-tion of Senators by direct vote and asking ask-ing Congress to call a convention to amend the Constitution in this respect, passed the Senate yesterday afternoon, only Lewis and Gardner voting In the negative. The measure was introduced by Senator Barnes. Senator Barber won" a great victory for his stringent fish and game bill, which was passed after being amended to prohibit sawdust in streams; to prevent pre-vent fishing with hook and line for any 'kind of fish during the closed season except in Utah lake, the Bear river below be-low Bear River -City and in the Provo river below the Rio Grande Western bridge; trout can be sold only from private ponds, and there is to be no fish and game shipped out of the State. After a long discussion and after many amendment bad been voted down, the gun license on hunters from outside the State was fixed at $10 a year. This was adopted by a vote of 8 to 7. The vote on the passage of the was: Ayes Bamberger. Barber. Bennlon. C. P. Lar-sen, Lar-sen, H. S. Larsen, Lawrence Love, McKay, Mc-Kay, Sherman, Whitmore, Williams and Allison 12. Noes Barnes. Gardner, Gard-ner, Johnson, Lewis, Murdock 6. Senate bill 89 that passed the Senate yesterday prohibits the location of a powder-house nearer than 300 feet to a residence or highway. Present ivwder-houses ivwder-houses are excepted. Love and Sner-man Sner-man alone voted against this bill. ' House bill 60, In relation to the Investment In-vestment of. State, funds, passed . the Senate by a vote of 13 to L Murdock . alone voted against the bill. He wanted to. enable the loaning of money on stocks of Irrigation companies. Senate bill 142, providing for the standard of Illuminating oils in the State, passed by unanimous vote. Senate Sen-ate till 170, providing for the support of the family from the estate pf the decedent came back from the House 1 amended, and passed with the amendments. amend-ments. The following new measures were Introduced In-troduced by consent: Senate - Bill No. 189 Commercial club's substitute for water commission bill. It- provides for a commission of six members. Instead of five, the members mem-bers to be appointed by the Governor Instead of elected by the people; four of the six to belong to one party, and two to the opposing party; two to be appointed ap-pointed for two years, two for four years and two for six years; the commission com-mission not to be allowed to dispose of any part of the water system or to levy taxes in excess of the water rates collectible col-lectible from consumers. The bill will be considered for final passage today. Senate Bill No. 190. by Lewis (the i State tax levy bill) Providing for col-' lectlng $1,500,000 for State taxes during the next two years at the rate of 4 mills for general State purposes, and |