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Show -' SPECIAL GZvDEfiT.!!3nMY ....... pers, the bill was placed on fliml passage pas-sage and failed by a vote of tt to ,19. ; SILLS CQZmXTTZ - '-; , . TO PLOTST IUTO TIES , CLOGGED HOUSE. With only four days more of the fifth Legislative session In the future' and about 200 measures yet to be acted upon, new bills continue to come In dally. Ten days ago the time limit for the Introduction of ' bills except by unanimous consent expired, but no Representative has yet shown any dls position to prevent those who so desire from adding to the Bute's printing bill. This morning Mr. Roberts Introduced an act to empower the State Loan board to lend the moneys In the State sinking fund upon State, county, municipal mu-nicipal bonds and J. E. Johnson -presented a measure Intended to provide - The irrigation bill of the Commercial club. Senate bill No. 181, was read for the third time on special order la the Senate this morning. The bill, which is . very long, consumed nearly an hour In - Its reading. " Upon the motion of Senator Lawrence further consideration of the measure was deferred until Monday afternoon, at which time arguments will be made and the vote taken. , . Senate bill No. 174, by McKay, providing pro-viding for the hanging of doors and arrangement ar-rangement of doorways in public buildings, build-ings, was read for the third time and passed unanimously. Senate bill No. 187, by Gardner, was Introduced in the Senate this morning and read for the first time. The bill Is an act to amend section 2596 of the Revised Re-vised Statutes of Utah. 1898. and provides pro-vides that taxes on personal property shall be a lien upon the realty .of the owner, and that in certain cases taxes on personal property shall be paid with- Jn days or bon, tfven therefor. The salaries of State officers and the support of State Institutions were provided pro-vided for In Senate bill No. 188, by Lew-Is. Lew-Is. pending the next session of the Legislature. Leg-islature. For the general maintenance of the University of Utah, all contemplated contem-plated Improvements and additions, the bill asks for 1270,245. The bill provides an appropriation of 3216,475 for the Agricultural Ag-ricultural College of Utah; for the State Industrial school. 353.500; the State Insane In-sane asylum. 3192,000; the State Board - of Corrections, 365.965; the Utah Art Institute, In-stitute, 32000; the National Guard of Utah, 357.000; the State Bureau of Statistics, Sta-tistics, J 8 000; the State Board of Land Commissioners, 359,800; the State Board of Equalization. 311,000; the State Board of Pardons. 3250; the State Board of Health, 38200; the State Board of Hortl- culture, 319.400; the Deseret Agricultural and Manufacturing society, 345.000; the State Board of Education, for printing, etc.. 31750; to . the State Board of Examiners, Ex-aminers, 313.580; the Utah Silk commission. commis-sion. 38800; the several counties of the , State, 378,600; the interest on State bonds, 368,600. The "dog tax measure" occupied the House during the greater portion of this morning's session. Oratory was as plentiful and the skirmishing and cross-firing cross-firing as earnest as If the passage or . defeat of the bill were a matter of supreme su-preme importance to every section of the State. After more than an hour of discussion, discus-sion, during which the dogs were alternately alter-nately condemned and eulogized, and Wilson gravely told a story explaining how the number of dogs increases In geometrical ratio as the owners are found to be rich, poor, very poor or pau- for the protection of the bee Industry in the State. The House committees showed evidence evi-dence of industry and sent In reports on two dozen bills which took their place at the foot of the calendar. Mrs. Coulter, chairman of the Judiciary Judi-ciary committee, who was absent on account of sickness, sent In a request that hef anti-treatlng. anti-transportation, anti-campaign-expenses bills, which had been adversely reported by the Committee on Elections be referred to the Judiciary committee. There were strenuous objections to this from several members, and when -White urged It as an act of courtesy Cahoon responded that Mrs. Coulter was here as a Representative "Just the same as the rest of us." On motion of Barrett the matter was tabled. The Joint conference committee sent In a report on House bill 66, by Smith, relating to the powers of City Councils and Intended primarily to open Emigration Emi-gration canyon to the passage of live stock. The House before refused to accept the Senate amendments and the conference committee further amended the measure slightly so that it was accepted ac-cepted by the House. The Senate measure providing far a State dog tax was put on its final passage. pas-sage. While the House was discussing this Gov. Wells returned without approval. ap-proval. House bill 16 providing for an appropriation for the expenses of the eleventh National Irrigation congress to be held In Ogden next September. The Governor presented a -substitute measure providing that the chairman of the Executive committee shall make a report to the State Auditor giving an account of his expenditures. . The House sustained the veto and passed unanimously the new bill which was Introduced by Condon as No. 187. |