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Show MARRIAGE MEASURE AS AMENDED. NOW READY TO BE SIGNED With amendments the Senate in session ses-sion today passed House bill No. 7, by Pedersen, providing for a new marriage law. The bill received the signatures of the Speaker and the President, and will then go to the Governor for ratification. The bill, as changed. Is as folows: Incestuous Marriage Marriages between be-tween parents and children, ancestors and descendants of every degree, brothers broth-ers and sisters of the half as well as the whole blood, un.-les and nieces, aunts and dpi ht . and first cousins, or between be-tween anv person related to each other within and including the fifth degree of consanguinity, computed according to the rules of civil law. are incestuous and void from the beginning, whether the relationship is legitimate or illegiti- mate. I Other Void Marriages Marriage is jrohibited and declared v. i.l: I. With an idiot, lunatic, or person subject to chronic epileptic fits, provided pro-vided the last qualification should not I applv to a female over 4" years of ae. '.'.'When there is a husband nr wife living from wh. m the person marrying has not been divorced. 3. When not solemnized bv an authorized author-ized person, except as provided in section sec-tion 11". 4. When at the time ot marriage the j male is un.Ur li or the female under It I vears of age. -5. Between a negro and a white per-' per-' son. I 6. Between a mongolian and a white person. Robinson Bill Passes. Bv a vote of l"i aves and 1 nav House bill "No. 1. by rtobmson, giving the I State Board of' Koualuat ion additional power, was passed this morning. The bill eliminates the word "depot." which now comes under the jurisdiction of the countbe. and gives the board I control in addition to its former duties of electric light companies, power, express ex-press and pipe lines. House bill No. 19, by Bobmson. which seeks to raise the salary of the members of the Board of Equalization from $MJ0 to $15ni' a car, was referred back to the committee. Senator Rasband attempted at-tempted to block the bill on account of the increase in salary. Will Visit Richfield. The Senate accepted an iucitation to visit Richfield tomorrow. The train leaves here in the morning at 7 o'clock, and will return Sunday morn- The following bill was introduced: 8. li. No. ll'J ( Brinkerhoff ). an act making an appropriation to investigate the possibilities pos-sibilities of reclaiming alkali lands and water logged lands in Emery eouiitv. Referred to the Committee en Agriculture Agricul-ture and Irrigation. The bill is for the purpose of appropriating appro-priating $2'i0n for the expense ot the Agricultural college experimental sta tion to investigate the possibilities of rec laiming the alkali and water logged lands of Emery rounty and ascertaining bv what means the rise of alkali on new lands may be avoided. UTAH WOOL AT 26 CENTS. BOSTON, Feb. 15. The sale of 300. 000 pounds of I'tfvh halfblooJ wool, at IS cents as the largest transaction of the wek here. A sale of If.O.OoO pounds of fine and fine medium Nevada at 22 cents also as reported. |
