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Show ;EiiiAR IN f HE SEP1HTE Publio Hes-UK 8nate Bill No. 4, br Benner X. Smith w imported favorably and pasted. It provides for the. infliction of capital punishment upon convicts undergoing a life sentence in the State prison who, with malice aforethought, commit an assault upon the person of another with a deadly weapon or instrument, or by any means likely to produce great bodily bodi-ly "harm. 8enator Hulanisai'a bill authorizing the impounding of atoek that damages the highway waa killed after aa inter-eating inter-eating diaenasion in the Senate yesterday. yester-day. Senator Clegg contended that nearly all persons who had stork were substantial sub-stantial eitixens and any suits against them would be sufficient protection for the county. The Committee on Highways returned re-turned two reports on the bill. Tho majority report was against the bill and was signed by Senators Seeley and Brinkerhoff, while Senator Hulaniski reported in the minority in favor of the bill. The majority report ' was adopted. Call Oat a Soar. A resolution presented by Senator Callister started a roar in the Senate vesterday. It was the resolution published pub-lished in THE TELEGRAM last evening even-ing calling for a joint committee to inquire in-quire into the water supply to the State prison and also hire necessary legal le-gal assistance to protect the State's rights. The latter portion of the resolution was what caused the trouble. Senators' Lawrence, Bennett and Smith contended that the legal matter should be the dutv of the Attorney-General. The reply" re-ply" was that already the State's lawyer law-yer was doing more than he could do and that he would be unable to take care of any additional labors. Hit at Attorney-General. Several biting remarks were made about the Attorney-General being overworked. over-worked. The Senate yesterdav killed the resolution of the House for a joint committee to look into the proposition of raiding revenue. The Committee on Wavs nnd Means suggested to the Senate Sen-ate that a special committee of three be named bv the Governor to work with the Hoard of Equalisation and frame a bill for the next Legislature, (which will be able to find more revenue for the State. The Senate received from Gov. Cutler Cut-ler a communication from the Juvenile court commisnion making a number of suggestions in regard to the new Juvenile Juve-nile court law. New Bills Presented. The following bills were introduced and referred to committees: S. B. No. 23. Walton Appropriating the sum of $ 1 500 to Albert L. hastman Sheriff of Rich county. State of I'tah. Referred to Committee on Public Insti tutions. S. B. No. 24. Bullen Prescribing and limiting courses of instruction in the University of tl'ah. and providing per manent. revenue for the support thereof, and directing the manner of paving the same to the saM University, and limit ing the cost of maintaining the said University. Referred to Committee on Education. S. B. No. 2", Bullen Prescribing and limiting the courses of instruction in the Agricultural College of Utah, and providing permanent revenue for th support thereof, directing the manner of paying the same to the said college, and limiting the cost of maintaining t hi- aid collect'. Pel erred to Committee on EduCHtion. S. B. No. 2. Miller To provide f,.r ten feet of discovery work in ninety davs on all mining claims located, and repealing nJl acts aDd parts of acts in conflict nerewith. Referred to Committee Commit-tee on Mines and Mining. K. B. No. 27. Bullen. by request - Relating Re-lating to the establishment and mainte nance of public libraries in cities of the flrt and second cla. and the le v of a tax therefor. Referred to Committee on Countv and Municipal Corporations. S. K. No. 2. Johnson -To regulate the prnctice of osteopathy in the Sta'e of Utah, and to provide for a State board of examiners and to license otci paths to practice in this State, and to punish persons violating the provisions of this act. Referred to Committee un |