Show CAPITOL BUILDING FOR FOB STATE OF UTAH legislature asks for grant of acres of the public domain in utah for that purpose xe in the house on thursday february february 4 4 senate joint memorial no I 1 wai was passed assed tho the memorial la Is theone the one asking an fn 9 for a grant of acres of the public domain in utah tor for the purpose ose of building a elate capitol and establishing k a system of lot highways other bills passed were 11 B no 58 an act denning defining robbery it B bino no ach sa recommended by the committee hon the state mental hospital enlarging the tha object and scope of 0 the state mental hospital 11 B no GG relating to the issuing of worthless checks jl ja B no 28 relating lug to state aid tor for kublic schools after a long discussion house bill 33 providing for an amendment to th the present law relating to estraya es trays was loat by striking out the enacting clause mr bower of utah introduced Introduce ala a bill no KO 89 90 providing tor for an act ifor a state torti horticultural cultural commis commission slon providing tor ifor the publication and distri distribution qt of bits ts reports for the ap appointment ot of a hate horticultural inspector and assistant distant inspectors and Is wide in scope with reference to the inspection ot of trees and the eradication of 0 fruit pests bests an amendment was introduced making k section read that no teacher shall be empl employed or dismissed in in any district without the concurrence of the county superintendent of schools I 1 senator Go Il herschel erschel bullen jr introduced a bill amending the present law de te lating to the composition ot of the state board of land commissioners under the terms of his bill the governor lf Is made a member of the land board arid and its president the bill also provides that the secretary shall appoint all clerical help malting making the approval of the land board unnecessary senate bill 39 9 providing for an assistant district attorney for the third judicial district passed the senate by a un unanimous vote A new inheritance 0 tax tait liw law introduced by sir mr nielson Nl elson provides that it if there be living a wife or issue of the deceased decease dj then the tax herein provided for shall bo be paid only upon the market value of the property in excess of for such surviving wife land and 2500 for each surviving child the bill introduced in the senate by benner X smith providing tor for what appears to be a continuous course for legal actions from the lowest to the highest tribunals by means of appeal Is a an 1 a amendatory mend atory M a sure which calces I 1 it t possible tp appeal neal from the final decision of the city courts direct to the district courts A great portion of the session of the louse on friday february 5 was tak rin up with discussion of the prohibition bill the cannon bill being up for discussion and finally being referred back to committee in addition to seven petr pet lons presented to tha house in favor of prohibition at this session tho the first protest against the passage or of a prohibition law was filed the lotes was signed by a large bumper number of representative taxpayers busi business nesA pien men and heavy property owners of salt lake city nine new bills were introduced one bill was withdrawn and another measure was killed during tile the session Ite brbgham clegg asked that 11 II B no do 60 which relates to the prosecution of persons who overdraw their accounts at banks banka be reconsidered this was permitted and a motion was made to strike out the enactment clause this was done dona by a practically unanimous vote after it had bad been explained that taht such a measure would ble be unconstitutional one bill was passed 11 B D no 27 by thompson which provides for the establishment of an engineering experiment peri ment station in connection with the state school of mines providing tor for its organization and control denning defining its duties and powers power z and making an appropriation when the house adjourned tt it was decided to take a holiday on saturday and meet on monday londay li afternoon at 2 30 which have bacen in the hands of 0 committees since their antro introduction were ere passed by the senate friday the first three of these aro are bills 22 23 and 24 all by senator dad bad serf geri and providing for the amendment of the election laws in such a way as to marg malt it compulsory fw for all parties to carry but one ticket detring elec ele c uon don CaM pIlling to provide tor or the naming n am or candidates by anspro idding the manver manner of their declining nominations at the hands of co conven nien giors or petitioners petition ers B S 11 no 53 by senator kuchler provides for the return nf fit election fig ures immediately after tho the close of the polls to county cleric tho the object of tits the bill fi Is to anke complete election returns aviti available lable before such tirrie as ort art bindal count takes place and it become a law hlll nit nil it lons 1011 feltl fell want especially for newspapers i ah number of new ahls b its introduced in the senate dut during g the session e asi on a pure food measure by senator williams being probably th sabal important besides passing two bills the members ot of the utah legislature contrived to get just nin nineteen 1 eteen new measures be fore oro the sonata senate and house for future futura Eon consideration at the session of 0 tuesday february 2 ten in the senate find and nine in the house the bills approved by the house were 11 D no 45 relating to the car lying of 0 concealed weapons and ana providing penalties by claud Y russell IL 11 B no 32 relating to the keeping ot of accounts by pawn brokers and secondhand dealers and providing penalties for a violation ot of its ita provisions claud Y russell S J M X no 1 asking united states government to donate acres of 0 land to utah to td build state stata capitol and extend good roads introduced by jamea E wil son was passed by senate senaie under suspension ot oU rules the house of df representatives adjourned jour ried in a body at 3 to attend a mass meeting at the salt lako theater at the invitation of 0 a committee representing the various clubs of the he city A state library gymnasium commission 3 consisting of 0 alve five members to be ba appointed hy by ati the state superintendent u jt t public instruction to serve without compensation id 19 created lu in a bill filed by senator john Y smith three bills were approved by the members ot of the house of representatives representative on wednesday february 3 while a large number of new measures were introduced one of the bills passed Is known as the sunday closing measure and provides that on sunday no noisy amusements shall be ba held in this state it prohibits horse racing circuses gambling the pale of tile alio operation of skating rinks vaudeville farce dramatic and operatic the bill wa was s passed after ithai beben amended by the insertion of 0 the words picture shows it II it no 2 presented by baker was passed by a vote of 41 to 1 this measure refers to foreign corporations it confers upon t them em the same rights and privileges privilege as are ara enjoyed by domestic corporations the other measure approved and which now goes before the senate relates to the carrying or of concealed weapons and was amended so that hat the sheriff chief of poi police fee or town marshal shall have power to grant permission to carry deadly weapons three balls its alt all by senator badger were approved by the senate as follows S B no 5 providing for the punishment of bf those found guilty at 0 indecency toward minors miners und under e i fourteen years of age S 13 no 7 providing profiling v that more than thail one count may be included in of indictment m ent S B D no tor lor t the he punishment of those convicted convicts nf of the exposure of indecent Ott pictures utes paintings books etc senator badger also introduced a divorce bill calculated to place new barriers harri ers in the path of seekers for freedom from the galling yoke 0 of f mat almony under this pleasure measure an interlocutory ter decree may be entered by the court and this does not become absolute till after the expiration of six months from the time of its entry and only then in case there Is no appeal from tile the decision decreeing the interlocutory order A marriage mar ilaga coq cop f within the time odthe ot the interlocutory aitor y period and before the ohp of the final decree Is made null and void by the act proposed there Ther therease eare are also certain physical provi provisions alons to be observed A measure was wai introduced in both the senate and tho the house bouse providing for an appropriation of far the entertainment df the G A IR veterans at the time of the encampment to bo be held in salt lake city the members of the state legislature the governor and state were guests of the agricultural college at logan ou on saturday february 6 and asa ag a result there was wai no session of the senate or house three hundred and twenty five persona were in the party that le left ft salt alt lake L ave on the th special especial train the party included the state eato officials the members of both houses of the legislature the regents and faculty of the university of utah the directors of tho the agricultural college of utah and their invited guests speechmaking speech making a banquet and an inspection spec tion of the college was tho the order nf fit the day the visitors being royally lly entertained by the people of logan the legislators legislator met with president widtsoe to consider the he appropriations asked tor for the agricultural school asks aska for appropriations of and aad the experiment station tor for a publication fund of the president pointed out the need of each department and the manner for the apportionment of the appropriations to the various departments |