Show l SOLONS DISAGREE ON SUNDAY CLOSING DRUGGISTS TB OPPOSE MEASURE E TO DEPRIVE THEM OF SUNDAY BUSINESS Public s Bill Appears Appeals In in S Senate nate and at Same Time Lobbyists Lobbyist are Given Notice to Keep Off the t Floor Salt Lake City Just Just how bow tightly the Sunday closing lid should bo ho nailed down on the drug stores of Utah tah was discussed before the hou house e of representatives on rm February 13 The debate resulted Ih in the measure f being referred re-referred to committee for further and redrafting The druggist c contingent in th 5 house was opposed to the measure t. t from the start as an endeavor on the I 0 part of the retail merchants to deprive I the drug stores of Sunday business ss yet to require them to keep pen open for far forthe forthe the dispensing g of drugs rugs Tho chiropractic bill bUl was reported rep rt l. from the judiciary committee with a majority report at adverse erse to 10 it and ca ft a minority report 1 recommending that it It ItI I be placed an on the calendar for consideration consid consid- It Tt finally was vas given a place Mace lace on the Act Acting upon a communication cc ti n fro from in the governor the he h house Use appointed a a a al l committee to investigate and andreport report method of correcting error rr r to n 1 J eff C the he Young prohibition bill L I. by by which h Ta tt final vote on its passage I f alter it as Recalled from governor govern r. r f tor consideration tion amendment wits v was s overlooked I The Torrens land bill bUl was p passed parsed ss d Iby the house on February 13 I The long promised public utility p f the second of the administrative measures made its official appearance tn the senate on February 13 13 and at atthe the same time lobbyists were given notice that their presence on the floor or fo of f the senate was not desired d during discussion of the measure Verbal notice that he was g getting Ung tired of delays and the recommitting i 1 of bills bilis and the reconstruction of of- of bills of-bills bills was served on the members of the senate by Senator William Seeg r i k of the minority t Senator Don B. B Colton of UI Uinta s- s a new record in the s senate senat nate e on February 13 when he secured d unanimous consent for far the introduction introduction introduction tion of a bill and had the measure e passed within three minutes Tn bill perhaps the shortest Introduced introduce d in the present legislature contains contain s k but nine seventy words It provides F that the governor shall convey from the state school lands to the Uinta a school district a small email plot of ground located In Randlett In Uinta county Salt Lake City The City The Page income t tax measure was approved by th the e house on February 9 The measure provides that all persons firms co corporations corporations cor cor- r and associations inthe in the state stat e shall pay to the state 1 per cent o otheir of f their incomes After Arter the income exceeds a graduated income tax known as a an n additional tax is placed upon such inI in in- comes The gradual income to tax x I reaches as high as 13 per cent of th the e income depending upon the amount Single persons receiving an income e of or less are exempted filo from m the operations of the law Married Marne d persons are exempted to the extent o of off i f f All moneys collected under th the e f provisions of the income tax law are are aret ar ark e t k- k to be given to the school funds o of oft f t the state Eight hours was fixed as the time tim e limit to which child labor shall ex ex- ng ng a day by the passage of o f IIII J. J B. B No 43 y Mrs Hay Hayward ward Un Un- present law law nine hours' hours flee ce rm be required be-required d of children I In n iome industries A rA fee tee of 15 cents a head is placed place d Km on sheep and and goats and a fee of 5 50 0 teems cents sa as lw head d adLon ion con cattle and horses o of f residents non of the stae permitted t to graze gaze within the states state's bound boundaries rles s by Senate Bill BUI No by Wootton n assed I Y the The he Corrupt o practice bill was p passed passe d I t by y the senate on February 9 along g gp with a measure a-measure providing for the a ap ap- p J ment of ot a state supervisor o ott of ot f i t. t agriculture a bill providing thab that tha t b freight charges on carloads ls of ot co coal al r delivered to any paint shall i bo be placed place d on actual weight at t point delivery of-delivery of and the McKay budget bill hlll Tile Tiie members of the senate enato i indulged in- in n f Bulged in a regular tOn u I ary ery 9 r With the he exception of Senator Colton Col Col- Colf f ton who was absent anti and na Senator r Clyde toy every ry member took in d debate debate de- de e bate at one one time or another during Burin eg g I the after afternoon n. n President left t i t the chair twice to explain his view s k on pending 1 legislation t Governor Ban berger has signed an and K F. sent cent to Harden B Bennion secretary o of f tate state for tor official filing the bill providing providing providing pro pro- viding an appropriation of fo for forthe r the of the Utah statutes statute s In the four tour weeks he legislature tr has been in session the tile senate has hasI I dropped seven ninety-seven bills in the hop hopper hopper per and eleven have been handed banded in by the lower hous house Of this number r j the tho senate has passed eighteen killed live five ve consolidated two tabled one withdrawn one Compared with the session of two Jwo wo years yearn ago which was seven days ia iq trying to get organized the present I l legislature Is more than six aix days be bo hind in its work It was said that th the q legislature I I might catch up through holding morning moraine sessions I Iv I I v I I I SIGNS PROHIBITION BILL SALOONS SALMONS S L ONS WILL BE BARRED FROM STATE OF UTAH AFTER AUGUST FIRST Fifty Minutes After House Declines Decline's to Change Language of Dry Bill BUI the Governor Signs Measure as Originally Adopted Salt Lake The City The end is In sight for the saloon in Utah Booze of all kinds will be e on the undesirable l list after August 1 By Dy a vote of 39 to 6 G the house of representatives s of the Utah legislature legislature legisla legisla- ture turo went wenton on in record on February 8 g gas as refusing to make an any change whatever whatever what what- ever in the provisions or language of the t 1 wide state prohibition bill billand e and nd returned it to the governor Just lOfty fifty minutes later Governor Simon Bamberger in the presence of ably only his his private secretary Francis V V. Fitz Gerald Herald affixed his signature to the bill bUt Notice of the governors governor's action action action ac ac- tion was received by the chief clerk of the of-the the h house use Just after that body had adjourned The governor declined to have any taken of ot himself In the act of signing the measure and performed performed perr per per- r formed the action without any formality for tor- formality mality of ceremony He mixed the pen with which he signed the bill with witha a number of other others on his desk to shut off the clamor of token seekers Later the pen was Identified I and presented presented presented pre pre- to Thomas chairman chairman chairman chair chair- man of the Democratic state commit commit- tee The governor had nothing to say in regard to the action of the house in declining to make the amendment suggested by him except that he thought the change would not have Impaired the bill In any wa way and mfg might t as well have been made butas but butas as he a house had not seen fit to agree to it he lie was perfectly willing to sign the measure as it stood Discussion of the alterations In the prohibition bill proposed by Governor Bamberger occupied most of the time of oz the lower house on February 8 As a result of the senates senate's a activity y two bills were sent to the governor governor four senate bills were passed and sent to the house two memorials and andone andone one bill were received from the house and referred to the proper committees committees commit commit- tees one bill was withdrawn two bills were referred back to committees after after atter af at- ter the they came near to death at the time hands of the members eleven bills were reported favorably and placed on the calendar for Cor consideration Two bills were reported on unfavorably but were placed on the c calendar for tor consideration of the members and one bill bUl from the house was referred to the proper committee Eight new measures appeared In Inthe Inthe inthe the house on February 8 r Petitions presented to the lower lowerhouse lowerhouse lowerhouse house of the legislature ask that the legislature pass the McKinney bill which changes the commission form Corm of government so that the commissioners commis commis- stoners are elected from municipal wards instead of from the file city at large the mayor to be selected by the commissioners Representative R. R W. W Young Jr ol of Salt Lake delivered a eulogy on Abraham Lincoln in the house cho chamber cham ber her at the capitol on February I 12 Mr Youngs Young's address and a comic serio-comic reading by Speaker Tolton immediately immediately immedi immedi- Immediately following comprised the state legislatures legislature's formal Cormal observance of Lincoln Lin cola coIn day Members of the senate and the general public were Invited to the house Louse function Governor Simon Bamberger brought Progressives t to their feet win cheers that rocked the Newhouse hotel hotel ho ho- tel tee to its foundations Monday night when he promised that if the legislature legisla ture tare would grant him an appropriation tion of for investigation purposes purposes pur pur- poses he w would uld return the money ten tenfold tenfold fold to the state treasury or he would walk back to Wyoming What appears to be a technical error error er er- in the handling of the Young prohibition pro bill may be responsible for forthe forthe the return of the measure to the legislature leg leg- for further action Governor Simon Bamberger has addressed a let lettel letter ter tel to the lower house calling atten otten- tion to the matter and will be governed gov arced entirely by the pleasure of that body as to further disposition of the bill An hour 8 day in surface mines mining smelter and reduction shops sug sugar r factories cement gas and Sand der works flour milk mild and n railroad rai road shops was established so far tar as the I house is concerned I Bills Dills were also passed establishing municipal courts in n titles cities of 1500 I shortening time in may ibe t i be closed laud land io So St St. St i George and Washington Canal Co j doing away with concurrent sentences ent es i J fu certain cases appropriating 2000 I Ito to Childrens Children's Aid society prohibiting sale Of pf narcotic drugs appropriating to Salt Lake free kindergarten I I Full paid stock in corporations in Utah is not ot assessable according to a abill abill abill bill introduced In tIle the senate by Senator Senator Sen Sen- ator Olson lie Jit would amend the pres pres- present present ent eat laws pertaining to assessments of the capital stock of ol corporations and to that end has hau introduced a bill blU inthe in th the tho senate Lobbyists again were ordered from the floor of the house on February 6 C by Speaker J. J F. F Tolton when he called attention to the rules and also laid down Yn a code of procedure for tor torI those who are accorded t the e privileges ol ot te the floor ua |