| Show WORK risen wants to know voters by their heir height color etc bill Ee quiring the apicultural agricultural college to hold institutes in various parts of the state Pull pullman maii oar rates kates regulated the railroad bill ete etc mr curtis presented a petition signed by sixty seven voters of view weber county asking 0 for the passage of S B no 22 in relation to elections on consideration of committee reports the becom recommendations men da t ions of the judiciary committee were adopted advocating the passage 0 of senate bills nos 40 gl 04 5 50 and 59 nett NEM BILLS on first adi reading these bills were vere introduced H B no by cazier providing for farmers institutes the trustees of the Aari agricultural cultural college of utah with th tb p advice of the faculty of said college are authorized I 1 zed and required to hold institutes for the instruction of the citizens of the state in the various branches of agriculture such institutes utes are to be held annually at least one in each county at such times and at such places as the trustees trustee and faculty may direct and h b ey shall make such rules s anu 1 ys t 6 e proper for organizing and conduct ing such buch institutes and may employ an agent or agents 0 to perform such work in connection with the i faculty of the college as they deem I 1 best the courses of instruction at such institutes are to be so BO arranged as to present to those in attendance the results of the most recent investigations in theoretical and practical aari agriculture culture H B no by bolitho regulating D the fares that may be charged on sleeping 0 cars the bill fixes the maximum charge I 1 at one half cent a mile H B no by bolitho regulating railroad transportation tran rates the bill creates a board of transportation with powers to regulate frei freight ht rates and passenger fares which shall consist of three members two of which shall be ex officio and shall be the attorney general and state treasurer the third member to be appointed by the governor who shall be chairman of the board and shall receive a small salary as compensation a year must cover the expenses of the board attached is a tariff sheet covering over a hundred closely typewritten pages which fixes the maximum charge that maybe may be made by any railroad for transporting any commodity within the state maximum passenger tiger fares are also fixed the schedule reduces transportation rates about 25 per cent for freight and about per cent in passenger fares on second reading mr ir dark clark moved to indefinitely postpone tile the consideration of mr Boli Doli thos bill to regulate pullman car charges when the order of third reading was reached mr air objected to bills being read the third time on oil the same day on which the committee report had bad been adopted the bills reported by the judiciary committee were therefore allowed to go over S B no 1 came up on third reading the bill as amended pasted by the senate received tome further amendment and was passed with but two opposing votes S J R no 3 was read the third time and passed without opposition in the bill the secretary of state is directed and required to furnish all suitable books and dockets necessary for the we use of the several district coults of the state for each cadi county thereof which shall be uni form SENATE february 17 the first bill to receive consideration in the u upper p per house of the utah legislature was senate bill 10 19 an act to c reate create a state board of labor conciliation and arbitration for the tion or settlement of differences between cilip employers employ loveis eis and their employees and to define ne the power and duties of the aid board was the subject of a lengthy discussion but finally the bill passed with amendments the announcement of the signing in of senate bill 44 by bv the governor being the act of providing seals for district and county clerks was made by the house senate bill 12 the hoodoo hoo doo of the upper house was the special order today it is the bill for tile the preservation of diseases among sheep and after being batted from the committee to the senate and from the senate to the committee as many times as there aro arc units in its title came up yesterday on ou i special order and was finally postponed for a neck v eek senate 55 33 providing 0 for election of presidential elector passed i senate bill no 1 substitute for an act providing for the appointment of court stenographers de defining their duties providing for their sai salaries ariEs and fixing fees to be charged cha came up on third reading Re committed senate bill 61 64 6 1 an act relating to witnesses on estates came up on third reading and booth immediately moved to strike out the enacting clause claiming the bill was a defective one and one easily casily evaded the bill was the exact copy of tho the old law with one exi caption cep tion and tile the exception is fatal to the purpose for which the bill is drawn the motion to strike 11 i out failed and the bill pasee passed communications from the house were read announcing the khanin signing by the speaker of house of the following measures senate bill ne nc 54 house bill 0 no o and senate joint resolution no 3 S senate bill no 71 providing providen pro g for exemptions from levy and sal sale e on executions was reported from the judiciary committee favorably with amendments senate claim no 4 and senate petition no 28 were reported from tile the committee on claims with the recommendation that they be sent to the state board of examiners senate bill no 72 providing fr for the election of representatives in in econ congress fesq was reported from the committee on elections with favorable j BILLS the following bills were introduced and appropriately referred senate bill no 80 by mr sutherland A bill for an act de defining finin the duties and powers of the state treasurer and fixing his tion senate bill no 81 by candland relating to punishment for violation of city ordinances it provides that the section of compiled laws authorizing tile the livoi wo king ikins out of fines by city prisoners shall be applicable to all ancor borated po rated cities Refe referred ried to the committee on counties and municipal corporations senate bill 82 by allison an act to provide for establishing and maintaining permanent re registration istra lists wall of all qualified vo voters t era in the state of utah to provide for punishing all violations thereof and to repeal all other acts and parts of acts inconsistent therewith the herald says of this bill allison introduced a bill providing for a system of registration which abich his has mapy many good features but has bas one ona provision which is to say the least novel it provides for identifying voters by height age complexion color of eyes and hair land and by visible marks mark a on the per son it is probable the bill was aj adopted from the law of a state v hero women are not possessed ol of the franchise think of describe ing citizen betsey jones as follows betsey jones age 48 cross eyed and fieck freckled led has a sear scar on her face and wears false teeth or han nall nah brown aged 52 large wen on her neck hair brindle eyes squinty one watch eye nose turns turn up it will bo be sen that such a a a plan i will ill not take at all senate hill 83 by mckay to td exempt from taxation highways streets and alleys all highways streets and alleys open to the public are exempted by this bill from taxation referred to the committee on ways and means senate bill 73 providing for the transfer of the property of the deaf and an dumb institute pissed passed second reading senate bill 69 providing for probate procedure was postponed until today toda senate bill 7 72 2 providing for elections of members of congress was reported as amended by the committee on elections the report adopted and the bill passed to second reading seni senate te bill 71 relating to exemptions from levy and sale on execution passed first reading and upon suspension of the rules was set down for third leading today house bill no an an act conferring on district judges probate powers power passed second reading senate joint resolution no 3 5 providing for the furnishing of dockets etc for district coutts courts I 1 came calne back from the house as amended and was laid upon the table until toddy today to come up as unfinished business the senate then adjourned HOUSE february 17 when the house convened bov ened at the chaplain was absent and representative delivered the invocation for divine guidance guidana mr air ferguson of carbon presented as a petition 1 a I letter written him bv J 11 vannatta one of his constituents protesting against the passage of tile the bill now pending before the house to enforce the spraying offutt of fruit trees mr ar thorn presented a petition signed by seventy eight voters both male and female ot utah county asking for the enactment of S B no 22 the same being a bill for the australian clec election tion system mr curtis afi offered ered two on the fame came subject one signed biped by eighth one railway empl employees 0 of ogden and the other by sixty two residents of fin an e points mr wilson on carried still another signed by forty two voters of bluff dale mr howard presented the claim of emery county for for plats and cancellation of taxes on account of tree culture mr M r presented the t he claim of T W russell ex ju anstice stice of the peace of mill creek precinct for for services services in in arii criminal cabes both claims were referred to the board of examiners mr lewis in accordance with notice given saturday moved to reconsider the vote by which S B no 4 I 1 was passed the motion prevailed bad the purpose for which reconsideration was had ac that of amending the title of the bill which was then pasted passed again without opposition there was nothing on the table between the order of introduction af of petitions and claims and third reading on that order five bills were brou brought ht before the house 11 II B no 64 wit was a first taken up its provisions validate warrants to the approximate value of throughout hout the state which have been sued issued 1 by different counties beyond their limit of indebtedness the bill met with a great deal of opposition by members who took the position that the officers officer s isu I 1 ing the warrants were aware they violated the law and that by validating such warrants the legislature would be legalizing I 1 a fraud the advocates of tile the bill held the opinion that the warrants were issued in good faith and argued they should be paid as many of them in the ands handa of innocent purchasers and that others were held by laborers who were entitled to pay for their I 1 vices A further r son ison for validating was that the bounties affected hall had received v value 1 I received for the warrants mr morrison pi p dented a petition signed by mat mai y bankers and heavy taxpayers P I 1 aking that the credit of t the he e co aties be maintained by bleb the ps pas ige of the bill after the debate te pad ad lasted over an hour 11 mr r T taylar ir moved the bill jay on the table t come up as a special specia order on wednesday ednes day at 2 mr con col ion on amended to let it lay oa the t ble indefinitely tely but the amend amendee in it failed and mr taylor s motion availed ev ailed A communicate m n from the senate announced I 1 11 passage of II 11 B xo no saving t a 8 right of appeal in cases heard in the he united states and supreme cou t commissioners courts the tin for appealing which hall had not expired prior to january 2 communicate is from the governor notified ta clr house of his ex cellen cys apar approval al of house bills SO 81 sa 88 6 66 and substitute for H B bsh sa the house the took up read the third time all ani passed without there being any opposition to any of them sena senate e bills 50 53 40 and 5 3 j bill no 50 p prescribes ascribes esc ribes a new code of procedure in the prosecution of criminal cases no 53 authorizes and requires county c anty clerks recorders of cities a and d clerks of school districts to endorse i d orse a certificate upon every bo bond i d warrantor warrant or other evidence of de t issued pursuant to I 1 law w that the same is within the limit of indebtedness no 40 defines who are arf and who are not fellow servants servant no 5 is the new libel law the alie provisions of which have been heretofore published the table being cleared the house adjourned j |
