Show PI prohibition BILL PASSES THE HOUSE HOUS only four votes cast against state wide prohibition measure will i ask for reconsideration the cannon bill which provides lor statewide state bbate wide prohibition passed the house thursday afternoon by a vote vole of 39 to 4 with two of tho the members s ab absent Berit those voting against the bill were russell AlcA lillen mcrae and halinan of salt lake county holman and changed their votes from the negative in order to move a reconsideration of the kotob vote by y which the bill was passed arid and th they OY gave notice that they would do this the cannon bill Is a drastic measure and it passed by the senate and approved by the governor will aul wul an absolute prohibition throughout t tho io state tho the new law would prohibit the f manufacture sale barter giving away or otherwise of alcoholic liquors within the state the term alcoholic liquor as used in thle this act shall be construed to dinean mean all spirituous vinous fermented or malt liquors or any imitation thereof or substitute or compound of 1 any kind or description whatsoever whether medicated or not which contains any alcohol and which Is capable of being used as a beverage an unsuccessful effort was made by mr cannon author of the measure to have a county dispensary where liquor might be dispensed upon the order of physicians bills were passed by the senate re lating to regulating and licensing employment bureaus and agencies appropriating for the uso use of certain school districts district si and for the increase in pay of teachers therein five new bills were introduced in the senate and saven seven in the house as well as a joint memorial demor aliling congress to grant to the state of utah for the benefit ot of indian war veterans of utah acres of land fifteen house bills and one memorial were presented at the session of the house of representatives on wednesday february 10 and one bill was withdrawn one ot of the new measures refers ito ho the manner of holding arr inary elections the bill was presented by representative ellas elias conway ashton and proposes es to ado do I 1 away with the old manner of holding arl primary elections and to establish direct primaries candidates will be named on petitions according to the bill and there will be no such thing as party conventions the measure approved was 11 B 75 by hodges relating to the investment of funds derived from the sale of public lands by vote vote the members of the house agreed to extend the time allowed tor the presentation of bills from 30 to 40 lays days with the consent of two thirds of the members of the house As the result of an hours deliberation of the senate two bills were passed and seven now new measures introduced trod one of the bills approved I 1 increases the salary of the supreme court stenographer from 1200 to 1800 a year the other relates to I 1 privileged communications at trials A measure was introduced which if it is approved will enable salt lake city to try the des plan of city government senator seeley is after the experimental stations and has introduced ii a bill to abolish every experimental station in the state the record for new bills was broken in the house on monday february 8 when nineteen new measures were introduced they provide laws affecting educational boards and institutions mining and smelting smelling sm elting one touches on the penal code of the state and another proposes to establish a public service commission for the regulation of public service corporations po rations one is a combination bill restricting the sale of liquor prohibiting it and providing local option one provides for the repeal of au an existing law others affect the work of county commissioners and fees and salaries of public officials are affected while numerous other subjects are touched upon by the proposed legislation bills were passed providing for the creation of a good roads commission relating to construction of state roads relating to salaries of state officers relating to time of filing applications for titles to properties in town sites six bills five from the senate and one from the house were passed in the upper house monday arid and tour four new bills were introduced bills w were ere passed providing punishment tor for convicts who assault prison guards appropriating 1500 to refurnish the offices of the governor and secretary of state appropriating to the widow of deputy sheriff dark clar of weber county who was murdered making tos testimony of a husband or wife competent in abandonment cases making assault by convicts servin serving life imprisonment sentence punishable by death defining vagrancy and providing a punishment the members rs of the state a ture tho the governor and state official wore guests of ito ho agricultural college at logan ton on saturday february 6 and as a result there was no ses session of the senate or house three hundred and twenty ilvo persons were in fit the party that left salt lake on n the special train the party included the state officials the members of both houses of the legislature the regents and faculty of the university of utah the directors of the agri i cultural college of utah and their invited ini guests speechmaking a banquet and an inspection spec tion of the college was the order or of the day the he visitors being royally entertained by the people of logan the legislators met with president to consider the appropriations asked for the agricultural school asks for maintenance appropriations of and tho the expert experiment station for a publication und fund ul of the president pointed out the need of each department and the manner for the apportionment of the appropriations to the various departments three bills were approved by the b house on tuesday february 9 while six moa measures of minor importance were introduced this was alic last lay day that new bills may be introduced without consent the new measures passed were H 13 ai 67 defining powers ot of county bonit corn missioners ners as to roads appointing county road load commissioners and providing for an annual road poll tax by J N henrie by request H 13 58 an act defining the powers of road commissioners relative to special road load district tax by J N henrie by request quest le 11 B 59 providing fo for an annual vehicle tax and the manner ol of levying collecting and disposing olf of same by J N If henrie enrie by request in the senate eleven bills were introduced trod and two approved the measure creating a state library gemnas inin commission and providing for its maintenance for two years and a bill relating to appropriations for school funds and providing for county superintendents work bounty laws are materially altered in a new measure offered by brinkerhoff and the erection of a now new halt half a million dollar high school building in salt lake city nud and the erection of other school buildings in the bit city Is provided for in a bill presented by williams there was no session of the senate or house on friday february 12 a recess being taken in honor of the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of abraham lincoln A number of the members of the legislature however took advant advantage of the offer of the officers of the oregon short line and southern pacific railroads and maile made a visit to the celebrated lucan cutoff cut off |