Show UTAH legislature FINALLY ADJOURNS fhern members aers of E eighth assembly worked eight days overtime over time in consid conald oration of proposed new laws salt lake lahe city the eighth legislative assembly of utah adjourned saturday march 20 after a session lasting sixty eight days or just eight days longer than the legislators aro are supposed to be in session their labors for the last eight days being performed without compensation thus the last day da of tho the session was hours and 47 minutes long the house adjourned at al 11 31 p m and the senate just eleven minutes later just before adjournment a commit tee was to watt walt upon the governor and inform him lm anat tile eighth legislative assembly was reddy ready to adjourn A communication was sent to both houses by the governor declaring lie he had no further com commini muni cat lons to lay jay before tho the legislature and congratulating both houses upon the completion of their labors one of the last acts of oc the senate was to i reject eject six of the appointments I 1 mude made by the governor as follows fred fied W chambers of ogden state fish and ganie game commissioner W D candland mount pleasant state land commissioner W 11 thain of 14 logan state land commissioner V F F alexander salt lake member optometry board H 0 jensen salt lake member optometry board john walsh farmington trustee state stale industrial du school at tho the time lime of the governor had made no appointments to till fill the vacancies caused by tho the failure of the senate to coincide with avith him and it is barely possible that all of tile the rejected ted appointees may servo serve until the next session of the legislature one of the last acts of the legislature was to pass the badger liquor bill a meance providing for local n option and a strict regulation of tho liquor traffic le the opinion is bad that governor spry will veto this measure and nd thus the liquor laws of tile the state of utah will remain as at present As to the work of the segal session on just closed the governor has approved 81 of the measures pM passed and has cl 64 now in lits his hands bands w which lie he iri m al ay iy or may not approve these Il lese were not all of the bills introduced by any means as a veritable flood of measures measure were side aide tracked killed outright or withdrawn the last bill signed by the president of the senate was the appropriation bill making appropriations forthe for the support of the he state government for two years one of the important acts of the alezi legislature lature was the decision reached to build a state stale capitol the capitol when completed Is to cost both houses of the legislature passed the des moines plan of gov errin eminent lent bills for cities of 0 the first class the bills are in the hands ol of the governor the bills in brief place the municipal government of salt lake under the control of a board of five members all of whom are to be elected at large one of these Is to be designated as mayor the nominations are to be made at primary elections and thus it Is in the hope of those who advocated the bills politics polities will be eliminated from city government to a great degree the board members are to be paid a year A measure of more than ordinary importance is the insurance department bill this measure provides tor for the creation of a dep department artVie nt of insurance su rance this department is to be run by a commissioner whose salary is to be 2500 and whose office expenses are to be advocates of good roads cannot help but be pleased with the action of the legislature in providing for a state commission which is expected to see that the roads of the state aro are improved the irrigation district bill was also a most important measure to be approved by the under the old law a farmer could not back his irrigation project with anything more than the water filings and canal systems but under this district law tho the irrigation system of any community can call bo be backed by all of tho the real property of the irrigated territory thus a farmer Is enabled to float a bond that Is just as sound and salable us as any municipal or school bond A most important measure to the mining industry of the state and especially ally to the tha western part of salt lake county and tooele thoele county is the elul eminent nent domain bill which was passed over the he veto of the tha governor the law provides that sm smelters elters shall enjoy the right to exercise the right of eminent domain within a radius of four miles of the reduction so BO be it that they have already ac aured by purchase or otherwise the title to 75 per cent of the property within that area the utah national guard was also the recipient of favorable legislation three bills relating to mining affairs being passed tho the most important of the three bills is an act creating a state armory board and authorizing it to borrow from the state land board 00 to be used in tho the to ecmon of an armory and arsenal in salt lake city |