Show BANK department bill RECEIVES SENATE APPROVAL measure curtails authority of secre tary of state and creates a state banking department E eliminating limina ting tho thio qualification that the bank commissioner have had three years actual banking experience the senate en cn february 18 passed the banking department bill the vote was 11 to 4 three senators being absent there was lively opposition lon to the bill on the loon floor the bill would curtail the authority of 0 the secretary of state wile who Is ex officio bank commissioner therill the ibell takes this work from him and creates created a state banking department part ment headed by a bank commissioner a year salary the cardon sunday closing bill was killed in th tho house ehouse on ferrua february ry 18 by a vote of 21 to 15 on a motion tp to strike out tile the enacting clause it was not an e easy death though for it took the opponents of the measure just two hours to talk it to death D 0 rUd eouts bill providing penalties albies for persons who borrow money on the representation that they havo have resources resource a and assets they do not possess was passed without opposition in the senite senate on tuesday seeming attempts on the ole part of the minority to make political capital out of the ithe house action on the question ot of the election ot of senators by direct vote failed in the house on february 18 16 and thel report of the co committee in on resolutions favoring the constitutional amendment dment was passed with speaker W J seely JL IJ T rey acy abolds andai and w y ab wy al one z in voting against the measure the bill which started out to define the qualifications of newspapers publishing legal advertisements and fixing the rates wound up in the house on february 18 stripped of many features proposed and was passed iti only one dissenting vote tho the till bill says that tho the rate for legal advertisements must be not more than a folio ot of words word for or the first publication and not more than 50 cents a folio tor for subsequent regulation of the size bize of train crows crews to promote the safety of passengers and employees Is mado made iby bya a bill which senator ige J jl dt Edge heill in produced trod tuesday the bill stipulates tho the number of engineers firemen conductors brakemen and flag men which trains of different length must have confusion of flags and state history which resulted in holding up mrs annie wells cannons house bouse resolution adopting as the state flag the banner to be presented to the staw for the battleship utah was settled tuesday and and the senate passed the resolution president henry gardner casting the only negative vote vota indeterminate sentences for persons persona convicted of felonies other than trea son and murder are authorized in a bill by D 0 rideout introduced tuesday in the senate the bill also provides for a board ot parole and for more ot of prisoners than obtains under present laws county courts for counties of the S second third and fourth class are created by a bill introduced in the senate by A L booth judges of these county courts are to be elected for two year terms the bill provides but county commissioners are empowered to appoint temporary judges persons who observe another day of the week as the sabbath are exempt from application of the sunday gunday closing law and may keep their places of business open on sunday according to a bill introduced by request in the senate by D 0 rideout appropriation of for investigation ot of tile tho mysterious duck malady that has killed off thousands of the water fowl of this state Is pro proposed posea in a till bill introduced in the senate by NV william IlLiam craig governor william spry on february IG 15 approved several senate bills and one house bill the house bouse bill signed by the governor increases the pay of jurors from 2 TO 3 per day representative senta tive A M durham Is the author of the measure it bec becomes onies effective sixty days after the adjournment of the state legislature the date the increase will become effective Is may alay 12 the senate bills signed by the governor are senate bill no 9 by hall hair sen sell relating to the procedure in case one of the parties to a joint bank account dies senate bill no 13 by booth relative to the filing of chattel mortgages senate bill no 16 by lunt reducing the interest on deferred payments on state lands from 8 to 5 per cent senate bill no 19 by smith amending vie the lawre law relative lattre to forcible entry and detainer and senate bill no 36 by booth validating certain conveyances made in good faith but not in strict compliance with the law dills Bills creating two new state officers sanitary inspector anti and fire marshal were introduced in the senate on february february 14 house bill no 10 introduced by the judiciary committee as a substitute for house bill no 59 passed gassed tile the house on february 14 by a vote of 25 05 to 12 clearing the ducket docket ot or the jt last of the liquor bills introduced at the request of the municipal league of utah this bill amends the present laws making it a misdemeanor for a minor to have liquor in his possession those voting against tile tho bill were barnes barnea benson cook el wood vl marchant ar chant marao openshaw page robinson swenson allcox and seeley three bills governing fiore rolDe actions and ana salaries of the state land board werf were introduced in tho the senate on february 17 by G A iverson Iver soh soil the rho bil bills is were to give tile tho board tile right to besig nato assistants to tho the state engineer 1 to supervise construction of resep resell j doirs taking fiat power from the en eoj elneer to increase the salary of th commissioners from 1200 to 1800 a year and that of the secretary from n 1800 to 3 a year to prohibit the board from investing money from state lands in irrigation or drainage dl district bonds bonda attempts on the part of the minor ity of tile the I 1 house to inject politics into the consideration of a resolution for the direct election of sena senators torson on monday through lui improper proper wording of the committees report on the resolution resulted in sending it back to the committee again lawyers appointed by tho court to defend penniless defendants may recover fees from tho thi munty county up to 10 A lay day for time sp int in conduct ol of cases according tv to cenner benner X smiths hS senate bill no 52 as amended by the committee ou oil judiciary which was passed in the senate on monday the lower house of the utah legislature on lN monday londay went on record As as being opposed to an all eight hour day when lien it passed a substitute measure which provides that in factories fifty seven hours shall constitute a weeks work excepting property or life la Is in imminent danger those favoring the measure say the sugar sugae far factories are the only institutions directly affected at present regulation of the branding of closed packages of apples pears peara and peaches la is propos proposed bd in a bill introduced by joseph eckersley in the senate on february 37 17 anti and indorsed endorsed Indor sed by tho hor of the abo stae 1 amo education committees committe os bill providing for combinations of common country school districts outside of the first and second elass class and per permitting bitting the smaller combination dittri districts cl ts to secure more revenue in taxes was passed in the senate on monday Blon day this provides for but ono one school board for entire counties outside cities of the first and second class taking property bought on tho the installment plan out cit of tho the state before the entire pu purchase price has been paid Is prohibited in senate bill no 34 passed by the senate such stich conduct Is regarded as aa a misdemeanor v when hen the property Is of less value than when of greater value a felony fifteen thousand dollars la Is appropriated for the orphans home and day nursery in a bill passed by the senate on february 17 the one dissenting vote was cast by president gardner senate bill no introduced february 17 by the committee on municipal corporations provides that it 1 shall be unlawful to maintain any pest house except such as are authorized by city and county or town corporations and located by bi the state board of health although his joint resolution for direct election of united states senators was defeated in the upper house senator rideout adeo at has introduced a bill for dir direct act election on the prefer preferential entla I 1 plan by request the house on february 1 15 r passed the new sheep Rhe ep bill the measure was introduced by the committee on livestock it was drawn in conformity with the suggestions of the bureau of animal industry of them the united states and Is uniform with the laws now in operation on in adjoining states me new bill gives the board of sheep commissioners power to quarantine sheep in case of disease it if the owner refuses to dip at once onca it also gives the federal sheep inspectors power temporarily to quarantine when they find infected sheep pending the action of the state sheep commissioners era so far as the house committee on municipal corporations Is concerned the texas tommy the grizzly dear bear and the bunny hug may bo be danced unless the authorities of the cities and towns thern themselves selves forbid the committee considered hoopers house bill no 79 which sought to regulate dance halls and to prohibit certain rag dances and decided to 0 o return tile the bill 1111 to the house with an adverse report reconsideration of the bill introduced by annie wells cannon of salt lake county providing for an ampro i atlon of for a dormitory lill tory for the university of utah was brought up by claude T barnes da riles on aury 11 14 and the bill which was killed the previous day went to the committee on appropriations for consideration in connection with tho general appropriation bill hooper s bill providing for the fencing of all farm pasture and grazing lands in the state was was killed by the house on february 15 on an adverse ver s e report of the judiciary committee seven bills passed four killed and thirteen introduced was the record of the senate on the lath one of the busiest days of the session in the house but two measures were presented three passed and two killed salaries of municipal court judges in cities of the second class having a population of more than are increased from 1800 to 2500 find and the term of office lengthened from two to fourbears four years by a bill introduced monday day by senator william craig the ogden municipal court would be the only one affected the house on FoTr fornary uary 15 passed house joint memorial no 2 urging congress to pass the crago bill providing for the pensioning of widows and orphans of span spanish ish american war soldiers |