Show UTAH legislative GOSSIP happenings in both branches Bran chea of ninth general assembly the liquor measure as prepared by the joint committee and amended in both the senate and house passed the senate on saturday day by a party vote the two democratic numbers voting against the measure and senator sevy being absent membris ot of the senate presented president Pre henry gardner with a handsome wax finish golden oak roll top desk a desk chair and a beautiful morris chair on saturday three bills enlarging the scope ot of the juvenile courts were passed by the senate at the night session sat arday they are house bills by hayes and were passed by the senate nith but slight amendment senator L M olson democratic member aiom San peto conducted a and successful fill filibuster bus in the senate saturday it was directed against the passage of a bill by tho the terms ot k which juab county is given about acre of land jana at present held by sanpete county the senate bill by marks creating a relief fund tor for disabled firemen wag passed in the house late saturday without It hout amendment the measure taxes fire insurance companies 1 per cent on their gross premiums in order to provide the fund at the conclusion of a brief discus slon benale senale bill no by burton was killed in tho the house saturday IS 18 to 11 on an adverse committee report ohp MII 1111 the storing of powder and other explosives clos er orin inn 1600 1500 feet of any residence railroad or public county or state road three quarters of a million dollars were appropriated friday by the tb state estate legislature for the erection of the new state capitol the appropriation Is by far the largest direct appropriation ever made by the state tor for a single purpose the bill now goes to the governor for his signature speaker robinsons measure appropriating pria ting for a state power plant in logan canyon which Is to furnish power to state institutions was passed in the house friday and later was put through the senate the friday morning authorized the appointment of a sifting committee into the hands of which every bill pending before the senate committees wa mas 3 placed the committee consists of senators baddger smith and wilson the senate friday under a huspen eion of the rules passed senator williams bill increasing the salaries of all of tho the elective state officers by or of governors governor a salary is increased from to 6 a year the salary of the secie tary of state from jo to the attorney general from 2000 to 4 the state auditor from 2000 to the state treasurer from 1600 1500 to 2500 and the state superintendent of public instruction from fa 2500 to lo a total increase of a sear lear in salaries house joint resolution no 1 by badger was killed in the house friday afternoon by the adoption of a majority committee report adverse to the measure the resolution rati fled bed the proposed income tax amendment ment to the constitution of the united states the resolution by marls marks proposing an amendment to the state constitution permitting the state to take the state funds aiom the custody of tho the state treasurer in order that they tacy might be placed in authorized depos starles and interest secured vas haq defeated in the senate friday by a vote of 10 to 6 As a result of the service he ren dered the state in his handling of tho the harraman Harrl man inheritance tax case whereby the state secured nearly attorney general albert it darnes barnes was nas prominently mentioned friday for the position of judge of the third district court the state legislature outlived its constitutional existence on thursday february rebr uary 9 but the business not having haning been finished work la is being con untied with the time honored formality of stopping the clock it will bo be thursday until the close of ane ses slon at least on the minutes of the legislature the general appropriations bill was passed by the senate thursday arter noon by unanimous vote the bill carries a total appropriation of this amount Is in excess of the revenue of the state tor for the ensuing biennium as estimated by the state auditor with the initiative and referendum the recall and the civil service commission features of the bill removed the senate on wednesday by a vote practically unanimous unai passed the smith kelly bills providing for the des deg moines plan of municipal govern ment in cities of the first and second class |