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Show UTAH LEGISLATURE. Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb. 31 In the senate yesterday, Senator Whitney's Whit-ney's joint resolution, authorizing the governor to invite other states to take part in the salt palace exhibition, was lifted from the table and adopted. A bill was introduced relating to the annual an-nual financial statements of counties; also one creating a board of control of irrigation for the state. In the house the resolution asking for restoration from the public domain of the part of the Green River forest reserves in Uintah county, was passed. Fully a dozen new measures were introduced. There was just one ballot taken for senator, and seven members were absent ab-sent from the joint session. The result of the vote was: MeCune, 24; Sutherland, Suther-land, 10; Nebeker, 9; Cannon, 7; King, 3; Powers, 1; Rideout, 2. Salt Lake City' Utah, Feb. 22 One ballot was taken at yesterday's joint session of the legislature, resulting: MeCune, 25; Sutherland, 13; Cannon, 8; Nebeker, 7; King, 0; Powers, 1; Ride-out, Ride-out, 1. In the senate Stewart's bill relating to justices of the peace and constables, and Smith's bill No. 40, "an act to amend section 835, revised statutes, relating re-lating to the duties of the secretary of state and the county clerk in submitting submit-ting proposed constitutional amendments," amend-ments," were killed. One measure was passed, Senator Alder's bill. No. 45, making it a misdemeanor to refuse to pay toll on any authorized toll road, bridge or ferry. The lawyer members monopolizing the greater part of yesterday's house session and a minority succeeded in killing two of Shepard's bills and one of Stewart's. No bills were passed, but seven new measures were introduced intro-duced Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb. 23. The senate yesterday passed Senator W. G. Nebeker's bill providing a method of giying voters a chance to express their senatorial preference. The house bill providing for the manner of locating and recording quartz and placer mining min-ing claims and conveying records, and denning the duties of county recorders and district mining recorders was also passed, as were also senate bills No. 29 and 39, by Tanner. Third reading of bills was reached in the order of business busi-ness in the house 3'esterday, when the suggestion was offered that in view of the fact of its being a legal holiday, it might not be advisable to pass any measures. Harris of Weber thought the bills might be discussed and voted upon today, but the idea was not favored fa-vored and the house adjourned. The 126th ballot for senator was taken, resulting: re-sulting: MeCune, 25; Sutherland, 13; Cannon. 8; JNebeker, 7; King, 6; Powers, Pow-ers, 1; Rideout, 1. Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb. 24. The anti-tobacco bill was passed by the Senate yesterday. It prohibits the use of tobacco by all under the age of 18, and provides a penalty not to exceed 810 for each offense. Bills were introduced intro-duced to permit the consolidation of branch lines of railroads not competitive competi-tive or parallel; providing for the issue of liquor licenses for less than three months, and a bill to reduce the appropriation ap-propriation for the encouragement of the silkworm industry from 83,000 to S500. The minutes of all work done Wednesday was incorporated in the minutes of yesterday. In the house the bill increasing the number of free scholarships in the State Normal school from 100 to 200 was passed. Other bills passed were: Shepard's bill relating to the admission of attorneys attor-neys to the practice at the bar of the state; Robertson's bill providing that attorneys who practiced in the district courts of the state before the revised statutes went into effect, may continue to so practice; Robinson's house joint memorial No. 6, asking congress to cede to Utah, the "Arizona strip;" Johnson's house bill No. 120, providing that execution for the enforcement of a judgment of a justice's court may be issued within eight instead of five years from the entry thereof. A number of new bills were introduced. But one ballot for senator was taken with practically no change from the previous prev-ious dav. Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb. 25. The senate yesterday passed the mining bill requiring 850 worth of work to be done within ninety days after filing a location loca-tion notice; also Sen ator Chambers' bill making it a felony to wreck or injure a railroad by throwing a switch, burning a bridge or doing anything that could produce a wreck. The penalty was fixed at five years' imprisonment. The house passed Bennion's bill for the payment pay-ment of bounties for hides of pedatory animals; McQuarrie's bill for the establishment estab-lishment of a branch agricultural experiment ex-periment station in southern Utah, the bill carrying with ita-$6,000 appropriation; appropria-tion; also the bill authorizing the loan commissioners to make temporary loans for the state. One ballot was" taken for senator, the result being practically the same as the day before. Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb. 26. In the senate, Senator Cannon's health bill was passed by a vote of 10 to 3. Four bills were introduced, viz: To make an appropria tion of $16,500 for the Utah National Guard; to appropriate 817,000 to parties who advanced money and labor to complete the branch Normal Nor-mal school at Cedar City; amending sectioD 4033 of the Revised Statutes, providing for notices by mail under the provisions of the probate code; amending amend-ing section 3953 of the Revised Statutes, Stat-utes, providing for the distribution of the estates of decedents and for supplementary sup-plementary accounts to be rendered by executors. In the house, Bennion's bounty measure was reconsidered and killed. The insurance bill and a bil) permiting counties to fund the floating indebtedness existing prior to January 1, 1897, were passed. A bill relating to drunkenness and providing a punishment pun-ishment therefor was introduced. The joint ballot for senator resulted: MeCune, Me-Cune, 25; Sutherland, 12; Cannon, 8; Nebeker, 8; King, 4; Rideout, 3. |