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Show UTAH LEGISLATURE. Salt Lake City, LTtah, March 1. The senate yesterday passed the following bills; Providing for the establishment of a fish hatchery at a place to be selected se-lected by the governor and the fish and game commissioner; the bill to have the effects of alcoholic drinks and narcotics nar-cotics on the human system taught in the public schools; the "Fire and Police" Po-lice" bill, giving cities of 12,000 population popu-lation and over the right to create and maintain a fire and police department; depart-ment; the bill permitting counties to borrow, fund or refund floating indebtedness indebt-edness incurred before January, 1SU7; and senate bill Xo. 33, by Xebeker, providing for the admission of abstracts ab-stracts of tit le as evidence, when made by a licensed abstractor. The house passed nine bills and killed five. Six new measures were presented. The following measures passed; An act-relating act-relating to corporate suretyship on bonds: defining duties of justces of the peace; appropriating SI. 000 to J. W. Allen for assistance in capturing the Spring ville bank robbers; prescribing the civil jurisdiction of justices of the peace; relating to appeals to supreme sourt by indigent litigants; relating to service of summons upon officers or directors of corporations; relating to recovery of damages done to hillside highways by herds of horses, cattle and sheep. Yesterday was the last day new bills may be introduced without consent. The house will probably hold night sessions until the close of this session of the legislature. The vote for senator resulted; McCune, 23; Sutherland, 11; Cannon, S; Xebeker, S; King, 6; Rideout, 2. Salt Lake City, Utah, March 2. There were but fifty votes cast at the joint ballot for senator yesterdav. the one ballot taken resulting: McCune, 17; Sutherland, 10; Nebeker, !); Cannon, Can-non, 7; King, 5: Eideout, 2. During yesterday's session of the senate three bills were passed and two measures introduced. The bills passed were: Nebeker's dentistry bill, raising the fee required for dentistry certificates from S5 to 25; Smoot's bill providing for the consolidation of the office of recorder and auditor in cities of less than 12,000 population; and a bill increasing in-creasing the salary of county surveyors. The amended game law proposed by the joint committee on fish and game passed the house yesterday. Evan's senate joint resolution No. 6, asking the city council of Salt Lake City to release all conditions attached to the conveyance of the square occupied by the University of Utah, in order that it might be disposed of by the state, was passed unanimously, under suspension sus-pension of the rules. Three new measures were introduced by consent. Salt Lake City, Utah, March 3. Yesterday Yes-terday was the busiest day of the session ses-sion in the senate. The following bills were passed: The land bill, defining the duties of the state land board; a bill providing for the release of the in; choat rights of insane wives, and the sale, mortgage or disposal of the same; appropriating $250 for the purchase of the "state table" from John R. Wilson; amending section 205, providing for the posting of ordinances in cities ni the third class; changing the boundaries bounda-ries of Juab and Utah counties in the vicinity of the town of Knightsville; the eight-hour bill, providing that in all classes of public labor, including contract labor, eight hours shall constitute con-stitute a day's work. One bill was introduced, in-troduced, by Senator Kiesel, to prohibit pro-hibit the second use of wooden and paper boxes, plates and trays. In the house the reservoir bill, carrying car-rying an appropriation of $100,000; the bill regulating the terms of county commissioners; the bill protecting reservoir res-ervoir owners from the operations of the fish and game laws; and the bill authorizing any railroad corporation in this state to sell its property and franchises to any other railroad corporation cor-poration organized under the laws of this or any other state, were passed. Three new bills were introduced by consent. The one ballot taken for senator sen-ator resulted: McCune, 19; Sutherland, 11; Cannon, 8; Nebeker, 8; King, 5; Rideout, 2. Salt Lake City, Utah, March 4. The senate yesterday passed nine bills and two memorials, viz: Senator Smoot's four bills relating to dairy and food products; the sheriff's fee and commission commis-sion bill, increasing fees for service of papers; the bill relating to the expenses of assessing and collecting taxes; providing pro-viding for the disbursement of appropriation appro-priation for state institutions; relating to fire insurance companies and providing provid-ing against reduction of the amount insured for in case of total loss. Senate Sen-ate joint memorial No. 5, providing for an amendment to the constitution relating re-lating to the sale of sections of lands contiguous to school sections on which people have settled, and Representative Fisher's house joint memorial No. 5, memorializing congress to reimburse settlers who served in the Iilackhawk war between tnc years 180-1 and 1870 were passed. The house passed the fish hatchery bill and the bill to abolish abol-ish boards of public work. The legislature legis-lature will today visit the Agricultural college in a body. The one ballot taken for senator resulted: McCune, 10; Sutherland, 11; Cannon, 8; Nebeker, 8; King, 5; Hideout, 2. Salt Lake City, March 5. The following fol-lowing bills were passed in the house yesterday: To make trust deeds, like mortgages, subject to forclosure; providing pro-viding for admission of abstracts ol title as evidence in all courts; amending amend-ing the horticultural law; providing for four terms of the supreme court, viz.: January, April, June and October; Octo-ber; relating to the power of city councils coun-cils in regard to compelling railroad companies to maintain guards and gates at their crossings; for the protection protec-tion of the Aztec and other prehistoric remains. The senate held a brief session ses-sion and transacted no business of importance. im-portance. The legislature visited Logan Lo-gan in the afternoon. One ballot was taken for senator, resulting: McCune, 17; Sutherland, 13; Cannon, 7; Nebeber, 6; King, 5: Rideout, 2. |