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Show UTAH LEGISLATURE. Salt Luke City, Utah, Feb. 14. Three new bills were introduced in the senate yesterday, viz.: No. 3-", appropriating il.ODO fJi- the purchase of the l'tali state table. This table was made by John Wilson of Salt Lake county and contains pieces of wood from every stale iu the Union. No. M, providing for the mariner of loeating ami recording record-ing quartz and placer mining' claims a nd for copying records and defining I he duties of county recorders and district dis-trict mininj recorders. This measure revises the whole subjecct of the entry and record of mining claims. No. .'iT, providing for the teaching in the public schools of the effects of alcoholic drinks and narcotics on the human system. The senate was in session just twenty minutes. The house passed a resolution to amend the constitution so that boards of county commissioners will be authorized author-ized to remit the taxes of indigent poor persons. The bank loan bill was killed. Kight new bills were introduced, intro-duced, among them being a plan to convict unmarried fathers and compel thein to support their children; a measure meas-ure to consolidate educational boards, and one creating a commission of irrigation irri-gation und forestry, fish and game. One ballot was taken for senator, resulting: re-sulting: McCune, 24; Cannon, 1:?; Sutherland, 11; King, 8; Powers, 2; Nebeker. 1. Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb. IS. The senate occupied over three hours' time yesterday, and succeeded iu passing the measure providing for changing the site of the university of l'tali, and in killing the anti-tobacco bill. Three new bills were introduced. The banking bill failed to pass the house yesterday, while the bill providing provid-ing for the establishment of a winter course of study at the agricultural college, col-lege, covering five calendar months from November 1 of each year, was taken up, discussed at great length and finally passed. Several new bills were introduced, among them being one to establish a branch of the agricultural agri-cultural experiment station in the southern part of the state, and one amending the school laws in several respects. A memorial was also introduced intro-duced praying congress to reimburse citizens of this state for services rendered, ren-dered, money expended and property lost in the Indian wars in Utah during the years 1 8(54 to 1870, after the respective respec-tive claimants have been given an opportunity op-portunity to establish their claims. Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb. 10. Senator Sen-ator Cannon's measure providing for the erection of a hospital for the state school for the deaf, dumb and blind at Ogden, and appropriating 3,500 for the put pose, and house bill No. 55, by Parry, which provides for the distribution distribu-tion of money heretofore appropriated for the southern branch normal school were passed by the senate yesterday. The senate was iu session for an hour and a half, and for the first time in weeks every member was present. In the house Sorensen's house bill No. 47, authorizing the board of pardons to reduce sentences of state prisoners for good behavior, forfeiture of such reduction re-duction and parole of prisoners, and repealing the present sections on the subject, and Stewart's bouse bill No. 64, amending section 231 of the revised statutes, in relation to the financial statements of cities, were passed. A number of bills were introduced and referred to committees. At the joint session, two ballots were taken for senator, both resulting as follows: McCune, 27; Cannon, 13; Sutherland, 13; King, 7: Powers, 3. Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb. 17. Six ballots were taken for senator yesterday, yester-day, the last one resulting: McCune, 20: Cannon, 11; Sutherland, 13; King, 7: Powers, 3; 11. K. Thomas. 1; D. S. Cook, 1. Senator Chambers' highway bill, and Senator Evans' bill providing for a fee of .2.50 for filing in the district court any answer or counter-claim demanding demand-ing affirmative relief, were passed by the senate; a new fish and game law was introduced. Iu the house seven bills were passed, several more advanced to third reading and half a dozen measures either killed or given a. brief respite from the death blow. The most important action was the passage of the University removal bill and the proposed new mining record law. Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb. IS. The university bill was passed by the senate sen-ate yesterday and now goes to the governor for his signature. President Nebeker signed house bill No. 55, appropriating ap-propriating money to reimburse citizens citi-zens of Cedar City for money expended in the equipment and maintenance of the southern branch normal school. Three new bills were introduced. The members of the house of representatives representa-tives worked diligently all yesterday afternoon to accomplish some tangible results, ana tneir errorts were successful. success-ful. While the volume of business transacted was large, nothing of great importance was considered. Several measures were reported for passage, a few bills were killed and the decapitation decapita-tion of others was put off for a day or two. The usual number of new bills made their appearance, and the committees com-mittees reported on a big batch of matter for the houses' action. At the joint session five ballots were taken for senator, the last one resulting: McCune. 28; Sutherland, 11; Nebeker, 11; Cannon. 7; King. 1; JR. C. Chambers, 1. Salt Lake City, Utah. Feb. 19. At the joint session of the legislature yesterday, Representative Law of Cache county made the charge that Alfred V. McCune, Democratic candidate candi-date for senator, has attempted to purchase pur-chase his (Law's) vote, and a committee was appointed to investigate the charges, consisting of the following members of the legislature: Senator Shurtlift', chairman: Senators Howell and Whitney, and Representatives Mansfield, Cummings, Soreusen and Stewart. The investigation of the charges will begin Monday morning at 9 o'clock. Only one ballot was taken, which resulted: McCune, 25: Sutherland, Suther-land, 12: Nebeker, 9: Cannon. S: King, 3; D. O. Hideout. 2; R. C. Chambers, 1. The senate did absolutely nothing yesterday yes-terday except hear a prayer by Page Jenkins and read and approve its journal. jour-nal. This was accomplished at the morning session. The senators were so much wrought up over the tumultuous tumultu-ous joint session that after that body dissolved they were together only long enough to adjourn until Monday morning morn-ing at 11:30 o'clock. The house listened to prayer, dispensed with the reading j of the journal and adjourned until Monday. |