| Show UTAH legislature fourteenth day january 31 HOUSE the following bills were introduce H no 65 by harmon by request pro tiding tor the payment of the salary ot abe state superintendent ot public instruction monthly instead ol 01 quarterly H no 66 by philips providing for the creation of a fund to build reservoirs by the sale of state bands H no 67 by Cutler Providing for the payment 0 a bounty 0 tl each tor the destruct alon of lynx S tor wolves ta tor mountain lions and appropriating 7 with which to pay the bounty H no 68 by N L morris by request relating to veterinary surgery and dentistry providing tor a state board empowered to issue 1 censes to practice charging a tee ot 5 tor such H Bs no 69 70 and 71 by anderson by re guest relating Ee lating to executions on judgments etc the three bills taken together provide tor the issuance ot executions on judgments at any time during abe 1 ie ot the judgment eight years As the law now reads an execl alon cannot be issued after five years H no 7 by anderson to provide the method tor the changing ot county lines H 0 o 13 1 provide or the manner ot changing county boundaries these bills are almost identical and provide that a majority vote of the people ot a county to which it Is sought to make an add alon and ot the voters in the district sought to be an Is sufficient to make the change upon the presentation 0 a petition containing 5 per cent ot the voters entitled to vote at such an election the secretary of the state Is required to issue a call tor an election to pass upon the matter H no 4 by Smith Fixing the salary 0 district judges at 4 per year H io 75 by gardner by request an act provid ng that places where liquor Is sold contrary to law may be declared common nul gances and upon proof being made ot this tact the officers are authorized to close abe places the owner may be fit ed in any sum not exceed ing fam in making proof the kind of liquor gold does not have to be set out H no 13 by glasmann was passed it relates to registration and provides that a per BOO moving from ono precinct to another in the same county can secure a certificate of regis entitling him to vote heretofore a transfer could only be secured when moving from one district to another in the sime pro house bills 14 and W by glasmann relating to abe same subject were recommitted mr glasmann addressed the house at length in favor of changing the assessment laws he cited instances where corporations were be ng taxed at from 10 to 15 per cent of their value and urged that a law be passed which would prevent such flagrant discrimination SENATE s anti vaccination bill passed the senate by a vote of 13 to 5 after a debate ot two hours fifteenth day 1 hovseb four ne bills exclusive ol 01 a sub statute were introduced senate joint demor lal no 1 was passed and house bill no 63 by smith relating to the wearing of the insignia of the loyal legion and G A E was killed the following bills were introduced H no 19 by smith A bill tor an act re lating to the approval by the governor of offelo lal bonds ot state officers and other persons required by law to give bonds to the state and state institutions H no 7 by the committee on Judi clar substitute tor house bill no 33 by mohr relating to jurors in justices courts the amendment entitles jurors summoned into a police court or to an inquest to 1 50 per day and mileage of 20 cents per mile one way H no 78 by hewlett A bill making it a misdemeanor tor the use of any device known as trading stamps H no 9 by wells an act to establish a bureau of under the control of a commissioner to be appointed by the governor his term to be tour years and he to have an office at the capitol an appropriation of ia Is provided by the act the bureau is required to collect and tabulate statistics on all indus tries of the state SENATE A couple ot district attorney bills were passed by the senate and the bill provid ing for prizes for text books was on the way to final consideration hen an objection to hasty action intervened A resolution upon tl e death ol 01 dr park was introduced and will be the subject of an address by benator whitney next wednesday senator allason introduced senate concur rent resolution no 2 requesting congress to call a convention to provide tor an amendment of the constitution to permit the election of united states senators by the people the following bills were introduced S iso 5 by aider an act defining tran stock proscribing a method ot assess ment collection and division of taxes received from the same fixing the penalty tor violation of provisions t S no 28 by aider an act providing that in ties of the second class ot less than 1 innab tants ty marshal shall be elected S no 27 by murdoch by request an act denning adulteration of food and drugs and to prevent the adulteration of certa n foods and drum and regulating the sale or tn same violators ot this act will be deemed guilty ot a misdemeanor sixteenth dar february 4 houlb the following measures passed th house H no S increasing the salaries of jus cices tices ot the supreme court irom 3 to fc OM per year H no U relating to reg str atlon of voters H no 7 increasing the salaries ot state officers was defeated 21 to 19 A t on was moved and the measure will again be voted upon the follow ng measures were introduced H no 80 by to redempa alon from tax sales H no 81 by Axton Relating to bale ol 01 property bought by the county H no 8 by Axton Relating to the p ol 01 the state board 0 equalization H no 83 by smith relating Ee lating to forms of bills of exceptions S 81 by Smith Providing that the tax levy may be made at any time during july H no 8 by smith providing that claims against municipalities may be paid without being passed upon by the auditor H no 86 by SmithE elating to polling places at municipal elections H no 87 by axton relations to the abolishment of the board of public works in municipalities H no 88 by mcgregor relating to th organization organisation of operative companies upon presentation ot a resolution reciting the services of john marshall the first achtel astl e of the supreme court of the states and it being the hundredth of his assuming the office the bouse adjourned as a token of respect S MATS the following bills were passed S no 15 increasing amount of bonded in debt edness that may be incurred by school dis tracts johnson s bills relating to the powen and duties of district attorneys tour in num her nos SS 23 21 and 5 the following bills were introduced S no 38 by howell providing for th approval of bonds of the state officers no 39 by to a slight change in the northern boundary of beaven county pres dent evans signed the anti vao bill and it was sent to the governor seventeenth day february house the house passed steven s bill H no 7 raising the salaries of state officer as follows governor H secretary ol 01 state ta treasurer auditor attorney general superintendent of public instruction t this is an increase ol 01 from oooo to I 1 per year this was the blu defeated the previous day glasmann s bill H no 15 providing tor the registration 0 voters by affidavit under certain condition was also passed the following bills were introduced H no 89 by langton by re guestA bill lor an act to provide for the initiative and referendum in legislation tl e proposed act provides that 2 per cent of the voters can betl alon that the people of the state may piss upon any law put into effect by the legislature unless such law passes by a two thirds majority it Is provided that all measures to be presented to the legislature shall be sled with the secre tary of state and by him presented to the law making body should the b 11 fail to pass it shall then be presented to the people when re guest is made H no 00 by Bench Relating to the mile age of district judges that the shall be pa d mileage of 10 cents per mile H no 01 by D johnson A bill tor an act relating to the sale ol 01 rights of way avez state lands the act brov ides that the state land board can sell or give rights of way over state lands tor telephone or electrical corn panics poles and wires SENATE the greater part of the day was de voted to a discussion of senator whitney s bill providing prizes tor text books on natura sciences tor use in the higher schools ot utah the bill was finally passed 10 to the following bills vere introduced S no 41 by murdock providing tor the initiative and referendum in legislation con kalning same provisions as house bill io 89 S no 40 by ho veil providing or the distribution of the estates of decedents und for supplementary accounts to be rendered by ex and administrators S no 43 by smoot an act in relation to the transaction of ins ranee business other than life requiring that local agents of ansur ance companies other than life shall counter sign all policies and receive the regular corn thereon in order that the taxes re quiren by law to be paid on premiums collected tor insurance may be received bv the state allason proposed an early check to the intro of bills by introducing a concurrent resolution reciting that in order to minimize the burden on the people both houses should adjourn as early as is consistent with the d s charge of public business therefore the house concurs ng it Is resolved that no bills shall be introduced or considered in either bouse after the fortieth day without unanimous consent |
