| Show legislative proceedings february 22 at a joint legislative meeting in the house of representatives washing tons ton s birthday was observed by a pro gramme of exercises including song and address patriotic decorations were everywhere in evidence over the speakers platform hung pictures of washington mckinley and roose velt volt while about the legislative cham chain bers bets were draped the national colo colors rs all but three or tour four of the represent atiles were present many with their wives while on the other hand the ma majority dority of the senators were mere cons pie bous by their absence february 23 it being the last day for presenta tion of bills without special bermis sion both the house and senate were nearly swamped with new measures 28 bills being introduced in the housu bousu and 13 in the senate one of the house bills Is a new ir gatlon ri measure by J A anderson which is designed to place the state in harmony with the national reclamation act A V anderson of salt lake has a bill to lengthen the terms of alt al county officials except county actor but one bill was passed by the sen ate three being postponed senator waltons walton s bill providing that con stables atten attending ding justices courts be paid 2 per day was amended to ex elude cities of the first and second class and passed two house bills relating to taking school census and apportionment ot of school funds were killed bills passed by the house were H B no appropriating 10 and providing for the establish nent ment of a central experiment station S B no 45 creating a state coara of sheep commissioners H B no 95 reorganizing the state board of corrections H B no 35 forbidding members of school boards to be interested lr id contracts under the board H B no 67 fixing the tees fees of county clerks february 24 senator callister s fish and game bill which repeals existing laws and enacts complete new laws occupied much of the senates senate s time but was finally passed other bills passed were S B no 63 relating to special taxes in cities S B no 80 creating an armory board for the national guard H B no 89 relating to docketing of judgments H B no 98 ne relating lating to executions H B no relating to concur rent jurisdiction of city and district courts H B providing for the record ing and the custody of official bonds bills passed by the house were aa as follows H B no requiring all papers bled filed in the office of the county recorder to be recorded H D no defining the word folio to mean words or figures representing numerals H B no 51 creating a board ol 01 poultry commissioners and appropriate ing ng 1000 1 for prizes at poultry shows H B no 80 making it a felony to ta withhold a part of the wages ot of alien allen laborers laborer the bill prohibiting the use of certain chemicals in food stuffs was killed by the house february 27 it Is evident that actual law making pas as now begun in both branches of thi tha legislature the house committees turned in reports on nineteen bills and eight measures which have been the bending ending were passed by consent of the house three new bills were intro deuced the senate also ground away on the grist of bills and passed five of them none of any particular inter est to the public bills were passed by the house providing for the return of property found on the body of a deceased per eon son to justice of the peace to punish persons who alter marks and brands in the same manner as for the larceny of the stock so misbranded izing state board of equalization amending the law in relation to tres pass providing that county attorneys may have criminal actions dismissed in n justices courts permitting ac re eions in the district court to be dis missed on motion of county attorney requiring vendors of mercantile stocks and goods in bulk to furnish to purchasers a certified list of their liabilities requiring owners of range stock to place salt for its use bills were passed by the senate Es tab lishing a trades school in county exempting wages earned out elde side of the state from garnishment providing for commencement of fiscal year making it unlawful to carry con cealey weapons granting the right tc te corporations to consolidate relating to the duties of the food and dair dairl commissioner providing for the tak ing of depositions without the state the following bills were approved by the governor H B no re lating to trespass and the penalty H J M no 6 asking con gress to cede the strawberry valle valley to the state of utah tor for a state park if B no 10 making it a meanor to threaten employees H B no 74 authorizing corporations ta t elect directors for one two and three year terms H 13 no 70 defining burglary in the first and second d degrees 0 H B no 40 providing foi for the revocation of wills on the suase quent marriage of testator |
