Show legislative proceedings march 8 bills were passed by the senate re pealing the law and trans property to the agricultural college providing for uniform egami nation of school teachers throughout the state relating to election of school trustees making provision that when school fund is insufficient in a district the state school fund be drawn on to cover deficiency relating to the duties of school teachers bequir ang attendance on county institutes relating to the duties of county super intendente appropriating 2 to david for injuries sustained in state prison break appropriating 2 favor of zebulon jacobs for injuries sustained in state prison break appropriating 10 additional or regular and contingent expenses in the bouse bills were passed as follows permitting county commis loners to consolidate school districts ind to provide that the consolidated school districts shall be managed in the same way as the schools in cities of the second class providing tor the taking of state census in october pro viding that present ownership maps ahall be presented to county assessors in january instead of in february pro riding that no license shall be granted in the country without the consent of a majority of the taxpaying electors in the precinct forbidding school trustees to be interested in con tracts for the erection of schoolhouses requiring that cases of tuberculosis shall be reported to boards of health allowing district courts to determine the sufficiency of sureties on appeals from justices courte appropriating 10 to pay the regular and contin gent expense a of tha legislature providing tor the payment of upon wild animals providing for the issuance of scrip against special taxes for public improvements providing tor the manner of recovering special taxes paid under protest medical bill providing tor the revocation of phyll clans licenses and examining those who treat without drugs or surgery providing for sanitary school out houses providing that municipalities and school districts shall be liable tor the debts of principal contractors tor labor on public works relating to the composition of the state militia cre atlig a commission to investigate the use of voting machines providing tor the examination of banks receiving public funds on deposit relating to loan trust and guarantee companies becoming sole sureties relating to the of surety companies on official bonds march 9 this was the last day in both branches of the legislature but a the work was not finished both the senate and house have concluded to stop the clock and saunter until a few more laws have been placed upon the statute books bills were passed by the senate making an appropriation out of res land fund tor reservoir site amending law relating to limitations tax rate for state revenues tor years 1905 and providing medals for indian war veterans repealing law requiring county recorders to transmit to assessors abstract of mort gages etc proposing amendment to constitution relating to uniform tax and exemption relating to tees of sheriff and denning same fixing liability of cities towns vil lages or school district and principal contractor to sub contractors bills were passed by the houss amending the irrigation law by taking judicial powers from the state engi neer and making water heritter he ratter appropriated appurtenant to the land providing tor the examination and 11 censes of osteopaths the revocation of their licenses and reciprocity be tween states increasing the salary of the adjutant general of the national guard from to per year abolishing the arid land reclamation fund commission authorizing authorising Autho rising the detate board of land to select and reserve suitable reservoir sites appropriating for ex on crops for dry and arid land creating a commission to investigate and report on the best means of preventing the duplication of courses in ane university of utah and the agricultural college relating to the sale of real estate under tax deeds amending the law creating the state board of horticulture march 10 now that the regular number ot days for the life of the legislature has passed and the clock has been stop ped both branches are turning out a large amount of work the following bills were passed by the house pro viding that the 3 still remaining in the silk commission fund shall be turned back into the state treasury providing that the now in the hands of the treasurer of the louisiana purchase exposition fund commission shall be covered into the state treasury requiring all corn plaints in justices courts to be vert fled amending the game law to pro hibit spring shooting and limit the bag exempts water users assoria alons from regulations applying to tor matlon of private corporations per mits water users associations to se cure certified copies of incorporation papers without costs permits sum mons to be served on any officer agent or employee of a nonresident corporation requires officials whose terms of office are extended to give fresh bonds appropriates 10 annually for a capitol building fund to be invested by the state board of loan commissioners to tax gifts and legacies requiring children under 16 tor attend school thirty weeks in the governor cutler sent in his first veto message on thursday of last week when he disapproved H no by mr mccrea permit ting justices of the peace and county attorneys to dismiss criminal actions in justice s courts many of the farmers of american fork are angry with themselves be cause they did not sell their potatoes last fall when the price was 35 cents per bushel in place of holding until now and selling for 16 cents A terrible explosion has occurred in the cambrian collery at clydath clydach vale wales in the rhonda valley twenty miners have been killed the pit is afire many of those rescued from the mine are badly burned fruit growers from various parts of weber county who were in ogden saturday say there is a practical certainty of a fair yield of peaches this next season provided no further damage Is done by cold snaps year making officials and public em subject to garnishment per corporations to merge their stock extending the time for paying territorial jury saric to the year 1906 recommending that congress allow the utah indian war veterans pay for thirty days service providing for an ad valoree valorem tax of 5 mills on all property in the state to raise for school purposes bills were passed by the senate relating to changes of venue in jus cices tices courts to regulate purchase sale and transfer of merchandise amended fixing penalty for making tolse statement of financial response res bality amended requiring that vate banks and bankers make at leas four reports a year to the secretary of state requiring that peddlers 01 agricultural implements vehicles etc ay a state license of relating to the recording of plats of burial lots etc making appropriation of for he purchase of medals of honor tor indian war veterans relating to the registering of births and deaths with in the state and defining the duties ot the state board of health relating to the powers and duties of school trus tees repealing section of the reviser statutes to prevent decap aton in the sale of renovated butter amended providing tor a cons titu amendment permitting the leg to appropriate money for the high schools of the state ing school districts in counties of the first class the bill making an appropriation of in favor of the utah dairy men a association was killed in tha senate march 11 the following bills were passed by the house granting to united states right of way across public lands for irrigation works relating to changes of venue and judges pro tempore in city courts exempting all members of the national guard from jury ser vice permitting subpoenas from the district court in civil cases to be served anywhere in the state prohibiting the deputizing of constables to serve sum mons when the duly elected constable la within the precinct fixing the als cal year for the purposes qt levying and collecting taxes extending the provisions of the law relating to town sites providing for the giving of med als tu veterans of the indian war providing for recording plats of cemeteries providing tor the enforcement of the law requiring vital statistics to be reported to boards of health pro viding that statute of limitations shall run against liabilities created by stat ute in one year permitting school trustees to levy tax of three quarters of 1 per cent for the purchase of text books and school supplies allowing service of summons from municipal courts by publication bills were passed by the senate relating to coal mine inspectors amend ing and codifying the irrigation law creating juvenile courts relating to the salaries of certain county official relating to the duties of the state chemist relating to pleading in jus cices tices courts the following bills were killed by the senate H D no relating to pawnbrokers H S no relating to the filing of undertakings on appeal in justices courts H no providing for school census H no relating to trials by jury H no relating to exemptions march 13 our lawmakers are still saunter ing and grinding out a few new laws each day the following bills were passed by the senate providing tor the amendment of the constitution in relation to the qualification tor catl zenshin relating to the serving of summons relative to the control 0 state prisons directing inquiry by the auditors into validity of stand ing bounty certificates and ing 25 to pay tor those that are found to be valid limiting and de fining courses of instruction in the agricultural college limiting and de fining courses ot instruction in the state university raising the limit of population of cities of the second class from 20 to 30 general ampro atlon bill bills were passed by the bouse AI lowing ogden to remain as a city of the second class providing that tho governor shall be a member of the state board of corrections and that the terms of the members shall expire simultaneously iriving towns and cities the right to acquire water tor culinary purposes by condemnation prescribing the courses of study tor the agricultural college prescribing the courses of study in the university of utah the senate killed the bills regular ing the practice of medicine and sur gery creating a state capitol fund and providing tor monument for sol diers of the spanish american war |