| Show legislative AFTERMATH silent sundays early closing tor for saloons and anti cigarette legislation went by the board the report of the coal investigation committee were ordered spread on the minutes of the house first aid to the injured hence forth must be rendered by all mining companies employing more than tea ten men inell after a struggle lle that may be classed a as remarkable the act extending the right of eminent domain to smelting companies was successful hereafter any one found guilty of 0 burglary in the first degree will serve a sentence of from twenty alve to for ty beirs in the penitentiary death overtook the bill for the cre ere atlon of a police and fire commission in cities of the first class this meas ure early nas mas designated the bill senators J 11 II seeley and petel clegg banqueted the members of the third house the newspaper menor men or wednesday evening before the close of the session february 27 was the fatal day toi foi the railroad com commission mission bill a meas ure regarded as one of the big enoi of the session it was defeated by i vote of 34 to 5 in the house one of the notable laws passed ba b the legislature and one which has re ro calved but little public notice was th bill providing for the introduction ol 01 the torrens system of transferring land title in utah randalls randall s bill providing for tha th granting of 0 bermiss on to cities 0 more than 30 to create park corn com missions Is designated particularly tc to benefit ogden that city has alread a fairly good system of beautiful parks the legislature convened january 14 and its constitutional limit of sixty days expired march 14 but by stop ping the clock the solons were able to continue their labors for one week although they had ceased drawing their per diem them state county and city treasurers are to care for the public money in their keeping as they see fit deposit ing the funds in banks not designated by law two bills ring tion of deposit depositaries arles tor for state and city funds were killed in the house the vexing problem ot of juvenile courts seems to have been solved by adoption of two acts relating to the case ot of delinquent children the bills which survived 4 of a number that were introduced on the subject provide for the appointment tor for first and second class cities of juvenile judges by a commission consisting of the gover nor attorney general and state super In of public instruction provision Is made for experiments in subterranean explorations with a view to discovering flows of water that may be used for both land reclamation purposes and domestic uses generous appropriations have been made for systematic borings and demonstrations the governor has signed the bill al lowing the salt lake school board to levy a tax of G mills instead of mills the limit now allowed by law this means that the teachers will be allowed an In increase in salary at the beginning of the next school year A a result of the bounty bill passed at this session sheep men are to bd assessed as ossed a tax of three mills for the purpose of destroying wild animals certificates are not to be issued after the fund is exhausted which means that there will be no back claims in the future house bill no 72 relating to the collection of was disapproved by the governor on the ground that the title was defective in material ways and that hat corporations and em players were made collectors of the tax without compensation the tho veto was sustained the governor sent in his veto ot of house bill no providing for the organization of mutual fire insurance companies the executive said that eighty per cent of mutual fire ansur ance com companies pant have failed and that the history of such organizations Is a history of disaster just at the close of the senate session on the chaplain P A simpkin received a handsome gold fob from the senators in appreciation ot of his efficient praying as president love who made the presentation speech put it the affair was a corn com surprise to the parson s jat fr |
