Show FLOOD LOUD OF BILLS BEFORE legislature nineteen new measures introduced in t the he lower house at monday s sess on break ng record the record for new bills was brol en in the house on monday feb auary 8 when nineteen new measures were introduced they provide laws effecting educational boards and in mining and smelting ole ie touches on the penal code ot of the state and another proposes to tish lish a e service commission for the regulation of public service cor po rations one Is a combination bill restricting the sale of liquor biting it and providing local option one oue provides tor for the repeal of an ex asting law others affect the work ot of county commissioners and fees and salaries of public officials are affect ed while numerous other subjects are touched upon by the proposed legis lation bills were passed providing tor for the creation ot of a good reads roads commission relating to construction of state roads ng to salaries of state officers relating tor to time of filing ap tor for titles to properties in town sites six bills five from the senate and one from the house were passed in the upper house monday and tour four new bills alls were introduced bills were passed providing punishment for con viet who assault prison guards guard appropriating 1600 1 to refurnish the of faces of the governor and secretary ot of state appropriating 3 to the widow of deputy sheriff dark clark of we ber county who was murdered mak ing testimony of a husband or wife competent in abandonment cases malting making assault by convicts serving ife life imprisonment sentence punish eble ble by death denning defining vagrancy and provid ng rig a punishment the members of the state legisla ture the governor and state official were guests of the agricultural col lege at logan on saturday february 6 and as a result there was no session of the senate or house three hundred and twenty five per sons tons were in the party that left salt labe late on the spec al train the party included the state officials the mem berg of both abuses bouses of the legislature the regents and faculty of the sity of utah the directors of the agri cultural college of utah and their in cited guests speechmaking a banquet and an in spec tion of the college was the cal or ot the da the visitors being r entertained by the people of DISC logt n the legislators met with president widtsoe to consider the a cons asked for the agricultural school asks for maintenance appropriations of and the empen ment tation tor for a publication fund of 5 the president pointed out the need of each department and the man ner tor for the apportionment of the ap to the various depart ments three bills were approved by the bouse on tuesday february 9 while eix six measures of minor importance were introduced this was the last day that new bills may be introduced without consent the new passed were H 13 57 defining powers of county corn coni as to roads appointing bointy 0 o anty road commissioners and pro vid ng for an annual road poll tax by J N hearle by request II I 11 I B 58 tn n act defining the powers of road commissioners relative to special road district tax by J N henrie by request H B 59 providing tor for an mm al at vehicle tax and tl e manner ot dt levying collecting and disposing of same by J henne henrie by lest test in the senate eleven billa bills were in produced trod ced and two approved the meas ire tre creating a state libra y emnas aum ium urn commission and providing 3 for or its maintenance tor for two years ond nd a bill relating to api apro pnat ons tor for school funda funds and providing for county superintendents work bo be ltv laws are materially altered in a new measure offered by brinker hoff and the erection of a new halt half a million dollar high school building in salt lake city and the erection of othe chool bu id in the city Is pro aided tor for in a bill presented by wil lams bills were approved by the members of the house of re presenta tives on wednesday ferrua y 3 w I 1 lie ile a large n aber of new meas jr ar s v ere introduced one of the bills balls passed is I 1 as the he sunda clos ing measure and provides that on sunday no noisy amusements shall be held in this state it prohibits horse racing circuses circus eq gambling the sale of liquor the operation of skating rinks na a deville farce dramatic and operatic performances the bill was passed after it had beben amended by the insertion tion of tie tle acids pic ture shows H B no 2 presented by baker was passed bi b a vote of 41 to 1 this measure refers to forr forc n afons it confers upon them the sath rights and eriv leges as are enjoyed by domestic corporations the other measure meas ire approved and which now goes before the senate re latts to the carrying of conce conceal ali weapons and was amended so that the sheriff chiet chief of police or town marshal shall have power to grant permission to carry deadly weapons three b Us ils all by senator badger were approved by the senate as fol lows S B no 5 providing tor for the punishment of those found guilty of indecency toward minors under tour four teen years of age S B no 7 pro viding that more than one count may be included in of indict ment S B no 38 brov ding tor for the punishment of those convicted of the exposure of indecent pictures paint ings books etc senator badger also introduced a divorce bill calculated to place new barriers in the path of seekers tor freedom from the galling yoke of mat A measure was introduced in both the senate and the house providing for an appropriation of 35 tor for the entertainment of the G GAR A R veteran vetera nv 11 at the time of the encampment to be held in salt lake city in the house on thursday february 4 senate joint memorial no I 1 was passed the memorial is the one ask ing tor for a grant of 3 acres ot of the public domain in utah tor for the pur pose of building a state capitol and establishing a system of highways other bills passed were H B N no sa an act defining robbery H B no if 8 recommended by the committee on ahe state mental hospital enlarging the object and scope of the state mental hospital H B no 66 ing to the issuing of worthless checks 11 B no 28 relating to state aid tot public lublic schools mr bower dower of utah introduced a bill no io 99 providing for an act for a state I 1 01 ti cultural commission providing or the publication and d strib ution ol 01 0 its reports tor for the appointment of a tate horticultural inspector and as stant inspectors and is wide in v ith reference to the inspection bl trees and the erad cation of fruit pests an amendment was introduced mak ing section read that no beachel shall be employed or dismissed in any district strict al without the cone ot of tha the county superintendent of 0 schools senator herschel bullen jr intro deuced a bill amend ng the present law i elating to the composition of the state board of land commissioners under the terms of his bill the gov arnor Is au made a member of the land I 1 oard and its president the mil lall also j provides iro vides that the secretary shall ap point all clerical help making the ap of the land board unnecessary senate bill 39 providing for an as distant district attorney tor for the third judicial district passed the senate bj b a unanimous vote A new inheritance tax law intro deuced by mr nielson provides tha if there be living a wife or issue 0 the deceased then the tax herein pro vided for shall be paid only upon th market value of the property in ex cess of 5 for such surviving alf and 2 00 for each surviving child the bill introduced in the senate aji b benner X smith providing for wha appears to be a continuous course foi fox legal actions from the lowest to th the highest tribunals by means of appeal Is an amendatory measure which makes it possible to appeal from tha th final decision of the city courts dl di to the district courts A great portion of the session of house on friday february 5 was nas tak en up with discussion of the tion bill the cannon bill being up toi foi discussion and finally being referred back to committee in ili addition tc seven peti ions tons presented to the hous house in favor of prohibition at this session the first protest against the cassago of a prohibition law vas vaz fied filed thi the protest was signed by a large gumbei numbe of representative taxpayers bubines men and heavy property owners 0 salt lake city nine new b Us ils were introduced on one bill was withdrawn withdrawn and another meas ure was killed during the session depre representative tentative brigham alega asked that 11 B 13 no 60 which rela e to the ion of persons wh wilt 1 overdraw their accounts at banks b i reconsidered this A as p ant 1 a motion was made to strike out enactment clause this was done b a practically unanimous vote after it i had been explained that such a meas ure would be unconstitutional i one bill was passed H B no 27 by thompson wh ch provides for the establishment of an engineering ex peri ment station in connection with the state sel ool of in nes ties providing for its organization and control de fining its du and powers and mal ing an appropriate on when the house adjourned it was decided to take a hoi hol day on saturday and meet on monday afternoon a 2 30 four b ils which have beben in the hands bands of committees since their intro duct on were passed by the senate friday the first three of these are bills 22 23 and 24 all by senator bid z ger er a and n d p i 0 vi df n E fo for r t the h e a amendment ni en d n aen t of th the e e election le c t lo 10 n 1 laws a ws i in n u uch C h a wa a a to make it compulsory for fer all parties to carry but one ticket during elec elee t on can pa ns to provide for the nam ing of candida es by petition and pro vid ng the manner of their declining nominations at the 1 ands lands of conven eions or petit boners S B no Q by senator X ichler ids for the retarn ret irn of election fig ures abely after the close the polls to co anty clerks the ob eject of the bill is to make com completa ic ion returns available before s id let t me as an official count takes place and haild ho ild it become a law will fil III a ion felt vant especially for news papers |