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Show A QUIET DAY. Very Little Business Was Done on Yesterday BY THE LEGISLATURE. J. 3. Booth Calls Attention to a Biff Discrepancy Dis-crepancy Between Certain Public Accounts Ac-counts that Should Agree New Bill Introduced -Routine Busmen Disposed Of. I The pr eeident of the council presented a petition of 240 persons in Box Eider county, requesting the repeal of the medical law. Eldredge presented the petition of Lewis R. Kelsey for $2,250. The committee on ways and means reported the bill relating to exemption from taxation of certain property, and recommended a substitute which was filed for third reading. Committee on education reported on the bill relating to school boards In cities of the first and seccnd class. It was filed for third reading; also the bill relating to the school for the blind. The following bills were introduced: By Seeley, a bill relating to high-wajs. high-wajs. By J. E. Booth, relating to the i awarding of diplomas in private or denominational schools, and for other ; purposes as follows. Be if Enacted by the Governor and Legis In ice Assembly of the Territory of Utah : Section 1, That any private or denominational de-nominational school is hereby authorized author-ized to iesue to its students diplomas and grade certificates, where said schools teach, and said students are taught successfully, parallel courses with those taught in the university of Utah, and under such further rules and regulations as said private or denominational denom-inational schools shall prescribe. Section 2. That said diplomas and grade certificates when issued under the seal of said private or denominational denomina-tional schools (if it have one), and signed by its president, the president of the faculty thereof, the department teacher and the superintendent of echoole of the county where such pri vate or denominational school is located, lo-cated, shall be prima facia evidence of ; the qualification recited in said di ploma or grade certilicate, of the holder thereof. Section 3. That persons to whom are issued such diploma or certificate from a qualified normal department of any such private or denominational school may be employed teachers in the district schools of this territory with out f uther examinotion, provided said diploma or certificate shall state epeci-ficially epeci-ficially that said holder thereof has successfully passed in all the branches required by law for qualifying teachers of the grade named in s iid diploma or certificate. Section 4. No holder of any third grade certificate issued by any such private or denominational school shall be eligible to employment as teacher in any of the district schools of this territory for more than one year. Booth, of 1'rovo, called attention to a discrepancy of $2,390,533 between the reports of the auditor and the board of equalization. Referred to the com ; inittee on public accounts, IN THE HOUSE. I A number of claims were presented, I and Hatch offered a petition of citizens of Uintah county, asking to have annexed to that county part of Wasatjh. j Sears, from the committee on claim?, I and recommended that the claim of W. j L. Cook, clerk of the Second Judicial district, of $1,048.15, be cut down to $361.50. Varian, from the committee on man'ifpcturers and commerce, reported favorably the bill giving a bounty on silk. This bill was also made special order for next Friday at 3 p. m. He also offered a subtitute for the sugar beet bounty bill, which was made special order for next Wednesday at 3 p. m. Parsons, from the committee on appropriations, ap-propriations, reported adversely on 11. li. 30. Wines, from the committee on public pub-lic health, reported adversly on the bill providing for veteruary inspection of livestock, etc. The bill to aid needy laborers was reported re-ported unfavorably. Routine work occupied the balance of the time of the session. |