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Show WITH UTAH LAWMAKER8. After a sharp strugglo In tho house, tho bills abolishing tho offlco of district dis-trict nttornoy woro killed. . Tho appropriations bill distributes $1,705,745.43 tor stato purposes during tho years 1907 nnd 1908. Houso bill No. 255, by Robinson, providing pro-viding for tho appointment of election Judges, was killed In tho senate. Two measures providing for tho designation de-signation of depository banks for state, county nnd city funds went down to defoat in the houso. Tho Rlppor bill providing for tho appointment ap-pointment by tho governor of a flro nnd a pollco commission for Salt Lnko, was dono to death in tho senate After having ones been passed in amended form by tho houso, thnt body finally put to Bleep tho bill giving to smelters tho right of eminent domain. Tho houso adopted senate Joint resolution reso-lution No. 2, proposing a constitutional amendment fixing tho tho rate of stnto taxation based on valuation of property. prop-erty. A messnge from tho govornor stated that ho had vetoed tho famous osteopathy osteo-pathy bill, No. 28, by Mr. Johnson, becauso ho thought that ono medical board was enough. Tho Stnto Mental hospital nt Provo Is to havo a now bath building to cost $11,000, and $105,320 Is sot asldo for tho maintenance of thnt Institution for tho noxt two yenrs. Next to tho university tho stnto prison pris-on is tho most liberally provided pro-vided for, receiving $174,850. Of this amount $00,000 Is for tho new cell houso, which Is badly needed. Tho appointments submitted b Govornor Cutler of members of tho Deseret Agricultural and Manufacturing Manufactur-ing society nnd stnto board of madlcal cxamlnors woro approved by the senate. sen-ate. A communication to tho house from tho MerchnntH & Manufacturers' association asso-ciation protesting against tho passage of senato bill No. 95, tho railroad bill, was laid on tho table without reading. A good start was made toward the accumulation of funds for tho new stato capltol building when tho housi) passed a bill providing that $25,000 shall bo set aside annually ns a sinking sink-ing fund. A large part of tho money appropriated appro-priated by tho legislature goes to the various stato Institutions, tho university univer-sity faring best in that it receives $230,000, whllo tho Agricultural college receives but $85,000. The senato passed the Benner X. Smith bill granting to smelters the right of eminent domain under rcstrlo Hons. Tho voto was 12 to 4, Benaton. Bullen, Gardner, Scely and Walton voting In tho negative. Tho bill allowing tho district attorney attor-ney their actual and traveling expenses ex-penses in the performance of their official offi-cial duties and their contingent offlco offl-co expenses, failed to pass tho house by a voto of 21 ayes, 14 nays, 9 nb-scnt. nb-scnt. Tho fifty-ninth session of tho senate was devoted almost exclusively to tho passing of bills. Twcnty-ono bills wero passed at tho forenoon and afternooi. sessions. Most of the bills that were passed woro amendatory of existing statutes. Tho houso on tho 13th passed bills providing for n board of horso commissioners; com-missioners; relating to experiment!, and demonstrations In arid land farming; far-ming; for education of dent, dumb and blind, nnd several measures of not so much importnnce. S. 11. No. 158, prohibiting railroad transportation or other common carriers car-riers from-IsBiiIng Trco transportation except to certain porsons, wns put upon Its final passago In tho senato nnd fulled to pass on roll call lr a voto of 9 to 8. Thero was a warm debate in tho house over bill 200, by Clegg, which relnted to tho snlo of liquor on Sunday Sun-day and during certain hours on other days Tho mcasuro wns Anally passed fixing the hours of closing from midnight to 5 a. m. Tho consolidation of the Agricultural Agricultur-al college nnd tho University of Utah problem, was definitely settled by tho senato when Senator Holllngsworth's bill, providing for n Joint board of regents for tho university nnd Agricultural Agricul-tural collego was laid on tho table. Tho Sunday Amucoment bill, which Is a houso measure, was loaded"up with amendments until grown out of nil proportions, upon roll call wnB passed by tho sonnto by a voto of 10 to 8. Sonntor Scely voted no on tho measure, it is said, because his amendment amend-ment mnklng It Illegal to brand n stray cnlf wns voted down. Ono of tho most important measures passed was senato b.il No. 89, by Hoi-llngsworth, Hoi-llngsworth, establishing the Torens system of transferring land titles. Senato bill No. 199, by Holllngs-worth, Holllngs-worth, appropriating $4,000 for an exhibit ex-hibit at tho National Irrigation congress con-gress to bo held in Sacramento, Cal., this sunimor was passed. Becauso Senator Charlos R. Hoi-llngsworth Hoi-llngsworth of Ogden persisted In reading read-ing long and complex amendments to tho Bonner X. Smith mensuro rcgu-laV'ng rcgu-laV'ng Insurance companies doing business busi-ness in tho stato and creating a state department of Insurance, tho senate became disgusted and laid all tho bills on this subject on the table. On a small table In tho center of tho hall on tho houso floor on Friday Fri-day was a roll of paper tied with a pleco of crepe. On a placard was this inscription enclosed In a blnck border: GALVESTON BILLS. 8. B. 34 to 4C, and 73. Houso bill No. 28G passed the house without opposition. This measure provides pro-vides for tho protection of tho Individual Indi-vidual rights of uvory Individual. All persons, says tho bill, may accept employment em-ployment from whomsoever they plenso and at whatsoever compensation compensa-tion Is satisfactory to themselves. |