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Show UTAH LEGISLATURE FINALLY ADJOURNS Members of Eighth Assembly Worked Eight Days Over-time In Consideration Consid-eration of Proposed(New Laws. Salt Lake City. Tho Eighth logls-latlvo logls-latlvo assembly of Utah adjourned Saturday, March 20, after a session lasting sixty-eight days, or just eight days longer than tho legislators aro supposed to bo ln session, their labors la-bors for the last eight day& being performed without compensation. Thus tho last day of the session was 227 hours and 47 minutes long. Tho house adjourned at 11:31 p. tn., and the senate just cloven minutes Inter. jJust before adjournment n commit-tco commit-tco was appolncd to wait upon tho governor and inform htm tnat tho Eighth legislative assembly was rcidy to adjourn. A communication was sent to both houses by tho governor, declaring ho had no further communications communi-cations to lay before tho legislature and congratulating both houses upon the completion of their labors. Ono of tho Inst 'acts jof tho sennto was to reject six of tho appointments nrado by the governor, as follows: Fred W. Chambers of Ogden, Btnto fish and game commissioner. W. D. Cnndland, Mount Plcnsnut, stato land commissioner. W. H. Thaln of Logan, Lo-gan, btnto land commissioner. F. F. Alexander, Salt Lake, member opto motry board. 1L O. Jensen, Salt Lako. member optometry board. John Walsh, Farmlngton, trustee stato Industrial In-dustrial school; At tho time of adjournment tho governor had made no appointments to fill tho vacancies caused by the falluro of tho senate to colncldo with him, and It Is barely possible that all of tho rejected appointees may serve until tho next session ot tho lcglsla turo. One of tho last acts ot the lcgis latum was to pass tho ltadqei llquot bill, a measuro providing for local option and n strict regulation' of the liquor traffic. Tho opinion Is hold that Governor Spry will voto thlf. measure, and thus tho liquor laws ol the stato of Utah will remain as al present. As to tho vyork of the. session just closed, tho govornor has aproved 81 ot tho measures passed, and has C4 now In his hands, which ho may ot mnv nnt nnnrovo. Theso woro not all of the bills Introduced by any means as a veritable flood of measures woro sldo-trackod, killed outright, or withdrawn. with-drawn. Tho Inst bill signed by the president presi-dent of tho sonato was tho appropriation appropria-tion bill, making nproprlatlons, for the support of the stato government for two years. Ono of tho Important actB of the legislature was the decision reached to build a stato capltol. Tho capltol when completed, is to cost $2,000,000 Both houses of tho legislature passed, tho Dos Moines plan of government gov-ernment bills for cities of tho first class. Tho bills aro in tho hands ot tho govornor. Tho bills, In brief, place tho municipal muni-cipal government ot Salt Lake undei tho control of a board of live mem bers, all of whom nro to bo elected at lorgo. One, of these Is to bo deslgnat ed as mayor. Tho nomlnntlonsi aro tc bo nip 'o at primary elections, and thus, It la tho hopo of those who ad vocated the bills, politics will bo ellin lnated from city' government to a great degree. Tho board members aro to bo paid $3,000 a year, A measuro of moro than ordinary Importance Is tho Insurance dopart ment bill, This measure provides foi tho creation of a department of ln surnnco. This department Is to be run by a commissioner, whoso salar. 1b to bo $2,500, and wIiobo ofllco ex penses aro to bq $5,000. Advocates of good roads cannot help but bo pleased with tho actlor of tho legislature In providing for o stnto commission which Is oxpected to sco that the roads of the state ara Improved. Tho Irrigation district bill waa also a most Important measure to bo ap proved by the legislature Under the old law, a farmer could not back li If "Irrigation project with anything more than tho water tilings and canal ays-terns; ays-terns; but under this 'district law, th Irrigation system of any community can bo backed by all of tho real prop orty of tho Irrigated territory. Thus a farmer Is onnblod to float a bond that Is just as sound nnd snlablo at any municipal or school bond. A most Important measuro to the mining Industry of tho Btnto, arid os' pcclaljy to tho western part ot Salt Lako county and Tooelo county, Is the emlnont domain hill, which was passed ovor tho voto of tho govornor Tho law provides that smoltors shall enjoy tho right to oxorclso tho rlnhj ot eminent domain 'within a radius of four miles of tho reduction works, bo bo it that they havo , already ac-qlurod ac-qlurod by purchaso or otherwise th tltlo to 70 per cont of tho property within that area. Tho Utah National Guard was also tho recipient ot favorable legislation, three bills rolatlng to mining nffalrs being passed. Tho most Importnnt ot tho threo bills la an net creating a stato armory hoard and authorizing It to borrow from .tho state land board $85,000 to bo used In tho erection ot nn armory and arsenal In Salt Lako I City. , |