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Show NEW PROHIBITION BILL INTRODUCED Bill Presented In tho House Provides for Submission of Question to the People at Special Election. Another prohibition measure wns introduced In tho lower house of tho Utah legislature on Saturday, February Febru-ary 27. It provides for strict prohibition, prohi-bition, as tho former bill did, and adds tho provision for a dispensary tys-torn, tys-torn, ono In each county, whero, on prescription by physician, liquor may l,o had. Tho question of prohibition, or so much of It as is provided in tho bill, is to uo put up to tho peoplo at a spo-clal spo-clal election on Juno, tho date decided decid-ed upon for calling tho Bpeclal election elec-tion In connection with, tho capitol ninttor, A petition has been presented in tho legislature for the creation of a Slew county out of portions of Uintah and Wasatch counties. ' Three towns nro candidates for tho honor of becoming tho county seat Theodore, Theo-dore, Myton and rtoosovolt. A bill by IUiBsell mnkes It obligatory obliga-tory upon tho stnto nnd municipalities Ho glvo tho proferenco of employment (to citizens of tho United States, or thoso who havo declared their intention inten-tion of becoming cltlzons. Ten bills woro passed by tho senate, sen-ate, three woro killed nnd ono went ovor till n httcr dnte. Of tho bills passed.v soven wero aenato bills. Tho three houso bills passed by tho sonato now lnck only tho approval of tho governor before becoming laws. Ono of the Important bills passed vas houso bill No. 142, by Ashton, authorizing cities and counties of tho stato to appropriate money for tho entertainment of the O, A. It. visitors to tho encampment next summer to bo hold In Salt Lake. A measure aimed nt tho carrying bf concealed weapons by tho foreigners foreign-ers In Salt Lako county mining camps lias passed both houses, . As compensation for tho loss of tho flnto engineering experiment station, he sonato voted nn appropriation of 2.000 to tho University of Utah for tarrying on archaeological nnd historical his-torical Investigation nnd exploration In the regions In southern Utah for-luerly for-luerly occupied by cliff dwollors. When tho houso convened on Friday, Fri-day, Fobruary 20, thero were twenty 1)1118 upon tho calendar mid two more ,iwero favorably reported from committee. commit-tee. After four hours of tho session four bills had been disposed of. Thore was a lengthy debate pvor Houso Dill No. 101, relating to annual corporation corpora-tion llconso, In which nearly every membor took a hand. Tho bill was finally passed by n voto of 23 ayes, 11 nays. A Eennto bill was passed, authorizing tho district attorney in Judicial districts having a population of 75,000 or moro Inhabitants to appoint ap-point an assistant .and providing tho qualllicatlons, salary and duties of said assistant. The bill prohibiting the unauthorized unauthor-ized uso of tho namo or plcturo of any public Institution In this state, or any public ofllcer or prlvnto person for the purpose of udvortlslng, wns nlso passed. ' Friday was tho first day plnco very early In tho present session of tho senate that no now bill mad Its Initial Ini-tial bow, and tho entire day was do-voted do-voted to tho consideration of mens-ures mens-ures nlrcndy before tho house, of which thoro aro n great domand. Tho greator part of tho session was taken up by tho reading of the bulky production of Senator Williams nnd tho military authorities providing for the onactment of a sot of laws for the governing or mo siaio miuun, us maintenance, and conforming to the provisions of tho "Dick bill," which Is necessary In order that the department depart-ment may boneflt by tho npproprla-Hons npproprla-Hons mado to tho stateB by tho fedoral government. Tho bill finally passed. Other measures approved ap-proved woro: S. n. 122. providing for tho erection of bridges In Emory, San Juan and Uintah counties, and mnk-lng mnk-lng an npproprlntlon thorofor. S. D. 70, prohibiting tho circulation of derogatory de-rogatory statements concerning banks nnd trusts. II. D. 2. providing for tho exorcise of the right of eminent domain do-main by foreign corporations. At a joint session of tho sonato nnd the houso of representatives liold Thursday afternoon, February 26, at 1:30 o'clock, Governor William Spry read a special message to tho legislature, legisla-ture, urging tho ndvlsablllty of passing pass-ing legislation which would havo for Its object tho Immediate commence-, ment of work on tho now stato capltpl building. Tho governor went Into do-tall do-tall on tho. bills to bo Introduced on this subject, and Immediately after tho dissolving of tho Joint session four bills woro Introduced In each houso, In which tho points taken up In tho mossapo of tho govornor wero Included, In-cluded, Almost tho entire regular session of ,tho houso wns taken up In tho consideration con-sideration of tho Btato horticultural commission bill, which was Anally passed by n voto of 34 to 1. Tho 1)IU, provides that tho, commls-. 'H son Bhnll Consist of the directors, 'en- JM tomologlst and agriculturist of tho I'tnh Agricultural college expert-mental expert-mental station dhd for tho establish-ment establish-ment of nn omen In thb capital build lng nnd tho payment of .n salary of 800 a year to a clerk to. look nftcr It. It also- provides a snlnry of $1,500 n year for tho stnto Inspector and for nn npproprlntlon of $200 a year for office expenses. ' Tho 'bill Is designed with tho Idea of procuring a more rigid Inspection of nil trees, plants and Bhrubs, the, aim being to thus raise tho Blnndard1 of JB Utah fruit and hortlciiltnral products generally. .The bill also makes pro' vision for tho appointment of county Inspectors to work under tho general direction and supervision of tho chief Inspector. Under Its terms nursery-men nursery-men in tho stnto must pay a slate license and tho duties of nurserymen, iH orchardlfits, common carrlora and tho inHiipctors of tho commission nro out- 'M lined In-full. The stnto armory bill was, passed by , uB tho Bcnato. Tho bill provides for tho creation of n stato armory, board, and authorizes tho board to erect a Btato arsenal In Salt Lake City, provision being mado for the funds, Tho armory bill provides that tho board to bo created Bhnll consist of tho1 governor, the secretary of stato and tho adju-tnnt adju-tnnt general. jVJ Two bills by Senator Dadger, rclat- lng to special tax funds Ifi cities, wore passed. JBj Ten now measures wero Introduced jBJ In tho senate, and eight In tho house. H The sum of $35,000 for the entertain H mont of tho Grand Army veterans dur- fling fl-ing tho national encampment to be flj hold In Salt Lako City next August, Bj wns appropriated by tho houso on BJ Wednesday, Fobruary 24, after a warm H debato. Somo of the inambdrs wanted H to Incrcaso tho appropriation to $50, BJ OOOi A number of bills of minor In)' H portnhco woro Introduced, among tho BJ lucky measures being an act authorlz-lng authorlz-lng tho diversion of tho sheep Inspoc- , Bj tlon fund to tho fund for tho oxtorml- H nation of wild animals, and an act do- H Onlng transient llvo stock and provlrl- lng for tho assessment and collection BJ of taxes on tho samo. H Mr. Hondo's bill rotating to the cm- ' ploy ment of convict labor on tho coun- H ty highways and providing penalties BJ for violations, was passed. S Tho session of the sennte was a H busy one, during which two bills wero H Introduced, four wero killed, among which was the famous Gardner bill, M No. 59. and two bills wore passed: Bj Ono being H. D. No. 22, relating to os- BJ tabllshlng free public libraries, and H tho other H. J. It. No. 2, providing that the legislature approvo appllca- H tlon. of 'regents of University of Utah S for benefits under Carnogle founda- wj Hon fundt H To create the office, of a commts- BJ sloner of boats and pilots for the ox- B amlnatlon ot all boats and to examine applicants for tho position of pilot U H tho gist ot a measure Introduced Into BJ tho senate by Dennor X. Smith, by ro- quest. H To create a commission for tho con- M scrvatlon of tho natural resources ot S Utah, whoso duty It shall bo to col- lect and publish statistics and data BJ showing tho value of arid lands In S Utah when subjected to Irrigation, BJ and to collect facts for tho guidance BJ of tho legislators and executives ot - BJ tho United States in establishing sys- terns of Irrigation Is thcprinclpal con- BJ tents ot Senate hill No. 158, Intro- duced by John H. Secly. H Four measures wero passed by tho H houso of roprosontatlvcs on Tuesday, H February 23. Two ot them wero tho H subject of a most Interesting discus- slon, thoy being intended to protect fl workmen or persons seeking work H through employment offices. One of . S tho bills passed was Senate Bill No. 'I 25, by Carl A. Dadgor, providing for' fl tho "licensing and regulating ot em- ployjnont offices; requiring employ- H ment agents to glvo bond; prohibiting fl tho sending of female help to any plnco of bad reputo, etc." The other fl was by Representative Gardner,' an act relating to tho nrotectlon of om- I ployos and for preventing superintendents, superintend-ents, foremen, assistant bosses or any othor pesrons from receiving' or bo ticking money. Under this measure, superintendents or "other parsons In v. charge of workers aro prohibited from receiving money or other consideration from porsons on account of employment. employ-ment. Tho two othor measures passed by tho houso woro Houso Dili No. 08, permitting tho stato to caro; for feoblo-mlndcd and non-lnsnno epileptic epi-leptic children, at the Stato Mental hospital, and Houso Joint Memorial No, 3, asking congress to grant to tho stato of Utah, for tho boneflt of Indian war veterans, ono million acres of land. Tho only rlpplo of oxcltoment In tho sennto occurred whon Senator Burton, nt tho request of Senntor Wilson, inovod tho reconsideration of tho adoption adop-tion of tho report of tho manufacturers and commerce committee, recommending recommend-ing that tho Cannon prohibition bill, otherwise known to fame as sonata bill No. 37, bo not passed, Tho minority mi-nority was nhlo to muster but fouf votes, however. |