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Show SENATE APPROVES NINETEEN MEASURES Allowa 925,000 for Utah Exhibit at 8eattle Exposition, and Approves Four Good Roads Bills. Tho senate on Saturday passed nineteen nine-teen bills, whllo four .measures wero klllod. Important among thoso passed wore four good roads bills, tho irrigation irriga-tion district bill, and a bill appro-printing appro-printing J25.000 for a Utah exhibit at tho Alaska-Yukon-Pacltlc exposition at Seattlo next summer. Houso joint resolution No. 12, asking ask-ing that tho congress do not permit tho cancellation of surfaco entries ii lands which may contain coal bo withheld, with-held, Wns passed. Tho Thornloy nutomobllp bill, which provides for tho registration and license of all automobiles nnd chauffeurs, chauf-feurs, passed tho senate. Tho Marks bill, providing for tho extension of tho terms of tho mombers of tho Btnto board of optometry from two to four years, passed tho senate, but was amended so that tho purpose of Its Introduction was dofcatcd. Tho tttnato passed unanimously a bill authorizing tho. .state . armory noard to erect a now stato armofy on tho capltoL grounds. Tho houso of representatives" sustained sus-tained the veto rolntlng to Inquests. Only twp votes werq cast against' tho proposition, to sustain tho veto. Houso bill No: 209 was'paBScd, In tho house. Ths act provides for tho extension of tho eight-hour work day to sugar factories. The houso pasnell the bill providing for tho establishment of rcllot fund for flromen In Incorporated cities and towns. A long drawn out dobato about tho constitutionality of tho proposed measure wns precipitated. Tho houso commlttco on livestock klllod senate bill No. 42, by Stookey. creating tho ofllco of stato votorl-nnrlan. votorl-nnrlan. At tho session of tho houso. and sennto on Friday which tho journals will show woro held on Thursday, tho clock having been stopped n number num-ber of bills were passed whllo sev-oral sev-oral woro laid to rest, ono of tho most importnnt measures to bo killed being tho public utilities bill, which failed to meet tho approval of tho sonnto. A motion was mado to strike out the enacting clauso, and tho following was tho voto which decided tho fato of tho bill: Affirmative Senators Brinkerhoff, Bullen, Horslcy, Huln-nlskl, Huln-nlskl, Kuchlor, Marks, Mlllor, Seoly, bovy, John Y. Smith, Btookoy and Williams. Negative Badger, Burton, Bennor X. Smith. Wilson nnd President Presi-dent Gnrdncr. Bills woro passed by tho senate rotating ro-tating to the disposition of money do med from tho Investment of land grant funds; making appropriations for constructing nnd Improving ronds In Washington county;" amending laws relating to tho nppqlntmcnt of tho board of trustees of tho Agricultural Agricul-tural collego, and fixing their terms of ofllco; creating a state dairy and food bureau, defining its duties and powers, nnd making an appropriation for tho, purpose of carrying out tho provisions of this act. An act requiring requir-ing poultry, gnmo, fish, butter nnd eggs, which havo been In cold storage more than three months, to bo labolcd "cold storago;" an net providing for a stato vcterlnnrlnn, tho mnnner of his nppolnttnont, proscribing his duties, du-ties, nnd providing for tho control and supervision oC dangerous nnd contagious contag-ious and Infectious diseases of domestic do-mestic animals. In tho houso a bill was passed authorizing au-thorizing tho University of Utah to erect a central building nt a cost not exceeding J?E0,000 and appropriating tho necessary money for that purpose, and authorizing tho partial conversion of tho University of Utnh pormanont land fund Into cash, loan thereof and method of ropnylng tho samo; to pro-vent pro-vent cortaln abuses connected with tho drilling, operntlon and abandonment abandon-ment of wolls on lands producing or containing potroloum or natural gas; and an amendment to tho laws rolntlng rolnt-lng to owning or ronttng buildings; kconlnx. res Id Inn In nr rnRnrtlnf in houses of 111 famo; togcthor with a numbor of othor amendments of minor lmpoftanco. Thursday, March 11, was tho last day for which Utah's legislators will draw a salary, and from that tlmo until un-til final adjournment they aro working work-ing without compensation, oxcept tho knowledgo thnt they aro giving tholr tlmo for tho weal or woo of tho commonwealth. com-monwealth. Tho senato passed tho bill providing (or tho creation of a flro and pollco commission for tho city of Salt Lako, also a bill which, It It becomes a law will probably bo known as tho Burton Insurnnco law, Tho Burton bill creates n stato dn. partment of Insurance with a commissioner commis-sioner of insurance nnd a doputy commissioner, com-missioner, with salaries of $2,500 nnd $1.8Q0 per year. Tho lnsuranco commissioner com-missioner Is required to fllo a bond of 16,000 nnd his deputy $10,000. Tho term of ofllco of tho Insurnnco commissioner com-missioner and deputy are to be four years from tho da(o of tho approv&l " 'H of the Tho lnsuranco laws of tho stato aro thoroughly rcvlsod In tho bill, tho so-cnlled so-cnlled "board" companies given tho proforenco, slnco they can mor near-ly near-ly compjy with tho terms of tho bill. For tho support of tho department a tax of.lVi per cent Is Imposed on all premiums. Senator Smith's bill, increasing thn qualifications necessary for admission to tho bar was passed. Tho senate bill creating a state board of statistics and the measuro oxtcndlng tho duties of tho board of pharmacy failed of pnssngo. In tho houso tho bill providing for tho Dcs Moines plan of government ' for Salt Lnko City was passed, thero being but six votes In opposition. Senato bill No. 138, relating to tho duties of tho stato engineer In con- 1 ncction with Irrigation enterprises, tho measurement nnd appropriation of water and tho like, passed tho house, This 1b ono of tho Important irrlga-Hon irrlga-Hon bills and Is n companion to tho bill for the establishment of Irrigation districts, Tho Bidger prohibition bill, senato bill No. US, wns reported by the Rift-Ing Rift-Ing committee of tho houso without recommendation. Tho much-tnlkcd-of fish and gamo bill passed the house by a. voto of 33 to 9. Thn bill has now passed both houses as presented by n convention BV of sportsmen. With a few minor BV changes, which, whllo they mny not BBB meet with tho nnprovnl of the sports'- BBB men, aro not of much Importance. BB Tho seventeen members of the sen- BBh ato votrd ns n unit on. Wednesday, BB Mnrch 10, In favor of tho liquor regit- BBJ Intlon nnd locnl option bill prcoontcd by tho committee on manufactures BBj nnd commerce, after having subjected BBB It to sovoral amendments. BBj Tho bill ns It was finally passed by BBJ tho sonato provides for county local BBJ option without restriction In twenty- BBJ fivo counties In tho stato. In Salt BBJ Lnko and Wobcr counties thero aro BBJ two units In the local option. Ono BBJ Is tho county excluslvo of tho city nnd BBJ tho other tho city excluslvo of tho BJ county. It provides for such clcc- BBJ Hons to bo held In September of each BBJ yctr on petitions signed by 25 per cent of tho voting population. Tho BBJ regulation features of tho bill aro BBJ vory drastic. Among othor things BBJ thoy provldo for: A non-partisan 11- BBJ censing board to bo appointed by tho BBJ mnyors of cities of tho first and sec- BBJ ond clnss; n Btato commission of BBJ thrco to superintend tho regulations BJ of saloons In tho different cities; 11m-ltlng 11m-ltlng tho number nt saloons to ono for ovcry 1,000 of population; closing BBJ of saloons from 7 o'clock each oven- BBJ lng to 7 o'clock In tho morning, and nil day on Sundays; liquor to bo Bold BBJ In ono room only, which has only ono BBj entranco, with no blinds or obstruc- 'BBJ Hons to a clear view from tho street; ' BBJ no booths, tables, chairs, billiard BBj tables, slot machines, dice, etc., to' bo BBj permitted; treating is prohibited; hrowery-owned saloons nre abolished; ' license for retail dealers in cities of BBj tho first and second class increased from $1,200 to $1,800.. BBj Tho houso on Wednesday passed BB tho eminent domain bill over tho voto of Governor Spry. It was tho first , veto message sent In by tho governor BB and wns on ono of tho most Import- ant measures to come before tho as- BB sombly. Th bill elves tho rlcht of BB tho oxerclso of eminent domain to BB smelting companies within a radius BB of four miles of tho works, providing BB that tho company has already ac-quired ac-quired by purchase or otherwlso 7G per cont of tho property within tho area sought to bo used for tho purposo BB Indicated. B Tho four Btnto capltol bills wero also passed by tho houso. Another bill of Importance passed . by tho houso was tho, measure do- BB Blgned to establish a workshop for the ndult blind. In order that they 1 may becomo self-supporting. BB Governor Spry on Tuesday, March 9, transmitted to both houses of tho Utah legislature a special messaga Bfl pertaining to .liquor legislation, In Bfl which he recommended that a law In-eluding In-eluding both local option and strict legislation, as thoso rolato to tho liquor traffic, should bo enacted, and that Its provisions be drawn carefully within the constitution so there will bo no failure The governor declares that wherever tho sale of alcoholic liquors Is permitted, It should be un- Bj der regulations so plain and effective H that the traffic will bo kept within lqgltlmato bounds, and bo under tho 'H perfect control of thoso officers H charged with tho enforcement of law; BJ and when the people of any locality wish to exclude such traffic from H their neighborhood, thoy should bp BJ given the opportunity to do so, H A number of bills woro approved H by tho houso, mostly amendments to H oxtstlng laws, whllo two new bltls BJ were introduced by consent, ono to provide for tho Initiative and refer- BJ endum on legislation, and tho othor H being a moasuro Intonded to provldo BJ punishment for Inmates of tho stato BJ Industrial school who escape there- BJ from or nld other Inmates to escape. B Tho senate's substltuto measure for H thb Cannon prohibition bill has been H occupying tho attention of tho senate H to tho exclusion of othor questions. BJ Senator Carl A. Badgor has delivered S tho most sensational speech In which ho charged tho anti-saloon league and H others with crooked politics. The number of bills Introduced In BJ tho senato at tho session passed tho H 200 mark on Tuesday, sonato bill No. BJ 200 being nn net creating a commls- BJ plon to revlso tho revenue laws of the BJ stato of Utah nnd to suggest changes. BJ Providing for the appointment of tho S commission, Its salary, tho employ- BJ ment of necessary holp, and appro- B prlntlon for Its salary and oxpensos, S |