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Show UTAH LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP Happenings In Both Branches of Ninth General Assembly. On Friday Senate Resolution No. G, by Smith, was approved by tho senate. sen-ate. It Is a resolution requiring tho secretary of tho board of land commissioners com-missioners to furnish tho senate with liltnrv nf rnrtnln nronorty lCBBCd by tho state board and nlso a list of all loans mado by tho board to Its members mem-bers or to firms or corporations In which tho members aro interested. Seven now bills wore introduced in tho senato on Friday and four In tho house, whllo tho govornor signed tho bill permitting tho engrossing of bills by typewriting. Tho negroes of Salt Lako havo finally final-ly succeeded In getting a bill introduced intro-duced in tho legislature providing for the equnl rights of negroes and people peo-ple of other races at theaters, restaurants, restau-rants, bnrber shops and other "places which cater to the public trade. Two bills, one by Smith and ,tho other, by Dadgor, wero introduced In tho legislature Friday for tho purpose of making tho laws of Utah conform to thoso of other states with reference refer-ence to tho salo of goods and to tho disposal of goods In warehouses. Tho appointment of a rovonuo commission com-mission to revise tho present system of taxation and to make a complete report, with recommendations to tho tenth legislative assembly, Is provided In a bill introduced In tho state son-lto son-lto on Friday by Senator Carl A. Bad-gor, Bad-gor, of Salt Lako. There was no session of tho lower house of tho legislature Saturday. Tho adjournment was taken to permit certain cer-tain committees to visit the stato in-jltutlons, in-jltutlons, which it is their duty to inspect. in-spect. Tho Democratic prohibition bill was Introduced In both houses on Thursday. Thurs-day. In tho senato It was Introduced by Senator J. W. Funk of Cache and In tho house by Representative P. F. Peterson of Sevier. Tho bill is Introduced Intro-duced in fulfillment of the pledge of tho Democratic state platform which declared for statowldo prohibition. Threo bills were Introduced in till) legislature Thursday relating to Insurance Insur-ance companies. The measures wore Introduced at tne request of the state Insurance commissioner. A bill passed by the house on Thursday will doubtless tend to put a damper upon the operations of highway high-way robbers. Tho bill as It originally passed tho houso mado tho minimum penalty threo years' Imprisonment In the stato prison and tho maximum Imprisonment Im-prisonment for llfo. A bill which provided that when a shipment of cattle, horses or mules was contemplated, tho shorlff of the county from which tho shipment was to bo mndo. should bo notified, In order or-der that ho might Inspect the brands, has been rejected by tho committee In tho house. When the senate and house adjourned ad-journed on Thursday there had been a total of 56 bills introduced In tho senato and G7 In tho houso. And still tho now measures aro being brought forward, ovory mombbr seeming desirous desir-ous of furnishing his shnro of remedies reme-dies for tho supposed Ills of tho state. Tho govornor hnB signed senato lolnt memorial No. 1, by Badger, a memorial me-morial to congress urging that tho veterans vet-erans of tho Indian wars of Utah bo given a pensionable status by tho federal fed-eral government. Tho erection of a now central building build-ing for tho Unlvorslty of Utah at a :ost of $300,000 is contemplated by a bill Introduced In tho senato on Thursday Thurs-day by Williams of Salt Lake, Tho measure authorizes tho lssuo and disposal dis-posal of $300,000 worth of stato bonds. Tho peddling or vending of drugs, medicines or appliances for the treatment treat-ment of dlsonsos Is practically prohibited prohib-ited by a measure Introduced In tho jonato on Thursday by Smith of Salt liako. At a joint session or tho senato atiu souso on Wednesday, Senator Gcorgo Sutherland was officially and formally formal-ly ro-olected to tho senate for n term if six years, to succeed hlmBelf; upon tho oxplrntlon of his term March 1, 1011. Senato concurrent resolution- No. 4 jvhfch already had passed tho sonate, was passed by the house Wednesday iftornoon. The resolution provides for i memorial to congress asking for tlio passago of tho act putting volunteer soldiers and sailors in tho civil war upon tho same footing as regulars, Tho drastic Btntc-wldo prohibition., dill. Introduced In tho houso Tues day by Kcarns of Saripbto was -wlpcyl off tho legislative slato In. Bhort or-, der Wednesday aftornoon, not, how-svor, how-svor, until the matter had been dls-:ussod dls-:ussod at somo length. Tho governor has slgnod tho net providing an appropriation of $35,000 or tho rogulnr and contingent expenses expens-es of tho stato legislature. Two bills Introduced In tho Bonato Wednesday by Burton of Davis aro .'or tho purpose of amending existing laws to conform to tho Insurance laws oassod two yenrn ago. Tho senato and houso on Tuesday balloted separately for a United States senator to sucecd Senntor Sutherland. Suth-erland. In tho senato Sutherland was nominated by Senator Bonnor X Smith and received sixteen votes. In tho houso ho was nominated bj Speaker B. W. Robinson nnd received thirty-eight votes. In tho sennU Judge Powers was nominated by Son ator L. M. Olson ana received twe votes. In tho houso ho was nominal ed by RopreBcntatlvo Milton II. Well lng and received soven votes. Franklin D. FarnBworth, ropresont- ntivo from Beaver county, has introduced intro-duced In tho lower houso a bill to amend section 4477, complied laws ol Utah, 1907, realtlng to tho cutting ol green timber from public lands by adding to tho present law several varieties va-rieties of plno trees and Douglas fir. In tho house on Tuesday, houso bill No. C, by Pope, was passed. It provides pro-vides for an investigation of tho agricultural agri-cultural resources and for tho encouragement encour-agement of tho agricultural development develop-ment of tho Uintah basin, nnd appropriates appro-priates $C,000 therefor. Houso bill No. 30, by Stock, providing provid-ing that October 12, tho anniversary of tho discovery of America, bo , set apart as a legal holiday, was rejected. Eight now bills wero Introduced, bringing tho total up to 42-. Tho senato and houso had an equal number of bills at adjournment on Tuesday, forty-two measures having boen Introduced In ench body up to that tlmo since tho oponlng of tho session. Tho first two bills passed by tho houso wero Introduced by Ropro-tatlvo Ropro-tatlvo Claudo Y. Russell of Salt Lake. Tho first ono passed nmonds tho statutes stat-utes relating to highway robbery and fixes tho penalty for persona found guilty at not less than tnrco years or for life. Tho other is a bill providing for tho punishment of men living off tho earnings of fallen women. Tho death penalty for highwaymen Is provided In a bill Introduced In tho sonate on Tuesday by Stookey of Salt Lako. Tho bill repeals tho present statutes concerning robbery and makes two degrees of robbery. Tho creation of a stato geological survey is provided for In a bill Introduced Intro-duced in tho senate by Badger of Salt Lake, Tuesday. A bill Introduced in the senato on Tuesday by Senator Badger provides liquor regulations of tho strictest nature. na-ture. Local option is proviaca ror all cities and towns of tho stato on pctl-tltlon pctl-tltlon ol-"10 per cent of tho voters In such cities and towns. If such a petition peti-tion Is received tho first election will bo held In June, 1911. Thirteen bills wero Introduced in tho senato Tuesday urternoon, and six of them woro on tho liquor question, five being offered by President Gardner Gard-ner and ono by Senator Carl A. A. Badgor. Tho bills by President Gardner wero oxnet copies of the house bills offered by William L. Hayes. At the request of .State Engineer Caleb Tanner and tho state road commission, com-mission, three measures woro introduced intro-duced in tho lower houso Tuesday afternoon by tho committee on' highways, high-ways, and bridges. The, bills, provldo fpr the .building of a, Bta.to road Jjv convict labor from tho northern ubun-dary ubun-dary of. Arizona to tho soutlltfrn boundary boun-dary of Idnho; for the establishing of a standard of construction of public, roads, nnd for a stato road building fund of $CO,000. Tho sonato commlttco on cnpltol ahdt grounds, which formerly consisted consist-ed of llvo members, has boen Increased Increas-ed to seven.'' Tho first appointment by President Gardner on this commlttco commlt-tco consisted of Stookey, Marks, Williams Wil-liams and Smith. Tho additions Include In-clude the mimes of Booth, Wilson and Olson. Representative Gro.w of Weber county has introduced n measure amending tho fish and gamo laws to such nn extent as to amount to entire now laws. Saloons aro reduced and tho chief, doputy eliminated by the new measure. Sonator Marks Is tho author nf n bill which will open tho way; to provldo pro-vldo means, for tho erection of n state capitol building to cost ?3,000,OOO. Seiv ntor' Marks will ask for a bondod In-dobtedness In-dobtedness of $1,595,000. This can be done, ns tho assessed valuation of the stitfe for 1910 is $180,354,505.- There is how available In tho public land grant fund $70,000, provided for. In the enabling net. Tho stato board of ex-amlnors ex-amlnors hns boon empowered to borrow, bor-row, $200,000. In. 1912 the stato will hayo jmid off the old territorial debt. Seely of Emery believes that poll tax is too low and has Introduced n bill In tho 110113.6' Increasing It from $2 to $4. Two-, years ago It was do creased' from $3 to $2. Two bills woro approved by the hoilso on Monday, January 16;. both relating to an increase in fees .fqi Jurprs. Two new bills woro Intro duccd. Ton now measures woro In trounced in tho senate, making a to. tal of twonty-nlno for the present bos slon. Each houso of tho legiBlaturo Mon day unanimously adopted a rcsolutloi pledging tho moral and financial sup port of Utah for tho proposed Pana ma-Paclflc exposition it San Francisco |