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Show UTAH LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP Happenings In Both Branches of Ninth General Assembly. Tho houso bill relating to punishment punish-ment for robbery, making highway robbery punlshablo by llfo Imprisonment, Imprison-ment, nnd tho senate hill relating to salary and allowances of tho stato engineer, en-gineer, wero approved by tho sonato on Friday. That tho legislators are determined to please their constituents by introducing intro-ducing almost any measure that any person wants brought to tho attention of tho lawmakers, Is ovldonced by the fact that at tho closo of business on Friday, 104 bills had been Introduced in tho house, while tlio sonato was a closo second, with 98. Tho committee has reported unfavorably unfa-vorably on tho proposed law to lengthen tho terms of sheriffs and county clerks from two years to four. No session of the lower houso was held on Saturday, adjournment having hav-ing boon taken until Monday afternoon, after-noon, owing to tho fact that mnn of tho members wont to Logan Immediately Imme-diately after tho Friday session to visit tho Agricultural college. Threo bills relating to Juvenile courts wero introduced In tho house Friday by Mr. Hayes of Utah county Flvo bills, rcaltlng to tho National Guard of Utah, wero Introduced In the house Friday. Should theso measures pass, a number of sweeping changes will he mndo In tho present law. Tho measures arc calculated to nsslst the militia, nnd nlso provide for tho building build-ing of armories. A bill introduced in tho senate Friday Fri-day by Badger of Salt Lako provides that any company selling electrical energy shall furnish to tho consumer a certificate of accuracy of tho meter which registers tho amount of tho service. ser-vice. Senator J. A. Hydo of Juab would havo tho state reimburse stock owners own-ers for cattle killed under tho law passed two years ago providing for the slaughter of cattlo Infected with tuberculosis. In a bill Introduced by him on Thursday is a provision that tho stato shall pay to each owner ?25 Tor each head of cattlo so slaughtered. For tho relief of Injured or disabled firomon, a bill was Introduced In the eennto on Friday by Marks of Salt Lake. At tho request of Governor Spry, tho sonato committee on federal relations rela-tions Thursday submitted a bill to tho sonato ceding all of .tho land now Included In tho limits of Fort Douglas reservation to tho United States government. gov-ernment. Tho bill wont on tho calendar calen-dar for final passage. A resolution authorizing tho printing print-ing of 1,000 extra copies of tho annual report of tho stato bureau of statistics statis-tics and n measure providing that stray livestock must bo delivered to tho nearest poundkeopcr Immediately after being distrained, wero npproved by tho sennto on Thursday, January 20. Seven now measures wero Introduced. Intro-duced. An even dozen new bills wero Introduced Intro-duced In tho houso on Thursday, making mak-ing tho total number of measures before be-fore tho body at that tlmo just 93, whllo tho sennto had received 81 measures during tho present session at tho closo of business on Thursday. Richardson of Weber has Introduced a bill In tho houso providing that no fomalo shall bo employed In auy manufacturing, man-ufacturing, mechanical or morcantlle establishment, or by any Institution or enterprise, moro than nlno hours a day, or 54 hours In any ono week. Sanderson'B live stock bill has probably prob-ably been strangled, by an advorso report re-port by tho committee. Tho bill provides pro-vides for an Inspection of brands by a sheriff when stock Is to bo driven from this stato to an adjoining stato, Allison of Wober has introduced n bill In tho houso (by request), amend--tng-the-iaw- relating to tho publication of ordinances In such manner that In cities of tho third clnss, having a population pop-ulation of less than 3,000, tho city council may post ordinances In three public places, In Hou of further publication. pub-lication. Tho session of tho sonnto on Wed nesday was brief, lasting twonty minutes. min-utes. Prcsidont Henry Oardnor pro elded, ono commlttoo report was received, re-ceived, and llvo bills introduced. One bill, by Senator Ilonry W. Lunt, providing pro-viding for tho appropriation of $3,500 for roads and bridges In Wasatch county was withdrawn upon motion of Senator Lunt. Tho houso on Wednesday passod tho judiciary committee bill prohibit Ing tho carrying of concealed weapons, weap-ons, and Harshonborgor's measure ap proprlating $12,000 to bo exponded bj tho stato board of land commissioners commission-ers In conducting oxporlmonts to pro euro subtorranean waters for domos-tic domos-tic and Irrigation purposes. Ten now bills woro Introduced bringing tho to tal to 81. Believing that largo sums of mono) nro really wasted ovory yoar by lnju dlcious purchase of toxt books for th publlo schools of tho stato, Senatoi Rudolph Kuchlor has Introduced a bill providing for uniformity nnd max l niu m charges for books. |