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Show THE UTAH HOUSE PASSES BILL BY MARGIN OF ONE Measure to Give Jurors Three Dollars Per Day Has a Close Call in Lower House. Jurors in the district courts of Utah are to receive $3 a day instead of only $2, if the senate concurs with the house in the passage of house bill No. 4, which occupied most of the session of the house on the 28th. The bill came up after a compnion bill providing pro-viding for a like increase for witnesses wit-nesses had been killed, and it was finally passed by a vote of 23 to 19, with one vote more than the constitutional constitu-tional -majority. Regulation of salary loan agencies is proposed in a bill introduced in the senate on the 28th by Senator George J. Kelly of Ogden. The bill would compel money lenders to file with county clerks names of the persons per-sons connected with each agency or concern, and would prohibit them from charging more than 18 per cent yearly interest on loans to wage-earners. wage-earners. House bill No. 2, by Cardon. changing chang-ing the law relative to duties of county commissioners, requiring them to require indemnity bonds from those to whom franchises are gTanted, was approved by the house on the 28th. Empowering district attorneys of judicial ju-dicial districts having a population of 90,000 inhabitants or more to appoint one special agent at a salary of $2,100 a year, is the purport of a bill introduced intro-duced in the senate by Senator L. B. Wight of Summit county. Senator D. O. Rideout's compulsory education bill and Senator Joseph Eckersley's senate bill No. 58, relating relat-ing to the course of study in the state schools, were reported favorably and recommended for passage in the senate on the 2Sth. County aid for mothers, residents of the county for at least two years who through poverty are forced to leave their children and go out to work for their support, is proposed in a bill introduced in-troduced in the house by Mrs. Anna H. King of Salt Lake. Appropriation of $10,000 for the construction con-struction of a road from Woodland in Summit county to Stockmore in Wasatch Wa-satch county, is asked in a bill introduced intro-duced by Senator L. B. Wight in the senate on the 2Sth. Senator Charles Cottrell's bill amending the state insurance code, was introduced by him in the senate on the 28th. A change from the present pres-ent law is the holding of agents who convert to their own use any money or property received as premium on a policy guilty of larceny by embezzlement. embezzle-ment. The present law defines the offense as mere larceny, not so serious as larceny by embezzlement. Changes in the laws relative to the practice of architecture In Utah are proposed in house bill No. 47 Introduced Intro-duced by Mrs. Annie Wells Cannon of Salt Iake. The principal change In to 'provide that anyone practicing architecture archi-tecture In Utah without a license shall be liable to a tine of not les3 than I'i'i nor more than $500 or by Imprisonment Imprison-ment of CO days to ISO days, or by both fine and Imprisonment. President Henry Gardner of the state senate announced on Tuesday he was uirpialiliedly oposod to th-ratification th-ratification of the proposed amendment amend-ment to the federal eonstit.utolon providing pro-viding for the election of United States senators by popular vote. The bill providing a penalty for the larceny of automobiles and making unauthorized Joy riding a mlsdcmea-nor mlsdcmea-nor will bo reported adversely In tho senate by the committee on highways high-ways and public lands. The committee holds that the present statutes cover the ground amply. . Senator J. It. Kilt; hoi II of Juab Is preparing a bill that, will reopen the old boundary line fight between Sanpete- and Juab count Jen. He will ask for the appointment of a joint committee, com-mittee, composed of inernbem of the senate and the house to go over the boundary question and report to the next legislature. House bill No. 24. by Monson. an act relating to unfair d iwTl initial Ion and corn pet it.lon In 'rt;i.in commodities commodi-ties or article of rjriirii'-rrvj between different n',tioni of the fd.a.to was approved ap-proved by the bonne on Friday. The resolution presenter! by Senator Rideout ratifying the proponed amendment amend-ment to the federal constitution providing pro-viding for the election of United Btat.es uona.l.ors by popular vote was returned to the comin,il.tee on federal relations; and slate affairs on the 27tli, at. tho requeHt of the author of the res;. oluUoti. Mlnlni; corporations are authorized to acquire by purchase or ot.lierwlne the capital idock of other minim; rmi-panles rmi-panles and are permit led to exchange thi-lr capital slock lor nloe or property prop-erty of other rn J f i i 1 1 k ' orpoiat iomi by a bill Introduced In the senate on the 27 Mi by Benner X. HmiUi of Sail. Lake, Creation of tho office of ulnto ln-e Inspector In provided In a Mil Introduced Intro-duced Thuinday by Mcnator .1. It. I'idro-hlll. I'idro-hlll. The proi-ted oMlco carries with it. a salary of $I,MM) a year, together with the ii"i-e!;na ry contingent and actual ac-tual cjqicmicH. A bill la oxp'-lod noon pmvidlng for the oroivtlon of a tulx't culor.ln rani tnrlum In Utah. The bill will he urg ed by the ivlalo boa.i d of health. An tuberculoids la not. "unlive'' , Ifl.ah, the lnnl.ll ii.l Ion la Intended for tho treatment of pallmiln iuning Into this fut Ibt.t. Complete and comprehensive reviS ion of all revenue laws of the state Is made in thirteen bills introduced in the senate on the 27th by Benner X. Smith of Salt Lake on recommendation recommenda-tion of the state board of commissioners commission-ers of "revenue and taxation. Sweeping Sweep-ing changes in the method of assessing assess-ing property and collecting taxes, in the method of assessing' public utilities utili-ties and distributing proceeds, and many other important alterations of the present laws are contemplated by the bills. In order that the mines of the state may bear a heavier burden of the taxation than at present the. commissioners have included in the principal bill several sections the purpose pur-pose of which are to increase the assessed as-sessed valuation of mining property. Three bills correcting errors of judicial ju-dicial practice passed the senate on the 27th. In the house on the 27th two bills were passed defining the rights of employes em-ployes as preferred creditors; bills raising per diem of witnesses, and eliminating interlocutory divorce were killed; and joint resolutions were presented pre-sented requiring Utah materials in the state capitol w.here possible, and providing for a state flag. A change in the system of branding livestock and recording marks and brands is provided in two bills introduced intro-duced in the senate on the 27th by H. W. Lunt of Iron county. The 'bills provide for the branding of animals by the position of the brand on the animal. Different livestock owners may have the same brand, but they cannot have the same brand and the same position. The banking bill by Hansen, which provides that where an account is in the bank in the names of two persons, payable to either or the survivor, the account may be drawn out by the survivor without any court order, was passed on tne 27th by the senate by a vote of 17 to 1, President Gardner voting in the negative. One-quarter of the constitutional period pe-riod of the Tenth legislative assembly expired last week, Monday being the fifteenth day. Thirty-seven bins had been introduced intro-duced in the house on the L'Tth. five of which have been passed! and two have been killed. Senator Benner X. Smith's bill limiting lim-iting legislative sessions to the actual sixty days and permitting of no turning turn-ing back of the clock, pun ished in the upper bouse on the 27th. when it failed fail-ed to get a two-thirds vote necessary to pass it over Governor Spry's veto, submitted at the session. Two bills were introduced In tho house on Friday de-signed to prohibit corrupt practiced In oouuo-.tton with elections. For one thine, the first bill provides that there Hliall be no carriages car-riages or automobiles provided for voters on either registration or dec-:ion dec-:ion day. The measure provides that every political committee shall have a treasurer treas-urer and that treasurer is required to kyp accurate account of all moneys mon-eys received by the -o:i:m:'ti-e. which If the bill becomes a law. Is not likely , to bo very much. The treasurer nri"' file a Kt.item.nt of receipt and d;.. i bursriK'nt.-i with the city clerk la c.-Lses of town e'.cctlur. i. or with t.v secrft.-i.ry of slate In easos ' oih' , or st.Li.e election-. No p'-r.-on. s i;, s t.ie b:ll. In i-rd r ' ii' or promote his own Horn 1 1 1 :.:, r Vcf.inn. shall expc.d a mi in t.-c r. r 'Ii.lu hi- 0'.vn ne:-..,,vv "p-T.-uli! e-;m-:s-s." T.h'-o Ih-Iiii; travel r. ionery, j.rintln,;. tir,;r.uin and ;(,-. ::i4' t:ti!i; i. There H a prohibition a :a;mt :i:)y commi'tee or pol!fr:a:i s!,-:r liu; uads, Kvery volun'ary yaymcnt mu it Se made i;i the name of the p--r,nn makiii;: I'. Fraud under the act ! made a mi-demeanor. To clear the Ci.. of land I ru ed 1 ;v a citizen of the it.it,. and n'w by, liie state, a bill was Introduced in the leiiate on the 'J7'h by I'.enner X. Smith of Hilt I.a'e. ;:lviii': the cit;eM the rii'lit to force the sta'e to inter into litigation that, will clear the till.' ' Mrs. f'annen of Salt I,".l.e has Intro- 1 duccd a bill In the hou:;e lor a woman's wo-man's dormitory lit I he. Un I vep.lt y of Utah. The amount, appropriated In the bill for lhin purnoHo m $:.n.nui. ; Tho money, f thn bMl becomei n law, is to be expended by the board of it-ip-ntfl of the university. A cotn;irel,entdve (bill nnd name MM was Introduced simultaueotrily In the li'mF'.c and senate on Hie 'J7ih The bill -'ii -en the (Vilary oT t,h r.tnto comrulM-.oiier comrulM-.oiier fiotii $l.xnu 1o $2.i) mid In-ri In-ri ,'ises the alio-.vanco for clerical filie "Yom S2.nnu to J.l.nim. Amom; other t Ii i ti the bill provides for a spt lir: duck ilinollnj; Hc-iiion In Salt I, tike, Davla, Weber and J toy- lilder countiivi f II 1 1 - ii d tvM. for this year only. There l.i also ptovisl m for a i.pi ini: (lading seaiuu'i. Itea iljuiil ment of t he bounty lav. m of Utah In provided In Ihe hotinc by I Hi v of ron. The bill liiri'Miuen Ihe bounty fund from Jiin.uliu to $;,II,IMI( a year, in order lii meet, ihe bij- Annua! c I II i- Is ( ti.it. occur in llihi IiiiiiI. , Three billa p:i". ied, live bills Intro-d Intro-d need ii ml I lie ii 1 1 ' I Inn of a n ad I i t U ' II II I report I'liun the cointilillee ou I II lea nil Inn II p the V. -H It Ol' Hie io i i bra nch of I lin I 'lali le", ida I ill e o.i 'I Inn inlay. ''hi. fienale on Thuri'.'lay panned Ihr I, Mill, bill de.T.MIlill;: Hie lUle ol' III I -T cut. on deferred pavinculn for idali Iambi from H per ccnl to f per rent Tho vole wan 14 to ileiuiloi ii I Ian re nail I'il kei nley Ill-ill;: Ilblli'lll. I 'nil r.nre oT the hill look place alter tv.c efrorlil lit Illiieiidllli; the 'meinour lulled. Iloiinn hill Mo. II, punned I ' V Ihr house on Tliurnday, idinply innemb Ihe prcnenl law lennrdln:: olhrnln' credit by fabio repi e;ienlal Ion In In elude the rliiimttnK of II peii-.oliB It l) Mir without Icjtnl iiulhoiilv. |