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S Senate Passes Bill After Pruning Prun I LY ing Items and Adding the Anti Anti- Anti Pass ass Clause I 5 J FIGHT ON COLLEGE PART I S Two Attempts to Change Committees Committee's Corn Com r L Figures Killed Killed Killed- r r. r Whole Day Spent r I i S II I f APPROPRIATIONS TTO S OVER O 4 5 f REVENUE ng 4 s f The Tho appropriation bill hili as f 4 passed b by the senate yester- yester 4 S 4 day lay calls for Cor the expenditure expenditureS 4 4 of ot approximately 36 f S 4 t showing an Increase of about 44 4 S- S 4 over ox-or the original Inal bill as 44 4 4 drawn b by the committee In the theT 5 T 4 amending of appropriations 4 S 4 thc there i was as a cut of over 4 i In the total and the Iho additions f 4 came to about 4 5 The es- es 4 of the state slate auditor on f ff f the Income of the state for or the f next two o years oars Is placed In his f ff f report at 3 which is 4 conceded to be below what the theS 4 S 4 actual revenue will be 44 4 4 lally considering the tho measures 44 4 S 5 4 for fOl Increasing the rex revenues of or 44 4 I Ih h 4 tho ho state passed ed at nt this session h 4 t hacking here slashing there cHin elim mating elsewhere and now and then adding a few thousand as balm baIrn to various var var- 5 ious bus fragments of the commonwealth 1 of Utah the state senate passed the St appropriation bill Tue Tuesday day i The passage of the big bill came at atthe 5 the end of an day all se session slon ant and everything else was laid laJtI aside for the on Inn of the measure It will vill b be betaken taken n up i 1 by 1 the house ouse this morning and will wili be amended of cour course e. e Then j the senate will have a chance to concur concur concur con con- cur and the real light fight on he bill will come when the differences the senate and house are noted As was W the burden of the argument came over o the appropriations S. S for the Agricultural college and 5 the tue University Uni of Utah The bill carried carried car car- ried ned for the Agricultural college college col col- lege and for fOl the tho school at 1 Salt Lake An attempt was made mate 1 by Senator Bullen llullen to raise the appropriation u tion lion for tho the Logan Institution to and Senator Williams chairman 1 of or the appropriation committee made madean an nn effort to raise the University's A. A dl y dl to Both attempts S were voted down House Committee Says The house committee on appropriations which has made certain recommendations 73 S on the appropriations bill has hag agreed on for the thc Agricultural Agri Agri- k cultural college or more than th i amount passed passed- by the tho sena senate e. e There will be a clash for fol keeps when the tho Ideas of or the tho two bodies cross fireS fire S and feature of the bill I Is IM expected d t to kc p the legislature In session for forS for'S S 'S some time to come l- l lOther Other changes have been made birr by bi rr the house committee that are not b by t tany means menns In harmony halmOn with the tho senate S appropriations t The result will be he a conference com com- ant and more recommendations to both hoth bodies bodle v While the house Is considering the appropriation bill blU as passe passed by the S senate the upper branch will clear Its calendar of legislation that was stalled 5 In favor of or the appropriations measure mea inca sure No Charge c for Pass Pas Hides Following the law Jaw laid down b by the legislature in a bill that was passed during the present session the appropriation appropriation bill provided all aU tho the way I tI through rough for contin contingent nt expenses for certain state slate anti and gave them traveling expenses providing the they did not ride on passes an and then ch charge the state with mileage For every expense S of transportation a traveling state orS of or- S must get a receipt or voucher Senator Hollingsworth trimmed the salaries of or some state stale officials b by a J process Joc ss of or calculation eliminating pa pay ay for the first three months of or the pre pro present sent year CU and In this way several eral hundred dollars were saved the state stale Tho The contingent expense o of or tho the at attorney at- at torne torney general was raised from 1 1000 to 1600 because of oC high oll office ce rent An attempt to add COO to the travel travel- Ing expenses of or the state stale coal mine Inspector failed and another attempt to Increase It from Its present uro of oC OO to also failed The appropriation appropriation appropriation ap ap- ap- ap of ot 1 1000 OO for fOl r rent nt for COI the state engineers engineer's ollice was cut to 1500 The rue traveling expense of the state bank examiner at In 1905 has lias been raised by the th bill to 1000 Senator Williams explaining that he did not discharge c his full Cull duties owIng owing ow ow- ing big to the limited amount of ur expense c ni money on ey An Item of or 1800 for Cor deputy dairy and food commissioner was as lopped off oft because a bill had been passed doing awn away with the deputy A. A D D. Edler reporter of supreme court decisions was as given 50 50 extra salary I his Income having been beon slashed In the bill fixing his salary Senator attempt to lo cut his contingent expense failed ralle to cary I For Por Sheep Insertion I The senate made an nn appropriation of or to tu bo be spent pent In iii two years Ca for the inspection of ci sheep and enforcing ing Ins of or the orders of the state slate board of sheen commissioners loners The appropriation of 01 for the two years years' Fa salary la I of the commissioner of or the tho bureau lureau of or statistics was x cut out entirely because th the senate had ad pa passed sed a 0 bill wiping out Ihn thu office orTIce The pa pay for 01 or the tIme adjutant general ant and assistant who havo been acting In these positions C will begin April 1 The adjutant general will rece receive o 1500 a year and the a assistant GOO minus pay for Cor the fir first t three months mouths of oC thi this year ear An effort by Senator to give s-Ive time the Utah School for COI the 2500 additional in order ONCI to entertain enter enter- lain tain the teachers teachers' institute In 1908 wa was wasl killed Instead of the tho four fir fire escapes escape asked asle for tor or the lie senate allowed two a aan at atan atan an expense of or 2600 An item of for Cor or a n new w cell eel house at the penitentiary brought blought ou out opposition Senator Gardner Gardnel who had doggedly opposed ed every attempt at a aI raise c. c again called attention to the fact I that the bill carries cairies appropriations far for farin farin forIn in excess of the time revenue St Senator Williams VII Wil Hams liams tried to tn Insert an pro l providing for Cor or a 2000 lighting lighting- plant nt at the pen but the amendment tailed failed and College The appropriation of 2 Corthe for Cor forthe forthe the university wasn't raised raisel to a quarter quarter ter tel of or a million although Senator Williams Wil Vil hams liams proposed It Jt Senator Hollingsworth Hollingsworth Hollings Hollings- worth charged charge el discrimination In favor or of Salt Lake and Senator Bullen Buhlen at attacked attacked at- at tacked tacket statements tat ments as being out of har- har mon nony mony with the university's annual re re- re port With this appropriation and other revenue the tho total revenue Ic for forthe he the university will be The Branch Normal at C Cedar dar City Iron ron county count was blessed with an addition addition ad- ad to the regular appropriation of oC The Tho senate senate- voted to give ghe for a non ne shop for Cor manual training raining forge e and C carpenter work and nd out of the depth of or his heart Senator Senator Sentor Sen- Sen ator tor Millet Miller r thanked the state stat through the he senate for the favor The money monc will ill bo be available in 1908 Senator Bullen Buhlen lost time In no trying tryIng try try- Ing ng to raise mise the Agricultural As colleges college's figure gure to but Pre President Love LO Lovend ant and nd others str strenuously opposed it and anel the motion was lost with only two votes In its fa favor or Slays s 's Proceedings Proceeding ns Consolidation was m mentioned once In n the afternoon session nn and by Senator Sen- Sen ator Bullen at that The Agricultural college however came In for or a share o of discussion that h held ld the general ap- ap bill up all the the- before It was finally passed by the senate by unanimous vote vole The lang Inns and frequently Interrupted Interrupt Interrupt- ed cd debate over the Agricultural college college col- col lege ege matters was led by Senator John Y Smith and the opposition was led by Senators Gardner and Lawrence It t was all over tho the maintenance of or the agricultural experiment at American Fork an and St St. George Senator John Y Smith wanted to tack on a little am amendment to the appropriation appropriation ap ap- ap- ap bill that would provide for extra to be used in maintaining main main- taming improving and carrying on e experiments ex eX- at the farm b between Lehl Lehi Lehland Lehland and American Fork ForI This appropriation tion was the same as that granted for developing and maintaining the farm falm two years ago I Senator Gardner brought up the first objection to Senator Smiths Smith's amendment h by calling the attention of the senate to the fact that the water rights for fot the tho farm Carm were wele not entirely settled He held that until all possibility it ity of a n failure of water rights for rOl the farm Carm aria was removed It would woul be Unwise unwise un un- wl wise e for Cor the state stale to lo grant any appropriation appropriation to lo th farm This Ihl brought a reply from Crom Senator Smith saying that the half haU of the water waler rights ha had been procured and the other othel half had been gU guaranteed by a of or citizens of American Fork Then Senator Lawrence raised a question about the government appropriation ap ap- ap- ap for Cor the maintenance of or agricultural experiment stations station He lie said saul that the fed federal ral government had pro a fund of that would be available this year cal for or the maintenance main main- of oC the c experiment p stations and that the sum sum would b be sufficient to care for that station as well wehl a as th the tho farm Carm at I Logan oS-in oS run ruti In direct connection lion tion with the college 1 POI For I Dl Senator Hollingsworth th worth came caine In with I an app appeal al for tin the a agricultural experiment expert expert- mont ment farm aria at St. St George and a asked ked I 0 for 01 an nn appropriation of ot for that Institution I Senator John Y Smith maintained I that the acts of or congress making th the limo appropriations for 01 th the tho agricultural experiment experiment ex ex- stations would not riot permit the use wIe of tho the fun funds for the tho central and southern farms tarm arms which ho hn maintained main maln- mined were s state an and must bo he provided for fr by th the tate state appropriations ap ap- ap- ap or allowed to die The Tho motion for Cor thu the amendment was withdrawn twice during the Uw afternoon to allow Senator Smith to look up the federal laws lawa providing pro for Cor the appropriation appropriation and anti after a search sarch of time the sla- sla Lutes luies he lie was wa as unable imitable ti tu convince con R Senator Sena Sena- na- na tor Lawrence or a majority of oC the th J n members embers Hm of th the tho senate that the central cen I li-al li and southern Utah farms tarm arms should nd not be maintained out of the fund of ol OOOO granted by the fe federal eral got gov- Senator Smith stuck to his point that thai unless the tho state grant appropriations for COI time the two Iwo experiment farms they would fall Into disuse c and the itt money already expended on time the tracts would bu hu a total loss to th the state This brought about 3 a motion that the appropriation for the Agricultural college as fixed by the tho senate be bo cut from to and that tho the difference bo be appropriated o as a sum of OC for COI or the tho maintenance of oC the central Utah farm and anti for the southern farm arm at St. St Georgo George Had v Escape This amendment passed by a rising vote x-ote but bul Senator Love Loy later said ald ho had voted under a misapprehension and the question was reconsidered reconsidered- ant and lost The appropriation bill was wa- amended however to provide that th time the farms arias should b be Iw maintained by tile tl administration of or the time Agricultural colle col col- le lege e. e Senator Bullen opposed th the motion to make malc compulsory ol the spending of and for maintaining tho the farms In Iii this tills he said he hp thou thought ht it would be better to consolidate the Agricultural college with au arty any old thing rather than to starve star it to lo death or kill It b by inches Faxing Bounty Warrants Tho Time appropriation for om ai re deming outstanding bount bounty certificates fraudulent fraudulent fraudulent frau frau- or otherwise was sas another tumbling stumbling block for the senate and It gave Secretary Campbell a breathing sp spell pell of ot at least 20 O while Son Hen ator alor Lan rence opposed c th the pa payment of or I all nil of or the outstanding warrants rants Lawrence advanced ad tit the opinion that the Uw state would be doing well enough if it it paid approximately 50 GO per cOnt of or ortho tho Iho outstanding warrants by an appropriation appropriation ap tip- from the seventh FC legisla ture lure Ills His motion to amend amond the appropriation tion to cover covel only half hair of the state debt on the bount bounty question finally i carried d It was over ovel- n a protest front from the rural members however who held that thai the frauds were all tl perpetrated perpetrate l lin In the tho larger counties s and the people of southern Utah should not be compelled compelled com corn to walt wait for Cor their mane money op on legitimate warrants arrants warrants because S Salt Jt Lake Hake timid and Weber c counties J had ad Irs issued ct the fraudulent papers I Th There re was was a slight slit change made In Inthe the appropriation for Cor repairing the storm damages to the State Industrial school chool making making- the sum um conform with the actual expenditure Senator Ho Hollingsworth I I I r lb of offered amendments to the last sections of the appropriation bill that arc are Intended to place a check on all expenditures of public money b by officers of oC the various varl- varl ous tate state institutions His Ills amendments amend amend- m meats ments call for more careful carefully prepared vouchers arid ad als alg provide that duplicate cate bills for all all' all supplies bought sh shall n C vouchers giving detailed cl statements s of or g goods ts bought and PrICES s paid Walton Wants nuts Bridge One measure was suggested that lI C ll ened the wIth a I laugh when Senator wanted wante an ana a appropriation pr for for or a bridge briage ge a across aCro ro H HGr Gr Green en river He ITt wanted the measure to lo go through gh as a's an to the general appropriation bill Senator L Lawrence wrence want wanted l to know where the tho prop proposed sed bridge was as to tobe to be l located and anti andt t the only answer ti h could get I-ct was Across Green river between lines 25 5 and 26 26 6 on ott page pago IS of the apprOpriation pria- pria tion bill It was as finally assured that the proposed c bridge should lil be In Utah but the mea measure ure lost lot The The state will have a fu fund d of or available for enforcing compliance lanco with the new law all nil corp corporations corporations corpora corpora- fD- fD doing busin business ss in iii the state slate as this sum is provided In a special 1 amendment to lo the general bill passed by the senate Tu Tues Tues' |