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Show LEOI3LATIVE PROCEEDINGS. February 21. Twcnty-ono now bills wero Intro; lluced In tho house. It hoing tho last day under tho rulo adopted by both bouses for tho Introduction of bills. llawloy'a hill providing for a central cen-tral Utah oxporlmont station was passed, whllo Hono's olght-hour bill was killed by advorso commlttco ro-port. ro-port. A petition signed by Ncphl Indian war oterans was received by tho house asking that tholr services bo recognized by tho awarding of sultablo medallions and that stops bo taken to-ward to-ward securing compensation for thirty days' nctunl services. Tho following appointments by Governor Gov-ernor Cutlor wore confirmed by tho senate' Directors lloscret Agricultural Agricul-tural & Manufacturing society I.estor D Freed of Salt Iake, William C. Win-dor Win-dor of Salt Lake, Mrs. Prlscllla J. Itltcr of Salt Lake, Joseph A Sllvor of Salt, hake. Commissioner state bureau of stntlstleB Chailes DeMolsy of Salt Iako. State coal mlno Inspector Gomor Thomas of Salt Lake. House bill No. 12, by Wootton, tho city government measure, was passed by tho senate Hoiiso bill No. 74, by the commlttco on railroads and common carriers, permitting hold-over directors of corporations, cor-porations, was passed by unanimous vote. Houso bill No. 103. by Marks, rolat lug to mnnnor of pleading statutes of limitations, n technical amendment to tho existing law, and houso bill No. IOC, by Mnughan, making It a rnlsdoi meanor to wilfully leavo n gate open, wero passed unanimously. Sonnto bill No. 81, by Park, exempt-lng exempt-lng members of tho national guard when on duty from Juror service, was .passed unanimously. Twenty-four now bills wero Intro duced In the senate. February 22. At a Joint legislative meeting In tho, houso of representatives, Waahlngi ton's birthday was observed by a programme pro-gramme of exercises, Including song and address Patriotic decorations were everywhere In ovldenco. Ovor tho speaker's platform hung pictures of Washington, McKlnley and Roosevelt, Roose-velt, whllo about the legislative chambers cham-bers wero draped tho national colors. AH but three or four of tho representatives represent-atives wore present, many with their vive8, whllo, on tho other hnnd, tho majority of tho senators were conspicuous conspic-uous by thelg absence. February 23. It being tho last day for presentation presenta-tion of hills without special permission, permis-sion, both the hotiBO and senate wero nearly swamped with new measures, 28 bills being introduced in tho housu and 13 In tho senate Ono of tho house bills Is a now' Ir- rlgatlon measure by J. A. Anderson, i which Is designed to place the Btato . In harmony wlth,'thevnatiunal reclama tlon act 'A.-V. Anijersbn of Salt Lake has a bill to lengthen tho terms of nil ' county ofllclals excopt county attorneys. attor-neys. But ono hill wns paBsed by the sen-ato, sen-ato, thrco being postponed. Senator Walton's bill providing that constables con-stables attending Justice's courts bo paid $2 por day, was amended to cx-cludo cx-cludo cltlcB of tho first and second clnss and passed. Two houso bills relating to taking school census and apportionment of school funds wero killed. 13111s passed by tho houso wero: II. U. No. 138 Appropriating $10,-000 $10,-000 and providing for tho establishment establish-ment of a central experiment station S. B. No. 45 Creating a stato noarn of sheep commissioners H. B. No. 95 Reorganizing the state board of corrections. II. Ii, No. 35 Forbidding members of school boards to be Interested in contracts under the board, II. B. No. 07 Fixing tho foes or county clerks. February 24. Senator Calllstor's fish and gamo (bill, which repeals existing laws and enacts comploto now Jaws, occupied ,much of tho sonata's tlmo, but was finally passed. Other bills passed wero: S, B. No, (53 Relating to special taxes In cjtlos. S. B, No. 80 Creating nn armory board for tho nafional guard. II. B.,No, 59 Relating to docketing of judgments II B. No 98 Relating to executions. ,11 B. No 132 Rolatbig to concur-rout concur-rout Jurisdiction of city and district courts. . II B. 13C Providing for tho record lng and tho custody of ofllclal bonds. Bills passed by tho houso woro as ! follows: II B. No, 157 Requiring all 'papers h filed In tho ofllco of tho county recorder re-corder to ho recorded. . II B. No. 158 Defining the word "folio" to mean 100 woids or figures representing numerals II. B. No. 51 Creating a board of poultry commlssloneis and appropriating appropriat-ing $1,000 for prizes nt poultry shows, H. B. No. 80 Making It a felony to withhold a part of the wages of alion laborers. Tho bill prohibiting tho uso of certain chemlcnls In food stulfs wns killed by tho house |