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Show UTAH LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP I Happenings In Both Branches of Ninth General Aosembly. H Flvo now Mlba woro Introduced in tho sonato on Monday, four wore H passed, two whioh woro on their third H reading went over for futuro consid- H oration, nnd ono back to tho committee M for omondmont. jH Dlghteon now bills woro introduood H ill tho houso on Monday, whllo Blx M woro finally approved by that body. M By unanimous vote, tho sonato on Monday pvRcd Sonnitor Badgor's mcoa- uro permitting1 county commissloncra H to levy a omall special tax for making M exhibits at domctttlo nnd foreign expo- H eiUonfl. H Aftor cojisidorubta dobato, tho ton- fl ato on Monday passed Uio mensuro M by Senator Wllllamn reinstating cor- M poratloua whoso right to do bualncss M in tho stato han boon annulled by rc&- M son of non-rxvymont of llronso tax. M Mr. Grow has Introduced n measure in tho 'hxMiso malting It tho duty of M school trustees to provide convoynncci M for children living moro than two M miles from tho placo of holding schcol. M Tost votes in th a special committee H of nicmboro of tho houso and tho son- jH ato appolntod to deal with tho qucu- M tion of liquor legislation at ita first H meeting Monday morning allowed that tho con,sorvntlvo olomont was in easy control of tho cominiUoo and indicated H tiint no radical legislation would bo fa- H vorod by tho special committee. M Mr, Welling of Box Elder bcJIovoa H that agricultural lAiUotlns and popu- H lax mnnualtt nnd circulars contolnlag H Information on agricultural subjects H will bo of groat benofit U farmers, H nnd has introduced a bill in tho houso H providing for their distribution. Tho H sum of $2,000 la upproprimtod to mod H tho expensu. H Senator Rudolph Kuchlor's child la- H bor bill was introduced in tho Fcnato H Monday and, at tho requost of tho au- H thor, referred to tho conunlttco ou H education. Tho measure deals largo- H ly witii Uio diecrotlonary i)owero of tlio H superintendent of tho city schools lu H granting employmont cortlllcates and H with tho custoimiry school attondanco H of tho children. H Senator Smith of Salt Lako, Mon- H dny, Introduced a bill making it a fol- H ony to give id any convict in tho stato H prison any weapon, any Instrument H that may bo used In escaping from prison, any drug, poison or "dope" of H any kind. H Tho Joint commlttco froin tho sea- H ato and Iiouho, having for two woekB H an uf,ieomont on Uio "provision of the "B Huycs und Badger liquor bills, .n Irl- H day reported thoir inability lo got H together, nnd a special comuuticc of H five members has boon selected to draft a liquor bill tnnt It is hoped M will bo approved by tho legislature M This now committoo In composed of M Senators Bonnor X. Smith, Badgor M and Kuchlor, and Representatives M Popo and Wootton. M Elovon moro bills woro Introduced M in tho senuto on Friday, bringing the 1 total to 1-15, whllo olovon wero to- M troducud In tho houso, making tho M total to dato 141. Tho lpglshitorH enjoyed a vncntlon M on Saturduy, adjourumont being tak- M en on Friday until Monday. H To imposo a tax on ovcry express company doing buBluoss within tho H stato is tho object of a bill introduce M ed In tho senate on Friday by Sena- M tor Georgo J. Kolloy of Ogdon. H Ilcprouantallvo Funk has Introduo- od a mciiHuro making nn appropriation M of $2,000 to bo usod by tho export- M mont station In tho eradicating of tho H alfalfa woovil. M Creating an oflleo of commisslonor H of Indian war records, which uhnll bo M hold by tho adjutant general or tho H state, and appropriating $500 to bo ox- H poudod In gathering data concerning M Indian war vortoraus, a bill was In- H troducod Friday by Rropreaonlatlvo H Byron D. Nobokor of Uintah county. H To mnko a soil Hurvoy of tho stato H of Utah; to determlno tho areas of H land suitiblo for ngrlccultural pur- H poses; tho classification of lands; tho H plant food contained In tho varlouu soils, and Uto rorlillsscra roquired In H different sections. Senator Ivorson of- H forod a bill Friday authorizing tho H stato conservation commission to un- H dertnko tho work. H Tho longest session of tho soinito H of tho prosent sosbIoil was that or H Thursday aftonioon, lasting from n H few mlnutos aftor 2 o'clock until 4:30. H Elovon now bills woro introduced and H six wero passed. In tho house ono H bill wan passed and seven new onoa H introduced, H Tho meosuro providing for stato I aid in pnylng tho sulurlos or school H teachers In outlying counties, wuu H paBBed by tho houso on Thursday. H Senator Bonner X. Smlth'a bill pro- vidlng for an appropriation of $10,000 for tho Orphnns' Homo and Day Nuro- H ery, to bo paid to that institution in I installments of $5,000 this yoar und I an equal amount In i912, was passed I unanimously by tho sonato on Thure- I day. |
