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Show UTAH LEGISLATURE. Halt Lake City, March 5. Tho following fol-lowing bills wcro passed In tho house yesterday: To make trust deeds, like mortgages, subject to forclosure; providing pro-viding for admission of abstracts of title as evidence In all courts; amending amend-ing the horticultural law; providing for four terms of the supremo court, viz.: January, April, June and October; Octo-ber; relating to tho power of city councils coun-cils In regard to compelling railroad companies to maintain guards and gates nt their crossings; for the protection protec-tion of the Aztec and other prehistoric remains. The scnato held a brief session ses-sion and transacted no business of importance. im-portance. The legislature visited Logan Lo-gan In the afternoon. One ballot was taken for senator, resulting: McCune, 17! Sutherland, 13; Cannon, 7; Ncbobcr, 0; King, 5; Rldeout, 2. Salt Lako City, Utah, March 7. Tho senate yesterday passed tho following bills: Relating to Insurance companies; compan-ies; granting preference rights to bona fide settlers on state lands; relating to probate of wills and letters of administration. admin-istration. Tho following bills failed of passage: Formoo's bill relating to petitions for tho Incorporation of towns; H moot's bill regarding the publication pub-lication of legal notices nnd fixing the rata of compensation to tho publisher; nud Wrights bilt relating to tho election elec-tion and terms of county commissioners. commission-ers. Tho house was In session five hours yesterday, Tho morning session was dovoted to the consideration of the potato starch bounty bill, the Initiative and referendum proposition nnd a resolution reso-lution proposing a constitutional amendment to permit tho collection of county school taxes on city property. The school tax proposition passed, while tho other two measures failed. At tho afternoon sosslon tho local op tlou bill was killed. Tho first veto from tho governor, on a bill providing for the funding of floating Indebtedness Indebted-ness of counties, waB sustained. Other messages from tho governor gave notice of tho approval of two bills and a memorial to congress. The ballot for senator resulted: McCune, 21; Sutherland, Suther-land, 11; Cannon, 7; Nebeker, 7; King, ft. ltl.lxnul 0 Salt Lake City, Utah, March 8. Son-ate Son-ate joint memorial No. 0, authorizing tao turning over of funds collected for the Pioneer jubilee to be turned over to the Ilrlgham Young Memorial association, asso-ciation, was passed. House bill No. 103, by Shepard, relating to tho examination exami-nation of attorneys, was called up nnd passed. Tho bill providing for the establishment es-tablishment of an experiment station In ono of tho southern counties failed to pass. In the house thu eight hour bill was reconsidered and passed; the local option bill wns, recommitted; tho school tax and Initiative and referendum referen-dum amendments to tho constitution adoptod, and Mansfield's bill to change county boundaries by a popular voto naa.nnsaad. Other bills nassed were: Repealing the law prohibiting the.sale of liquors within ten miles of an Indian In-dian -reservation; prpvldlng that tho city recorder In cities of less than 12,-000 12,-000 Inhabitants shall bo ox-ofllclo city auditor; and the bill doing nway with the requirement for the publication In county auditor's annual statements of a list of wnrrunta Issued and to whom. Tho joint assembly yesterday decided, by a vote of 33 to 20, to Indefinitely Indefi-nitely postpone the reports of tho com-mltteo com-mltteo appointed to Investigate the bribery charges preferred against A. W. McCune by Representative Law. Nine ballots wero taken for senator, the last ballot resulting: McCune, 27: Sutherland, 13; Cannon, 8; Rldeout, 7 Klntr. 5: Henderson, 2. Salt Lako City, Utah, March 0. Tho governor vetoed tho fire nnd police bill yesterday and sont It back to the house with the request that It be amended so as to become operative at onco. Tho amendment was made and the bill repassed. re-passed. The land bill was passed by a vote of 38 to 1. Tho following bills were passed by tho senate: Senate bill No. 51, providing for an annual detailed de-tailed statement of county finances; Mrs. Horn's bill providing for the creation cre-ation of a state Institute of Art; substitute sub-stitute for senate bill no 38, providing for Instruction to voters on amendments amend-ments to the constitution; prohibiting tho acquirement of right to publlo lsnd by adverse possession; extending the time to answer when summons is personally served outside the state. The senate went Into executive session to consider the governor's appointments, appoint-ments, but finally concluded to post pone consideration, nvo uauois ior senator wero taken yesterday, a joint session being held last night. On the 148th ballot Hon. George Q. Cannon was nomluated for senator by Heber Ilennlon. The last ballot resulted: McCune, 25; Geo. Q. Cnnnon, 15; King, 13; Frank J. Cannon, 7; Sutherland, 3. Salt Lako City, Utah, March 10. The senate yesterday decided to adopt the suggestions of Governor Wells, as embodied In his veto of tho Are and police bill, and the measure was passed, as wero also the following bills: Prescribing Pre-scribing the powers and duties of tho state equalization board; the state art lnstltuto bill; providing for a winter course of studies at the Agricultural college; providing for tho establishment establish-ment of a branch experiment station In southern Utah; creating the office of district attorney, with a salary of 81,-600; 81,-600; defining grand larceny; tho pharmacist' phar-macist' bill, raising the fee for ex-amlnatlon. ex-amlnatlon. Ono bill was Introduced, vlz.,anaat to fix the salaries of the district Judges of the state of Utah. Tho house passed tho following bills: Mrs. Horn's art bill; creating the office of district attorney; Increasing the salary of the Btate coal mine Inspector; prescribing tho method of assessing, collecting nnd apportioning taxes on live stock; providing for an experimental experi-mental station in southern Utah. Iloth the senate and the house or dercd tho clock to be stopped. |