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Show k ' f ebrimry 4. Senate Nine bills were passed by the senate. sen-ate. The first bill introduced in the present session was-taken up and passed. It prohibits the sale of intoxicating liquors within fiva miles of any labor camp, except where incorporated incor-porated cities and towns are within , the 'five-mile 'five-mile limit. Other bills passed were: S. B. No. 30. by. Jobn.s,on,vrepeallng the mileage law for districl judges and district attorneys, and providing for the payment .of actual expenses: No. 52, by Lawrence, enabling administrators, executors and guardians to lease and bond the mininij claims of minors; No. 56, by Lawrence, to give cities and towns the entire month of July, instead in-stead of up to the first Monday, for the fiximi and assessing of taxes: No. 59 by Lawrence, tc give incorporated cities and, towns, as well as counties, one year in which to bring action in ' relation to rejected claimsj No. 61, by Loose, being a complete substitute for all. present laws relating to the powers and duties of county commissioners The only change made in the present law i to give county commissioner power to grant franchises for 10 1 years Instead of twenty-five'; No. 66, by Lawrence, giving attorneys right to say what paper legal notices must be published in House Senate bill raisingsalaryof supreme court, stenographer was passed, ' besides ' the " - -twp bounty bills; one by Mr. Watts of tha house, to provide for certain bounties, and tha other by Mr. Larsen of the senate, to prevent the duplication of bounties. February 5. ' ... ' Senate The senate pas.ed three bill, introduced intro-duced three and adjourned until Monday. Tn first bill passed was No. 57, by Lawrence, providing pro-viding that when an ordinance or resolution 'a vetoed by the mayor the oouncil will not hav to take-immediate action on the veto, but may let the matter go over for one week to enable the mayor and the council to come to a better understanding. It also gives the mayor th right to veto any item in an ordinance or resolution. reso-lution. No. 58, by Lawrence, amends the present law to enable claims against cities and towns,, other t&an for damages from sidewalk accidents,-to be presented within a year. Barrett's. house bill No. 3 was passed by a. unanimous vote. It flies the amount of powder or other high explosives that may be stored in & mine at sufficient to run'the mine for twenty-four twenty-four hours. It fixes the penalty for violation at from $100 to $1,000. House Four bills were passed by the house. Mr. Barrett's pharmacy bill was the first measure passed. H. B. No. 8, by Mr. Barrett, relating to tha storage of powder, was returned with amend- j ments by the senate, and Mr. Barrett asked. i that the house concur in the amendments. i The bill was then passed by the house without a dissenting vote . - ' Mr. Chipman moved that the house concur in the senate amendment to H. B. No. 4, relating re-lating to officers not entitled to witness fees,. i and the bill passed unanimously. Mr. Molyneux requested the passage of S. B. No. 61, a substitute for H. B. No. IK. relating to text-book conventions.. The rules were suspended and the substitute bill passed with 41 affirmative and no negative votes. A number of new bills were introduced and. the house adjourned until Mondav. February 9. ' ' Senate Governor Wells has sent in his firs veto message, it being against Senator Whit-more's Whit-more's senate bills Nos. 2 and 3, intended to relieve from taxation state lands held by indi- t vidaals until final payment to the state hai been made. House bill No. 26, by Brink, passed the senate by unanimous vote after being amended. The action of the house in nxing the 5fltb day of the session as the limit for introducing bills was not concurred in, and Senators Johnson John-son and Barnes were appointed a committee on conference. V Senate bill No. 65, introduced by Murdock. defines conditions of child despondency, neg-leot neg-leot and ill treatment; prescribes methods foi the protection, disposition and supervision ot the dependent, neglected and ill treated children child-ren and prescribes punishment for neglect or ill-treatment of children. The senate refused the invitation of President Presi-dent Kerr to visit the Agricultural college in a-body, a-body, but voted leave of absence to all senators sena-tors who desired to go. House Bill No. 28, by Mr. Nash, providing for the burial of honorably discharged soldiers,, sailors and marines, which was defeated last Friday, was called up again and passed. The bill amending the law relating to the Investment or disposal of funds derived from, the sale or rental of the public lands to permit the state to borrow such funds on its own notes, introduced bv Morris, was pasaed. Mr. Larson's grasshopper bill, was passed after it had been amended to make the bounty one cent per pound. The senate amendment to H. B . No. 26, by Mr. Brink, was concurred in and the bill was passed by the house. It now goes to the governor. The bill includes lodging-houses In the provision of the law protecting hotels and boarding houses from deadbeats. An Invitation to visit the Agricultural college col-lege at Logan accepted and Messrs. Barrett, Stoker and Merrill appointed to meet with the senate committee and arrrange for the junket. Febrnary 10. Senate Fifteen bills were introduced in the senate. Of these Senator Lawrence introduced eleven, and nine of these are aimed at amending amend-ing and amplifying the code In relation to city eourts. I The senate passed House bill No. "U, which provides for the ceding to the Federal govern- , ment by the state of all sites for Federal buildings. The house amendment to Senate bill No. 12, cutting the bounty on grasshoppers to t cent a pound, was concurred in. Senate bill No. 63, Lawrence, intended to prevent the destruction of property belonging to electrical companies, passed the senate under suspension of the trules. Senator Law- rence said this measure was Intended primarily . to prevent the breaking of the glass insulatdrs-Many insulatdrs-Many of them are now shot by hunters . House Mr. Condon's bill extending the time for the appropriation for the school for .the deaf, dumb and blind was passed. House bill No. 58, by McKinnon, providing that, when possible, trespassing animals shall be advertised in a newspaper in the same manner man-ner as estrays, was passed. House bill No. 65, by Mr. Luther, providing that the certificates issued to pTand and petit jurors and county treasurers and assessors be reported to the state auditor Instead of the warrants issued on the certificates, as at present, was passed. A concurrent resolution making the forty-fifth forty-fifth day of the session the last day for the introduction in-troduction of bills, was adopted. |