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Show TWO NEW BILLS Introduced by Roberts, that are of Concern to Cache. Representative Roberts has Just Introduced In-troduced two bills for consideration by tho legislature, ono "Providing for Official Inspection of Grain and Produce Pro-duce In tho State of Utah," and the other "Providing for tho Establishment, Establish-ment, Construction and Maintenance of a System of Stato Hlghwajs." In the first bill it Is the design to mako the State Dairy and Food Commissioner Com-missioner tho olllclal grain and produce pro-duce inspector, with the power to appoint ap-point ono deputy at a salary of $00 a month, and such other deputies as uro necessary at $3.50 per day, while actually act-ually employed. It shall bo tho duty of tho Commissioner to have general supervision of the inspection of grain and produce, and it shall be his duty to establish on Sept. 1st of each year, grades of wheat, oats, barley, potatoes, hay, alfalfa, seed and honey, and In determining the grades said commissioner commis-sioner must confer with twelvo leading lead-ing wholesale dealers of tho Stato called call-ed together for the purpose. These grades aro to bo known as Utah grades and tho Commissioner shall be prepared to furnish samples on written writ-ten request and publish an account of the grades established. Tho Commissioner Commis-sioner shall bo required to inspect all grain and pioduce passing through or arriving at Ogdcn and Salt Lako which points aro designated as terminal points. The bill provides a penalty for tho attempt of any firm to bribe any of the olliccrs created by this act, also that owners, consignee or shippers can take an appeal from decision of deputies, providing that $3.00 Is forthcoming forth-coming for cacli caso appealed. There Is nothing in .the act to prevent any person from selling grain by sample, regardless of grade. The Commissioner Commis-sioner or deputy who shall do his duty carelessly may lose his office on that account. It is further provided that tho consignee shall pay to tho railroad rail-road company COc for each car inspected, inspect-ed, which the company in turns pays to the Commissioner at tho end of each month. In the second bill it is provided that any of tho existing roads of tho State may become State Highways, provided that not moro than two such roads running in tho same general direction shall bo made a part of the system, nor tho streets of any city of tho first or second class bo made a part of such system. The State highways arc to be designated desig-nated by maps, and if tho Stato Engineer En-gineer sees fit he may dcslgnato any road as a part of tho system. Whenever tho county commissioners of any county shall decide upon the work of grading, draining, graveling, macadamizing or In any other way permanently improving or subsequently subse-quently repairing any portion of the system of Stato highways, they shall communicate tho fact to tho Stato Engineer, together with a comprehensive comprehen-sive statement of tho naturo and extent ex-tent of tho proposed work, and thereupon there-upon the State Engineer shall prepare plans, specifications, and estimates of the cost for such work and submit tho same to the county commissioners for their information; and if they shall concludo to execute the proposed work in accordance with tho plans prepared and submitted by the Stato Engineer, they shall Inform him of tho date when said work shall begin, and thereupon lie and they shall advertise ad-vertise for and recelvo scaled proposals pro-posals for said work, to be opened at a stated time and place; and then and there the said county commissioners shall open said proposals and award the work to tho lowest responsible bidder, conditioned upon the signing of a contract therefor by the State Engineer, who shall examine the same, and if the amount bid Is in hlsoplnlon not excessive or is sufficient to accomplish accom-plish tho work In a pioper manner, ho shall sign tho same and return ono copy to the county commissioners, to be tiled In the office of the county recorder re-corder of tho county, and the other copy shall bo filed In his office: and thereupon tho State shall become liable lia-ble for one-half the cost of executing tho said work, to be paid upon warrants war-rants of tho Stato Auditor Issued upon up-on certificates of tho State Engineer as the same shall become due under tho terms of tho contract; provided, that when tho work shall be upon any street of any town or city of tho third class tho State 6hall pay one-third, the county one-third and tho town or city one-third of tho cost of tho work dono on such street. Tho Stato Engineer shall prepare a comprehensive manual of road building build-ing for free distribution to the several county supervisors for tho promotion of uniformity in road building. Tho State shall not be liable at any tlmo for more than $25,000 per annum In carrying out tho provisions of this act, and the State Engineer shall not Issue orders for warrants for moro thansald amount each year. Hereafter all money appropriated by the SUtofor road puriwscs shall be expended on "tho roads which under this act have been mado a part of the system of State highways. |