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Show CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. February 2. Four bills were killed In tho senato, thrco of them being measures introduced intro-duced by Senator Lewis and ono by Senator Holllngsworth. Two of tho bills provided for sworn statements of corporations nnd tho filing thereof, n third was the assessment bill, while the moasure Introduced by Holllngsworth Holllngs-worth nmended tho law governing tho bringing of paupers Into tho state. Tho elimination of tho ofllco of stato sheep Inspector Is provided for In Bennte bill No. 45 Introduced by Senntor Clegg. Bennte bill No. 40 by Cnlllstor amends Section 1305, rovlsed stntutcs, by providing thnt for services ren-derod ren-derod ns Jury commissioner by appointment ap-pointment to fill vncnncles ?3 por dny shnll bo allowed by "tho board of county commissioners," Instead of by "the court," as tho statuto now provides. pro-vides. Senator Lawrence Introduced n bill, the purpose of which Is to provent tho holding of two city Jobs by ono mnn Following tho most personal dobnto which hns occurred this session In the Iioiiho of representatives, houso bill No. 55, by Thompson, a radical measure regarding tho liability of railroads for stock killed, was beaten. The bill provided that tho fact that stock had been killed would constitute prima facie evidence or negligence on tho pnrt of tho railroad corporation. No bills wcro Introduced In tho house. February 3. By n vote of HI! to 9, tho houso passed Austin's bill making It a misdemeanor mis-demeanor to deter nny person from entering or remaining In tho employ of any company, corporation or Individual Indi-vidual by threats to do bodily harm or destroy property. A debato occurred over tho commltteo commlt-teo report on Cromar's bill creating tho ofllco of boiler Inspector and requiring re-quiring tho inspection of boilers, Cro-mnr Cro-mnr nnd Pnncnke signed a minority report In fnvor ot tho bill. Tho ro-mnlnder ro-mnlnder of tho committee on labor advised ad-vised tho houso to kill It. Tho motion to substitute the minority for tho majority ma-jority report was adopted by an affirmative af-firmative voto of 25. Tho senato passed Senntor Ras-band's Ras-band's bill defining tho duties of stnto auditor and H. J. M. No. 1 asking for a national bureau of mines and mining. min-ing. In both houses there appeared a bill designed to put n stop to tax dodging. It simply provides that no ovldence shall bo received In court In a suit to recover for proporty that Is not assessed as-sessed for genernl tnxes under tho laws of tho State. A number of new bills, nono of great Importance, wero introduced In both houses. Adjournment was taken till Monday, Mon-day, tho legislators having decided to Journey to Logan on Saturday. February 6. Bills wero passed by tho houso repealing re-pealing the law creating tho Utah silk commission;, to piohlblt tho uso of explosive oil nnd to regulnto tho uso of powder in coal nnd hydro-enr-bon mines; providing that suit may begin whero tho defendnnt lives or whero contract wns to bo performed; prohibiting Judges of city nnd municipal mu-nicipal courts practicing ns attorneys, except in cases In which they nro per-sonnlly per-sonnlly Interested or In uncontested probnto matters; providing for tho revocation re-vocation of wills on tho subsequent mnrrlngo or the birth of children of tho testntor; requesting congress to pass tho Brownlow bill asking appropriation appro-priation for road improvement. Representative Kinney Introduced n bill providing for tho trlnl of physicians physi-cians charged with unprofessional conduct, and otherwise amending the law creating tho stato board of medical med-ical examiners. The members stand pledged to begin be-gin holding ntght sessions Thursday evening. Senator Walton's bill amending the land board law, and Senntor Clegg's to amend tho sheep commission law, wero favorably reported by their respective re-spective committees. Tho former Is ono of great Importance, nnd it mnke3 of tho board a partisan organization, increases tho secretary's salary to ?2,-COO, ?2,-COO, and makos him custodian of moro than a million and a quarter of funds, on a $300,000 bond. Senator Walton's registration bill stirred up considerable discussion and was finally mado tho special order for tomorrow. February 7. Two bills pnssed tho houso. Ono makes It incumbent on tho county commissioners to withhold tho salary of any county treasurer who shall fall to remit money duo tho stnto nt the proper tlmo. Tho other enlnrgcs tho powers of city councils In somo minor matters, such ns Increasing tho assessment assess-ment on proporty owners for tho uso of water for Irrigation purposos. Contrary to expectations, tho fight on Senntor Wnlton's registration bill did not materialize It was nvortod by tho movo of Senator Dambcrgor, tho Democratic leader, to recommit it. Tho Innd bonrd bill crcnted discussion, but roll-call was postponed. Four now measures appeared in tho senate, and a llko number in tho house. Representative Klnnoy Introduced a bill providing thnt street enr passengers passen-gers who nro not provided with scnts shnll bo exempt from paying faros, and making it a misdemeanor for a motorman to pass any person who signals sig-nals his desire to board a cnr. Sonntor Lnwronco Introduced a mensuro providing for tho erection of a monument for derensod so, 'iirs and sailors of tho Spanish-American wnr. |