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Show UTAH LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP Happenings In Both Branches of Ninth General Assembly. Forty-three appointments to fill positions po-sitions as appointive rfflcers of the suite were sent to the senate Tuesday afternoon by Governor William Spry for conflnnatjon, most of the appointees appoin-tees being present ofilce holders, but the senate failed to confirm the governor's gov-ernor's selections, the matter going over until Wednesday. The senate liquor bill passed the house for the third time Tuesday morning. The vote was 35 for, 7 sgalnwt, 3 absent and not voting. A eerie of four senate Joint rew lutlons and three senate bills, supported sup-ported by the governor and the state board of equalization, all relating to taxes and the powers and duties of the state board of equaltztlon, were passed In the house Tuesday afternoon. after-noon. Mr. Peterson of Sevier made a futile fu-tile attempt Tuesday afternoon to have his state-wide prohibition measure meas-ure taken from the table. The senate, under a suspension of the rules, on Tuesday, unanimously passed a resolution by the sifting committee, com-mittee, proposing an amendment to the constitution, which. If adopted, will- make possible the depositing of the state funds In banks where inter-eat inter-eat may be secured. After a great struggle the Stookey aplortionrnent bill went down to defeat de-feat In tlw senate Tuesday afternoon. The Salt iAke senators were successful success-ful In securing the adoption of the amendments they favored and In defeating de-feating the amendments offered by tho country members, but they lacked the votes necessary to pass the measure, meas-ure, and It was killed by a vote of 9 to 9. Seventeen bills passed the senate on TueLay and sixteen were approved approv-ed by the house. The senate killed six bills. After one of the hardest fights of the present session, the Richardson nine hour law for working women, as amended by the senate, passed the lower house Tuesday by a vote of thirty-one to seven, and will be sent to the Governor for his approval. No employer Is permitted to work a female fe-male employe over nine hours a day, according to the new law. The bill appropriating three-quarters of a million of dollars for the erection of a new slate capltol Is now a law. Governor Spry on Monday signed the measure which passed the legislature last week. The Eardley coal rates bill was killed kill-ed by a decisive vote In the house Monday Mon-day afternoon by the adoption of an adverse report by the committee on public utilities. The governor approved nineteen new laws on Monday. The senate passed fourteen measures and the house seven, which caused one of the members to remark that bad they done as will at the beginning of the session, there would have been no need for working overtime. If Utah is given another members of congress In the congressional apportionment ap-portionment expected from the special spe-cial Besslon, both the congressmen from Utah will be elected at large. A house bill providing for the election elec-tion of two congressmen at large, in cae Utah is given two congressmen under the new apportionment, was paused by the senate on Monday. A complete revision of the flab and game laws of the state is contemplated contem-plated by a measure Introduced In the legislature Monday by the senate committee on fish and game. The senate voted on Monday to appropriate ap-propriate $7,000 to the Manufacturers Association of Utah for the support of the Utah Chamber or Commerce fur the ensuing two years. Hoi man's "coercion of laboring men" measure, house bill No. 247, with special reference to the walking delegate, was passed In the house, after amendment, Monday afternoon, by a vote of 33 to G, with 7 absent and not voting. The senate on Monday passed the memorial to congress protesting against reciprocity with Canada on wool, lead, livestock and farm products. pro-ducts. The vote on the memorial was 12 to 5. A greater part of the forenoon session ses-sion of the house snd an hour or more of the afternoon session were taken up by the lawmakers Monday In considering the house appropriations appropria-tions bill. As finally passed, the bill does not differ materially in amount from the aggregate first announced. The liquor measure as prepared by the Joint committee and amended In both the senate and house, passed the senate on Saturday by a strict party vot. the two Democratic members mem-bers voting against the measure and Senator Sevy being absent. Three bills enlarging the scope of the Juvenile courts were passed by the senate at the night session Saturday. Sat-urday. They are house bills by Ha)es and were passed by the senate with but slight amendment. Senator L. M. Olson. Democratic member from Sanpete, conducted a slngkhanded and successful filibuster filibus-ter In the senate Saturday. It was directed against the passage of a bill by the term ,f which Juab county is given about 4.00 acres of land at present held by Sanpete county. The senate bill, by Marks, creating a relief fund for disabled firemen, was passed in the house late Saturday, without amendment. The measure taxes fire Insurance companies 1 per cent on their gross premiums In order or-der to provide the fund |