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Show FIREARMS BILL 15 PUT ONTHE SHELF TOY PISTOL MEASURE MEETS WITH UNEXPECTED OPPOSITION OPPOSI-TION AND IS DEFEATED. Members of House Prevent the Passage Pas-sage of Emergency Appropriation of $100,000 for Grading the Capitol Grounds. One bill was killed, one sent back to the committee and a third passed ut the session of the Utah state senate sen-ate on February 2. The bill extinguished was Senator Charles Cottrell's humane measure prohibiting the pub.ic from fooling vith airguns and toy pistols. But th.s ;'s mere pleasantry the real aim of ihe bill was to prevent firearms from falling into the hands of unskilled and foolish youths. Senator Eckersley's modern school- house bill was sent back to the education edu-cation committee for revision. It nar- j rowly escaped a ruthless killing, ob- j jection 'being found by many senators , to the indefinitentss regarding the ! salary of the state school architect. ; The bill left the fixing of this offi- ! cial's salary to the state board of edu- cation. ! A state law prohibiting trusts is ! provided by a bill introduced in the ! senate on February 2 by Joseph Chez of Ogden. Other introductions of the day included a memorial to con-1 gress, by Senator D. O. Rideout, pro-1 viding that if congress must tinker ! with the tariff it appoint a nonparti- j san board to do it. After half an hour's sharp discussion discus-sion the house on February 2 prevented prevent-ed the passage of an emergency appropriation ap-propriation of $100,000 for the grading of the capitol grounds. The appropriation appropri-ation was proposed in a bill intro- ' duced by Representative Eniil S. Lund of Salt Lake. An effort to make committee meetings meet-ings of the house public and to make a matter of official record the vote on bills in committee was defeated in the house by a vote of 30 to 14. Representative Repre-sentative P. P. Chris.tensen introduced this amendment to the rules of the house. The first anti-pass bill to be introduced intro-duced in the house was presented February Feb-ruary 2 by Representative P. P. Christ-ensen Christ-ensen of Salt Lake. The Christensen bill would prohibit the giving of free railway transportation to any persons save those connected with the rail roads or with charitable institutions. The appropriation and education committees of the senate and house visited Logan on January 30, being tendered a reception by the faculty and students of the Agricultural college col-lege and residents of Logan. The Agricultural college is seeking two new buildings to cost approximately approxi-mately $50,000, the needs of which were set out at length. It is also de-. sired that $17,000 be expended in re- pars and improvements on the present buildings. The legislators state that the Agricultural college is conservative conserva-tive in its estimates, and it was the concensus of opinion that at least a part of the appropriations would be granted. There was no session of the legislature legisla-ture on January 30, and those members mem-bers who were not busy in the committee com-mittee rooms were given an opportunity opportu-nity to take a vacation from the arduous ardu-ous duties of lawmaking. A tacit understanding has been reached by the leaders in the house that no appropriation bill shall pass except on recommendation by other than the appropriations committee iiilis referred to the highways and bridges committee and other committees commit-tees will have to be passed on by the appropriations committee before they go on the calendar for third reading. Schools for morals will be incorporated incor-porated in the educational system of Vtiih if a bill now being prepared for introduction in the legislature becomes a law. A number of educators and ,'uvenile officers of the state are back of the bill. Thomas Sevy of Garfield county braved the rain of Saturday minus an overcoat. While discussing legislation in the lobby of a local hotel Friday night he lei t his overcoat on a chair and someone took it. Lills for railroad legslation are the most popular in the legislature in respect re-spect to demands for sending copies over the state. The house has been (Hit of copies of bills carrying railroad legislation for more than a week. It is expected that a public utilites bill and a prohibition bill will be introduced in-troduced in the uouse during the week. The bill appropriating $20,000 to apply ap-ply on furniture for the state capitol, passed the senate on February 1, under un-der suspension of the rules. Provision is made for the initiative and referendum in legislation in Utah In a bill introduced by Senator Jos?ph Chez of Weber. The bill also provides pro-vides that the same general system may be adopted with reference to laws, ordinances, resolutions and franchises granted by political sub- j divisions. t The third reapportionment bill to be presented to the state legislature tlr.s session was introduced in the house on January 2S by Representative Charles V. Pope of Rich county. Fulse advertising is to be made a misdemeanor if the bill introduced by Senator William Craig of Weber is passed. The bill includes posters, bills, circulars pamphlets and letters ' or in any other way." as advertis ing. Kmil S. Lund of Salt Iake has in'ro-duced in'ro-duced a workmen's compensation bil" in the hruse. The bill is a counterpart counter-part of the bill introduced in the Srn ate by Senator I). O Rideout. with the exception that it m;ikes 'he maximum compensate n in case ef death $10 a week instead of $12 a week. The memorial introduced by Senator Sena-tor tleorge H. Porn, asking congress to pass the Foster bill, providing for the establishment of mine experiment and safety stations, was passed without with-out a dissenting vote. ' The appropriations committees of ; the house and the senate have acree-d that all appropriation bills will be I considered jointly by them. This has been done in order to favMlitate the work and also to have all appropriations appropria-tions bills considered by the two committees com-mittees for amendments before they are reported back. |