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Show I'iflE M.NIMUM WAGE BILL GIVEN APPROVAL OF HOUSE Many ef Member Tak Up Limit of Tim to Explain Their Vot on Bill In Aid or Working Woman. The minimum wage hill Introduced a a iii Lib. It ute muuaure by Mr. Jatu SkoMeld ft a paned hy tiie houxe on March 11, with two vote to spare af ter luffectual attempts to strike out i he enacting clause and ailiireHse that exceeded the time limit ou both wide of the question Fiually when the vote waa called, a I moat ever: member voting against the bill tool, hi three minutes to excuse hla action. ac-tion. Tbo vote wai as follow: Aye IlamberKer, ilarnes, Hennlou, Cannon, Cook, Durham, Elwood, Hammond, llenrle, Jones, Judd, Kimball, King. Loveless, Mcltae, Morris, Oldham, Upenahaw, 1'uk, Reyuolds, iloblnnon Skolfleld tiouthwlck, Smith, WellliiK. Wilcox, fleely 27. Nay Anderson, Darker, Uenson, Cardon, Chrlstensen, Crouch, Daatrup, Hay, Hooper, Krlcbel, Marchant, Mar ! rlott, iMonson, Bwenaon and Van Wait-oner Wait-oner 10. The employers' liability act recommended recom-mended by the joint legislative com mlttee on employers' liability was laid oo tb table In the house, March II. after having passed the senate. Utah' legislature. Just to ahow what actually could be done In the way of fast work, set a pace on March 11 In the matter of house bill No. 218. making an appropriation of 17.500 for a bridge acrosa Price river near Woodslde. The bill waa Intro duoed, passed by the bouse and sen ate, and sent to the governor. Concluding an Interval of Juggling which netted the University of Utah $25,000 for a women's dormitory, the general appropriation bill waa passed la the senate on March 11 without opposition. op-position. Senator George J. Kelly' bill providing pro-viding that expert wltnrssea should be paid at rates set by the court did not look good to the bouse In view of the fact that the bill raising the pay of ordinary witnesses from 12 to S3 a day failed of passage. Accordingly Accord-ingly the enacting clause of the senate sen-ate bill was removed.' With the appropriation cut from $25,000 to 15.000, the aenate passed JCckcrsler'i senate bill No. 222, relating re-lating to the horticultural commission. commis-sion. The salary of the horticultural Inspector 1 raised from ft.SOO a year to 11.800. The bill originally raised It to 2,400. Bennlon'a bouse bill No. 123, providing provid-ing for agricultural college expert to assist the farmer of every county, waa passed In the senate with the appropriation ap-propriation cut from 17,600 to $5,000. Smith's house bill No. 101, maktna theft of water from a pipe larceny, waa passed in the senate March 11. Lunt'l resolution asking congress to set aside 1,000,000 acre In Utah for tbfl benefit of Jndlan war veterans and the rosd building fund was also adopted In the upper house Uooth' aenate bill No. 240, making bousea of ill fame public nuisances and providing penalties for persons who let premise for tuch resort a well as those who operate them, was passed In the senate as amended by the sifting committee. . The amend- j tnent give the property owner an opportunity op-portunity to regenerate hla premises before becoming liable for the penal-j tie. I The governor on March 11 signed the following bills: Senate bill No. 79 (Eckersley) An act relating to the state text book commission. Senate Sen-ate bill No. 83 (Iverson) An act giving giv-ing the governor power to convey certain cer-tain lands In Utah county from the state to that county. Senate bill No. 213 (Iverson) An act making an appropriation ap-propriation for the national educational educa-tional convention In Salt Lake Senate Sen-ate bill No. 7 (Smith) An act making mak-ing an appropriation for the orphans' home and day nursery. Senate bill No. 38 (Ilooth) An act relating to patents on state lands. Senile bill No. 77 (Cottrell) An act prohibiting the use or any but safety matches. Senate bill No. 133 (Lunt) An art extending time for payments on land on reservoir projects when water falls. Senate bill No. 109 (Smith) An act regulating voting stork of corporations cor-porations Senate bill No. 159 (Lunt) An act making an appropriation for artesian wells. Nearly f3,0o0,000 are appropriated from the general fund of the state by the general appropriation bill which waa introduced In the senate on March 8 by the committee on appropriations appro-priations and claims. The bill provides pro-vides for aproprtatlons about J700.000 In excess of tbe estimated revenue for the ensuing two years, based on a 4 mill levy for general state purposes. Tbe bill call for a total appropriation appropria-tion or t2.S32.S30.2S. Tbe revenues for the ensuing two years, according to the estimates prepared by the state auditor, available for general state purposes will toMt Sll0l.lS7.12. This leaves the bill S761.373 1C In excess of the estimated revenue or the state. A a protection to merchants, the senate on March passed house bill No. 113 by the Judiciary committee rf that body and as amended bv tbe lenate Judiciary committee. There waa no opposition. The bill waa Introduced In-troduced at request of Oxden retail merchant and had the Indorsement of the Utah Association cf Credit Men. Hansen -blue sky- few waa killed In the aenate, but Senator Hansen gave notice that he will ask for reconsideration. re-consideration. It I hla Intention to sawed Ua bill to make Ha provision Waa stringent. The employer' liability and wor) Ingmaa'a compensation bill waa passe In the senate on March 10, by a vot of 12 to 5 One senator was absent The measure passed I Hideout' sec ste bill No. 147, amenaed by tb coi ference committee after several put lie hearing. O. A. Iverson delivered an eloqueo speech against the bill In which b asserted that It was tinronstltutlona that the legislature had no right ti enact a law puttliig a stipulated valu on a man's life In case of accident death. On roll call, the following voted fo the bill: liooth. Cottrell, Kdghelll Kerry, Funk. Hansen, Lunt,1 Olson Hideout, Smith, Williams and Oard ner. Those opposed were: Craig. Eck crsley, Iverson, Thornley and Wight rive hills were passed by the houn on March 10, Including tbe $270.00 road bond Issue bill, the live atocl committee bill amenJlng law relatlvi to the collection or damage for llvi ttock killed by railroad, the I'tai Vrt Institute bill, the bill giving clt and county commissioner authorlt; !o locate municipal pest house am the bill providing that father am mother have eiial rights In tbi guardianship or their minor children Two bouse bills were signed by th governor on March 10, one approprlat ing $4,000 for the Free Klndergartei and Neighborhood home and the othe changing the jurisdiction of the Coda City branch normal school from th University of Utah to the Agrlcultura College of Utah. Five bills were passed by the sen ate March 6: An act relating to drain age districts, an act providing for em polyer' liability and worklngmen' compensation, an act for teachers pensions, an act for redemption o real property, and an act transferrin) appointment of water commissioner! from the governor to district court. Another round or two of parllamen tary sparring over the bank commt slon bill enlivened tbe aesslon of th house on March 10, and the bill Cn ally came up with twenty-two votes li Its favor and nineteen against It After perishing summarily Saturda afternoon when tbe senators wantec to adjourn, tbe teachers' pension bit was revived In the upper house Marcl 10, and passed. The bill was amende before It was passed by reducing th tax on teachers' salaries for tbe pen Ion fund from 2 to 1 per cent. Smith's bill applying tbe initiative referendum and recall to city com mi sion government waa the subject o! considerable debate Id the senate March 10, before It was killed. Tlfe bill Introduced by Anna H. Klnj of Halt Lake, providing that fatheri and mother ahall have equal rights Ie tbe guardianship of minor children. In eluding tbe right to their earning waa brought up March 10 and paed by a narrow margin. Tdward 8outhwlck and H. W, Marriott Mar-riott were the only member of the house to vote against house bill No. 178, by Mr. Crouch, calling for an Issue of road bonds to the amount of $270,-000. $270,-000. Thep Mr. Southwlck changed hla vote and gave notice of rconslder. tlon. Tbe aenate on March 8 received Ue Midland trail bill from the governor gov-ernor and after amending it slightly passed the bill again. The amendment make a alight change in the route la the eastern parttrf the state anjJ provide pro-vide that rouaffe which receive road fipprcprttllon Under the Midland trail bill (nail have that amount deducted de-ducted from that which they would otherwise receive from the general road appropriation. The Kelly bill providing for the deposit de-posit of health certificate by applicants appli-cants f r marriage license with county coun-ty clerk waa killed In the senate. Tbe Mil was regarded by many of the senators sen-ators as being too atrlngent. Six voted vot-ed for the bll and nine against It. Tbe house on March 8 passed Mr Cannon' bill providing for the systematic syste-matic keeping of record of births, death and marriages. The atate aud'-tor aud'-tor I made ex-ofJIcio genealogical commissioner and each county clerk I required to keep a complete index and record. Tbe alftlng committee of the house has Introduced a bill requiring railroads, rail-roads, whether ateam, electric or gas ollne, to equip the locomotive used on the main line with electric headlight. head-light. The senate on March S concurred In the house amendments to the Lunt bill for the sinking of artesian well In dry farming territory and the Ferry hotel Inspection bill, though the sen ate. prior to concurring In the aouse amendment, voted to kill both bill Tbe senate on March . by a vote of six to Ave. killed the bill providing for a teachers' retirement fund to be raised by the voluntary assessment ol ttachera or 2 per cent of their annual salaries. It Is possible thai this action may be reconsidered.,-. The senile on Mirch 8. by a vote ol series or Mils relating to the proseeu I Hon r IHfuor esses in prohibition ter rttory. These Mils were pasred In tn nteret or the t'r.e l.i-agne o' M.m' hslitles which hat been aiding the dry" cities and tocs la the state It. (torts to enforce the liquor law. Wight's senate bill No. 148. glvln' cities the right to dispose of munlclpa tight and power plants, was passed In the senate March . Trie bill, said Mr. Wight, waa for tbe relief of Coal vtile, where the citlxena desired tc sell, but were now prevented by law The bill provide a referendum before be-fore sale. Increases In salaries ef tbe state land convnisstoner and the secretary of tb board, as provided la Iverson aenate bill No. 113. have been cat down by the aenate committee oa Ute affair and federal relation. |