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Show 'THE UTAH HOUSE PASSES BILL BY MARGIN OF ONE I - Msssurs to Give Jurors Three Dollars Per Day Has a Close Call In Lower House. Jurors in the district courts of Vtah are to receive $3 a day Instead of only 2, If the senate concurs with the house in the passage of house till No. 4. which occupied most of the session of he bouse on the 2s:h. Tbe bill came up after a compnlon bill providing pro-viding for a liko Incieane for witnesses wit-nesses had leen killed, and It was finally panned by a vote or 23 to 11). with oiih vote more than tho constitutional constitu-tional majority. Regulation of salary loan asencles is proposed in a bill introduced In the senate on the 2lith by Kenator George J. Kelly of Ogden The bill would compel money lenders to file with county clerks uatiu-s of the persons per-sons connected with each agency or concern, and would prohibit them from charging more than Is per cent yearly interest on Kaus to wugo-earners. wugo-earners. House bill No. 2, by Oanlon changing chang-ing the law relative to duties of county commissioners, requiring them to require indemnity bonds from those to whom franchises are granted, was approved by the bouse on the 28tb. Empowering district attorneys of Judicial Ju-dicial districts having a population or 90,000 Inhabitants or more to appoint one special agent at a salary of (2,100 a year, Is the purort of a bill Introduced Intro-duced In the senate by Senator L. U. Wight of Kununlt county. Senator p. O. Hideout's compulsory education bill and Senator Joseph Kckersley's senate bill No. 58, relating relat-ing to the course of study In the state schools, were reported favorably and recommended for passage In the senate on the 2Mh. County aid for mothers, residents of the county for at least two years who through poverty are forced to toave their children and go out to work for their support. Is proposed In a bill Introduced In-troduced In the house by Mrs. Anna II. King of Salt Uke, Appropriation of $10,000 for the construction con-struction of a road from Woodland In Summit county to Stockmore in Wasatch Wa-satch county. Is asked In a bill Introduced Intro-duced by Senator U It. Wight In tbe senate on the 28th. Senator Charles Cottrell's bill amending the state Insurance code, was Introduced by him in the senate on fbe 2sth. A change from tbe present pres-ent law la the holding of agents who convert to their own use any money or property received as premium on a policy guilty of larceny by embezzlement embezzle-ment Tbe present law defines the offense as mere larceny, not so serious as larceny by embezzlement. Changes in the laws relative to the practice of architecture In Utah are proposed in bouse bill No. 47 Introduced Intro-duced by Mrs. Annie Wells Cannon of Salt take. The principal change is to provide that snyone practicing architecture archi-tecture la Utah without a license shall be liable to a One of not less than 5o nor snore than $;oo or by Imprisonment Imprison-ment of CO days to ISO days, or by 1 both fine and Imprisonment. President Henry Gardner of the state senate announced on Tuesday he was unqualifiedly opposed to the ratification or tho promised amend- ' mcut to the federal constltutelon pro- ! vldlng for the election of United States 1 senators by popular vote. 1 The till providing a penalty for the larceny of automobiles and mnklna unauthorized Joy riding a mlsdemea- 1 nor will be reported adversely In ' the senate by the committee on high- 1 ways and publlo lands. The committee ! holds that tbe present statutes cover 1 tha ground amply. 1 Senator J. R. Edghelll of Juab Is preparing a bill that will reopen the ' old boundary line fight between San- j pete and Juab counties. He will atk for the appointment of a Joint com . mlttee composed of members of the senate and the house to go ovsr the boundary question and report to the 1 next legislature. House bill No. 24, by Mowkto. m I set relating to unfair d Incrimination , xnd anpttlon tn certain com mod I line or artlolea of commerce between llfforeog sntkns of the sttfe was) ap- proved by the house on Friday. , The resolution presented by Senator Flldeout ratifying the proposed sjoend nent to the federal constitution pro- riding for the election of United j State senators by popular vote was wturned to the committee on federal relations and state affairs on the 27th. ( H tbe request ot the author of the res-1 a ilutton. Mining corporations are authorised :' o acquire by purchase or otherwise he capita stock or other mining oum- aa!es and are permitted to exchange d iheir capital stock lor stock or prop- t rty of other mining corporations by a r Mil Introduced In tbe senate on the I 17th by Renner X. 8miLh or Salt Lake. 1 Creation of tbe office of state bee napector Is provided in a bill Intro- I ioced Thursdsy by Senator J R. Indite- illl. The proposed tnee carries with I t a salary of I1.&00 a year. togi-Uter 1 slth tbe necessary contingent and ao- s ;ul expenses. a r A bill la expected eoon providing ' tar the ereotloa of a, tuberculosis saal arlura in Utah. The bill will he nrg- d by the state board of hmlth. As ti tuhefcuKiU la not "native- to Utah, t -he tnsUtutloa ta Intended for the r treatment of patients coming anto this c lata. i Complete and comprehensive rer! ion of all revenue laws of the state is made tn thirteen bills Introduced Irt the senate on the 27io by iieuuer X. Smith of Salt Lake on recommendation recommenda-tion of the state board of commissioner commission-er of revenue and taxatlou. Sweep-lug Sweep-lug changes 4n U'.e method of assessing assess-ing proporty and colloctlng t:ixcs, In tho method of assissini public utilities utili-ties and distributing pnvceds, and many other important alterations of the preheat laws are contemplated by the bills. In order that t ie milieu of tbe stale may bear a heavier burden of the taxation than at present lb'; commissioners have Included in the principal bill several sctlous t'ie pur-pota pur-pota of which are to Incieaae the as-sensed as-sensed valuation of mining property. Three bills correcting error of Judicial Ju-dicial practice passed tho senate on the 27th. In the hoimo on the 27th two bills were paused defining the rights of employes em-ployes as preierred creditors; bills ruMng per Olom of witnoxKes, and eliminating Interlocutory divorce were silled; and Joint resolutions were pre-nented pre-nented requiring Utah materials in the state capltol where pottsible, and providing for a state flag. A change In tbe system of branding iivcfrtock and recording marks and brands Is provided in two bills Introduced Intro-duced in the senate on the 27th by II. W. Lunt of Iron county. The bills provide for the branding of animals by the position of the brand on the animal. Miff, rent livestock owners may have the same brand, but tliey umriot have the same brand and the same position. Tho banking oill by Hansen, which provides that where an account Is in the bank iu the names of two persons, payable to cither or tbe eurvlvor, the. account may be drawn out by the survivor without any court ordor, waa laiwed on toe 27th by the senate by x vote of 17 to 1, President Gardner voting In the negative. One-quarter of tho constitutional pe-Mod pe-Mod of the Tenth legislative assembly expired last week, .Monday being the fittecuth day. Thirty-seven bins had been introduced intro-duced In the house on the 27th, five of which bave been passed and two have been killed. Senator Renner X. Smith's bill 11m-iting 11m-iting legislative sessions to tbe actual sixty days and permitting of no turning turn-ing buck of the clock, perished Jn the upper house on the 27th. when it failed fail-ed to get a two-thirds vote necessary to plum It over Governor Spry'e veto, submitted at the session. . Two bills were Introduced in the house on Friday designed to prohibit corrupt practices in connection wltii elections. For one thing, the first bill provides that there shall be no car rtages or aittomobllos prorldod for voters on either reglntratloa or election elec-tion day. The measure provides that every political committee shall have a treasurer treas-urer and that treasurer Is required to keep accurate account of all moneys mon-eys received by the committee, which, if the bill becomes a law. Is not likely to be very much. Tho treasurer must file a statemon of receipts and disbursements dis-bursements with the city clerk lp oeses of town elections, or with tae secretary of stale in casoa of tounty or etaxe elections. No person, says te bill. In order tr il- or promote his own nomination or election, shall expe'td sum creator than hie own neceot&rv "person U n-Mnsos,H n-Mnsos,H these being travei expenses Rtathinury. printing, teiegrama and pontage atamiM. There is a prohibition against any r-ominltiee or polltclan soliciting 'undt. Every voluntary payment must te made in the name of the person making if. Fraud under tho act Is wade a misdemeanor. To clear the title of tends claimed !y a citizen of the state and also by !he state, a bill was introduced In the ' ensto on the 27th by Renner X. nilth of Salt Lake, giving the cltUen Aw rlsht to force the state to enter nto lltUatlon that will clear the t'Me. i Mrs. Cannon of Salt Lake has Intro- , lured a bill in the bouse for a wo-nan's wo-nan's dormitory at the University of 1'tah. The amount appropriated in he bill for this purpose is $.',0 000. ' Hie money. If the bill become a law, ' a to be expended by the fcoard of re- ' tenia of the university. I , A comprehensive fish and game bill ras Introduced simultaneously In the ( louse and senate on the 27th. The b'.ll wises the salary of tho state commls-loner commls-loner from $1.M to 12,400 and In- 1 resses the allowsnee for clerical hire 1 roro. 2.0i0 to t3.0"0. Amonj other ' hings. the bill provides fcr a sprtn? i lurk shooting season In Salt Lake, t arts. Weber and Uox Klder counties , if fifteen, days, for this year only. , rbere U also provision for a spring lulling season. I Readjust men t of tbe bounty laws of 1 tah Is provided in the house by Ia f Iron. The Mil increases the boenty und from 120.000 to JCO.OOO a year, n order to meet the big annual dcuo t ts that occur In this land. Three bills passed, five bills Ir.tro J luced and the adoption of an adJI ienal report from the roromSttte on 1 ules sums up the work of the lowet r ranch of the Utah legislature on ' rbursday- The senate on Thursday pa sued th .unt bill decreasing the rste of inter t on deferred payments for stat t snds from I per cent to S per rent . rbe vote wss It to 2. Senators Han en and U kersley being absent Pas 1 ace of tbe bill took place after twe ' ftorta at smeodlng tha tneasuri F ailed. , House bill So. 14. paed by t louse on Thursday, simply amend ' he present law regarding otta nla red It by false representation to In i lude the changing of a person's nam , 'itbont legal authority. |
