Show STATE TO FUNDS FOR FAIRS THE HOUSE PROVIDES THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR california expositions senate turns turn down an amendment ti the rules limiting speeches to five minutes but plan may be adopted later without debate the house on feh feb r u ary 19 passed almost tl the ie bill to provide for tin till completion and maintenance of 0 utah exhibits nt at the I 1 arl an francisco and san diego fairs the bill was a senate bill alch which had been recommended for passage by the joint appropriations committee tho the rules were ft ere suspended at the request of representative day chairman of the appropriations committee tind and the bill was passed pago page wits vas the only uno one voting noting against tho the bill tho the house occupied most of tta its session february 19 with tile the cons consideration ideTa of the school consolidation molls ure lire under its terms each county ca constitutes one school district to be ba presided over oe by one board at present eight counties of the state have consolidated school systems these counties include salt lake and weber harmony li armony between Iet cen the republicans and tile the on the shields in and bill was andl tilted during the discar discussion aaion of this measure which came before tho the house ra as a special order of business friday the senate on oil february 20 turn ed down an ail amendment to the rules limiting speeches to five minute some one suggested that it was ns gag ue ruc A majority seemed to bo be of th alio 0 pinion opinion 0 however that the senate might heed the hint implied when lien tile motion wits aa made inide resident president ferry called attention to the fact that action lias has bem been taken un oil less than a of bills though more than 21 M hava been introduced in the senate and as many in the house ohp lip linnin has adopted a rule limiting each member of tho the house to ono one minute illi nute in it hoclito hl clito explain his vote on oil a roll call cull it lins lias been found that much or of the like time of tho the session has haa been taken up tip in listening to long explanations plantations pla nations 8 from members un roll calls enfa corali e report on res proposing a n constitutional i amendment as to taxed on mines was made to the senate by the committee on mines and mining when the report vas as le ie turned senator rideout withdrew the resolution the senate passed mrs Wo laten holes house bill providing stricter reg of pandering arid and designed to further wipe out tile the fodal evil senator evans bill providing for bonds by contractors engaged by school boards and similar bodler was passed in the upper house the incas ure Is designed to insure pai payi nent of labor and for materials one of the most pleasant features of tile the present session of the utah legislature was vas tile the junket on oil february 17 to ogden to visit the state indus trial school and the state slate school for or the deaf and blind members or both houses of the r ante nta legislature visited these thesa institutions and afterward were guests of the we her ber club rt at a magnificent banquet nt at the luxurious home hoine of at the club at both institutions the members of the legislature were royally enter tallied tho the house on oil february 17 passed the ineas itie increasing the ley levy pui pu iii ble for library levies in fit cities of tile the first class the bill passed with a dozen votes otes opposing Rid eouts B land bank bill was under discussion for an ail hour and a halt hal f in the senitte on oil february 17 final action on the 1111 IIII bill was as deferred two bills were introduced in the senate on february 17 one by senator appropriate tor for the tap state baumane fw so clety which I 1 is s cicitt ed into a state bureau of aali animal n t I 1 pro lection the bill Is contingent upon acceptance of the bernis of the bill by the humane society another bill by senator craig provides for the childrens aid society of ogden after considerable argument as to the effect other laws might have on the measure nie asure the house voted to permit the mil 1111 regulating taxes on oil all property pio perty to bo be laid over to be voted on oil at a later date three hours or of discussion over ahn question it if taxation of mines before the he sen ben r committee on mines and the elioue committee on revenue and taxation lound found the mining rn men n unanimous mousy opposed to any change in the cent system or method of taxation on in n basis of not net proceeds and the advocates of a change to cash value the ille house on february 16 received from the senate the wootton pro hll lion bil 1111 the bill wua as assigned by the file speaker to lo the committee on oil man and vom commerce merce or of the house hoime the morris bill making it a felony for abow to lo attempt to smuggle weapons apolis or drugs into the state penitentiary ten tent iary thiry or r into convict rond road camps was vis based bed with unanimous vote or of tile lie house e on oil february 16 A bill Is to be presented to regulate the trading business in the proposed pio plo posed law makes the office of the secretary secret nry of state the 0 official ITI 1 I 1 I 1 p place lace at which all firms hi nib or india individuals 1 1 la engaged in the trading stamp business shall file a bond for the protection of 0 the consumer |