Show WOULD investigate STATE UNO LAND BOARD UTAH representative DESIRES PROBE INTO AFFAIRS OF STATE departments senate pasties fourteen bills in one afternoon while house approves ten measures measure during the day george F goodwin of salt take lake county introduced it resolution lit in the lower house of 0 tho the utah legislature on march 8 asking that an investigating committee be appointed two members from the house find and ono one from tho the sen ute to investigate the state treasur ers department and the board of state land commissioners goodwin lit in his argument to tho the house declared that tho the investigators should be clothed clot tied with lent power to investigate all state institutions tut ions fourteen bills were passed by the senate on march 18 after tho the forenoon session was almost entirely taken up with discussion of one resolution ti 0 it the work was completed tit at 6 oc 1 ock and no night session was held the house was almost as aa prolific in the approval of bills ten being passed the four bills introduced luring during the arly part of the session providing that the treasurer of salt aake lake county might bo be relieved from the burden of paying the premium on oil official boud bond were called before the house and all were passed the appropriation for the ogden choir to go to sail diego and san francisco was passed without argument ment only a few voted agal against as t the appropriation of 2500 for this purpose there was some debate on the abe bill by Sen senator titer 1 I it I 1 wight to create a fund for the relief ot of volunteer a and n d paid tire n ten hut but it passed the house amended 11 II it II no by the public ht health alth committee if it had become a a law as originally drafted would have riven given the state board of health authority to establish all penthouses pest housea houses lit in the state the bill passed with the power taken from the board or of health in the state and given give to city and county boards of health governor william spry returned 11 II 0 no 1 by the irrigation committee and asked that it be amended ani ended the bill provides for the tha issuance of bonds by drainage districts As originally drawn it ft did not provide that property owners should be the only ones to vote at bond elections it II 11 no 50 by george F goodwin Goodw ln providing that attorneys shall be ba permitted to designate the newspaper in which they desire that publication of summons appear was passed under 8 spen sion of the rules this takes away front fro n county clerks the giving of legal notices to whatever paper they desire at the march 8 session of the house sixty seven bills were made special orders for the closing days of the session together with much wrangling confusion and a slap at the lobbyists hobbyists who were working for pet measures no attention was given to bills on the calendar A sifting committee appointed by president W tent mont perry ferry includes senators adora 1 L U B wight of Su summit william craig of weber and joseph eckers ley of wayne this committee took over about bills and sifted gifted out four for passage and four for the ax and shelved the remainder of the bills that were lit in the hands of the various corn com mit tees senate bill no by senator joseph chez providing that saloons must not cash pay ch checks eks passed the senate the utah legislature imd hud one of the busiest weeks ot of the present session the first week in march A large amount of oc bu business ginesi WILS was handled find and a number of 0 important laws enacted probably the most moat important being the statewide state wide prohibition measure which makes utah a dry state after july 1 1516 A number of hills of interest to lr ir wore were paused passed luring during tile the past week while a batch of fee bills were approved by unanimous vote 11 13 no au by mr shields which it if it becomes a law will prohibit tho the drinking of intoxicating liquors on oil trains except in pullman and dining c cars ars was passed by the house the bill an issuance of bonds to complete the capitol was called up in the house as a joint appropriations committee measure and passed wilford day of ii iron on and dan it 11 shields of salt lake had a jangle in the house which came near ending in blows the two representatives bel being fig restrained however by the other members A compromise marriage license bill was introduced in the seante by senator chez an a substitute for his sen senate a te bill no 45 and senator inkers leys senate bill no the hill bill alif amends ends the taw law respecting the issuance of marriage licenses making more strict the laws respecting girls if under ader 21 years yeara who apply for licenses in counties in which they do not live securing unanimous consent of the senate senator Eck craley introduced in thu upper house a wit bill defining the duties of the secretary or of the state board of health and fixing his salary at a year standard weights and measures bill was passed in the senate without a dissenting vote vole it regulates the weight of foodstuffs such as butter and prescribes tho the size and CoI contents tents of berry boxes it la Is pat after the idaho law speaker saker L tl anderson was presented a silver mounted ravel gavel by members of the house the gavel la is madi lenad from utah mahogany utah diver allver and by utah wor workmen kinen and Is pronounced one of the finest pieces of workmanship ever made in the state |