Show cepres representative 2 h tentative enta tive inter viewed on work of legislature the seventeenth session of the state legislature closed promptly at midnight march 10 0 A representative from millard county home last week when asked concerning the activities of the sess session lorr mr said so far as this locality Is concerned the most important piece of legislation is we th e addition to the state highway system of the road from delta to the nevada state line other things which vitally concern this section of the state are the increasing of the salary of the district attorney of this district from 1500 to 2000 the changing of the opening of the bass fishing season in millard county from june 15 to may alay 15 the taking over of the old state capitol in fillmore ily by the state and the appropriation of tor for its repair an amendment to the state fishing laws to permit the snagging of suckers below the sevier river dam at any time of the year the clarification of the law relating to the foreclosure of tax liens and a law providing tor for a ninety day period of quarantine lor for cattle shipped into the state so that they may be tested tor for tuberculosis several proposed laws of interest to the entire state were killed the bil providing for an increased mine tax one for the reclassification of property tor for the purpose of taxation and one ond providing that the school tax be made a general state levy so that all moneys should be distributed the respective counties count iea according to the per capita school population I 1 should have been glad to see the two matters hatters last mentioned made into laws but am not in favor of bf the mine tax increase amat which attention out of all due proportion to its merit was the racing question A aitho the repeal was passed the result will be only to throw racing wide open and without restriction in the state of utah A thing which will help the state materially la is the appropriation of for a mines building at the university of uta utah this la Is to be designated by the united states government as the neu cleus of one of 0 two schools of mining re research in the united states heretofore experiments peri ments have been carried on ia in several states but now these will be confined to two stations this one in salt lake city tor for research in metallic minerals the other in pittsburgh penn tor for research in non nonmetallic metallic minerals also an appropriation of 0 was made tor for an auditorium at the university of utah two other bills of 0 local interest were killed one a drainage bill which would havo have reduced the period ot of redemption from four our to two years and one which would have given the state engineer control ot of all the underground water supply in artesian or pumping districts probably this session will bo be far more noted tor for its stand against radical changes of 0 the law rather than tor for an any particular constructive legislation it accomplished 1 I am glad to be able to tell you that in every instance in which the people of 0 billiard county were unanimous in their wish tor for any certain piece of legislation senator finlan son and I 1 were able to get it passed tor for them I 1 had numerous inquiries about millard county and found many people deeply interested in this section of the state I 1 was glad to be able to assure them of my faith in its future and am now glad to be at home again among you who will be the important factors in that future mr air also praised heartily the work of his bis colleague senator finlinson and said that much of credit for the legislation accomplished for this county is due to him |