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Show UTAH icatsLATUnc. Twenty nine new bills were Intro dueeel In the house on the Slh To make gambling a felony Is tho purpose of a bill Introduce-el In the house bj Mr Meeka. II, 1) No 5, by Dean, changing law for advertising salo nt troepaastng anl male met Its death In the house Fifteen new bills were Introdmtd In the house on February 6 making tho number of measures Introduced up to that date 118 Itepresentallte Tall has Introduced a bill providing for the compulsory uso of broad (Ires on wagon wheels after tho Jenr ltMS Nephl United Stntem Centennial Jen sen's bill, making It n crlmo a publish false statements regnrdlng a corpora Hon, has passed tho house Mr. Hone hns Introduced a measure by which it la proposed to tax all cor pnratlons In tho atnto by providing a llcenso fee feir eflch one Tho house hns slaughtered the bill offered by Nephl Jeiison providing fnr tho oxemptlon of pumping plants tot Irrigation purposes from taxation In tho senate 74 bills hnd been In troduced on the tith Of this mini her 11 have pissed tho upper house as nlso two concurrent resolutions Senator Ham Park has Introduced a bill to regulate tho stamping of aril clea or merchandise mado of gold or nlloya of gold, and providing a penally for violation thereof. II. II No 1, by Nephl U H C Jensen, making taxes a lieu on real property as ot tho second Monday lu January each yeiir, hns been slgnod by tho speukcr of tho house II 11 12S, by Djrlng, provides for a medal ot honor for each of tho Indian War veterans for actual sertlco In sup pressing Indian lumtlllllea In Utah during dur-ing tho years 18S0 to 1872 Inclusive Tho Calllster hill, No 22, providing far tho loaning of thu reservoir land grant fund to Individuals and corporations, corpor-ations, which caused so much discussion discus-sion Thurwla), was passed iiunnlmous ly on Friday I 11. II No. 12, by Clegg. making ItHin-lawful ItHin-lawful for any person to require tho giving of surety bunds In corporations not authorised to transact business In tho stato ot Utah, and providing a pen ally therefor, has been klllol II. II 7, by Poderaon, prohibiting tho marriage of persons subject to chronic eplliptlc fits, persons who are first cousins nnd persons within but not Including the filth degreo ot con snngulnlty, has been passed II. II 10S, by Crltchlow. Is p. bill creating a commfsslnn to provide for tho display of Utah's resources at tho Jamestown axiKisltlon atNorlolkJYn; lnHJ07," iiTdnpWi"ratfng 125.000 to bo expended by the commission Tho senate has ri'Jecled Wetphal'a bill requiring owners of traction en glnes to pay for damages to county roada whllo tho englnu was being moved, and tho bill lias been scut back to conference committee from tho two houses I If tho Onlvcslon Idea of governing' a municipality b) three) trustees la adopted by tho legislature for Salt take, It will bo necessary for tho board to hold lite public meetings weekly, three In Ihe da) tlmo and two In tho ovenlng 1 Tho senate has passed tho Gardner usury bill Tho bill protldes that the legal ralo ot Interest shall bo 8 per , cent; that tho parlies to any contract may agreu In writing for the payment ot interest upon loans, not to exceed . 12 per eent per annum. A bill, which If passee) will practical ly put peddlers nnd Itinerant vendors , out of business mid which Is aimed to protect homo Industries, has been In troduccd lu Ih" aenatn by Senator Ilolllngsworth, of Ogden Tho mens uro prohibits peddlers from selllni; their goods without first paying a llcenso fee A new fish nud game bill has been Introduced In Hie house by Mr Croft, chnlrmun of the committee on tlsh nnd game The Croft hill provides for state auiwrvlsloii ot tlsh and game, under un-der the direction of a stato warden, nt a salarj of 11,800 a year, with not more than six chief gume wardens nt a salary of not more tnnn 1900 u year each Tho house lust week passed bills Nos 18 and 19 by Itoblnsou, the first Increasing the imwers of tho stnto board of equalisation so that It may j assess tho priqierty and franchises of electric light, power and express com iwnles doing business In mora thnn one county, and the second Increasing tho salaries of the members of thn board from KO0 to 11,600 n year each Stmator Hulnnlskls measure, No 01, deeding 10 ncres of laud to tho federal government for n iwst cemetery ut Fort Crittenden, Bennte hill No 57, by Seulo), making It 11 misdemeanor to sell less than sixteen ounces of butter but-ter fur a ouud, and three bills by Ilol llngaworlh Nos M, 6'J nnd 71, th Ilrat two slightly changing tho law ro gurding the service eif summons, nnd tho last changing thu name ot the State School for tho IKiaf, wero imssed by tho senate last week Two so-culled anil Luke" bills wero passed by tho senate last week 'Ihtt measures were fathered by lleniier X Smith and are aimed to correct certain cer-tain evils which nro said to exist lu tho methods of the justice court at Murra), presided over by Justice Du rand The senate on the 8th had passed (went) four ot the eighty eight bills which have been Introduced Tho work of clearing the calendar for tho moro Important measures Is progress Ing nlcel) and It looks ns If all inous ures will have n fair chauca to bo heard In a bill Introduced In the house by Mr Marks, provision la mado for tha appropriation aud setting apart out ol any mono) a In tho stato treasury not otherwise appropriated, 1100,000 an nually, until otherwise provided by law, for tho purpose of erecting a now stato capltol |