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Show PROCEEDINGS OF THE LAW MAKERS In the senate thirty-two new bills I were introduced ibis week to thirty-I six of last week, making a total of L29 lull, Introduced since the open-I in c; d;n of the session. Kightccn pe- j I it ions w ere recced, acted upon and senl to the various committees Most of the petitions were from outstanding outstand-ing communities, representing about 2000 signers, mginc the passage of i 8. B 29 by Booth. ior the payment of Indian war eierans l-iiteen hills were considered h ihe; various committees and senl 'o the senite with a favorable report, The followlnc are a list of bills vot. ed upon l the senate and sent to i the house for ratification v' Date resolution by Benner X Smith 'o ratify the proposed nmend-; ment of the constitution of the United States authorizing an income las S B. No. 16, by Mr Lunt relating to the extension of payments of nn sale of state lands. S B. .".7. b Mr. Thornlev relating! to pool setHiis and bookmaking S. B. No 1 7. by Mr Eckersley, relating re-lating to state rid for public schools S. B No on, bv Mr. Hansen, relating relat-ing to giving checks on Insufficient funds In the lower house, fiftv-one new bills were introduced this weeV to thirty last wee! making a total of 117 all told Twenty-four petitions were received and sent to various committees, commit-tees, most of which were relative to the payment of Indian War veteran'' Ten bills were considered by com - j mlttecs and sent to the house with j favorable reports The following l a list of bills voted upon bv the house and sent to the senate for ratification: H B No 63, by Mr. Cardon relat-inc relat-inc to town8ites. H. R No SO, bv Mr. Cardon. to amend section 19 of the laws of 1907. providing for the -iving of bonds H. B No 34, bv Mr Mabev relating to poolselling etc H B. No. 1. by Mrs. Cannon, relating re-lating to the state flag FT. B No. "9. by Mr. Day. relating to state bounty laws. H B No to. by Mr Elwood, relating relat-ing to the raising the salary of tbe mine inspector H B No. 16. by Mr. Elwood. relating re-lating to creating oTflce of deputy mine inspector IT R No 13, hv Mr Smith, relating relat-ing to duties of state road commissioners commis-sioners The fol'ov inc bills were killed upon third reading 11 B No, CS, by Mr Kriebel. relative rela-tive io nool selline. etc H. it No. 31, by Mabey, authorising a criminal commission H B. No. 12, by Smith relative to the powers of connt commissioners i II B No 7". relating to operations j of street cars bv less than two people j House News. Hooper of Weber yesterday Intro-1 duced in the house a bill requiring four foot fences around all farming' and pasture land- 'n the State The bill makes the owner of the fence responsible re-sponsible for damage to livestock ln-jured ln-jured by encountering loose barbed wire Range land, it is pro1-,ded. shall be fenced with a line of posts or b furrow or diteli Smith of Kaue yesterday introduced a bill In the house extendin; the present law relating to punishment 1 ior persons who tamper with canals or ditches or steal water therefrom su as to Include pipe lines also. A bill will be introduced Mondav b Swenson of Tooele, providing that COUnty road commissioners be Paid for actual services onh. The bill al so provides that each preclncl of the Count shall receive the full amount of poll tax collected therein for the making and improvement of roads. A provision s3.vs that the county treasurer may demand of an employer em-ployer or from the superintendent or j foreman of any company the names of all persons In their employ, and that the Company is liable for the payment of the poll tax due from Its employes and the sum may bei deducted from the amount due the rmploves bv the company The poll tax is fixed at $3 and Is payable by al! persons undc SO and over 21 : years. The house yesterdS) passed house joint resolution No. 1 l Mrs Cannon, Can-non, specifving the design of the state flag of Utah By two bills passed In the house I yesterday, the state coal mine inPpec-tor inPpec-tor is given a permaneni deputy 1 whose salarv Is to be $1800 a year . The salary of the inspector Is in- creased from $2000 to $2400 The house yesterday concurred in I the senate amendments to senate bill' No. 16, bv Hansen already once pass- 1 ed by the house and it was return-ed return-ed The bill extends the time of interest payments on state lands Tbe speaker vesterday referred thej Mabev anti-pool selling bill to the committee on engrosslnR and enrollment. enroll-ment. Tbe bill came from the sen-) ate after having been passed by that body After it has been engrossed it will be sent to the governor House bill No. 3, bv .ludd relating to kindling kind-ling up the affairs of corporations, was also sent to the engrossing com-mlttee, com-mlttee, having parsed both houses The following committee references were made in the house yesterday of senate bills No 11, by Hansen, re- ' lating to derogatory statements concerning con-cerning banks, to committee on banks land banking; No 22. b Smile relating re-lating to commencement of action In city courts judiciary committee: No. 44 bv Wight, defining the crime o, disturbing tbe peace, judlciarv com-j mlttee; No 45, by Wight defining the time of filing actions, judiciary committee The judiclarv committee reported favorably yesterday on Loveless house bill No 7j. which limrs .he' outside practice of S county attor- i new The original bill prevented tho; COUAty attorney from being the counsel coun-sel of a public Utility corporation j This clause was stricken out by the committee The bill in its present; form prohibits the county attornev from defending criminals In his own county The house vesterday killed senate; bill No. 18 providing for ihe compulsory' com-pulsory' attendance at school of children chil-dren up to IS years The bill was killed on tbe adoption of the adverse report of the committee on education. educa-tion. Senate bill No. 68. relating to the courses of study In schools, was pass ed by the house yesterday. One hundred and fifty residents of American Fork yesterday sent a pro-test pro-test to the house against the pass- age of house bill No. 25. the ,"" proposing a graduated tax on vehicles. vehi-cles. hill Introduced in the house yesterday yes-terday by Bamberger of Salt Lake reduces the time for appeal In trim- ! iual cases from six months to three months The hill i designed to prevent pre-vent the long delays incidental to i murder trials. Bamberger of alt Lake yesterday introduced In the hous,- a bill changing chang-ing th" penalty prescribed In the preseni law for the sale of opium The present law makes the penalty imprisonment In the slate prison from two to five vears or a fine of from $2000 io 110.000, The Bamberger bill makes the penalty from one year in ihe penitentiary or a fine of from $:,oo to $10,000 it is said that prosecutions pros-ecutions of persons engaged in the opium traffic heretofore have been much hamper, d by the heavy penalties penal-ties imposed bj the law. Hammond ol Grand will on Mon da Introduce a bin providing for the Inspection of livestock before; shipment. The judiciary committee has an-nouneed an-nouneed a special order for 9 o'clock Wednesday morning to consider all Sundav closing legislation now before the committee This order was made when the committee came to the consideration con-sideration of Cardon s bill which prohibits pro-hibits Sunday theaters, bicycle races, baseball games, motor cycle races, automobile itiees and in fact practically practi-cally all classes of amusement and sport The Judiciary committee reported favorably yesterdas on house bills Nos 50. 51. 52. 52,. 55 and 59. all liquor li-quor bills, with one exception, which prohibits the sale of tobacco to minors mi-nors The committee substituted house bill No. lift for No 59. vhich relates to the possession of liquor by minors. On motion of Chairman Hen-rie Hen-rie of the committee the liquor b'lls were made a special order in the house for 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon after-noon Mrs Cannon of Salt Lake introduced introduc-ed yesterday a bill providing thai 'lif' commissioner of tbe bureau of immigration, immi-gration, labor and statistics shall employ em-ploy two deputies instead of one as the law now provides, and thai one ol the deputies 6hall be a woman Tho salarv of the deputies is tc be $1200 a e3r The bill also requires that industrial employers shall submit sub-mit their pay rolls or registers showing show-ing the number of hours each employe em-ploye works In case of refusal the employer is liable to a fine of $60 or Imprisonment of 16 days, or both fine and imprisonment Senate News. Tbe Cottrell bill prohibiting the u8e o' so-ealled parlor matches, which was to have come up for passage yes. terday goes ocr until Tuesda al the request oT the author. It will come up as a special order Tuesday afternoon t the request of Senator Joseph Kckerslev of Wayne county the Eck-erslex Eck-erslex bill raising the appropriation for schools in districts where the revenue is insufficient rrom $10,000 to $12,000, wa returned by Governor Spry yesterday The governor objected ob-jected to the increased appropriation and asked S.-nator Bckerslej to have the senate ask for its return in order thai the appropriation might b re duced to the amount appropriated two years ago The bill will come up again on Monday in the senate and the amendment made. The lncreas of the salaries of school teachers in these districts from $U to $75 will remain In tbe bill State Dairy and Food ( ummlssion-ei ummlssion-ei Wlllard Hansen appeared before the senate committee on manufactures and commerce yesterday to urge the passage of the Monson house bill prohibiting pro-hibiting unfair discrimination in the purchase of milk, butter and Lutter fat The committee decided to recommend rec-ommend the bill for passage The Williams bill appropriating $7.-500 $7.-500 as a special award for teachers more than 70 vears old who have taugbl in the public schools for more than 4ft years was recommended for passage yesterday by the senate committee com-mittee on appropriations and claims The state will appropriate $10,000 to defray the expenses of union and confederate vetcraus resident of Utah to the observance of the semi-centennial of the battle of Gettysburg at Gettysburg. Pa., next July, if It follows tbe recommendation of the senate committee on appropriations and claims. This committee ie(ooi mended the passage of the Williams senate bill making this apprc-pria-tlonl ! A bill was Introduced yesterdaj bj Senator W. V Williams of Salt Lahel making tbe bond required from the contractor for the construction of a school building one-half of the amount of the contract. Instead of double the j amount, as at present. A compan-' ion bill will be Introduced b Sena-tor Sena-tor Williams Mondav providing that contractors may file a bond vith their bid instead of a certified check for1 5 per cent of the bid as at present pres-ent Members of the committees on education edu-cation from the house and the senate left last night for Cedar Citj to visit tbe branch normal They will spend Sunday In Cedar City, returning to Salt Lake Tuesday morning The members of the committees on appropriations ap-propriations from both houses will visit the. state Institutions at Ogden Monday foreuoon |