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Show PROCEEDINGS OF LAW MAKERS In the Senate 'I be senate committee on educa- 1 tion met last night and decided to 1 recommend foi passage the senate bill , by gCkersley permitting ci.'ifs of ihe; second c!a.s-s with an tSSCSSerl valua- I Hon of less than llSJ.QOMon to in-crease in-crease the tax levy for school pur-pojcB pur-pojcB frotn 6 to 8 mills Senator George .1 Kellv resterda) introduced three bilh supplement to his bills now pending before the leg- j stature providing for interest on pub. lie funds. The bills were all sent to the Committed on hanks aud bank-ng, bank-ng, I he park board bill introduced m . tbe hoube or. Ifonday was Introduced In the senate yesterda by Sens tor i uai les I !oti i ell, Jr.. of lialt Lake The ' bill abolishes the park board aud places the control of parks and play-grounds play-grounds entirely i" the hands ot the 1 C ty commission or cit council, Senator G, A Iversbn of Carbon yesterday introduced a bill changing the method of Incorporating towns At present the towns are Incorporated l order of the county commissioners. Ifi Senator Iverson'S bill becomes a law: the "iri'r incorporating the towns will be issued by the district court. In oider to permit ( oalvllle in Sum- ! mit count; to sell a municipal power plant which has proen a burden to i th. it.. Senator T,. B. Wight yesterday yester-day introduced a bill permitting cities or towns to sell oi lase municipal power and llqhi p'ants The present law i.-ies i 1 1 1 v 3 and to.vns jiower to acquire and own such plant1- hut does not yive them the powei to dispose of them. Senator Charles Cottreii. Jr., of Salt Lake yesterday introduced a bill I In the senate placing suret rompa ; nles under the supervision of the state Insurance commissioner instead of the sprrHarv or state The bill was referred to Senator Cornell's com-, mittee The exceptions in the law providing thai no city officials shall receive frep transportation on street railways are Increased bv 'n, addition of health (nspectors !n uniform and policemen po-licemen in nla i n cloihes h a bill introduced in-troduced in the senate yesterday by Senator Charles ( otirell ot Salt Lake The present law civer policemen and firemen In uniform the privilege of j accepting Lr,j transportation Senator L, Booth of t'tah conn-; tv yesteidav jiroposd a measure mailing It the duty of the Judge of a court where insanity (s allcwed as a defense In criminal actions to amine am-ine into the anii of tho defendant The commission is to consist of three physicians who are qualified as alien-! ; l8ts. Bi the terms of a bin Introduced in the seua 'egterda- by James W. Funl Ol Cache it Is necessary for anv , mfrchani who offers fo. sale con-vict-made goods to take out a II-oense II-oense for this purpose an l to n ak 'public announcement or the fact that the goods he offers for sale are con-vfct-made This bill 'i it becomes a lav. tt is believed will minimize the danger ' manufacturers from comoe-t'tion comoe-t'tion with low -priced convict-made goods. The b(jl was referred to the committee on public health and labor, of which Senato- Funk is chairman The senate committee on Judlciarv ,it - rr'orted '.T -Tibly the bill I of Senalot Benner X Smith providing ! for compulsory voting. The bill uro-vides uro-vides that all citizens who fail to :-?'-ci?e ihelr rlaht o'" Tranrhlse are .Ubject to poll tax, while a1! who vot" I are exempt from the Ihv Sev eral ; mendmeiits were made h, the committee, com-mittee, but none of these change? the : intent or I he hill. I A division of the senate committee i on Judiciary was reporter) with refer ' ence u the consideration ol 1,0 I amendment to the statute of fyaude ellmiqatina 'be ni-H"1"' of aeve jmetit:-- between ,r,ai estate dealers ad I elents being In writ in':. V maioi.iv favored the passage of ,v,p bill while la minoritv opposed It The minorlt consented. how-e,er. that the bill go I on the calendar for final passage Sena'oi EckeT lej bill extending the powers of the stale text book commission to the selection of text bOOl 8 for high schools, exofpt in cltin? of the first and second classes, v.-as passed b' the renpte ypterdss wll i but one dissenting vole Senator L. i; Wight m Summ't county otinp n. the negative. Senaioi Wk'ht endear, ored to secure an amendment to the Ibll which would either mae the au-l au-l hont v of the stale text honk commission com-mission absolute oer the entire state, Including cities Of the first and second sec-ond classes, or limit it to school di3 I iricts out6b of Knbool districts of! aiT ' lass William H lenne. former!- a mem-! her of the Xauvno Legion durinf the Black Hawk war. has applied to the! legislature for $2000 bec ause of the i los of a Ifg durini th Indian cam- 1 palgn. Senator William f'raig yester- day introduced a hill in the senate eskitig that the a ppropt lation asked foi r- KT?it't4i( Oil lui'. ID IH67 the. bill sets forth. Mr fenne while dt ;v -Ing cattle to the WashaM tribe of i Indians wbh whom peac- ne-otj-tions were oeing made '."'ki a bioken leg which was afterwards am putatrd. The bill went t,, the corn- j mittee on appropriations ,iud claims House News. In a bill introduced in the house yesterday by Oardon of Cache courts are given power to exclude spectii-tors spectii-tors from the court room during Lhi bearing of certain cases common' calssed as 'racj." A bill for a racing commission was introduced in the house yesterday hs Cook of Salt Lake county. The bill provides that the governor shall appoint ap-point a commission of five, at least three of whom are to be breeders ar. I raisers of thoroughbred stock Tin commissioners are to hold office for four years. They are allowed a retary. who Is to be paid ?100 a year, which amount is to be collected from 1 corporations or associations propos nA to conduct i ic-s i he commission Is piven power to prescribe iules. regulations reg-ulations and conditions under which running races may be held and ma) crant licenses to conduct races. Licenses Li-censes are to be revocable if tbe races ra-ces are noi conducted in accordance with the rules of the commission No running racer, are to be permitted ex cept they are sanctioned by the coin-mission coin-mission Rookmaking and pool selling sell-ing are expressl1 forbidden Mrs. Cannon of Salt Lake yesterday Introduced a bill In the house providing provid-ing that the husband and wife 11 vims together are joint guardians of thel minor children with equal powers rights and duties In rei-pe-i to tho control and custody and of tbe vices and earnings of the children .'either husband nor ife has a) paramount right in respect oi custoi . or otherwise. A bill was introduced In the hOUSO yesterday by Ekfonson of Sanpete appropriating ap-propriating $10,000 for the relief ol families of officers killed in the per formance of their duty. Two thou and dollars is to be gien each famil . that has lost Its breadwinner througl death in the service of the state as s peace officer. Da3 of Iron yesterday introduc.'.. In the house a bill making the branch j normal school at ' edar City a brancb of the Agricultural college, instead l a branch of the university. The DISH agement and control of the school are placed in hand? of the h.u,-d i trustees of the Agricultural collet It Is provided thai 7 23 per cent of the annual revenue derhed from the peneral lat for state purposes shall he continued for the benefit of 'he Cedar City institution under the new arrangement The idea of the change is that the school should be devot'1 ed more largeh to the leaching Ol subjects relating to agriculture In a bill Introduced by Mabey of Davis Da-vis In the house yesterday the pre Del law requiring railroads to fen e their rights of Way I? extended to apply to roads operated by slec or gasoline or any other mechanical rnotHe power as well as stenni. A bill introduced in the house es .erdav by Mabey of Davis changes lh terms of punishment for def-en u.t or v. Illful ronsupport to a fine c1 any amount less than $800 or by Imprisonment Im-prisonment in the county Jail for sly months or both fine and impriso i i ment. Cardon of Cache yesterday Intro- j duced a bill in the house fixing I be hours of closing saloons In any cit of whatever class al 9 o'clock., ' 1 prohibits drug -iore6 from sel In i quor after in ;!0 p m. The presen; j law permits sloons in cities of the first and second classes Lb keep open until 12 o'clock and drug stores to j sell liquor up to that hour Qgdeni now bps a $ o'clock closing reg'-'ia t:o:i fixed by ordinance. In the ma' 'er of saloons, therefore. Sal? Lake ' the onlv city which would be tffe cd should the Cardon bill become a law. v bill presented by Bennion of (Jin tab in the house yesterday makes M unlawful for any person to sbeai sheep or goats belonging to ohothel except ho bo employed tor that purpose pur-pose by the owner The driving awn of another's sheep for a greater du tenc than 15 miles from a 'hen,!, or dipping c-crral. whether wi'n ro-lonlour. ro-lonlour. intent or not. is also made unlawful. Another bill by BennlQ' makes tbe recorded brand of live --lock ivith ihe state auditor prima facie evidence in all suits, wnethei civil or criminal, of the ownership f he stock by the person whose record j : cd brand the animals bear Yesterday Tvas n,P aet day under the rule.; -Alien members could lntr) i luuce bills in their own name. L'udcr the rule any bill hereafter ir.rroducod nr:st be presented by committee The judiciary committee of the house yesterday decided lb report taxornbly on Jur.'d's house bill No T permlttinq .-r-. bar.-, in hotels ot mere thnn )?r rooms The houbo committee on labor held a lengthy meeting last night at the N'ew Grand hotel wun If gave 8 pub lie bearing on Dr Skolflold's ho'ie bill No. H,:. whioh provides for a minimum min-imum wage commission for women and minors Several representative ;'j of manufacturers appeared in ope -tlon io ihe measure, their chlei' point bcini; that the time v. jc Inopportune I tor the enaetment of the 'a v.-. tn.i--- niuch us Utah 16 endeavoring to moei competition of other st-jtes iii men i i,f;,c t nrtt. Several representatives Of labor urged the passage of the bib The committee reached no decision. oo |