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Show PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE SENATOR KELLY OF WEBER COUNTY WOULD CAUSE THE STER ILI2ATION OF CRIMINALS AND DRUNKARDS, AND PREVENT MEN WITH VENEREAL DISEASES FROM MARRYING-STATE MARRYING-STATE MONEY TO BE PLACED AT INTEREST The sesHon of the house today was ; brief, requiring only time enough to fix the time to which the house ad-ijourned, ad-ijourned, which is 2 o'clock tomorrow. In the Senate. The senate met at 2 "I p m Senator Kelly of Weber Count introduced in-troduced four bills, as follows No. . An act concerning marriage, pppllcation for marriage, defining the duties of the state board of health and providing penalties for violation. A male applicant for a license to marrv must obtain a certificate from a physician as to his physical condition condi-tion Idiots, imbeciles habitual users of narcotic drugs, habitual drunkards, those afflicted with transmissible venereal ve-nereal diseases and those under the influence of liquors or drugs must be refused a license to marry No. 5 provides for the sterilization and prevention of procreation of confirmed criminals, idiots, Imbeciles, etc., and appoints two additional skilled snrccons to the regular Institutions In-stitutions to perform the operation of sterilization. No. 6 requires city and count school treasurers to deposit all school mono s in approved depositaries at Interest. No 7 provides? for the securing of interest on state moneys by requiring requir-ing deposit In state banks and defines de-fines the duties of treasurer, governor, gover-nor, secretary of state and attorney general in relation thereto and pre-pcrilx-s penalties for iolation of the act. Yesterday's Proceedings 1 1 sterday, alter order had been restored, re-stored, the roll call on the appeal from the decision of the chair on Waiting's Wai-ting's point of order proceeded On that roll call the insurgent Republicans Republi-cans went on record They oted with the Democrats apparently with the same readiness with which they had so voted Monday When the roll call was done the mystery com erning their identitv was cleared and every one knew who they were Still they did not seem to mind the publicity a bit The ruling Of the chair was overthrown over-thrown by a vote of 23 'o 21 The ballot was To sustain the speaker- Anderson, Bamberger, Barker. Rennion, Mrs Cannon. Dastrup, Ellwood, Hooper. Jones. Judd, Mrs. King. Krlebel ,Mat -chant Marriott M Rae. Monson. Dr Bkolfleld, Swenson. Van Wagoner, Wilcox. Mr. Speaker- 21 To overrule the speaker Republicans Republi-cans Barnes. Cbnstensen. Cook, Crouch Day, Honrie Mabev. Nielson. Smith 9. Democrats: Benson. Car-don, Car-don, Durham. Hammond, Kimball, Loveless. Morris, Oldham, Openshaw. Page, Reynolds. Robinson. Southwlck, Welling (14) 23. Considerable time elapsed between the adjournment of the Joint session and the reconvening of the house lo the course of that elapsed time It was reported there had been a highly important conference at which, among others, members of the state central commit 1 ee were present, as well as a bearer of counsel from the governor. govern-or. The first bill of the session was introduced in-troduced by Benner X Smith. This bill, If it becomes a law, will prevent the present and all future sessions of the legislature extending beyond the constitutional 60 day limit. H provides pro-vides that the Indorsement and certification certi-fication of acts of the legislature by the proper officers shall be conclusive conclu-sive evidence of their regular passage pass-age except as to the date of the passage pass-age of the acts and the adjournment ot the legislature. In such matters the indorsements and the minutes recorded re-corded in the journal shall be prima facie evidence only and mav be refuted re-futed by competent evidence. The practice of the legislature has been to extend the session some days beyond the actual On day limit stopping stop-ping the clock and dating back the bills to the 60th calendar day of the session. This practice has been tested test-ed in the courts several times, but the courts have Invariably held that the Journals of the legislature and the indorsement on the- acts constitute consti-tute conclusive evidence as to the date ot passage and the Adjournment of the legislature. The bill permits the introduction in-troduction of eTldencc to controvert the indorsement and the journals, with the result that if the bill becomes be-comes a law uo measure enacted aft- . er the 6'ith calendar day could become 1 a law |