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Show 1611111 ATTACHES HIS SIMM TO MANY BILLS ! SALT LAKE. Man li 20. - Governor Biiniberscr yesterday sitrned the last of the bills to pass both houses of the late legislature. The governor broke another record b sininc the general appropriations bill WlthOUl a Blngle item vetoed Dunns the )ay the governor signed seven bills and vetoed three Th last measure to be signed was senate ti" No 3, by Chez, which, although introduced intro-duced on the second or third day of the legislature, was nevertheless one of the latest to be passed, and did not reach the governor's office until five davs before the session ended The bill provided that when an ac lion for damages is brought :tp:nnt 8 Utah corporation, it may be brought In the count in which the accldenl took plaee. or in the county in Wlllcb the head offices of the company air located. locat-ed. The present law provides only the latter alternative The new act also provides that when the accident hap pens outside the state the net Ion maybe may-be brought in any county in this state in which the defendant company bas an agent. It has been thought that this clause had been amended so as to read the same as the clause relating relat-ing to accidents within tit- borders of the state. Examination of the engrossed bill showed that thi was not the case, and for that reason the goeinor was near to vetoing the measure. However, he took the position that the so-called "transitory actions" brought in Utah from other states are few. and that, on the other hand, the proportion of accidents acci-dents happening within the confines of the state which lead to actions in the state courts is comparatively large, and therefore, to benefit the many, he signed the measure, which he thought , might work unnecessary hardship In a ' few- instances, hoping that the next legislature would amend the ' transitory" transi-tory" clause eo as to make it uniform with that referring to actions based on accidents within the 6tate All Items Approved. One of the last measures signed by i he governor was the general appt fl irtations bill, and this also oreaKs a record in that no item in that measure is vetoed, although it was within the I power of the governor to take such 'action. Governor Bamberger attrib- jutes this fact to the harmony that prevailed between the joint committee on appropriations and claims and the j governor's office W. W. Armstrong, chairman of that committee, and other members kept in constant touch with the governor's office and established , a system which was to all intents and purposes the budget system, al-! al-! though it was worked within the present pres-ent statutes of the state. The legislature passed a budget system, sys-tem, which is to preail in the future, although the constitutionality of the act is questioned. The bills vetoed by the governor yesterday were: Strinyham Bill Vetoed. Senate bill No. 163. by Stringham. to prohibit fakes and fraudulent advertising. ad-vertising. The governor took the position po-sition that the bill was faulty in that, while newspaper publishers were not I made responsible if they unwittingly published a false advertisement which had been submitted, similar protection ; was not allowed to publishers of other mediums. He also he ld that the present laws on the same subject, backed by the federal statutes, are I i sufficient protection. Senate bill No. 54, by Armstrong. : relating to contracts for buildings and I bridges constructed by counties. The bill was aimed to do away with advertising, adver-tising, and to turn the duties over to a cuuni jjui ciiatiiiif; ageuu ii aiso raised the present limit on construction construc-tion work that may be done by day labor to $2,000 The house killed the purchasing agent ag-ent bill, to which this was supplementary, supplemen-tary, and the governor held that under un-der the circumstances to permit the work to be let by contract without advertising ad-vertising might result In favoritism in awarding contracts, and that this de-fect de-fect would not be offset by the small saving effected in some counties. Chez Bill Rejected. Senate- bill No. 39. by Chez, relating to contracts for cities, and placing the maximum for day labor in cities of the first clas- at $6,000. and at $2.-000 $2.-000 in cities of the second and third clashes t The bill referred simply to rontraet work that was paid for out of the general fund. The act provided that where the city engineer's estimate esti-mate was under the bid of the contractor con-tractor the city might do the work itself. it-self. This was held to be a fatal defect de-fect by the governor, in that it would enable a cil to do all Its eonstme- tion work of the class indicated. The measures which received the approval of the governor were- Senate bill No. 120. by Olson. pro-Aiding pro-Aiding regulations for fraternal benefit bene-fit insurance societies. House bill No. 142, by Berg, permitting permit-ting the raising of the levy for the poor fund in counties House bill No. 127, by WIddlson, providing for the capping of artesian wells on regulations ordered by the county commissioners. Senate bill No. 68. a substitute measure mea-sure by Dern, providing that cities of the first and second classes may transfer trans-fer from one fund to another amounts raised by general taxes when it is found there is a surplus in one fund and a deficiency In another. New Bounty Bill House bfll No. 17, by Hammond, the I state bounty tax on predatory and destructive de-structive wild animals. This bill repeals re-peals only by implication another bounty law on the statute books, and this fact led the governor to hesitate ; before signing it. It was signed after I representations as to its effect had i been made by James H. Movie and Representatives Adams of San Juan, and Hammond of Grand The bill provides for an enlarged j bounty fund, and also for enlarged bounties on some animals. It is said that, owing to the fact that the Utah county bounty on coyotes Is $2.60 under un-der the new law, while that in Nevada is only 50 cents, it may prove much more profitable to hunters and others near tho Nevada line to say that the animals were killed in Utah rather than In Nevada. The skins must be I brought to the county clerk, with cer-I cer-I tain bones of the legs, which are by him detached The sworn statement dY the hunter is then sent to the state auditor. New Bounty Rates. The rates under the new law are: For bear, mountain lions and cougars. coug-ars. $25, instead of the former rate of $15. For black, sray or timber wolves, $50. instead of $15. For jack rabbits and gophers, five cents each. For prairie dogs and ground squirrels, squir-rels, three cents each. In the latter case the county clerks are to pay the bounties direct, and to forward the vouchers to the state auditor aud-itor when the aggregate is $50 or more. One fourth of the bounty fund, under un-der the new law, will go to the state livestock board, for the purpose of concerted action in campaigns against predntorv animals It is hoped that in this t.he state may co-operate with the federal government. State Auditor Ririe is sending out notices of these changes in the law, and also of the changes in his office as a result of the new livestock law, under which the recording of marks and brands is left to the livestock board, instead of being made the duty of the state auditor. There were 396 bills Introduced In the legislature, of which 158 passed both houses and were sent to the governor. gov-ernor. Of these 150 were signed, and eight vetoed, according to compilations compila-tions of J. H. Shields, messenger to the governor, last night |
