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Show SPECIAL SESSIOI OF J UTAH LEGISLATURE I ADJOURNS SALT LAKE. Oct 7 The special session of tho Thirteenth legislature' has adjourned. The end carte ar midnight las? night. The session was called for the pur-, pose of disposing of two propositions, that of ratifying or rejecting the Susan Su-san B. Anthonv amendment to the constitution con-stitution of the United States, ami to make an appropriation that would enable en-able the attorney general to carry out the laws against combines and trust) in order that the high cort of living mlKht be reduced by (he inquiry sol ruade. TIM amendment was ratified and I the appropriation for the attorney .Ten- I cral defeated. L J One of the last acts c.f the special B, j session was to amend ihe public util-HV util-HV ities law o that a monopoly can be oven to whoever concludes to build a railroad into (be Uintah Basin Th-bill Th-bill which amended the law was almost al-most defeated on Saturday. It Waa made the special order for yesterday and during the recess over Sunday the Y friends of the measure made a des persto effort to rallv enough support to insure irs passage, nnd in this the.' succeeded, but not until near the end of the session Monooolv Provided. I Under its provisions the public util ities commission will practically con-I con-I trol the construction of any raHioad into the basin, for a certificate of pub lie convenience must be obtained fiom L i the commission before a road can bo-K bo-K huilt, and after the certificate Is Is I sued, then no other can issue unless the commission can b shown that an other road is tteeeeidry. W This bill and another '0 prevent f picketing, which was also recommend d by OoTernor Bamberger, occupied I the time of the two homes practically j all day yesterday. The bill ;o prohibit pro-hibit picketing, which had been killed I In tbo senate on Saturday, was rein- troduced in the house yesterday and' I it was passed, sent to the senat where it was amended, passed ?xi re i uimed to the house. The amend-1 I ments were concurred in and flic bill! agan passed It was engrossed al j j once, signed by the speaker and the president of the senate and transmit I ted to the governor. Probe Bill Beaten, j A measure to inquire into the hish j ost of living was introduced In the' j house b Rprscm a live I11 y ester H day, but was killed. H , in the senate Senator McKinney in i troduced a bill which corrected ;m er ror in a measure regarding the matter, of inheritance taxes, the first bill hav : ing been passed Saturday and 'his bill j I was passed by both house? Senator Olson endeavored just before be-fore final adjournment to recall senate memorial, which memorialized con-I con-I gress regarding mineral lands, declav- j tng that it had been passed without I due consideration, but he failed in his effort. It was 11 p. m. when the calendar calen-dar and rostrum desks in both houses were cleared; the cloning formalities were concluded and the special session ses-sion of the Thirteenth legislature became be-came history mm oo |