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Show UTAH LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP Happenings In Both Branches of Ninth General Assembly. I Two bills were approved by the hntisK on Monday. January IA, both relating to nn Increase In foes for Juroni. Two now bills were Intro duceil. Ten new measures worn In-lrt,i,iicei1 In-lrt,i,iicei1 In tho senate, making a tt-tal tt-tal of Iwtity-iilno for the prcm ut sea slun The reapportionment of the niunher of senators and represt-ntatlvcs Hi the leg .lalure to (he dlfterelit leglnlatlve tllHiilita In tho s'Hlo, aieiinllng In the celltilla of 1MD, In Itroviilnl III a bill liiiroiiiii fd in the ki.iIo senate Monday b St lialttr H .1. Slookey of Salt Ulke Kai h house ol the It cnlalure Moll day iiiianltnoiialy ndupteil a rt'ieiliittnn pit dHtg the moral and tinineial siip port ol I'tah for the irnpottid l'nua lua raelllc exptltlon nt S.in rrancl4'o Tile leatuie ol Hie setalon of the hnu-.e on Kaiurtlay, iht, II, was the Introilui lion by Willi. mi I.. Il iyes .1 l liih niiiiiiy of the l, al nitlim hill, III lie, oiilaiice Willi the promise -t the Kepiiltlli litis ill wio lute election. I nib r Hie prut Mmis of this ninn lire, the sale of liitoxlt allng lliUorn outhlde Ibe corporate limits of cities of the flrttt, s lit! anil third cliiH.iet will be prohibited except for medical, liie.h itlli .il or sclenllllc lines. In t ill t of the Ikrst, sectinil anil Ihlrd classes the sale and muiiuraciiire of ah ohollc lliliiors will be settled by local up tlon. To delernilne whether or not Intoxicating beverages shall be sold In t Kit a of thu second und third class on, un election is called lor Tuesday, May n. mil, when all voters eligible ut the Inst preceding election, or reg istered since that lime, will be eligible to vote. In all cities where prohibition Is lont, or where no elections are held ill cities of tho firm class, the city councils shall have the power tu license nnd regulate nil places whero llipior Is sold. It Is provided, however, how-ever, In the measure, that tin-re shall not bo more than une saloon, grog shop or cither such place to each 2,uut Inhabitants. Kenatur llndger of Hall ImV on Muntluy Introduced o bill prohibiting rerialn classes of medical advertising In newspapers. This bill Is a dnpll-rate dnpll-rate of nno Introduced two years ago by Senator lladgcr. which tasm-d Ihe senate hut winch was killed In the tltlllMV H tniior Chrlrtnphor llurton, Jr., of Davis eouniy, on Monday Introduced bill In tho senate Inert imIiiio the annual appropriation for ttie state road fund from K7 lion to ftiii.nno. In order to ciiinlUe tho asaesscd valuation of mineral lands In the sUuj, aleuaUur 0. A. Ivorson of- Carbon Car-bon county on .Monday Introduced A Itiint resolution providing lor the submission sub-mission of a proposed constitutional iiiiendiiietit which lermlis the tain-lion tain-lion of mining property n. other pmiv frty Is taxt d. Kollowlng out the recommendations 3t the Hall Lake Commercial club, lladger nf Halt Lake on Monday In truduccd a bill iiiiiliorllng boards of Niuuty coinmli sinners to levy a s;n-'lal s;n-'lal lax to cover tlni cost of main mining exhibits in local or foreli u ex lllllllOllS. Tu prevent the spread of disease und Itiiprioo the sanitation of the clt if of the stale, HiiiHIi of Hall Like m Monday Introduced a hill In Ihe ni-naie providing that no city or town hull permit sewerage to bo depimlted learer than Cull feet from a running lie. 1111. t The ale und delivery of fruit trees 31 her than those of tho kind nnd pe-:-les ordered Is mailt n misdemeanor under a hill offered In tho senate by Kelly of Weber. It provides thai svory firm or vender of fruit trees shall nio bond of llll.ooil with the lecrotary of state, Klghlccn bills weru Introduced In the senate duilng the first week. The first two bills passed by the house were Introduced by llepro-t.'Ulve llepro-t.'Ulve Claude Y. Hussell of Salt Lake. The first one passed amends tho statutes stat-utes relating lo hlghwuy robbery and fixes the penalty for persons found guilty at not less than three year or for life. The other Is a bill providing for Ihe punishment of men living off the earnings of fnllen women. W. L. lluyes la the father of Ihe third niciisurti to be pussed by Ihe house. This act provides, ns suggested suggest-ed by Ihe governor In bis mossugn. that tho uve oT facsimile photographs or Impressions of the great seal nf tho state shall bo restricted In g--ner.il and prohibited on advertising matter. In the future much of tho wink to be done by the two Iioiihi-s of tho stute legislature will lako place In committee meetings, mid It Is expected expect-ed that practically all of the commit tee meetings will bo held In the morning morn-ing Senate bill No. 13 (the hoodn bill) provides for the d poHltlug of slate moneys in national, state or private banks which will In- rcuulrcd to pay-not pay-not less than 2 per cent per milium Interest In-terest on said moneys. Hut Its nu'hor Is not superstitious nnd has no fear of tho outcome of this measure. To entourago the destruction of siiuiirels. ground squirrels, rabbits, gophers, chipmunks and other fanners' fann-ers' pests, Jacob II. l.ungstun, rep rescnlutlve from Millard county, has Introduced In the lower limine of the stato legislature a bill lo appropriate l.'.Tuo as an annual bounty tu the dW hied amongst the twenty seven tou t ties of tho stute. Two bills Introduced by Itopresi-ut-stlve Page of I'lute county provide fo-Ihe fo-Ihe Increase of witness fees In Justice and district courts and before grand Inrlea. Senate bills 11 to 1 cro In'i.i duced on Friday, the lllth. whlli house Mils to 14 were presented The hone passed Senate bill t. pro vldlng that bills passing the Irglsla ture may be engrossed by typewriter. An attempt to have the house adjou-n from Friday until Monday was true irated (iovernnr Spry sent a rommunlca tlon to the senate, asking permission to cede certain lanus near Kurt Dou las to tin- government. Senalor Stookey Introduced a mii ure making appointees rejected by senate Ineligible as recess Bptolnle-a A bill making pool selling, book making and other forms of gambling a felony was Introduced In the house A illvono bill has been Introduced by Senator Km lib r. which permits final tit i rre to be entered by the court li.-teatl of an interlocutory decree, tu tase the parties to tho divorce action have lived si pnrate nnd apart fol more than one year piior to the Issii litlee of Ihe decree. To provide for ihe sheriff's InspT lion and m uni of llv stoi k lo be driven or shipped from this stnto In ut, oiler Is Hie object of hiiu-ic bill No 1:', liitiodui.d by Mr. s. in, .-ron ol Siinp-'te on Krhbiy. Illitlitt -i n new bills were Introduced, making a total lo date of thirty two. while three bibs were p.iSKiil. A bill proline.- f-r trie app.lt t niein nf until r t-lierlds In all coenU of the lint: an. I m , mid t lus, cr a'lun an additional office In all sin li eeiia lies, has I n Itltloiluci-il In ttie lower house by the Jiulli lary rommlitee ul the house of representatives. If a bill Introduced by lit 'presents live Hurry II. Cole In the loner nouc of Ihe state legislature Is passed, beginning be-ginning wllh Ihe first Monday In January, Jan-uary, l!H:i, the salaries of the gov-etiuir, gov-etiuir, alate eu .Iter, attorney gen 'nil nnd slate treasurer will be iimlerlally lucriasrd. II. D. Ilarsberger, Democratic member mem-ber of the lower bouse, from UlufT, traveled farther to come to Ihe legla laiure than any other member ol either house. 1 he state will pay blin mileage for .TCL' miles, 14K miles ol which had to be traversed In a alage coach. Senator It. W. Sevey of rangultch Is tho lallest man In tho senate. He has served two lerms ns sheriff of Carfltdd county, but for the past two years has been working In connection wllh tin- bureau of animal Industry. He Is now serving In the second session ses-sion nf his first term III Ihe senate. Senalor Carl A. lladger of Hall Lake on Tliurnlav Introduced a Joint resolution reso-lution providing inr the riitlllcntlon by tho legislature of I'tah oi the proposed pro-posed amendment to the coiisMiiiilon of tho I'nlted Stnlea authorising au Income tux, Kight hours are to constitute a dnr'e labor In all retail stores and otln r places of business whom goods are sold nt retail lo tho public, If a bill Introduced In the senate by HudolpU Kufhlcr of Ogden Incomes n law. Tho house was In semlon but thirty minutes on Thursday, January 13. It tin I at 2 o'cloi k In the uftornoon and adjourned nt i!::iu. The early adjourn-mi adjourn-mi nt was Inkt-ii out of rosiect to I'reslilent (iiirdtitr, whoso mother died on Wednesday. Senator Itiulg r of Salt Lake has Introduced In-troduced a resolution providing Hint no so called "luiikcilng" trip bo ink n by the senate mu-r the twentieth legislative leg-islative day; that no visit as a body Ibe uiiide to the state meiitil hospital; that no bill, except by uaulmous co i-setil, i-setil, be Introduced In the sena o alter I the for llith liglslutive day; that on tho forty fifth legislative dny the president pres-ident shall upiKi'ul a sifting committee. commit-tee. I The committee on Irrigation In thi house Friday Introduced n bill am ending end-ing Ihe present Irrigation law to fx the purchase price of lands selected by the stale for Use as reservoir laud ul 2.ftO per acre. Duvid H. Morris, leader of tho minority, mi-nority, who received tho complimentary compliment-ary voto of Ihe Dcuiocraia for apoak r of til" house, occupied Iho speaker i chair for more than an hour Wednesday Wednes-day afternoon. The house on Wodnesdny adopted tho report of Its rommlttro on rule., after a lengthy discussion. Tho co :i-niltleo :i-niltleo made slight cnangea In tin rules, the most ImiKirtunl being Ih-i shifting of Iho hour lo conveno dally from 2 o'clock in in afetrnoon lo I ) In Ihe morning. Another chungn waa that no bill can be Introduced In iht bouse after tho Ultlli day except by committee. It Is reported that Speaker Itobln son has been usimnd of an npiiot.it- I ni-ttt In the fulled States consular servlte, und thai ho will leave for bis post soon after tho close of Ihe pre cut session of the statu leglslatur -. Ili presentuilve lluyes of I'tah county coun-ty bus liituiducc-d u bill providing tint The use of Ihe great seal of Iho slat of I'tah for ulvertlslng purpuric sh nl itinsiliuiit u misdemeanor. Il' iiner X. SiiiUh. nno of Hut aenn frit from Hull Lake county, has Hi-ill Hi-ill Miction of having introduced, four yt irs ago, forty-three bills, of whli b thirty two passed both houses, two were laid on the tuhle und live were killed by committee. Tho adoption of senate bills 1 and 2. the former providing for the regu lar und contingent expenses of the i legit-lature, and thu latter relating to engtossed bills; the Introduction of two bills and a resolution by Senutor lleuner X. Smith; a si mile Joint memorial me-morial and two resolutions by Sen utor llndger, und Iho appointment of standing committees Jiy i'resldenl Henry Gardner, comprised the fca lures of the third day a session of tbt senate on Wednesday. Thu house calendar contained aix bills al lbs close of the session. |