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Show QUIET DAY IN UTAH STATE LEGISLATURE ' ' Three Bills Passed After Lengthy Discussion One Measure Killed. Senate Provision for Appointment of District Attorney Finally Passed; An Act Reg-arding- Foreign Corporations Carried; Also Bridge Appropriations Bill. subject matter of House Bill No. 130, which passed by 36 to 4. House Bill No. 176. prohibiting the use of pictures of state institutions or stato officials for advertisements without with-out the consent of the official, also passed the house. There was a good deal of discussion of the measure and a number ol amendments offered. These failed to carry, bow-ever, bow-ever, and the measure went through In practically its original form. Reported Favorably. The committee on enrollment presented pres-ented house bill 122, for signature by the Bpeaker. The bill relates to the levying of tares for the maintenance of the public libraries and gymnasiums gymna-siums in cltlos and towns.! the third class. The committee on military affairs reported favorably on house bill 125, by D. H. Morris, creating a board of Indian war records and appropriating $2,500 for same. The same committee reported favor- Badger, by request; Judiciary committee commit-tee recommended that measure be not passed; report adopted. Senate bill 47 An act to amend sections sec-tions 1145 and 1161, to repeal section 11S2, relating to homesteads. Carl A. Badger, by request; unfavorable report re-port by Judiciary committee was adopted. adopt-ed. Senate bill 4S An act to amend section sec-tion 1147, relating to homesteads; Carl A. Badger, by request; unfavorable unfavor-able report; by " Judiciary committee adopted. House bill 14 Relating to feeB of sheriffs; C. Y. Russell; unfavorable report by Judiciary committee adopted. Reported for Passage. Senate bill 66 An act amending section 1211, compiled laws of Utah, 1907, relating to proceedings for divorce; di-vorce; Carl A. Badger; Judiciary committee com-mittee recommend passage of bill. Senate bill 15 Relating to the sale of the assignment of wages; B. X. Smith; Judiciary committee recommends recom-mends passage of bill with amendments. The lower house held a quiet though 1 lengthy session yesterday. Three bills were passed and one killed. The gallery gal-lery was the smallest In some weeks, j Senate Bill No. 39. providing for the appointment of a district attorney In cities of a population of 75,000 or xnore, came up on Its third reading md passed after some discussion. Pock Pope moved an amendment providing pro-viding that the extra work of the office of-fice be done by the county attorney, with proper compensation, to be fixed by the courts. This did not strike the house lavorably, however, and it failed to pass. Representative D. H. Morris said that In many of the outlying out-lying counties the procedure In connection con-nection with the office of district at- 1 . j.. .. . t: v- -(J .. , torney was a farce, and that In his county, Washington, the present arrangement, ar-rangement, which provided that in a majority of cases the prosecution would be handled by a stranger in the community, had resulted in a number of crooks getting off scott free where conviction, should have and probably would have followed had the prosecution prosecu-tion been in the hands of a local man familiar with all the details la the case. Another year was given the owners of grade stallions throughout the state to register these, and January 1, 1912. was fixed as the date after which it will no longer be lawful to breed to grade animals except on the part ot parties owning animals. This was the ably upon house bill 196, an act appropriating appro-priating $600 to pay certain architects' fees for state armory plans. The committee on claims and public accounts reported favorably on senate bill 45, an act by W. N. Williams, to appropriate ap-propriate $7,500 for William Forsberg, who was injured while in the employ of the state. House Bills Introduced. House bill 218 An act prohibiting the employment of persons under 21. under certain conditions, by J. R. Murdoch. Mur-doch. Committee on labor. Bills Passed. Senate bill 39, by Carl A. Badger--An act providing for the appointment of an assistant district attorney In cities of 75,000 population, or more. House bill 176, by - committee on commerce and manufactures Prohibiting Prohib-iting the unauthorized use of the name or picture of any public Institution or officer without the express consent of said official. Hoise bill 130, by C A. Funk Relating Re-lating to certificates for grade stallions. stal-lions. Bills Killed. House bill 193. by J. J. Cannon Enumerating those who may work on Sunday. Bills Passed. Senate bill 87 An act providing for the enrollment and organization of the militia of the state. By W. N. Williams. Wil-liams. Senate bill 122 An act (maklng appropriations ap-propriations for building bridges over Green river In Emery and Uinta counties, coun-ties, and the San Juan river In San Juan counties. By Alonzo Brlnker-hoff. Brlnker-hoff. Senate bill 70 To punish derogatory deroga-tory statements affecting banks, banking bank-ing institutions or trust companies. By Herschel Bullen, Jr. House bill 2 To authorize forolgn corporations complying with the law of Utah, to exercise the power of eminent domain, the same as domestic corporations. corpora-tions. By L. L. Baker. Bills Killed. Senate bill 46 An act to amend section sec-tion 11CC of tho compiled laws of Utah, 1907, relating to homestead. Carl A. |