Show legislative BUSINESS being pushed through at a very rapid rate gr fund question dp in the house the senate a mark many new bills the governors veto special to STANDARD salt lake feb 24 the school question ie receiving rece ivine a great deal of attention in both branches of the assembly ben niona bill for an amendment to the constitution doing away with the ee parate maintenance of city and county schools in the county has passed the house and assurances are given that the senate will pass it today thore beene bill to add half a mill to the elate school tax was considered in the house and bill to revise the school estem of the state and make a county a school district excepting large cities is favorably regarded by a number of members of both the proposition is openly mooted to levy a state tax sufficient to support all the district schools in state doing away with bocal assessments entirely in support of such an idea the clause 0 the constitution is invoked which peremptorily requires abe legislature to maintain a free school for all the children in the state it ia that this is not now being done because abe funds raised by local taxation are insufficient to keep abe schools running more than a lew months each year what the legislature will finally do in abe way of school legislation ia doubtful but it beeme hardly likely that extensive or radical changes will be made at this semeion as it is GO far advanced yesterday afternoon governor wells sent his first veto to the legislature it is as follows state of utah executive office feb 22 1897 to the senate I 1 have the honor to return senate bill no 17 entitled act authorizing thor izing boards of education in cities of the terrt and second class and school trustees of school districts to submit to qualified ele etore be proposition to incur indebtedness in addition to abe school taxes for the current benr without my approval I 1 am iu harmony with alie object of abe bill but in its present form I 1 believe it might be construed to authorize boards of education and eshcol trustees to incur indebtedness beyond the con limitation section 4 of article 14 of the constitution provides that no city town school or other municipal corporation shall become indebted to an amount including existing indebtedness exceeding four per of the value of abe taxable property therein senate bill billip Jp 17 authorizes boards of education and school trus leea it voted favorably upon by the qualified electors who have paid a property tax etc otc to incur and create additional indebtedness in order to maintain and support their schools tor the current year or any part thereof supposing a board of education or school district had outstanding indebtedness to the amount of 4 per cent of the value of the taxable property therein and yet a necessity extend to create additional indebtedness in order to maintain its school for the current year to incur such additional any purpose even by of the taxpayers tax payers would ba an infringement of the constitution if a proviso be added such indebtedness within the constitutional limitation of 4 per cent of assessed value of the property in the city or district I 1 shall have pleasure in approving the bill very respectfully HEBER M WELLS governor the veto message and the bill were referred to the judiciary committee 4 cenate opening exercises at p m introduced a petition signed by jcsse and twenty five othere taking that black hawk war veterans be compensated S B 17 an act authorizing boards of education and school trustees to incur indebtedness was passed over the governors veto S B 44 by snow authorizing the establishing tab lishing of a branch of the state normal school at beaver city and making an appropriation came up for passage wright moved to amend abe bill by making it bevier county instead of beaver county as the place for the establishment of tho school mr evans made a motion commit recommit re ting the bill which was lost on request of senator harbour the bill was laid on the table tor one day committee on public lands reported uie rejection of S B 28 offering a substitute the which was adopted senator monson presented S B 47 an act to amend an an act to establish an agricultural college and an agricultural experiment station in connection therewith referred to the committee on judiciary senator smooth presented by request S B 48 an act a state adaler of weights and measures referred to the committee on stae affairs senator Cb ambera presented the report of tho select committee to receive the idaho legislators announcing that they bad performed that duty S B no 41 an act making it a misdemeanor to befoul the waters of any well earing or waters aeed for domestic purposes came up on third reading on motion of senator moleon was recommitted to the committee on public health consideration of the code was taken up and title 61 was amended and passed to third reading II 11 J R no 7 proposing an amendment to section aft article 10 of the constitution was placed on final and passed II 11 B no 21 an act to amend sections 1 and 2 chapter 99 of the session laws of 1890 providing tor the payment of rewards for the destruction of certain wild animals and bins came up on third reading and final passage and A communication was received from the governor announcing that lie had filed with the secretary of state no 31 an act to protect girls and women employed emp loyes A communicator was received from tho house announcing the passage of II 11 B no 27 an act authorizing the boards of education 0 the first and second class to use the sinking funds rules were suspended and the bill read the firsa second and third time and passed senator harbour prevented S J M no 4 memorializing congress to grant to utah the industrial home buildings to be used as a hospital for miners referred to the committee on federal relations senator W called up H B sa an act to provide payment for the the judges of election for 1896 and moved that alie vote by which the bill passed reconsidered carried the bill was then placed on final passage and failed to pass A communication was received from the house stating that the speaker had signed II 11 B no 70 an act to permit the we of the jails for united status prisoners the same was signed by the president in open session also reporting the passage of H J M no 6 me morial izing congress to grant to tho women 0 utah the government building known as the industrial home aleo thattie house had pained over the governors veto HB no 17 by the following vote ayes 34 wi absent 6 also that they had passed H B no 78 an act providing for the summons out of justice court was referred to the committee on judiciary also H B no 31 an act to amend sections 82 and 50 of chapter laws of 1896 was referred to the committee on ways and means also that the speaker had signed I 1 J M no 3 by mr evans a memorial to congress asking that the uintah and uncompahgre indian reservations and the fort crittenden enden military reservations be opened to settlement also the passage of II 11 U R no 10 in relation to the taking of a certain recess in honor of willord woodruff on antion of senator snow adjourned until thursday at 2 p m the house this afternoon tha following business was done obrien moved to reconsider reson sider he vote by which H B 27 allowing school boards to use their sinking funds failed yesterday it did not receive a majority of all the members of the house though a large majority of the members present voted for it carried and the bill was before the house obrien was to using sinking lands and desired to hear from members whose constituents were affected shepard asked that the bill ba put on its final passage several bembera mem bera among whom was obrien asked to be excused from voting on the bill it passed by a vote of 32 to 2 absent and not 11 greenwood presented a petition from citizens of sevier county asking an appropriation of to construct the otter creek reservoir the money to be denood from the sale of certain state lands wilson from the committee on ways and means recommended that the balances of unexpended appropriations in the hands of the auditor be returned to the treasury adopted cook of box elder presented requests from the commissioners of that county asking an appropriation of tor maps and another for a bridge shepard from the committee on judiciary di reported with amendments II 11 B 81 amending the present statute of debt limitations there was a minority report and kenner said there would be a third recommendation to let the present law stand which would come from him a member of the judiciary committee and later submitted the same in writing discussion of the subject was deferred pending the printing of the bill in question forshee from the live stock committee reported adversely II 11 B 51 requiring live stock about to be shipped by rail to be inspected adopted kimball from the railroad committee reported a substitute for the chapter of the code re latine to railroads wilson from the committee on wave and means reported favorably II 11 by kenner providing for an income tax abo report says that the bill conforms to the constitution wilson from the same committee reported adversely the bill by kenner to provide for the storage of silver bullion and the of certificate a thereof kenner asked that action on the committees mit tees report ba deferred till tomor row so ordered wilson called up the adverse of the committee on appropriations on his resolution providing for an appropriation for the tennessee centennial at nashville and on his motion it was again referred to that committee to give certain interested parties a hearing the following were introduced by bennion II 11 B to prevent forest fires and depredations by kimball II 11 B relating to railroads by II 11 B to provide for the election of officers of cities and towns by H B relating to railroads by kenner II 11 B to protect hotel keepers shepard introduced a resolution providing that after the inet no bill except appropriation bills shall be introduced trod in the without the con bent of a two thirds majority II 11 B 95 b Th creson an act to amend pec 05 oi chapter of the laws of utah relating to the levy of state school taxes H B 47 by D 8 cook an act to provide tor the payment to alich county of the sum of for the expenses incurred in the prosecution imprisonment and execution of patrick coughlin the report of the committee the bill be passed A discussion arose as to whether ho bill had passed the ways and means committee it was berred to the state board of examiners an opinion by attorney general bishop wae handed in on house bill no 20 by mr dotson which relates to tax exemption the opinion was that the bill was unconstitutional on motion of mr wilson the report of the attorney general was received and was eldered to be spread upon the minutes and the bill died A communication was read from the university eity of utah asking the legislature to visit their institution the house then adjourned |