Show GOVERNOR WELLS SIGNATURE AFFIXED TO TEN BILLS cov put in a faithful day yesterday in the consideration of bills and when lie closed his desk in the evening he had attached his signature to ciglio seriate bills one house bill and one senate resolution the house bill signed by the governor is mr measure providing for a system of state highways and is looked upon as a very important measure it provides that the improvement of the roada of the state with money voted by the shall be under the supervision of tho engineer and a continuous system of futato highways is aimed at instead of the crazy quilt mixture that has heretofore prevailed among the senate bills signed aro laurences lawrences Lawren ces mca burc xo 63 intended to prohibit the destruction of lines for the transmission of electrical power it waa explained at the time the bill was introduced that huntera were in tho habit of shooting the glass insulators from the polls in the canyon and tha i law ig intended primarily to put an end to this abuse senate bill 53 also by lawrence makes a technical change in the law providing when an answer is necessary in suits senate bill 85 air measure prescribes methods for the protection disposition supervision and care of dependent neglected and ill treated children it also prescribes puni ashment for person responsible for the i care of children who neglect of ill treat them senate bill was abo compromise bill constructed out of senate bills 55 and ca and bouse bills and it is a complete revision of the statute relating to tho powers and duties of boards of county commissioners the only changco from tho old law of im 1 is extending the power to arant franchises from twenty five to fly years and making it compulsory on the commissioners to care for tho indigent sick and poor in cities of the first and second class senate bill is in reality a part of giving the commissioners power to levy an extra nirl tax for the care of tho indigent sick and dependent poor it fixes the district school tax limit at 4 mills and the general county tax at 5 mills senate bill prepared by tho committee on education gives to boards of education in cities of the first and second clarq power to furnish free school text books to all pupils except those in tho high schools senate bill is mr laurences lawrences Lawren ces bill enumerating the precinct officers providing for the division of counties into precincts for the election of precinct officers and making the of cities of tho first and second lass ono precinct for tho election of justices of the peace and constables senate bill loo also by air lawrence relates to changes in venue in and criminal actions in municipal courts tho new law is intended to remedy some of the defects of the law enacted by the legislature two years ago the resolution signed by the governor is senate j resolution no 8 it provides that a commission of three i persons be appointed by the governor to be associated with the attorney general for the purpose of drafting a ball contemplating a uniform system of j taxation to be submitted to the next cession of the legislature and for the purpose of gathering data needed the commissioners are empowered to call the board of equalization and all other state officials for facca connected with the subject gov wells has not intimated in any way whom he will appoint on thi im commission the idea back of the resolution is to have the tax laws of the state completely overhauled and codified into one comprehensive measure for this reason the movement is considered one of great importance J J thomas the secretary of the state board of equalization said he i thought the move a good one and that midi a commission could do a vast amount of good in and straightening out the present tax laws gov wells opens the last kiy in which lie has the right to reject bills with a round dozen still in his hands to be acted upon they arc bouse bills 88 74 60 and 85 the senate bills arc 39 and |