The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-16

attached fixes minimum charges for
each. The other regulates charges
that may be made for Pullman car
service An effort was rsade to prevent
the latter from coming before the
house. but it failed and the bill was
regularly referred.
The management and maintenance
of the state school was provided for in
S. b. No. 4, which passed the house,
and s. J. r. No. ), which also re-
ceived final action. provides the var
ious district courts with dockets and
books.
There was one time during the ses-
sion when it was thought the famous
Ogden petition would get before the
house by request being made of Mr..
Stevens, in whose custody it is, to
submit it: but thought played those
who entertained the idea a trick. for
the burning words in the handwriting
OF Mr.. Stevens constituents are still
safely locked in his desk The time
referred to was during a debate over
the subject of locating the site for the
school for the deaf and dumb at Ogden,
that Mr.. BOlitho nearly made an al
fusion to the document, and though Z
ripple passed over the house as the
result. the anticipated request to dig
UP did not come There are a great
many Of the members who are very
anxious to get an opportunity to eX-
press themselves concerning a topic
that could so agptate the sta1d tenn
permanent of the lords
THE PROCEEDINGS.
Mr.. Curtis presented a petition sign
ed by siXty-seVen voters of View, We
Der county. asking for the passage of
S. 3. No. %, in relation to elections de-
filming offenses against and prescribing
punishment. The petitioners were
about equally divided between male
and female
On consideration of committee re-
ports the recommendation of the Judi
ciary committee were adopted advo-
eating the passage of senate bills Nos.
20. 81, ), 80 and 30.
NEW BILLS.
On first reading these bills were in
trcduced:
FOR FARMERS INSTITUTES.
II. B. No. Us, by Cazier-Providing
for farmers Institutes
The trustees of the agricultural col
lege of Utah. with the advice of the
faculty of said college, are authorized
and required to hold institutes for the
instruction of the citizens of the state
in the various branches of agriculture.
Such institutes are to be held annually
at least once in each county at such
times and at such places as the trus-
tees and faculty may direct. and they
shall make such rules and regulations
as they may deem proper for organic
ing and conducting such institutes, and
may employ an agent or agents to per-
form such work in connection with the
faculty of the college, as they deem
best. The courses of instruction at such
institutes are to be so arranged as to
present to those in attendance the re-
suits Of the most recent Investigations
in theoretical and practical agricul-
lure.
TO CINCH RAILROADS.
II B. No. 116 by Bolitho-Regulating
the fares that may be charged on Pull
man sleeping cars. The bill fixes the
maximum charge at one-half cent "a
mile
II. B. No. III by Notwithstanding
railroad transportation rates The bill
creates a board of transportation with
powers to regulate freight rates and
passenger fares, which shall consist of
three members, two of which shall be
eX-officio and shall be the attorney
general and state treasurer the third
member to be appointed by the gov
ernor, who shall be chairman of the
board and shall receive small salary
as compensation; $500 year must
cover the expenses of the board: at
tached is a tariff sheet covering over
a hundred closely typewriter pages
which fixes the maximum charge that |
may be made by any railroad for trans
porting any commodity within the
state. Maximum passenger fares are |
also fixed. The schedule reduces trans |
portation rates about 25 per cent for, |
freight and about 1872 per cent in pas |
senger fares.
OPPOSED THE PULLMAN RTII.
On second reading Mr.. Clark moved |
10 indefinitely postpone the considera- !
ton Of Mr. Bohtho's bill to regulate |
Pullman car charges Mr.. Critchlow !
vigorously opposed the motion. as did |
Mr.. Bolitho. Mr. Critchlow could NOT
see why one should be compelled to (
pay an eXtortionate fare for the privi- |
lege Of riding in a Pullman, after hav /
ing paid one fare. he having been in
formed the railroads owned a ma /
jority interest in the sleeping cars
operated by them.
Messrs. Clark. Thompson of Willard
and Maughn favored the motion. on
The ground that there was no occasion
for such law. When the motion came
10 a vote it lost by a very large ma
jority.
Mr.. BOLfTHO OBJECTS.
Mr.. Bolitho addressed the house on
the subject of indefinitely postponing
bills before they had gone to commit
Tee. He considered it d great discour-
tesy TO any gentleman to refuse to al
low his bill to be considered by a com
mittee. There had been altogether too
much of that sort of thing. He hoped
it would not be countenanced by the
house in future.
SO DOES Mr.. soRENsoN.
When the order of third reading was
reached, Mr.. Sorenson objected to bills
being read the third time on the same
day on which the committee report
had been adopted The bills reported
by the judiciary committee were there
fore allowed to go over.
FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB.
s. 3. No came UP on third read
ing The bill as amended and passed
by the senate received some further
amendment ard was passed with but
two opposing votes. Mr.. Critchlow
voted against it for the reason that he
did not think the title covered cOnsti-