The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-06

ulsh seats For women Clerks
Canaigre Again.
The house transacted business yester-
day in business-like manner and dis
posed of a lot of it.
The bills providing for the reference
of causes to pro tempore judges, Civ
ing female teachers the same compen-
sation as males, appointing a special
auditor and some other measures were
passed.
THE PROCEEDINGS.
Immediately the house had settled
down TO business, Mr.. Gushing request
ed and was granted permission to
Withdraw from the joint salaries com
mittee, and Mr.. Taylor was substi-
tuted in his stead.
FROM THE SENATE.
a message from the senate announc-
ed the passage of H. B. No. A.
The biennial report of the trustees
of the reform school was received and
referred to the committee on peniten-
tiary and reform school.
PRO TEMPQRE JUDGE.
The judiciary committees report on
II. B. No. So was taken up and adopted.
The bill provides that district court
causes may be tried before any attor-
ney practicing before the supreme
court who shall be agreed upon by
both parties to the cause, who is made
by the bill a pro tempore judge. On
motion the rules were suspended and
the bill passed, Cazier, Gibbs, Gibson
and Sorenson voting in the negative.
FROM THE SENATE.
A message from the senate apprised
the house of the passage OF H. B. No.
6, with certain amendments, which
were, by the house, concurred in, and
on suspension of the rules the bill was
read the third time and passed unani-
mously.
This is the age of consent bill.
Mr.. Raddatz asked that the house
concur in the amendments made to H.
B. No. ~ in the senate, which was
done. The title of the bill and the
emergency clause were still faulty and
were therefore further amended and
the bill sent back to the senate for
concurrence.
WOMEN TEACHERS.
S. B. No. 10 was recommended for
passage by the committee on educa-
ton. On motion the report was adop-
ted which was followed by a suspen-
sion of the rules and the passage of
the bill, ayes 40, nays /, absent g
Mansfield voted no when denied a re-
quest to be excused from voting, hay
ing failed to hear the bill read.
The bill as passed reads:
THAT females employed as teachers
in the public schools of this state shall
IN oil he
sation as is allowed to male teachers
for like services, when holding the
same grade certificates"
AN EMERGENCY MEASURE.
H. B. No. 50 was reported favorably
by the judiciary committee. The au-
thor, DR.. Condor, considered the bill
an emergency measure, and asked foi,
of the rules that the
bill might pass at once. Harris
thought passing bills out of the regular
order had gone about far enough and
was likely to become as much a means
of delay as committee of the whole.
For this reason he hoped the motion
would not prevail, and this hope was
realized when the question was de-
cided by a rising vote.
CHATTEL MORTGAGE.
Harris then called up the minority
report on H. B. No. 81. his own meas
mortgage shall be good for the debt.
The majority report recommended in
definitely postponing the bill, and the
favored passing it. Harris
moved the adoption of the minority re-
port, but Critchlow amended the mo-
ton by making it to lay on the table,
which carried.
H. B. No. 81 was referred to the
judiciary committee.
EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN.
H. B. No 81, prohibiting the employ
ment of children under IS, except under
certain regulations, occupied some lit
tie time, but as it's provisions did not
meet the views of all the members
and as all desired the passage of a
bill on the subject. the bill was re-
ferred to the labor ard educational
jointly for revision.
MILITIA BILL.
H. B. No. So, the militia bill, was by
the request of Mr.. Stevens, re-commit- /
ted TO the committee on militia.
NEW BILLS.
These bills were introduced and a
second reading referred:
-. II, /
hning who are and who are not fellow
servants.
Substitute for S. 3. No. So by senate
judiciary committee. amending the |
compiled laws in relation to the time
Of commencing actions.
H. B. No. 80. by Bernhisel, incorpor-
alting the state fair association.
H. B. No. 81, by Condor, to prohibit
persons from wearing the badge of
any society of which said person is not !
Z member.
PENSION FEES.
H 3. No. 90, by Condor, abolishing
fees in all matters pertaining to pen
siors, and granting letters of guardian |
ship to persons when the pension is |
for a child when said minor has no !
other property.
SEATS FOR SHOP GIRLS.
H. B. No. SO, by Condor, making it
/ misdemeanor for any employer of |
girls or women as clerks, shop girls, |
7tc., to refuse to furnish seats for |
such employees use when not required |
20 be upon their feet at work.
CANAIGRE AGAIN.
H. B. No. "a, by Cazier, offering a
county for the cultivation of canaigre |
and the manufacture of leather.
A MINING BILL.
H. B. No. IS, by Raddatz. providing
or the manner of locating quartz and
placer mining claims.
COLLECTION OF FEES.
On third reading H. B. No. 81 came
10 and was passed The bill: