Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-03-05

shepard moved TO reconsider, as the
repeal OF this law would leave the fire
and police departments Of cities with
out any law controlling them, but his
motion to reconsider was tabled.
Several unimnoftant amendments
were adopted when the House sd-
Iourned.
The House met ut 10 q. m. today and
Immediately after the opening .xer.
cises, the code was taken mp.
The clerk read such PORTIONS as had
been amended by the Senate. or as
amended the present law, passing over
other portions.
ROylance moved to insert the
railroad bill rejected by the House
yesterday, In lieu OF the rail-
road title. After a debate, in which
rhoresen and Rompey approved, and
Kimball, Shepard and Parry favored
the motion, II was Withdrawn, with
the understanding that RoyIsnce
would move 10 reconsider the vote by
which the railroad bill was killed yes
terday.
Murdoch moved sp amendment
creating q State food and dairy In.
specior, and defining his duties.
Adopted.
Tue chapter creating a State board
of health was under consideration,
particularly the duties aud compen.
sstion OF the secretary. The
Senate had made his salary
81 200, AMI Thoresen moved TO
make 1t $500. Senator Cannon was
present and ON motion Of Taylor al.
| dressed the House explaining the
duties of the ssorstary. He will be
the executive member OF. the bOnrd.
| Thoreson's motion was lost by q vote
OF IA to IA.
Bennion moved to strike out bill 20,
horticulture, which 10 the present law.
| He said IL was worthless and the
cause OF much dissatisfaction. Many
| fruit raisers from all over the State had
| appeared before the committee and
condemned 1t. The bill on the subject
| passed by the House but killed IN the
| Senate some days since, was much
| better. Taylor favored striking out
the title. He thought the bill passed.
| by the House but rejected
by the Senate was what
was needed. R)ylance moved
| as substitute for the motion
to strike out that the bill passed
by the House be substituted.
Bennion spoke at length against
the present law included IN the code.
| lHe mOllUu VI " IhbCe iEeFutcu, uhu
| tie text of the bill that had passed. the
HOUSE been mad been rejected by the
| Senate, was substituted in the code.
The chapter relating to liquor
license was under consideration, and
! FOrshec moved 10 make the minimum
charge for license $500 instead OF
$500. Yhoreson iavoreu the amend.
ment, saying that $500 was so high
that II could not bs paid in country
places, and consequently the liquor
business was carried on wituU III
license, and was not under legal con.
troll. Dotson and ID. 3. Cook argued
in favor OF the reduction, and Luud
took az opposite view, rs did Muir dock
Parry favored "A reduction, ant
moved to make the minimum iicene,
lee $500, Bsnnion Thought the Ia .
should be so elastic as to fit the need
OF all communities IN the State. Cali
opposed auy reduction, az did Roy
lance, who ueolared that In his tow II
Springviile, prohibition did prohioii
and he believed high licenoe lessenec
the evils OF the liquor traffic. Gibson
would like to have prohibition, buI
bs thought the next bsst was high
license.
Ray said that for months In tn,
winter season saloon in his towr
could afford to pay $500 license, and
while 1t was open II was hell. II,
favored high license.
Taylor ssid II members did not wan
to receive the anslhemaB OF thu
mothers OF this State, they had bette
not reduce the liquor license fee.
Parry's amendment to make tn,
minimum license fee $500 was lost
FoIshse's amendment to make It 500
was lost.
Alter these votea were announced
several fscetiOus motions Were mad,
by Thoresen, Sloan, Z. N. Cook ant
Others, making the license unreason
ably high, but they were all ruled GU
OF order.
Recess till 2 .. m.
The House met at p. m. and I'M
mediately after roll cali a large mum
ber Of committee reports were submit
tel.
Sloan, from the select comm ittee Oh
Pioneer celebration, reported a Join
resolution increasing the celebration
commission to i've msmbers, giving !
$1,000, and dividing another $1,000
, among the several counties, which &c
from $500 to 300 each, to enable then
to get up an exhibit for the Uccasio n
THIS sums given to the counties are Il
be expended by persons Residing II
them respectively, who are TO be ap'
pointed by the commissioners.
II. b. l2S, providing for the use OF q
bslloting machine, WAS called up b,
Thoresen, bui Roylance moved to laJ
II aside and take up the coue. Carrie'
and the code was unuer consideration
when this report closed.