The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-20
Business Transacted at the Sem
ate's Regular Session.
IT WAS PURELY ROUTINE
VERY LITTLE OCCURRED TO
ENLIvEN THE PROCEEDINGS.
Some Petitions and Reports Re-
ceived-Senator Caine Objects to
Having an Invitation From
Partisan Society Printed in the
Journal.

Yesterdays session of the senate was
we'll under way at p. M, and after
the journal had been read, the usual
crucial analysis of the record occupied
some time.
Economy came out from it's lurking
place. Evans wanted all date lines in
the journal to- be printed henceforth
in one instead of two lines, thus saw
ing the cost of useless composition.
Mr.. Game found fault with certain
portions of an invitation. from the
Woman's Democratic club, which had
been included bodily in the journal
The obnoxious sections were those
wherein. the members were promised
''good speakers, good music, and
other aHuring things. Mr.. Game con-
sidered the lines as not a matter OF
record, and therefore having no place
on the senate minutes. Moreover II
was considered IN the light of an ad-
vertisement of a partisan organization
for which the state was paying he
asked that it be stricken out. The
motion did not meet with approval ana
then the senator returned to the
charge with d more radical proposal
He requested that the entire invitation
as his reasons the belief that it was
improper for the senate to receive and
accent the invitation Of a partisan
club and much more so TO make II an
official part of its work. he did not
want q political organization recog-
nized. Again the chamber voted TO
sustain its action of the preceding DAY
in accepting the invitation.
Two communications from heads OF
state departments were transmitted,
one from the governor, submitting the
record Of the state board of pardons
for 1896 which embraced the list OF
fines RENTED and pardOns granted.
The document revealed no remission
of fines and very few pardons The
other was some correspondence from
the secretary of state, accompanied by
the annual report of the state board
of land commissioners. The last re-
lated entirely to the issue of state
bonds covered by the governors mes
sage, lie only new feature developed
being the information that the board
is now negotiating a refundlng OF the
issue on the assumption that II can be
refunded by the time the next legis-
lature convenes, and at great ad-
vantage to the state. 1t IS also Sug-
gested that the territorial issue OF
bonds of 1890 can receive the above
treatment, and for these reasons the
board recommends an appropriation OF
$1,000 to defray the expenses of re-
funding both issues in case the same
can be accomplished. The board of
pardonS' report went to the committee
on general affairs and that of the loan
commission to the ways and means.
Senator RideOut asked permission TO
have two petitions presented by him
laid upon the table until after legisla-
ton upon the bill covering the code
commissions report. One petition was
ND ut
who favor repeal of the law applying
to the spraying OF fruit trees, and the
other bearing the same signatures and
asking for a similar fate in the case
of the law providing for bee inspection
Under the ruling of the chair the pc
titions We're referred to the committee
on irrigation and agriculture
ON SALARIES.
Senate bill No 10, by Mr. Wright,
is france! to amend sections l, 1, 5 and
IS of chapter 124, general session laws
of 1896. relating TO the salaries and
compensation of state and county of
fcials It went to the committee on
salaries. The measure provides for the
decrease of salaries in the following
offices to the figures quoted:
Fish and game warden, $500; clerk of
the supreme court, eX-OfficiOS, librari-
ans and statisticians, 81 500: reporter
l.
adjutant-gene $500; two land COM
missiOners. each $1,000; coal mine in
SpectOr, $500; fruit tree inspector, $500:
each member of the state board of
equalization, $3.50; and secretary of the
above board. $3.50. The adjutant-gen-
eral coal mine inspector and fish and
game warden to receive, ir addition
their actual travelling expenses. The
salaries of the following county Of
hcials were scaled on a decrease of 25
to 30 per cent: County commissioners,
sheriff, assessor, clerk, recorder. treas
urer, attorney. superintendent Of
schools surveyor, coroner and auditor
All parts of the operative act conflict
ing with the foregoing provisions are
repealed, the bill to take effect on its
adoption.
Senate bill No. Il by Mr. Wright.
amends section %, chapter 50, of the
general laws relating to the appoint
ment Of judges of election and pro-
viding for their compensation. whereby
those intended to be benefited shall
receive Tor their time q maximum of |
20 cents an hour, as may be determined
by county boards of commissioners. !
The measure was referred to the com
mittee on judiciary.
Senate bill No. i, by Mr.. Evans &c |
an act intended for the amendment of |
section los of chapter 129. session laws |
Of 1896 prescribing the mode of making |
assessments. equalization, levy and coli |
lection OF taxes for raising revenue and |
repeating all acts or portions of acts |
in conflict. Referred to the ways and |!
means. The proposed amendment pro /
TldeS that county treasurer shall |
give receipt to any person paying any /
tax, specifying therein the amount of |
The assessment, description of the |
property assessed and the several |
amounts of the state, county. school |
and special taxes paid, and that state.
county, school and city warrants shall !
be taken in payment of taxes in pro |
portion to the amount due each fund |
S. c. r. No. 6. by Mr. Hamer. in
structing the secretary of state to fur
nish county clerks with copies of the
state laws, was adopted. Report No. 3
of the School for the Deaf, Dumb and
Blind was referred to the committee
On education and the report of the
board Of insane commissioners for 1896
passed to the committee on public in
situations.
Beaming With Smiles
Are The cO1IDtepapoac of ,,oo,,1o Nh !