The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-26
In the House.


day was occupied chiefly by a discus
sion as to the most expeditions method
of dis0osing of the report OF the code
commission, which is a question the
members have yet been unable to de-
eide, although one-fourth of the session
has expired.
Representative Hardy presented pc
tition from 81 veterans of the Black
Hawk war, residing at Fountain Green,
asking that congress be memOrialiZed
to grant them remuneration for their
three wears OF faithful service.
Mr.. Cook from the committee on fees
and salaries reported favorably on
Shepard's Dill reducing the fees for
filing incorporation papers, and rec
commended that it be referred to the
joint code committee for Incorporation
in the code.
Mr.. Sloan thought if all the bills were
referred to the code committe there
would be nothing left for the legislat-
ure to do except to elect a United
States senator. They might just as
well adopt the report of the commits
sion and go home. The code commit
tee would not be able to handle all of
the business referred to it.
The report was adopted.
Mr.. Taylor of Salt Lake offered a
joint resolution proposing an amend
ment to the state constitution. The
amendment is to section 6, article 10,
which now reads: In cities of the first
and second class the public school sys-
tenn shall be maintained and controlled
by the board of education of such
cities, separate and apart from the
counties in which said cities are To-
Gated" The proposition presented by
Mr.. TAYLOR is to strike out the word
maintained"
House bill No. &c, introduced by Mrs.
Anderson, is for an act to provide for
teaching the effects of alcoholic drinks
and narcotics in the schools" 1t pro-
Vides that the nature of alcoholic
drinks and other narcotics, and their
effects upon the human system shall
be taught in connection with the var
iOus divisions of physiology and hy-
giene, such study 70 be from text books
by pupils between the third year of
school work and the second year of
the high school, not less than four
lessons per week to he given In the
three lowest grades the pupils are to
receive oral instruction. School boards
and trustees are instructed TO provide
the necessary text books
Mr.. Kenner suggested that the title
of the bill be so transposed that it
would not convey the .uea that alco-
holic drink and narcotics were used in
the public schools.
Mrs. Anderson Indignantly denied
that the title could be so construed
and looked al Mr. Kenner as though
she thought he was a mean old thing.
House bill No. rs, by Mr. F'orshee,
provides for q license upon the sheep
industry. 1t directs that every per-
son engaged in the busineNs Of owning,
raising, grazing, herding ~ pasturing
sheep must annually procure license
Oh,
said business is conducted, a license as
follows: 5000 sheep, 500, and the fur
Their sum of $50 for each additional
l GOO; 1900 and less than 5000, 5000 per
annum; 5000 and less than 1000, $50,
?, 600 and less than 5000, 500; 1900 and
less than 2,000 S75; 1000 and less than
l 800, $50; less than 1000. $25
The provisions of the bill do not APP
ply TO persons who own land in the
state equal 10 one acre for each two
sheep. Any person making d double
estimate of his sheep is liable to a
double license the following year. Pro-
vision is made to enforce the collection
of the license.
Mr. Kimball of Cache introduced a
bill with a preamble entitled an act to
authorize boards of education of cities
of the first and second class to use
their several sinking funds for the
OF the schools for the
years 1869. The preamble recites the
decision of the courts with reference
to the county school tax, depriving the
city school OF the revenue produced
from this source. The boards of edu-
cation are therefore authorized to use
of their sinking funds an amount equal !
to what would have been received by
such boards if the county school tax |
for the year 1896 had been collected. |
-l,o 1.
stored to the sinking fund by special |
tax for 1897.
Senate bill No. 10, pJr the relief of |
school districts. was referred to the |
committee on education.
Mr.. Taylor moved that the member
ship of the joint code commission be
increased from to IA members, which