Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-03-11

Immediately after the House met
this mUrniug Joseph KimDlll called
uu the fsli0w servant amend meat to
the code, aud moved to strike 1t out.
After some Discussion the motion pre-.
vailed, the amendment was strIkcp
cut, and the only cause of diiiefeA &c
bstween the two branches VI the
assembly respecting the code was
removed.
Ibs provision thus defeated Is the
one wnich makes n railroad corpora
tiun liable Tor Injuries to one emplOyu
by auother,and has Useu champiOneI
Ia the most determined manner by
Hamer.
Inc Speaker appointed Lennon,
Sloan anu Shepatd special commit.
Tee to ascertain the exact status OF tue
cod. and other bills. ami TO aid IN
getting them engrussed, and Ia the
dispatch OF the 1ual business OF the
session; n siesTiug commit zee, 70 to
speak.
A final vote on the psssng9 OF the
code wag taken. 1t wac Unanimous ia
tho Affirmative.
The committee on appropriations
rendered the following repOrI:
MIR. Spsaker-Yout committee on
appropriations to whom wac reterfei
II. Is. N z. l22, l4l, 40, 1856, li6. 1872
IFS, So ana So, and Ii. 4. rs, all asking
for appropriations Tor building or re.
pairing roads and brldges, have hbJ
the same under consideration, to.
gether with the opinion OF tue attOT.
uey general upon ihis subifc, found
in the III luse Journal Of thu 54th ami
55,h days. H-ur committee is as
confronted wiLn tho TACT that tho de.
mands upon the State Treasury are
greater than Contemplated by y az
committee AMI Therefore retur, saiI
billt to the House Tor. confederation,
and recommenl that II any OF said
bills are favorably considered the FOL
lowing QUESTION: be decided, 10 vii:
/. Are the respective roads ui
bridges State or "public purpose,?
2. state money must be uisbursel by
he State 0pd not county It'll aere.
5. The limit OF S,n'e ds Nv abs.
1HoBEsfN, Chairman.
Benuion novel 10 ,slpone con-
sidefRiion OF hppropri tious Tor roads
until all other appropriations are du-
posed OF. Fhe amounts asked for
aggreg ated slG 900.
Hansen nIalG an earnest plea for aid
to the ppaTsely settled districts Ia iul.
proving their rDAds, aud was followed
by ID. 3. Cook anu Greer, who urged
the necessity OF opening up remote
aistrlcts OF the Slate by improving the
Tonus In them.
Incidental TO the debate, Taylor
said appropriations already passed uplu
by the committee hmOu ted to nearly
million, not iDciuuing any Thing lOr
roads,
The motion to postpone the road
bills WAS defeated, and Hansen's bill,
giving 81, 900 for roai to EscAlante,
wns Considered.
ThoTessn said all tuoh bills shoul
show that the money was to be used
for purpose distincily public, as uIs.
tlnguiehId from local, ana must be
disOursU1 by aa agent OF the State.
he thought all such bills should he
considered together.
O'Brian moved that the Speaker
appoint a special Committee OF nve, TO
gcl In connection with the highways
committee, In determining whether
the rOags lOr which appropriations ATE
asked were etriclIy public Ms distin-
guishei from local, and tho amount
each ought TO have; anu that all bills
relating 60 the HuhIsct be- referred to
this special committee. Carried, anu
the chair appointed O'Brleu, Ray,
R0ylance, Romnty aud Hansen.
Sloan calied UP the bill creating a
laud grant funI, and providing ioT
reservoirs, otC., whiOh passed.
s. b. 40, liking Jmpeusation o.
employee VI Stale prison, etc, came
W. 1t prpscEibts at some length the
4HHaa NHaFe ant q lit
State prison.
Hardy said the bill involved an 10.
crease IN the Get OF minimizing the
State Prison Of about $4,000, ana for
this reason he must reyoisr nI8 former
positien and oppose 1t. Seven aIui.
ional guards would be rtqursd.
Sloan SAID II was wrong 10 Rsk men
to WORK twelve hours day ior low
WAGER, ana take tier lives iu their