The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-12

tAe cOHStilullOn, pION1OlnS LOT appear.
from introductory orders. The house
resolution was passed in January anC
the senate sidetracked it and substi
tuted its own. The motion to substi
tute the house resolution was carried
and the resolution was passed.
Roylance, Wilson and Mckay were
appointed as a conference COMMITTEES
on the fish and game bill.
Senate joint resolution No. 6, pro
posing an amendment TO the consti.
tuition, was passed.
Senate joint memorial No. s, for the
relief of Utah settlers who, before they
became citizens of the United States
suffered from Indian depredations, was
passed.
INDUSTRIAL HOME.
Senate joint memorial No. 9, asking
congress to grant the Industrial home
to the state, a substitute for Mrs. La
Barthe'S memorial on the same sub
ject, was taken up and Roylance
| moved that its number should be
J changed to house joint memorial No
6, by Mrs. La Barthe.'' He objected
TO this theft of the brains of the house
by the senate This was practically
| the house memorial, introduced by a
lady member. and the senate had sim
| ply changed it into a senate memorial
The motion was carried and the me-
mortal sent back to the senate as a
! house measure.
Senate bill No. 60, declaring that
eight hours shall constitute a days
work, by all state, county and mu-
nicipal employees, was rejected by a
vote of s 10 10.
Senate bill No. 6S. defining the mean
/ ing of the words title" and chapter"
| was passed.
House bill No. 14s, by Calls, increas-
in counties of the eighth class to 81 200,
was rejected by a vote of 4 to Is.
House bill No. 149, by D. S. Cook,
providing for the working of convicts
on the public highways and requiring
that all convictS shall be constantly
employed at hard labor, was passed.
Senate bill No. 10, providing for the
assessment of railroad lands by coun-
ties, instead of the state board Of
equalization, was passed.
House bill Al, by Hansen, providing
that all fines and forfeitures be paid
to the county. instead of the state, was
called up and passed without debate
by a vote of q to 4. The alfalfa mem
bers voted solidly in its favor, as it will
divert many thousands of dollars from
the state to the counties. Several city
members voted for it, not understand
ing it's effect
The senate amendments to house bill
No. 139, providing for revision of the
record of marks and brands, We're con-
CURED in, and the bill was repassed.
AT $3.50 the table was cleared and the
house took a short informal recess.
OVER THE VETO.
The governors veto of the public
lands bill was taken up and the bill
was amended to meet he governors
objections as to the fixing of fees, but
not as to salaries of the commission
ers. The senate had changed the sal
aries from $1,000 to 1000, as the gov
ernor suggested.
Senate bill No. 80, providing for the
printing of state reports, was passed.
ROADS AND BRIDGES.
The special committee on roads and
bridges appropriations, reported the
following recommendations Rejecting
H. B. 141, appropriating $1,000 for the
road from Beaver to MinerSville, re-
ducing the amounts carried by the
other bills, so that the total was de-
creased from ST, 800 to s12,75O.
Dotson protested that this was not
fair to Beaver county, but as the other
counties were satisfied with the report,
it was adoDted.
Reductions are made in the amounts
asked for as follows: Morgan county,
$1,000 TO $1,250; between Rich and
Cache counties, 81, 500 to 1880; Moab to
1hompsons. $4,000 to $1,000; Bear river
bridge, $1,000 to $500. The following
amounts were left unchanged: For the
road from Ashley to Heber, across the
Uintah reservation, $500; Wayne
county, $1,000; Carbon county, $1,000;
Moab TO Monticello, San Juan county,
1000.
Senate bill No. 81, authorizing deputy
state officers to perform official acts
was passed, after Acknowledgement
Bishop had explained it to the house.
The senate amendment to the rail-
road bill was concurred in and the bill
re3assed.
Taylor under a suspension of the
rules, introduced a bill validating
county warrants. under certain restric-
tions, issued in excess of the legal debt
limit. 1t was referred to the ways and
means committee.
ROylance moved to suspend the rules
for the purpose of reconsidering the
vote by which The voting machine bill
was rejected. The rules were sus-
pended and the bill again placed on its
passage, amended to permit the use of
the Myers machine as well as the Cliff
ford.
SHEPARD PROTESTS