The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-20
Routine Business Side.tracked
by the Senate, iaI Contest.
NEW BILLS INTRODUCED
TWO MEASURES PASSED TO THE
THIRD READING.
Reports Observation-Disclosures From
the Woman's Democratic Club
and One From the First Battery
Acceptable Print Copies of Re
ports of State Institutions.

The routine proceedings in the lower
house of the legislature yesterday af-
ternoon were unimportant, legislative
matters being temporarily sidetracked
by the senatorial contest.
Mr.. O'Brien insisted that the journal
be so corrected as to show that he
offered an amendment to the railroad
bill, prohibiting the acquisition of COM
peting lines, which was rejected. He
admitted that he voted for the bill
without the amendment, but did so
because he believed no more satisfac-
tory measure was possible.
Mr.. Wilson objected and thought the
gentleman from Weber wanted to
show that he was on both sides Of the
question.
Mr.. O'Brien retorted that the gentle
man from Salt Lake was afraid that
his constituents would hold him re-
sponsible for voting against the amend
ment.
The house refused to amend the jour
nal
Mr.. Thoreson, from the select COM
mittee on clerical services, reported
that the minute and docket clerks had
been permitted to exchange places and
that the services of a typewriter haa
The following bills were introduced:
H. B. No. %, by Shepard, which
reads as follows:
That any and all instruments in
writing or promiSsory notes now in eX-
istence or hereafter executed evidenc-
ing the conditional sale of property,
and that retains the title to the same
in the vendor until the purchase price
is paid in full, shall be void as against
innocent purchasers, or the creditors
of the Vender, unless the original in
Strument, or true copy thereof, shall
have been deposited in the office of
register of deeds in and for the county
wherein the property shall be kept,
and when so deposited shall be subject
to the law applicable to the filing of
chattel mortgages, and any conditional
verbal sale of personal property re-
serving to the vendor any title in the
property sold shall be void as to cred
itors and innocent purchasers for
value.
H. B. No. "a. by Shepard. This is
covering the amendment that was Of
fered to the railroad incorporation bill
the previous day and rejected. 1t
makes it unlawful for any railroad in
corporation to purchase stock in any
railroad company operating a Compel
ing line.
The animal bounty bill was passed
to its third reading and referred to Ine
fish and game committee.
The medical bill was also passed to
its third reading and Mr.. Kenner made
an explanation. He had introduced
this bill by request, but it had been
prepared by members of the medical
profession and he had not read it. He
understood from the daily press that
it contained the word "revokement."
OF course there was no such word,
and he asked that it be changed to
revocation His request was
granted.
The reports of the fish and game
warden, insane asylum, school for the
deaf and dumb and state school for
the blind were received and referred to
the appropriate committees.
An invitation from Captain Gibbs to
attend the drill of the First battery,
n. G. T.. Friday evening, was ac-
cepted with thanks, as was also an
invitation from the Woman's Demo-
cratic club of Salt Lake county to
attend it's regular meeting at Unity
hall this evening.
Mr.. O'Brien introduced a concurrent
resolution, instructing the secretary of
state to print 1000 copies Of the reports
of state institutions, and providing
that no more copies of the code com
mission report be printed.
The house then proceeded with the
regular order of the day-balloting for
United States senator-after which it
adjourned.