The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-05
Much Business Disposed of at the
Morning Session.
FRUIT TREE INSPECTION
BENNIoN's BILL TAKEN UP,
AMENDED AND PASSED.
Redd's Measure to Prevent Explora-
, lions In Southeastern Utah With
out Permit-The Senate Refers
Seven House Bills to Committees
For Consideration.

Yesterdays session of the house of
representatives lasted about two hours
and q. half, and within that time six
bills were passed and several other
measures were either referred to COM
mittees or recommended for passage.
One bill was rejected At 1850 the
house adjourned till Monday morning
at O'Clock. After the taking OF the
senatorial ballot in joint assembly, the
representatives and senators hurriedlY
left the building for the oregon Short
Line depot. to board the special train
which bore them TO Logan to visit the
Agricultural college.
Shepapd's house bill No. SO, to make
deeds of trust foreclosable the same as
are mortgages, was taken up and
passed by a vote of 26 ayes to 1 no,
eighteen members being absent on roll
call.
Senate bill No. SO, TO make abstracts
of title admissible as prima facie evil
dence in all the courts of the state,
was passed by a unanimous vote. and
house bill No. 81, relating to the same
subject. was rejected.
House bill No. 102, by Bennior, WAS
called up, amended and passed by a
vote of 20 ayes. The bill amends the
fruit tree inspection law by making
1t obligatory for boards of county COM
missioners in counties having 5000 or
more growing fruit ire to appoint an
inspector from a list of nominations
made by the state board of horticul-
ture. In counties having a population
of 10000 or over, inspectors are to be
allowed a sufficient number Of deputies
to see to the proper enforcement Of the
horticultural law. The bill also pro-
vides for more rigid inspection of nur-
sery stock at railway stations.
House bill No. 1914, by Shepard, to re-
Quire the holding of nine terms of the
supreme court annually, was called up
for consideration. The author of the
bill amended it by providing for four
terms, commencing on the second Mon
days of January, April, June and Octo-
Der. The bill was passed by a unani-
nous vote of q, eighteen of the men,
bers being absent.
The substitute for house bill No. 122.
by Stewart, by request, was also
passed. The purpose of the bill is to
empower city councils to require rail-
road companies to erect and maintain
gates at any or all crossings and to
compel the removal of unused or aban-
doned tracks. The original clause re-
quiring the erection Of viaducts was
stricken out of the bill
House bill No. $50, by Redd, was also
passed without opposition. The bill
makes 1t misdemeanor for any person
to make explorations in southeastern
Utah for Aztec or other prehistoric
ruins for any purpose whatever unless
provided with q Permit from the gov
ernor, in which case the results Of the
exploration must be deposited with the
state museum or the University of
Utah, and not used for speculation or
pecuniary profit.
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
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The following senate bills were re-
ferred to the proper committees:
No. rs, by Howell, relating to state
institutions drawing their biennial ap-
preparations.
No. so, by Smoot, relating to the ex-
penSe of assessing and collecting taxes
in cities and towns.
House bill Ne. g. by Fullmer, relat-
ing to the transmission of election re-
turns, was recommitted 20 the commit
tee on elections.
Engrossed copies of the following
measures We're signed by the speaker
and the chief clerk, and transmitted to
the senate for signature:
House bill No. 134, to authorize any
railroad company to purchase the nom
competing line of another within the
state. whether or not either are incor-
porated under the laws of Utah.
House joint memorial No. :, praying
congress 10 IEliiiDGiSt NlllZtuS Ol Oldn
for services rendered and losses sus-
tanned in the Indian wars of a third
of d. century ago.
The state board of examiners re-
ported the allowance OF the claim of
Salt Lake City in the sum Of So, 70657,
for balance due from the territory Of
Utah for half the cost of constructing
the reservoir and water system for the
capitol grounds. The matter was re-
ferred to the committee on claims and
public accounts.
The judiciary committee recommend
ed passage of house bill No. 1e6, to ex-
tend to thirty days the time Of de-
PENDANT personally served with sum-
mons outside the state for answering,
and house bill No. 167, relating to dis
missal of appeals in the district court.
On recommendation Of the judiciary
committee, house bill No. 169. by jack ]
son, to provide for decent interment of
the remains Of any INDECENT, but hon
orably discharged, Union soldier, sailor |
or marine, at expense of counties, was
rejected, for the reason that the United J
States statutes make ample provision /
for such burials and suitable marking I
of graves.
The house then adjourned.