The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-13

priation Of $4,000 for the erection of the
Salt Palace, Senator Thomas favored The
appropriation, saying that 1t would be OF
advantage to the whole state as an adj
vertisement, and would bring thousands
of people here. Senator Wright made s
violent attack on the item They ask
| US TO appropriate $4,000 for a thing thai
viii melt down and Is1n away he said
! Its only a scheme to advertise Salt
Lake City, and | think the money would
better, be expended in building reser-
Senator w. G. Nebeker answered by
saying that Salt Lake county paid over
half the total taxes of the whole state,
hence the county should be allowed more.
| Senator Wright went on to claim that
| the people of the south paid tribute to
Salt Lake: they were forced TO by the
| discrimination against them by the rail-
roads He would not object TO the APP
| preparation, he said, if it were for any
| laudable purpose. but he did not like 10
| see Salt Lake doomed at the expense of
! the state.
| Senator Whitney held that the whole
state would prifit from the Salt Paiace
as t would be used for state falrs ana
Senator Shurtliff and Senator Peery
| both. supported the appropriation.
Senator Wright insisted that the ron
item.
Senator Howell voted against the APP
preparation because the state was made
| q shareholder in d private corporation ana
he thought ii unconstitutional.
Senator Robson objected to it because
the building was not to be erected on land
belonging TO the state.
Senator Wright said that it was uncon-
stitutional for the state TO take stock in
any private corporation, and hence ne
voted against IL.
On motion of Senator Rideout. the
clause in the appropriation providing that
If any dividends We're paid by the associa-
ton that the state should get its proper
ton thereof. was stricken out.
Senator Howell then changed his vote
SO as to favor the appropriations
Senator w. G. Nebeller said that the
bill should contain an appropriation which
would be available for the use of the
state board of health.
Senator Bennion moved that the bill be
re-referred TO the committee on aDpro-
priations. so that the item referred TO, as
well as others, might be included in the
bill.
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL.
Senator Rideout interposed an objec-
ton. saying that he first desired to say
something in regard 10 the State Indus
trial school. He went on TO move that
the appropriation of 5000 for the found
the school be cut out. He said that, ac-
cording TO the official reports. the school
had but twenty-five students and that
$500 was asked to support it for the next
two years.
Senator Kiesel said that the state had
to have such an institution, and it was
best to have good one. The appropria-
ton was asked for the founding of a
manual training school and the erection
of a building therefor.
Senator Rldeout amended his motion to
have the $1,000 item cut in two, and this
motion passed, and the amount was made
SO 900.
Senator Thomas moved to strike out
the words for the erection of a new
building for the industrial school, and to
cut down the appropriation for that pur-
pose from $4,000 to 5000.
Senator Shurtlin interposed a plea that
a new building was needed for the accom-
mediation of the girls who were sent TO
the school, as at present prisoners of
both sexes were confined in the same
building. The motion was lost.
Senator Chambers moved as a comDro
mise that the appropriation be made
$500, and this motion carried.
On motion of Senator Bennion, the sum
OF $3.50 was inserted to pay the interest
on the money borrowed for the Univer-
sity, $4,000 was added to the bill to pay
the deficit ON the half salaries of certain
county officers for 1897 and 1898, and $50. 900
was added to pay the half salaries of
these officers for 1899 and 1900.
Senator Rideout moved an amendment
making the interest accrued on the Uni
VersltT land fund be paid to the Univer-
sity regents, provided that no fees be re-
CURED for any resident students hereaf-
ter. He made plea for the amendment,
entrance and matriculation in the Univer-
sity. Many students would be enabled to
attend who were not now able to do so.
The amendment carried
on motion of Senator w. C. Nebeker,
$500 was added to the appropriation bill
for the contingent expenses of the state
board of health.
The appropriation bill was then placed
upon its passage and passed by vote
of II to 0.
A communication from the governor an
nounced that he had approved senate bill
No. SO, making abstracts of title as evil
dence in all courts; senate bill No. As,
making it misdemeanor TO refuse to pay
tolls: senate bill No. 49, relating to fees
of pharmacists.
House bin No. 159 was taken I'D at the
Instance of Senator. Rideout and passed
by vote of IL to 0.
House bill No. 112. increasing the num-
Der of free schob rships in the State Nor
NAL school from 100 to 200 and increasing
the term lengths from two to four years
was taken up and the bin was passed by
a vote of II TO O.
The senate then, at Z D. m sauntered
until $3.50 this morning.