The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-04

Robertson and Smith McQuarrle gave
notice of intention to move for recon-
sideratioE, but later withdrew the no.
tice.
RAILROADED THROUGH.
House bill No. e. by Larsen. to re-
quire the accurate measurements. at
the reclaimer's expense, of water turn
ed into a reservoir or stream and there
after reclaimed, was taken up. amend
ed and passed by a vote of 20 ayes to
4 noes, Hansen, Lloyd. Miller and Tay-
lor voting in the negative
The substitute for house bill No. 80,
by Holmgren, declaring that adverse
possession to real estate held for street
or other public purposes cannot be OBJ
tanned by any person, was passed by
vote of &c to 1.
House bill No 101, by Bennion, to
further prevent the adulteration OF
vinegar and to regulate the manufac-
ture and sale thereof, was taken up,
amended and passed.
House bill No. III, by McQuarrie,
was passed without opposition. Its
purpose is to amend section 5164 of the
revised statutes so that evidence given
by witnesses and reduced to writing in
criminal cases at preliminary hearings
may be used at subsequent trials if it
appears that the witnesses are dead,
beyond the courts jurisdiction or were
unable to give bond for their appear
ance.
House bill No. 119, by Stewart, was
passed over the negative votes of
Bramwell, Cook, n. j. Harris, johnson
and Law. Lloyd explained the pur-
pose of the bill to be the adjustment
of the board of public works in cities
of the firSt-class and amending the
law so that the city council may at any
time hereafter, when necessity arises,
re-create the office by ordinance. In
answer TO IL question from Richards.
Lloyd said the board was a useless and
expensive appendage of the city gov
eminent, now that so little public work
by contract is in progress. and more
over, Mayor Clark in his annual mes
sage had recommended the passage of
such a bill as had been introduced.
The next bill passed was house bill
No. 121, by Robertson. The only neg
alive votes were those of Lapish and
McQuarrie. The bill is the one receiv-
ing the support Of the state forestry
association and creates the office of
state warden of forests. The state
commissioner of fish and game is to be
ex-officio forestry warden with an an
nual salary of $500 for attending to his
duties in enforcing a strict obedience
to the laws for the better protection of
forests, timber reserves and water
sources.
Another bill providing for the better
protection of all interests pertaining to
forestry was house bill No. 12S, by
Robertson. 1t was passed by a vote of
rs ayes to 2 noes. Crosby and Ivers
voted in the negative.
The substitute for Fishers memorial
- 49,
be given citizens of Utah to establish
their claims for services rendered and
losses sustained in the Utah Indian
wars during the years 1864 to 1870, and
after such claims be established that
they be allowed and paid, was passed
by a vote of 30 ayes to l no. In an
nouncing his vote in the negative, Rep
resentative Johnson stated his opinion
that the memorial was impertinent,
wherein it set forth that federal neg
lect gave the redmen license to press
their incursions upon the white set
tiers.
SALT PALACE AND FAIR.
The committee on manufactures and
commerce recommended the rejection
of house bill No. 154, to appropriate
$4,000 in aid of the Salt Palace pro-
ject and inteuTnountain exposition. The
Recommendation was a surprise to Ben
nion who said Salt Lake county was
asking nothing for road and bridge
purposes, yet the committee seemed
! opposed to granting this little assist
ance to an enterprise on which citi-
zens would spend $40, 600, and all for the
states advantage. motion to recon-
nit the report failed, and then the mat
ter went to the committee on revenues
and appropriations to arrange for the
allowance of a sum to be used Jointly
| by the State Fair association and the
Salt Palace promoters.
PUT ON THE SLAUGHTER BLOCK.
A communication from the senate
gave notice of rejection of house bill
No. SO, by Bywater, relating to the
election of long and short-term county
| commissioners.
The education committees report
recommending the rejection of house
bill No. 80. to consolidate the manage
ment of all the educational institutions
of the state. was taken up and adopted.
Representative Fisher gave notice of
! intention to move for reconsideration.
The senate recalled house bill No. IS,
by Forman, relating to qualifications
! of electors voting upon propositions for
town incorporation, which bill was re-
jected on Wednesday.
Two other rejected measures were
resurrected. They were house bill No.
1873, by Bennion, to cure defects in the
pure food law, and house bill No. 16S.
by Parry, relating to befouling of
streams of water by sheep and other
domestic animals. Both were recon-
mitted to the committee on public
health.
FAVORABLY REPORTED.
The following actions were recon-
mended by the committee on labor:
Passage of house bill No. 1872, by
Jackson, to require all state, county
and city printing, binding and station
cry contracts to be executed within
each of such respective districts.
Passage. with amendment, of house
bill No. 10, by Stewart, by request, to
require products of convict labor to be
branded "Convict-made goods
Passage of senate bill No. %, by Ride
out. TO define what labor shall consti-
tute a day of eight hours on public
works.
Reference to the state board of exam
iners of Jackson's bill to appropriate
81. 500. 90 to reimburse the Utah Fedora
ton of Labor for the expense of de-
Tending the constitutionality of the
eight-hour law.
Senate joint memorial No. 5, by Ben
MON, praying congress to grant lands
for schools and other public purposes
to the state of Utah on the same basis
as the land grants to other states, was
referred to the committee on memorials