The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-12

the sitting committee recommended re-
lection OK the bill.
The next moment senate bill No IS,
10 require railroad companies to main
tain fences and cattle guards was se:.t
up. Without ceremony the house
struck out the enacting clause.
HOUSE MEASURES REJECTED.
On Recommendation of the sitting"
committee, the following house bills
were rejected:
No. 17S, by Murdoch, to appropriate
So 600 for tax maps and plats.
No. ISL, by Jackson, to make cor
poration mortgages on real estate in
clude personality thereon.
No. l59, by Stewart, relating to duties
of sheriffs.
No. 1873. by Stewart, relating to Don
tax.
No. 166, by Stewart relating to extern
sion OF time for defendants to answer
summons outside the state.
No. 1S2, by Fisher to appropriate ST.,
500 for maintenance of the mining ex-
hihit.
No. 146, by Holmgren. for a bounty
for growing forest trees on valley
lands.
Substitute for Nos 1853 and 172, by
Callister and Jackson, increasing sal
aries of state officers.
House joint resolution No. II. by
Lloyd, condemning as false the charges
growing out of the nomination and
election of B. H. Roberts to congress.
No. $50, by Parry, to appropriate
$1,000 to reimburse citizens of Cedar
City for money advanced to complete
the southern branch normal school
building.
No. 80, by Mansfield, consolidating
the state educational institutions under
one management.
No. 1874, to appropriate $4,000 for a
state fair in 1888 and 1900.
THESE WILL SLIDE'THROUGH.
The house sitting committee recon-
mended passage OF the following house
bills:
No. 26, by Fullmer, relating to trans
mission of election returns.
No. 80, by Mansfield. relating to Ii
censing businesses, trades and profess
sions in counties.
No. III, by Bennion. relating to the
recording of marks and brands of live
stock.
No. 179, by judiciary committee, re-
lating to the employment of district
court stenographers.
House joint resolution No. s, by
Mansfield, for a constitutional amend
ment relating to the law for change of
county boundaries.
Passage of the following senate bills
was also recommended:
No. So, by Thomas, to purchase Will
sons state table.
No. A. by Evans, to prevent minors
from chewing or smoking tobacco.
No. 81, by Bennion, relating to the
powers and duties of the state board
of qualization.
No. IS, by Nebeker, relating to the
practice of dentistr-.
No. "A, by Rideout, to extend time
of defendants served with summons
outside the state to answer.
No. rs, by Howell, relating to state
institutions drawing their biennial APP
preparations.
No. so, by Smoot, providing the per
cent of expense to be paid counties for
assessing and collecting city taxes.
No. So, by Evans, relating to high
ways.
SHREwD LADY SENATOR.
With the Sitting process gone
through, Mrs. Canpon'S senate bill No.
40, relating to public health, was taken
up for consideration. Previously the
lady senator had RECALLED the members
and attaches of the house and the
newspaper men with bouttonieres. The
floral favors were fully appreciated by
all the recipients and put the represent
atives in a condescending mood.
The lady was given the privilege of
the floor to explain the main features
of the long, important bill. After her
exposition the rules were suspended for
the bills passage. The vote on the
passage was 26 ayes to no, the mega
tive vote being that of Representative
Fisher. The only change in the bill as
passed was the elimination of the COM
pulsory vaccination clause, the action
being on recommendation of the house
committee on public health.
The substitute for O'Neils bill, No.
125, was then taken up, amended and
passed by unanimous vote of 80
ayes The bill approprates Early S40,-
900 to the several counties, excluding,
of course, Salt Lake, for the construc-
ton and improvement of roads and
bridges.
At IL o'clock the house sauntered till
10 this morning.