The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-17
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There was another miX-up over the
high license gambling bill, which is in
tended to repeal the anti-gambling law.
A strong effort was made to kill it, but
it failed. A motion to indefinitely post
pone the bill was lost, 9 to IL, by the
following vote:
Ayes-Budge, Bingham, Easton, Heg-
sted, Mulliner, McMurrin, Price, Stacy,
Gooding.-9.
Nays-Ainslie, Bailey, Church, Fogg,
Harp, Hooper, Lippincott, Mcdonald,
Smith, Wright, Watts-11.
Fogg introduced another bill, fixing
eight hours as a days work for miners.
being similar to the house measure
killed by the senate.
ANTI-PASS BILL KILLED.
The house took a final shot at Red
wines anti-pasS bill and sent it to the
legislative crematory. The bill was
saved from sudden death a few days
ago, but the lease of life was of short
duration The committee reported it
back yesterday adversely and by
vote of % TO % it was indefinitely post
poned. The senate resolution propos-
ing a constitutional amendment chang
ing the terms of county officers met
similar fate.
Bills We're passed as follows: Senate
joint resolution No. =, authorizing
transfer of excess insurance money to
general fund. Senate bill No. SO, TO
suppress contagious and infectious dis
eases among sheep and creating the
office of state sheep inspector.
The bill to annex the southern DOR
ton of Shoshone county to Nez Perce
county was favorably reported by the
committee of the whole. but the house
refusing to concur, the bill was indet-
initely POSTPONED.
INTEREST ON COUNTY FUNDS.
A measure that has aroused consid-
cradle interest over the state was also
killed. 1t was by Kingsley and 9ro-
vided that state and county funds be
deposited in the banks agreeing TO pay
the highest rate of interest. The OD-
position was based on the general an
tipathy existing toward banks, but
Kinsley pointed out that under the
present system the banks used the
money without paying any interest and
that there was not any security beyond
the bond of the treasurer, which has
often been shown to be worthless. I'm
der his plan; the money would be Sc
cured by a bond in double the amount
furnished by a guarantee company, and
not by individuals, who often went on
bonds for a great deal more than thev
We're worth. He also stated that the
only lobbying on the bill had been done
against it by representatives of banks.
1t was expected that Gooding's sheep
inspection bill would provoke extended
debate, but it went through without a
word of discussion and now goes to
the governor.
Bills were introduced as follows: BY
Peterson, Adams and Lynes, requiring
the placing of poll. tax money in the
general school fund; by Johnesse, speci-
flying the amount of work to be done
annually on placer claims-on placer
claims of twenty acres, not less than
$100 of work; on less than twenty acres,
not less than $50; providing that four
claims are operated by the
same party, the assessment work for
all of them can be done on one claim.
By Stanton, providing for the issuance
by counties of bonds to assist any city
or village in the construction of free
bridges; by Moody, requiring the pub
lication instead of the posting of notices
of sale under execution; by Redwine
and Mulkey, providing that commits
sioners may levy a road poll tax, doing
away with the work provision when
such levy is made.