The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-16
Evans Introduces a New Measure to
Prohibit Chewing and Smoking.
ACTIVITY IN THE SENATE
TWO BILLS PASSED YESTERDAY
FOUR NEW MEASURES IN.
House Resolution For Constitution
al Amendment On Taxation and
Shepard's Bill On Jurisdiction of
Justices Rejected-Scheme to En-
able Voters to Nominate Senators.

Senator Abel John Evans is nothing
if not persevering. Although his anti
tobacco bill has been twice killed by
decisive votes in the senate, he yester-
day introduced an entirely new meas
ure on the same subject, eliminating
! the Imprisonment clause and making
! the extreme fine $40, and this, he hopes,
viii pass the legislature.
Two bills were passed by the senate
and four new measures introduced IN
a brief and harmonious session.
Senator Cannon's measure for the es-
Enlistment of a hospital in connection
with the State School for the Deaf,
Dumb and Blind (senate bill No. -,
passed with but one vote recorded
Mr.. Wright opposed the bill on the
ground that as there are but ninety
eight students in the school, hospital
was not needed.
House bill No. SO, by Parry, appro-
priating S12, 900 for the reimbursement
of citizens of Cedar City who supplied
funds for the equipment and mainte
nance of the southern branch normal
school, passed by unanimous vote and
without debate.
Invitations to visit the Brigham
Young academy at Provo and the Uni
versity of Utah were received and ac-
Cepted with thanks. The dates of the
visits were not fixed.
The committee on judiciary reported
adversely on house joint resolution No.
l and house bill No. 5. on the ground
that the subjects were covered more
completely in senate measures.
Senate bill No. 10, bv Wright, repeal
ing the deficiency judgment statute,
was reported faVorably by the commit
tee on judiciary. Senator Wright asked
that the rules be suspended and the bill
be placed on its final passage, but Sen
ator Robson opposed the motion, and
the bill went over.
The judiciary committee recommend
ed the passage of senate bill No. Is, by
Evans, requiring a fee Of $3.50 for the
filing in any district court of any an
sWer amending affirmative relief. Sen
ator Evans asked to have this bill
taken up for final passage, but Sena-
tor Bennion objected and the bill went
over.
Senator Alder presented a petition
from the Presbyterian congregations at
Manti and Ephraim asking that the
local option liquor bill be passed. The
petition went to the committee on man
Ufactures and commerce.
A committee consisting of Senators
Rideout, Whitney and Kiesel was APP
pointed by President Nebeler TO meet
with like committee from the house
to consider the fire and police bill.
FOUR NEW BILLS.
The following bills were introduced:
Senate bill No. II, by Evans, prohib-
iting persons under the age of Is years
from chewing or smoking tobacco.
This is the same in its provisions as
senate bill No. 8, which was killed on
Tuesday, save that it leaves out the
imprisonment clause and makes the
extreme fine for the offense $40. Re
ferred TO committee on judiciary.
Senate bill No. ~, by Wright (by re-
Quest. creating a reservoir fund and
providing for the application and dis
tribution thereof. The measure ere
ates a fund to consist of all moneys
from the sale of land select
ed under the grant of the state of $780,
900 acres for the establishment of per-
irrigation reservoirs. The sur
vey and inspection of such reservoirs
by the state engineers is also provided |
for. To all private corporations or per /
sons building reservoirs, one-quarter of
the cost is to be refunded out of the |
fund, Referred to committee |
on public lands.
Senate bill No. 80, by Howell, estab- /!
fishing a livestock sanitary board and /
sion of dangerous. contagious and in /
fictitious diseases of animals. The meas /
ure creates a livestock sanitary board (
consisting of four members, the profess |
sor of veterinary science in the agricul- |
tural college. a cattleman, a sheepman |
and a horseman. The board is given /
power TO take all necessary precau-
tons to prevent the spread of diseases !
among animals and to make rules with /
reference thereto. Referred to livestock |
Senate bill No. A, by Mr. Nebeker, |
enabling voters to indicate a preference !
,or United States senator. By the pro-
visions of this measure, any candidate
'or the Office of United States senator
nay file with the secretary of state
certificate of nomination signed by at
east 500 voters. The names of all SEN
atorial candidates are then to be placed
IN the official ballot, so that the voter
nay indicate his choice by the usual
method. Referred to committee on cleo
ions.