The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-03
company's annual meetings, as the
Union Pacific had done.
GOVERNORS APPROVAL.

GOVERNORS APPROVAL.
At the opening of the afternoon ses-
sion, communication from the gov
ernor announced approval of the fol-
! lowing house bills:
No. 4, by Shepard, to amend section
| 1899 of the revised statutes, by per
hitting an execution of judgment at
any time within the eight-year life OF a
! judgment.
No. 70, by McQuarrie, to amend sec
ton $3.50 of the revised statutes, so that
| it may be optional with the judge or
clerk of court to direct notice of hear
| ing of petition for sale, lease or mort
gage of property of decedents, either
| by publication in a newspaper or by
posting copies of notice in conspicuous
| places.
No. 80, by Shepard, to formally adopt
the revised statutes. 1898, as the laws
of Utah.
Passage of the following bills was
recommended by the respective COM
mittees to which same were referred:
House bill No. 70, by Ivers, by re-
quest, to increase the yearly salary of
| the state coal mine inspector from
81, 600 to $500, after amending to $1,000.
House bill No. l65, by Robinson, by
request, to prevent the use of duplicate
or exactl-1 similar names by corpora
tons.
Senate bill No. 81, by Evans, to in
crease the maximum of yearly salaries
Of county surveyors in the smaller
counties to $3.50.
Senate bill No. 40, by Mrs. Cannon,
relating to public health, after striking
out the compulsory vaccination clause.
The bill will be made the special order
for this morning, when advocates and
| opponents of the measure will be heard.
On recommendation of the commit
tee on public health. Mrs Cannon S
bill to require the teaching in the pub
lie schools of the effects of alcoholic
drinks and other narcotics on the hu-
man system was referred to the COM
mittee on education.
House bin No. US was offered by
Murdoch, by consent, and referred to
the committee on revenues and appro-
priations. The bill appropriates $1,000
to reimburse counties for half the cost
of revising assessors maps and plats.
REJECTED MEASURES.
The following bills We're rejected, on
recommendation Of the respective COM
mittees to which they had been re-
ferred:
House bin No. 1Ss, by Bennion, to
cure defects in the law relating to the
sale of impure and adulterated food
and dairy products.
House bill No. IA by HOlmgren. re-
lating to salaries of county surveyors,
for the reason that senate bill No. 81
more fully covers the subject.
House bill No. 49, by Fisher. by re-
quest, to authorize banks having u
capital of $4,000 or less to loan up to
Is per cent of the banks capital and
surplus to any firm, corporation or
individual.
House bill No. 16S, by Parry, relating
to the befouling of streams of water
by sheep and other animals, for the
reason that existing laws afford suffi-
cient protection.
A resolution was offered by Mr..
Lloyd. and adopted, directing the ap-
pointment of a committee of three to
confer with President j. NJ. Tanper of
the Agricultural college, to complete
arrangements for the legislatures visit
to the institution Saturday afternoon.
The speaker appointed Representatives
Lloyd, Jackson and Robinson as such
committee.
The senate gave notice of its refusal
to concur in house amendments to
senate bill No IS. the fish and game
bill. Speaker Roylance appointed Rep
resentatives Belts. Welch and Jackson
a conference committee to act on be-
half of the house. Objections were
raised by McQuarrie and Lapish to the
personnel of the house conferees. all of
whom voted against the house amend
ments, but the speakers appointments
were allowed to stand.
Another communication from the
senate announced the passage of sem
ate bill No. %. by Rideout, defining
what shall constitute a days labor on
public works, and senate bill No. So,
by Smoot. defining the boundaries be-
tween Utah and Juab counties. The
bills We're Aled for reference.
At $50 the house recessed till p. m.
NO NIGHT SESSION.
Only fourteen members put in ap-
pearance for the evening meeting. and
after waiting more than half an hour,
Representative Hansen, who had, at
the close of the afternoon assembly,
been designated by Speaker Roylance
as speaker pro tenn, adjourned the ses-
sion till this morning. That no quorum
was obtainable was due to the Ore
interesting counter attractions ana the
apparent desire to let some of the nu-
merous legislative measures die for
want Of attention.