The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-16
All Work Disposed of at Yesterdays
Session.
READY FOR ADJOURNMENT
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE LA
BORIS ON APPROPRIATIONS.
Salt Palace Appropriation Cut Down
to Eight Thousand Dollars
Wright Opposes the Majority to
the End-Thanks to the Railroads
and the Telephone Company.

After spending most of the day in
idleness the senate cleaned its table
yesterday and this morning viii meet
| to perform its last official function OF
the session-witnessin the signing of
the appropriation bill by the president
Nearly all day long the conference
committee appointed to reconcile the
| differences between the house and the
| senate on the appropriations worked
! over the bill. Late in the afternoon the
committee reached an agreement and
reported a compromise fixing the Salt
! Palace appropriation at $4,000 and the
appropriation for the militia at $4,000.
The report was then adopted and the
| bill was quickly passed by an affirma-
! tive vote of IL. Senator Wright an
| nounced that he wanted to go on record
as unalterably opposed to the Salt Pal
ace proposition.
The committee also reported that the
house had decided to recede from its
| position on the ways and means bill,
and that it had agreed to the senate
provision making the tax levy mills
for state purposes.
The report was adopted by the SEN
ate and shortly after a communication
came from the house that it also had
accepted the committees report.
House bill No. 81, relating to the du-
ties of officers of cities was reported
favorably by the committee on munich
pal corporations. The bill permits city
officers to appoint their deputies. on
motion of Senator W.. G. Nebeker the
rules were suspended and the Dill pass
ed by vote of 16 to- 0.
House bill No. 76, relating to records
of tax sales, was also taken up under
suspension of the rules and passed.
a message from the governor an
nouncing that he had signed senate bill
No. 81, relating to pay of court stem
ographers, and senate bill No. 81, re-
lating to tax exemption OF indlgents.
House bill No. III, providing for the
recording of marks and brands, and
preventing the duplication of such
marks was taken up on third reading
and failed to pass, the vote being to s.
The thanks of the senate were ten
dered to the Rocky Mountain Bell Teie-
phine company for the free use of the
telephone and to the Rio Grande West
ern and Oregon Short Line railroads
for free transportation.
Substitute for senate bill No 5, re-
lating to the service of summons, and
senate bill No. 81, relating to the sala-
ries of county officers, came back with
the signature of the governor.
Senator Wright then moved that all
bills not yet considered by the senate
be indefinitely postponed The meas
ures still remaining on the table which
were killed in this summary manner
were
House bill No. 176, relating to tax sale
records.
Senate bill No. rs, salaries of supreme
judges.
Senate bill No. 81, duplicating of cor
porate names.
Senate bill No. 66, intermountain ex-
position.
Senate bill No. 10, abolishing defcien-
cy judgments.
Senate joint resolution No. 8, to
change the boundaries of certain coun-
ties.
With the table at last clear the senate
sauntered until $3.50 this morning.