The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-09
LEGISLATIVE GRIND At BOISE
MANY BILLS KILLED BY THE
LAWMAKERS.
Averill's Scalp Bounty Bill Was In
cluded-Eight-hour Bill Passed
By the House.
(sneciaI to The Herald.l


Boise, Ida, Feb. S.-The senate killed
the house memorial praying for the
election of the president and vice presl-
dent by direct vote of the people.
Three new bills were introduced today.
One was by Brigham, TO restrict the
slaughter of game on private lands; one
by Lippincott, 10 prohibit state oI1lcerS
of their official duties, and one by toSS,
giving railroad employees authority 10
arrest any person stealing rides
Senators Hays and Easton made an
other desperate fight against the passage
in its present form of the Watts-AlnsIe
bill for the improvement of the rivers OF
the state for logging purposes.
GOOding'S joint memorial for the en-
couragement of American merchant
marine was passed.
The afternoon was pent in the commit
tee of the whole, with Senator McMurry
in the chair; the calendar was cleared
up, the committee killing Mckee'S house
bill relating to homestead of "a head of a
family and knocked out the provision in
Reynolds imitation butter act which
made 1t miSdemeanor for any county
attorney neSlectlng TO prosecute on
proper complaint being made.
The MunSon-French bill for the leVying
of special taxes for general road pur-
poses was laid on the table, as the house,
where the bill originated, had neglected
having the amendments printed as re-
quired.
The house spent today in committee of
the whole. Before taking up the ggen-
eral calendar, however, the house killed
Averill's bill providing for a scalp bounty
fund by taxing the people, and the bills
appropriaung $1,5O4.07 to Winters, ParOnS
and Boomer; $5,664.N to the Wisconsin
Marine q Insurance company, and &c.
1880 to the Fuller Desk company. The
supreme court had recommended that
these bills be paid, styling the failure to
do so ''repudiation."
Bills Were passed as follows: Providing
that only one member of a private cor
poration shall be a bona fide resident of
the state: fixing eight hours as a days
work IN mines; governing the issuance of
county warrants
Among the bills introduced was one by
Fisher, providing that two of the terms
of supreme court be held in Pocatello
In committee of the whole the following
bills We're killed: Making it obligatory
Tor parties to q civil action to pay the
jury costs excepting in the cases where
poverty affidavits are filed; providing for
the election of three district mining in
SDectorS. salary TO be $1,000. The COM
mittee recommended the passage of a
bill prohibiting attorneys from other
states practicing in Idaho unless they
become bona fide residents of the state.
The state affairs committee of the
house held a meeting today and riddled
the house insurance bill. This measure
provided for the appointment of q state
commissioner of insurance and the COM
mittee struck that provision out and also
raised the insurance license. The pres
ent law fixes the first-class license at
SlOO and the secOnd-clasS at $50. which
the bill as presented did not disturb. The
committee changed it by making a uni
form license of 800.
The committee recommended the pas
sage of the bill providing for the appoint
ment of d commission of the governor
the president OF the state university and
the superintendent OF the state insane
asylum. to investigate sites. with the
view OF moving the insane asylum.