The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-30
NO TAX ON THE DEAD
Senate EXempts Dead Soldiers
From Poll Tax.
BLUSDER IN a BILL
IRRIGATION AND LAND BILL IN
PRODUCED.

beyond me grave 10 exact poll taxes
from dead and buried soldiers and
sailors is a question which the house
Of representatives. VIII have TO con-
slider 40 the result OF a unique error
in a bill passed by the senate yester-
day. The eighteen soions comprising
the upper house formally but uuwit-
tngly legisIated to exempt tie dead
warriors from the payment Of such
taxes. Senator Allison's bill entitled
An act to provide for the burial OF
hOnorably discharged soldiers. sailors
and marines and 10 exempt such sol
diers sailors and marines from the
payment of poll taxes came up for
its third reading Without emitting the
word such the bin was passed by a
unanimous vote Then the entire SEN
tie voted TO make the title of the Dill
the title Of the act Mr.. Aliison's at
teDtion had been called 10 the mistake
in the journal of the previous day and
the journal was revised SO as to eX-
clude the word such" 1t still re-
NAMED in the bill itself, however, and
no voice was raised against it during
the final reading.
The bin. which is No 3. also con-
tains provisions placing it upon the
county of which an hOuorably dis
charged soldier OF sailor has been a
resident to defrav the expenses OF a
NFAflit Dufidl prov iOlll6 llE AiEae All III
dlgent circumstance It allows $50
for headstOne and SO for a coffin and
burial clothes. In the body of the bill
10 is provided that all soldiers. sailors
and marines are to exempt from poll
tax.
Cutoff Railroad Bill.
One other bill passed the senate yes
terday-SenatOr AIIsOn's railroad
L1easure-and three new ones We're in
BY a vote of Is to I. the one being a
Democrat bill No. Q, by Mr. Allison,
was passed. 1t is an act to amend the
statute providing for the formation of
railroad corporations The main object
OF the measure is 10 permit railroads
TO construct Cut-uffS. President Evans
objected TO pushing the measure
through until he had had more time
to think about it, as he was not sure
that all Of the original act was re-
enacted In its entirety. Mir. Allison eE-
planned that the Central Pacific was
anxious to have 1t adopted at once,
50 they could proceed with the CON
struCtiOn of a cutoff line at Ogden.
When il came to a vote, President Ev
ans was the only one voting against
Il, and Mr.. Love had absented him
self. 50 the vote stood Is ID l.
Much Of the time of the session was
. consumed in a discussion Of Mr..
Barnes bill regulating the sale of In
toXcating liquors. II was reported ia
VuTably by the committee on county
and municipal CORPORATIONS and
amended so as to make IL Illegal for
dealers or druggists knowingly 10 sell
Intoxicating liquors to minors, whether
a written order from parent is pre-
scented or not II viii be acted upon
today
Senate bin 3. which provides for the
remittance OF taxes of the INDECENT
poor. was read the second time. and
after some debate il, too, was passed
TO its third read and viii come up to
day
New Bills introduced.
The following new bills We're intro
duce1:
No, 81, by Mr.. Bennion, entitled, An
act to provide fog II . acceptance by
the state OF Utah from the United
States of desert lands, and providing
for the reclamation. occupancy and
disposal of the same. The bill pro-
poses the acceptance Of certain desert
lands in accordance with law passed
by congress in 1894, and vests their Sc
lection, management and disposal in
the state board Of land commissioners
It provides for the reclamation of such
lands by individuals or comfr> - APP
plication TO reclaim desert lafIGs must
be accompanied by a proposal TO eN-
tend an irrigation system or to con-
struct bitches, canals, reservoirs OF
other irrigation works for the complete
reclamation. The board must pass
upon the application and proposal
Contracts for the irrigation works
must be made with the board, and
April 1898 is designated as the limit
of time allowed for their completion
Reservoir Fund.
Senate bill No. 81 by Mr.. Benniou
is An act creating the reservoir land
grant fund and providing for the pro-
curing of reservoir sites and the con-
StrUctiOn OF reservoirs for the purpose
of supplying water 10 state lands It
creates fund. TO be known as the
res't>cir land grant fund, which is to
CONSIST OF all moneys received from the
sale of land selected under the grant
from his state Of 100000 acres of land
fOr the establishn-a7t of permanent
water rt stTVUirs. The state board of
land commissioners is authorized to
select sites from new reservoirs. and
from the fund created $500 00A is ap-
propTiated for this purpose. This
measure went TO the committee on
public lands.
NaCural Science Text Books.
Senate bill No. 30, by Mr. Whitney,
IS an act to provide text books on the
natural sciences for use in the public
elementary and higher schools Of the
state. Ut directs the state board of
CduCajA No To- select one text book on
notary, one on geology and one on
z,o.ogy.
II is proposed to have the works Sc
lected under the competitive rules of
Ih. state board. and the bin carries
with 10 au appropriation of $1,000 To
5e awarded as prizes, $4,000 being as
signed for the work on geology and
SlG11 for each of the others. 1t was
referred 20 the committee on educa-
ton
Want Health Board Abolished.
The anti-compulsory vaccination
question PRESENTED itself again in the
shape OF another petition, this time
presented by MT BenniIu from 2S4
residents % Scoheld, in mass meeting
assembled. asking the legislature,
among ,lher things. to abolish the
STATE BOARD CO health and iutrust the
matter CT UubliC health 60 the local
boards The petitioners contended that
SUalION Is not as serious as doctors
would have us believe; that Vaccina-
tior is not q sure preventive. and that
Inc eUIGomic has been very mild in
Sec! ed arts, anyway.
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