The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-03

the members will expire next Monday.
and in consequence there was a flood
of new measures. Fourteen bills were
introduced and referred to committees
House bill 204, by D. H. Morris, pro-
Viding for placing road brands on cat
tie and horses being driven through or
from one part of the state to another
The act makes it mandatory 10 place
road brands of tar or other substance
on transitory herds over 100 in number
and declares it grand larceny for any
man 20 put such a brand on animals
not his own or his employers.
House bill 205, by Axton, by request,
creating the office of stenoSrapher Of
the supreme court. The salary is fixed
at 1880.
House bill No. zoe, by Mcfarland, by
request This is a modification of a
previous measure providing for the ap-
pOintment of fruit tree inspectors BY
the county commissioners instead Of
by the state board of horticulture.
House bill 207, by Hamlin, by request.
Fer the encouragement of the poultry
Industry. The bill provides an appro-
priatIOn of 81 GOO for poultry prizes for
the annual exhibit of the Utah Poul-
try asSOcia ton.
House bill 2OS, by Anderson. An act
to amend sections 2113 and 2114 of the
revised statutes, relating to the school
for the deaf, dumb and blind. The bill
provides for the Office OF superinten-
dent TO look after the business affairs
of the school and principal to con-
duct the instructed - tead of COM
bioing the two Office, ct present.
House bill 209. by ID. A. Morris. An
act appropriating $500 for highways
and bridges in Washington county.
City Tax Rate.
House bill 21O, by Smith. by request.
amending section Z53 OF the revised
statutes of 1898. The section is amend
ed to change the limit of city tax rates
as follows: Contingent expenses, Z
mills, instead OF 5; water supply, 10
mills. unchanged; streets and side
walks, 4 mills instead of ): sewers
and drains. mills instead of 3; electric
lights, telephones, street railways and
bath houses, 10 mills, unchanged. A
new section allows such tax as the
council may deem necessary for the
creation of a sinking fund to provide
Tor the payment OF the outstanding
bonded Indebtedness of such city, pro-
vided, that the tax levied to provide
for the payment of such indebtedness
shall not, in any one year. exceed the
principal amount of such indebtedness
divided by the total number of years
for which such Indebtedness was
created. and provided, further, that
any sinking fund created under the
provision of this section may be in
vested in bonds of the United States,
the state of Utah, or any city. county
]
/ Utah, under the direction of the city
council" There is an emeI gency clause
/ in the bill
House bill 211. by Smith. exempting
! from taxation the property of munich
pal corporations held under contract
| House bill PIP, by Smith. permitting
/ the waiver OF an undertaking on APP
/ peal from justice courts to the district
1 court in civil actions.
! House bill 213, by Smith. amending
] section 3343 of the revised statutes OF
! Utah, 1898. relating to costs on appeal
I from justice courts. The bill changes
4 the wording of the statute for the pur-
4 pose of making it cleaner.
| House bill PA, by AxtOn, by request
! Amending section 632 of the revised
\ statutes of 1898, relating to records. The
! act provides that all county record
| books shall be open to public inspec-
| ton, except the abstract books, com
/ pilatiOns from which shall be fur
nished by the recorder at the same
/ rates as abstracts.
House bill 215, by Axton, by request
| Amending section 629 revised statutes
| relating to licensed abstractors. The
bill makes il Imperative for any per
! son or corporation desiring to make q
| business of furnishing abstracts tC
have a complete compilation of tht
] records, and that it shall furnish az
indemnity bond for the reimbursement
! of parties suffering loss through error
| The bond is to be for $50, 900 instead OF
/ $4,000 as before.