Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-03-14

The Senate requested the return OF
House bill No. 2ll exempting city
property from taxation, which 1t had
rejected That body also sent word
that It refused to appoint conference
committee to confer with a similar
House committee to look into Axton's
defunct penitentiary library fund bill.
This message raised the ire OF the
House and Messrs. Van Horne, ID. G..
Johnson and Billings were appointed to
visit the Senate and inquire into its ar
bltrary methods Of dealing with House
business.
Senate bill No. 1O7, by Murdoch, re-
lating to the issuance Of patents for
State lands by the Governor, came
from the committee with an unfavor'
able report just after this action, and
was killed with righteous Indignation
by adopting the report Of the commit
tee.
Phillips bill No, l2l, relating to the
sale of estray animals. was reported
unfavorably. The only material
change In the bin is that It calls for
advertising Of estrays in newspapers In
stead Of notices being posted In three
public places as the existing law de-
mands After some little discussion the
roll was called on final passage Of the
bill and It passed unanimously in spite
OF It's adverse report
Just then Mr. Holmgren reported that
tn Senate had denied the House con-
ference committee the privilege OF
conference regarding House bills Nos.
IA and Is.
Mr.. Gardeners irrigation commission
bill was then in order as a special order
of the day. Mr.. Lambert asked for
postponement, as there was subsu-
tute bill to Holmgren's bill pending In
the Senate. The postponement was
voted down and first reading Of House
bill No. 2i2 proceeded with. The speak
er proposed some radical amendments
to the bill, the chief OF which was that
the governor appoint one person from
each county at salary Of $500 each,
instead of a commission OF four at
81 500 each as the original bill reads,
Mr.. Pond proposed to amend the
amendment by making the appoint
ments, one from each judicial district.
Mr. Gardner thought that the large
commission would be too cumbersome.
lie would not seriously object to one
from each judicial district. however.
That would leave them $500 salary each.
Mr. Harmon thought that the county
proposition was all right. but he would
be glad to compromise on the judicial
district amendment.
Mr. Lambert said that he favored the
speakers amendments. He was strong
ly In favor Of the counties commission.
so was MIR. Anderson, but he considered
that the money spent on a commission
would be 10 little purpose as the Legis-
lature could hardly have more informa-
ton on the subject than II had now.
Mr.. HOlmgren thought that four men
could do the work as well as twenty
seven.
AT this stays Mr., Van Horne inter-
rupted with the information that his
committee had brought the Senate TO
time and II would reconsider Axton's
prison library bill and moreover the
conference committee would go the
length Of reporting II favorably.
% Afr Gt,,ft hill
No. II, allowing none but attorneys
admitted to the bar OF the Supreme
court to practice In justices courts,
was ordered recalled from the Senate.
on motion OF Mr.. Van Horne Senate
bill No. It's, a substitute for AXton's
prison library bill No. 49, was killed
Consideration of Gardeners irrigation
bill was then resumed. Mr.. Page was
the only member who objected to the
bill IN toto He said there was no need
for an irrigation law any way.
A vote was then taken and the judi
clal district proposition carried, Cutler,
who was a hot county man, moved 10
strike out the enacting clause, hut Mr.
Anderson then moved that the COM
mission number three. but the motion
had few friends After various votes
were taken the commission was dimin-
lshed 70 four members as in the bill
originally. Mr.. Wells tried to have II
reduced 10 one, and that one be the
state engineer but the motion did not
meet with favor Mr. Van Horne's
propositiOn 10 make the state engineer
a member Of the commissioners ofiicio
to serve without salary Mr.. Page |
moved that each OF the commission be |
irrigators Of ten years experience, II |
was questioned who would give them |
certificates. Mr.. Van Horne suggested |
that their faces might show that they |
took water instead OF whisky. Mr. |
Page then proposed that the title OF |
the bin be changed to read: IAN act |
10 proyide places for office seekers. not |
otherwise taken care Of, and provid- |
ING for exhaustlng any unexpended |
balance In the State treasury"
The spirit Of levlty was then sup
pressed and a vote was then taken on
the bill with four members and a
81 900 appropriation. The bill was
killed hy n vote OF II TO "a. Mr. Har-
mon moved for reconsideration with
the county amendment The vote stood
as follows NJ
AYES Messrs Axton. Barrett, Bench,
Christensen. Davis Evans, Gardner.
Hamliu, Hewlett Holmgren. Homer,
johnson. d. c.. Morris. n. L., Sharp,
Smith. Stuart. Van Horn-l7.
Noes: Anderson, Billings. Cutler. Fry.
Hall Harmon, Hatch. Johnson, q, W,
Kelly. Lambert, Langton, Vaughan
NcGregor, Mohr, Page Phillips Pond.
Redd. South. Stevens, Van Wagenen.
Wells. Williams. Mr.. speaker-2i.
NO FORMAL RECESS.
There was no formal recess In the
House this noon. The members Just
walked out and were In their places
gain at 2 o'clock. A number Of re-
,orts were received at that hour,
mong which was that allowing the ap-
,ropriation Of $50, 600 for the Industrial
chool.
Under suspension Of the rules House
All No. pa. a substitute for No. ll3, by
he committee on municipal corpora