The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-01
MOUNTAIN STATES
ONLY ONE DISTRICT
Senate at Boise Settled the
Judicial Matter Yesterday.
BUSY DAY IN HOUSE
BILL PASSED RELIEVING Wo-
MEN FROM JURY DUTY.
BUSY DAY IN HOUSE

Boise Ida, Feb. 2S.-One judicial district
is all the senate will stand for. The BODY
expressed itself on the question today by
amending the senate bill that called for
seven districts. The bill the senate will
pass takes Owyhee from the Third and
adds it to the Fourth and creates the
Sixth oct of Blaine. Custer and Lemhi.
Otherwise the districts stand as they are
Final action was deferred on the Jesfer-
son county ILL 1t was made a special
order for tomorrow afternoon. and the
pSn-American exposition bill for Saturday
afternoon.
The house bill for $4,000 bond issue
for the purpose of building a school of
science hall and a girls dormitory at the
state university was favorably acted on
oy the senate in the committee of the
The bill requiring that county printing
contracts be awarded to the lowest bid-
oerS vas killed by a party vote, the He
p9nblcans being 1or, the measure.
ne house bills relative to proving hand
writing and giving the district judges
greater authority in taking testimony cut
OF court were passed and sent to the gov
The senate bills prohibiting the appoint
ment Of legislator to a position he
helped to create and making destruction
OF buildings by explosives felony, were
also passed.
The house had very busy day. which
wound up with a night session. The fate
or the insurance commissioner bill was
~ eiNt4CeillS SGcll6Q Dy the failure OF
move to get it off the general calendar.
The senate bills giving each party a rep
reSentat1Ve at the secret counting Of bal
lots, relieving women from jury duty and
making liquor licenses issuablei yearly en-
~, were passed and sent to the governor
House bills were passed as follows
Making it unlawful to open an enclosure
without permission; defining the manner
Of plating cities and villages; authoriz-
ing an extension of ten years in the time
for paying for state lands the anti-cOm-
pal,y store bill; giving jurors and wit
neSSes before coroner Jur1eS 81 day and
10 cents mileage.
The amended Albion normal school bill
was passed and sent OF the governor.
During the day an effort was made by
Tri6Sch to put the Clearwater bill on the
calendar. 1t had been advanced to the
enSTOSSment committee by reference by
Speaker Mckinlay. The effort failed. The
friendS of me bill consider it a very favor
abe indication.
Action on the house arbitration commits
sion bill has been delayed in the senate.
1t is doubtful If it will pass
The house passed the house bill creating
the office of assistant attorney general,
al 81, 500 a year, after a lively discussion.
The vote was a to p.
At the night session there was a row
that threatened for a time to be serious.
Moore of Idaho said a statement by Scott
of kOOtenai was untrue and there was a
red-nOt passage until an apology was o.
fered for the remark that caused the
age-that Scott had voted for the
Scott during the evening charged there
was a combination between a few fusion
lists and the Republicans TO puS through
a lot of appropriation bills. for which the
fusionists would be held responsible. This
caused several wordy tits, and when the