The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-20
STRING TO SCHOOL BILL
TITLE TO LAND IN ALBION MUST
BE VESTED IN STATE.
Otherwise Appropriation Recommend
ed Is to Be Inoperative-Local
Option Gambling Bill Laid to Rest.
lsneciaI TO The HeraIdO

Boise. Ida, Feb 19.-FavorabIe action
was taken in a committee of the senate
today on the bill authorizing bonds to the
amount of $4,000 for building improve
ments at the Albion normal school These
are both house bills. The Albion bill was
amended so as to make il imperative I'M
less title in fee simple shall be vested in
the state. It is claimed the existing deed
To the ground on which the normal build
ing stands contains a clause that would
make the ground and the bulldln6 the
property OF j. +. Miller, VINO ofiStnduy
owned the land whenever the Dulidlng
should be used for other than normal
school purposes. 1t was TINS Iact tnat
caused the POcatello delegation to Drop
their plan two years to move the ScnOOl
TO their town and make a reform school
out OF the Albion building
Senator Turner has had amendments
reported to his bill TO establish an
ACADEMY at PocatellO, providing tor d
bond issue of Sl5,090 instead of an appro-
prlatiOn OF $1,000
Gambling Bill Is Killed.
When the final vote on the local option
bill was taken today but thirteen mem
bers went on record in TaVor or II, Inc
vote to postpone the measure IndeIlnleeiy
was thirty-twO yeas and thirteen nos
Those voting against the motion, and
therefore Tor the bill, We're Brennan
Davis of Owyhee, Heney. Kelley, Manden,
miller. Moore, OXley, Pence, OF OWynee5
Powell, Smith, White and Speaker Nc
This action puts the bill in the grave
so lar as the sixth session is concerned
During the day. Representative Hunt
sent uD a resolution setting forth that
the statement had been made to me ef-
1ect that Governor SteunenDefg nad re-
ceiVed from the mine owners OF the occur
d Alenes large sums OF money 70 dssi ie
in defTaying the expenses incident 10 thS
suppression OF alleged laWleSSneSS, ana
aSklnG that the appropriations COmInllIee
investigate and report how much was so
4 md hfrV q i
luton was killed In the course OF ue-
bate on the question Heney, VINO was
strongly opposed TO the policy OF the i s-s
administrator. and VINO was one OF the
inmates of The bull pen, stated that the
appropriations committee OF Whlcn ne IS
chairman had under consideration long
list of deficiency claims growing out q
the Occur d Alene trouble that would be
reported on as soon as possible
Anti epotism Bill Killed.
The house killed the senate anti
nepotism bill, there being but two votes
The house bin to reduce the per diem
of election Judges and district court
/ jurors. was also killed 49,
The house passed the following mouse
bills To amend the Boise school district
/ charter ApprOpriating $500 Tor improve
/ meuts at the Lewiston normal school-
! AppropTiating $500 tor an EXHIBIT at the
/ Pan-American exposition, and providing
/ that one-half of all license money received
/ by the state be paced in a fund TO redeem
state building ana improvement DOilUS-
| Among the new bills presented was one
! creating the office of assistant state en-
| gjneer and another apprOpr1aung Slz,VE
| Tor a bridge across the Snake river in
! Fremont county.
The senate killed the militia bill. This
] action unless some measure covering the
! case shall pass later on in the session,
will leave the state without provision
! to maintain its military for the next two
4 years.
/ The bill making liquor licenses 1ssuable
! a year only was passed
IN eonnnnittee favorable action was
! taken on the bill authorizing the levy OF
q snecial road tax.
! Among the new bills were the following
/ Authorizing the supreme court to reset
/ the date OF execution in case Of aftirnlst-
1 ton Of death sentence; authorizing
/ colinties having All assessed valuation OF
! less than million dollars to levy 81 or
I the hundred for state and county pur-
poses.
Bishop SpaIding Is Ill
! Denver. Feb. 19-Bishop John F Spald.