Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-03-19

BY THE LAST LEGISLATURE
..,r . vast variety Of subjects an"
including those in Hand, OF the
governor, Exceed 100

,r,.o hod,es Of law.framers may nave
s,oto ar national assemblies ana
So,h tbo quantity and quality OF inc
,aws nossed within sixty days may
S ,a" s,r,ossed the work Of the Utah
ao,ons hut the Bee Hive state the
members aver, has no reason to olusn
for the work Of her legislators durlns
tho session Just closed by which she mas
added to her statutes almost a CEN
nyvn Of new acts, and will probably
erceed that number when the Governor
has fully and finally weighed all tne
measures that he has stlll before him
Among the new acts are laws affect-
ing individual and corporate rights
laws granting increased privileges 10
railroad companies, laws dealing win
education with the law courts, with
the public health, public morals ana
public affairs generally, miscellany
of subjects too diverse to catalogue.
INCORPORATION FEE ACT.
OF the acts which win help replenish
the depleted State Golfers none VIII
cut 80 wide swath as the measure
introduced by Senator Howell OF Cache,
and whose only material change from
the old statute Is that II fixes no limit
to the size OF incorporation fees. The
new and the old law demand fee 10 be
paid to the State, when articles Of in
corporation are fled OF rs cents per
$1,000 OF capital stock, but the old law
fixed the maximum fee at $500, what
ever the amount Of the capital stock.
Before the bill was passed In the House
Secretary OF State Hammond, who had
been asked to explain the measure 70
representatives, made the statement
that this 1880 limit had been the
means Of saving over $4,000 to ncor-
porators within the last four years,
which sum ought to have gone into the
treasury Of the State,
1900 - - N'-ieNNs
This is an emergency law, and be-
came effective Immediately II received
the Governors stamp Of approval on
the fees OF three companies, which will
iile articles OF incorporation very short
" a saving to the State OF S32,5 800 will
be effected These companies are The
Union Pacific Railway company, which
has increased It's capital stock by Sl00,
VVVVOO' and VIII have to pay TO the State
treasury $4,000; the Salt Lake, Los An,
geles 4 San Pedro, with a capital d
UO'OOOOOO which viii cost 1920 to In
corporate In Utah,the American Smelt
Ing company $3.50 for lts S35 900 900 I'm
crease IN capital stock. These thre,
companies VIII by the new law pay I,
the state treasurer an aggregate sun
OF s4pOOO where under the old lat
they would have been let of for 81 b00
smoots bill to tax insurance com
panies (other than lIfe) on hnslnes
written In the State that IL effecte
outside OF the local agents, viii ais
save money for the State.
PUBLIC PROTECTION.
The public health It Is exnoctea ,l
pe guarded by such laws az Murdock
dalry Inspection law, and the measur
Iorblnding the use Of formaldehyde
nnlik ana cream. The Hamln act COR
peiiihg street car companies 10 vest
Dule all OF their winter cars With
three years viii also be for the publ
lar. N' ~ p''''0'
u4t
The moral tone will be improved /
the passage OF such measures
Barnes bill 20 exclude minors fro
saloons Alllson's bin to extermlnaI
siot machines which have any gambllr
FEATURE connected with them. Hewlett
exemption bill, which Is not go prohll
itiVe as the existing law on garnisl
ment, ana allows married men or tho
with families dependent on them I
exemption Of half their wages for n
thirty days preceding the garnishmer
where the wages amount 10 81 n dov
over, and $50 a month where the
wages are under that amount.
billings liquor law, prohibiting n
SAFE OF liquors within ten miles OF :
indian reservation, except in incorpo
ated towns or cities, win also have
good effect; as also Hamlin's S-ho
law Tor work on public buildings al
smiths act TO prohibit docking hors,
tails u simply an act Of humanity
MT McFarland's bin for an appropl
alton 70 eNterminate the San 10
schle; klesels bin for the importatl
or the German blrd-the Kohlmelset
which Is said TO be a deadly foe 10 /
cooling moth, and Lambert's BIZ Tor
appropriation for poison for goph,
ana ground squirrels must be rank
among the public protection acts n
Axton's explosive and Internal m
chine acts will probably result in
creased public safety
RAILROAD MEASURES.
A number Of important railroad bl
both Senate and House. were boi
down into Tanners railroad codiacatl
blll. The railroad companies viii ha
little cause to grumble at the way n
have been treated by the Fourth LEG
lature The Central Pacific has b,
granted permission 20 construct
long talked Of Lucin cutoff the |
Angeles company was provided for
the passage Of a bill allowing compan
owning property entirely without
state 20 incorporate IN Utah. perm
sion 10 extend franchises from so 10
years has been granted and city co,
ellis have been empowered TO give aV
municipal lands for depot sites and o
er railroad purposes subject 20
vote Of the people. The fellow 5
want bill, making railroad compar
liable for the death or injury OF N
employees through fellow employees,
cept where contrlbutory ncglige
could be shown, came 20 an untim
end, and the only thing at all approa
ING hardship on the railroad &C
panies is the act compelling them
fence In their tracks. where they
through private lands,