Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-03-12
Many Measures Slaughtered at
This Mornings Session,
SEVERAL BILLS PASSED.
Lewlt' Measure for Publishing Assess"
ment Rolls aud BARRIERS biii for
Irrigation Districts, Pass,

This being the last legislative day,
the senate plunged ruthlessly into the
slaughterlng process Of bills. The fol-
lowing measures fell into the waste
basket from adverse committee reports;
S b. l56, relating TO appeals; 5. b. 100,
relating TO corporation filing state
merits; S. b. ISL, relating to fees to be
collected by the secretary Of state; II,
3. 1ji, providing for eight hours work
in mines and smelters; 5. B. Jos, pro-
vIding for damages collected because
Of nusances; H. b. 1888, relating to the
liquor traffic. II. BIS. ljS, 159 and 16O
relating to taxation; II. 3. III, the Ca
hoon liquor bill; H. y. 15l, relating to
care and custody Of minor children; II.
j. II. No, q providing for taxes on
mortgages; il. j. r. 49, making the
terms Of Office Of representatives, four
years, the same as senator's; S. b, l9l.
relating to powers Of county commits
sIoncrs II. b. 81 relating to the fees
Of clerks Of district courts.
Not satisfied with this rapid method
Of decapitating the bills, Senator Love
moved that sitting committee Of five
be appointed. Bamberger interposed
an objection, saying that he was OPP
posed TO combines and rings unless he
was In them. He thought the COM
mttees would be able to dispose Of the
measures before them in ample time.
This was the sentiment OF several of
the members. Love, however, made q
motion that the committee be appoint
cd and it carried by strict party vote.
Those appointed to act on the commit
tee were: Love, II, 5. Larsen, Loose,
Bamberger and Bennion.
H. b. %, relating to the taxing Of
dogs was passed. as amended by the
conference committee. by a vote of II
70 .. II Imposes tax Of 81 on male
dogs and 81 on female dogs.
> g. III, by Love, authorizing coun-
" commissioners TO establish sidewalk
districts, was so amended as to require
a protest OF only one-thlrd or more OF
abutIing property owners to annul a
proposition to improve the sidewalk.
The bill came up on final roll call and
was passed by unanimous vote. Sem
ator Love declared the sidewalks In
some localities in Salt Lake county
We're almost impossible.
LEWIS BILL is PASSED.
Senator Lewis bill No lls. was
passed by the senate this morning with
only two votes recorded against It.
Strangely enough Senator Bamberger
was not one OF them. The directors
We're Murdoch and Sherman. The bill
provides for the publishing Of assess
ment rolls, with an amendment reading
III the county commissioners shall so
direct
The bill by Senator Barber, No. 1ll,
providing for the organization Of ir-
rlgatlon districts, was amended IN some
minor particulars and passed unan-
m0usly.
s. b. i94, relating 10 franchises TO cor
poratiOns. which passed the senate yes
this morning with an amendment re-
duclng the term Of franchise from 50
years to % years, The senate refused
TO concur In the amendment and a
conference committee, consisting Of
Senators II. S. Larsen, Loose and Bar
Der was appointed TO convert the house
TO the 80 year idea
H. 3. 46. revising the law governing
the gathering Of statistics, was passed
without a dissenting vote.
H. y, l35, by Molineaux, requiring
teachers 70 be free from all infectious
and hereditary diseases, otherwise dis
qualifying them, was passed by a vote
of IL 10 /, Senator Bamberger cast the
negative vote.
ON motion OF Senator Bennlon, the
vote TO adopt the adverse committee
report on n. b. l6O was withdrawn, and
q vote against the report was recorded.
The bill relates 10 delinquent tax sales.
The same action was taken in respect
TO the adverse committee report on II.
y. IS, by Haslam relating to BARRIERS.