The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-28

bills Sc and 81, both introduced by her,
! be erased from the calendar on the
bulletin board. In this way she hoped
] to let them drop quietly out of sight,
instead of being subjected to the brutal
! treatment she felt was in store for
/ them One of these is the bill forbid
ding any person under Is years of age
10 enter any place where billiards or
pool is played, and the other forbids
MN entering any place where liquors
are sold.
With Mrs. Coulter's repeated dec
larations that she wished no special
consideration on account of her sex
/ fresh in their minds, several of the
! members had some amendments to Of
Ter to the first of these bills-the anti
billiard measure. One wanted ping
pong included in the list of forbidden
games. Another proposed adding base
| ball, basket ball and football. Other
suggested amendments incl. ded whist,
high five. bowling, lawn tennis and
croquet- In support of these amend
ments it was urged that billiards and
pool consist of showing balls around
with the end of a stick, while in base
I ball the side of a stick is used, in
ping pong and lawn tennis sticks with
fiattened ends, in croquet sticks with
enlarged ends, and in bowling balls are
gued that all these games should be
in the same category
Had the anti-cigarette bill been
placed upon its final passage, one
amendment would have been offered to
include coffee in the list. 1t was claimed
by the member having this amend
ment that the use of coffee bv chill
dren stunts their growth, injuries their
digestion and skaters the nerves, and
that therefore it should be included
among the things which youth or
girl must not have in his or her pos
session.
The conference committee on senate
bills and 4, by Whitman, relating TO
the taxation of land bought from the
state under contract. reported that they
had agreed to disagree. The report was
adopted and the bills fell through.
Income Tax Bill.
Spry secured consent to introduce
the income tax bill, already in the SEN
ate. The bill was referred to the com
mittee on revenues and appropriations,
which will meet with the senate COM
mittee on ways and means on the sub
ject
Mrs. Coulter withdrew house bill AZ.
relating to a reply to countercIaim,
bill SO.
A petition was received from citizens
of Utah county asking 81, 900 for roads.
Charles Denny and others of Union
sent in a protest against the senate
doc tax bill.
Physicians Certificates.
The committee on public health re-
ported back the amended Condor
bill relating to physicians certificates.
The committee on salaries and fees re
ported against the Done bill raising the
salaries of county surveyors. The cleo
tons committee favored senate bill 125,
by the committee on judiciary, relat-
ing to election returns. The judiciary
committee reported against the follow
ing; House bill 81, by Cahoon, ex-
empting mortgages from taxation; SEN
ate bill Sc, by Lawrence, relating to
the publication of summons; house bill
1O1, by Tietjen, relating to the issuance
OF marriage licenses; house bill 10 by |
Hamlin. relating to tax receipts The
committee reported favorably on SEN
ate bill 50, by Lawrence, by request. re-
latinG to bail commissioners in cities !
The conference committee on house
bill 81, by McKinnon, relating to per
diem and mileage of jurors and wit |
nesses in justice courts, reported in |
favor of sustaining the senate's action |
rejecting the bill. The report was |
adopted and the bill killed.
Adjourn For Funeral.
The house did not hold any afternoon 1
session, in order to enable the members /
to attend the obsequies of Miss Mamie /
Brink, daughter of Representative /
Charles Brink At o'clock they gath !
cred at the A S. Watson undertaking ,
rooms. and then followed the cortege in /
a special street car to the cemetery. /
A handsome floral offering was sent in /
by the members. The pail bearers were /
Sneaker M tot
Hamlin, Stewart, Cotton. Luther and
Roberts The arrangements on the [
part of the house were in the hands of [
Cotton, Hamlin and 4
Adams, appointed yesterday morning
as a special committee