The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-04
SENATE MURDERS
PARTISAN BILL
Board of Equalization Proposition
Beaten Despite Spry's Efforts.
BOUNTY MEASURE WINS
GRIST OF OTHER LEGISLATION
is GROUND OUT.

Despite vigorous. though somewhat
belated. efforts by the Republican state
| chairman, house bill No. 1O2. by Mer-
fiI' the partisan board of eouaIiza-
yesterday
The measure came in with unaoi-
nous report of the judiciary committee
against II, and the report was adopted
without comment or division. thus kill
ing the Dill. The lack of emotion when
the report was read impressed the in
ltlated as strange. 1t later developed
mat wires had been crossed some
where.
After the committee reports had all
oeen acted upon, Chairman William
Spry or the Republican state commit
tee came hastily into the chamber He
engaged IN close consultation with
walton and Callister for some time
| ana walton then started to do lit
Tie missionary work in favor of a re-
consideration of the report on house
Dill No 1O2 He moved around the cir
Gle, talking in an animated way with
the Republican members.
Just before adjournment Callister, in
| accordance with instructions, moved to
reconsider the bill Lawrence made a
speech in opposition to the measure.
He cited the unanimous committee re-
port against the bill and urged that the
only argument in favor of the meas
ure was that ii would make the state
| board of equalization part of a politi-
cal machine
The vote showed that Walton and
! Callister had been unable to overcome
the work done by the INDEPENDENT
motion to reconsider was beaten, which
settles the bill.
Bounty Bill Is Carried.
The new bounty bill. senate bin No.
/ $50, was passed by unanimous vote
| with slight amendments. One of the
| amendments requires the bounty
| records of county clerks to be audited
| by the county commissioners. instead
| of by the state auditor as originally
provided. This change was made in
I the interest of economy. The auditing
must be done at least once in three
| months.
Gardner made an effort to reduce the
| annual appropriation from $4,000 to
! $4,000, but the motion was lost.
Senator Bamberger offered to amend
/ the title by making it read: AN act
| TO discourage the destruction of wild
animals, ETC." instead of AN act to
| encourage" etc. The motion received
| a laugh but no second.
| The following measures were passed:
| Senate bills Nos "a and 65, by Park,
| relating to the national guard.
House bill No. 203, by Fishburn. re-
| lating to manner Of making amend
! ments to articles of Incorporation.
House bill No. 223, by committee on
| judiciary, relating to the creation of
| preferred and special stock and income
| certificates.
! House bill No. Isl. by McCrea relat-
| ing to dismissal of criminal actions in
| justice courts.
House bill No. 175. by Hawley. max
| ing it felony TO bride or offer to bride
I a witness.
House bill No. 147 by Vaughan re-
| lating to trespass and injuries to prop
| erty.
! In addition to house bill No. 102, an
| other measure, senate bill No. 80, by
| CIegg (by requestl, relating to fees of
| county clerks, was killed by the adop-
| ton of an adverse committee report.
Committees Split on Bills.
House bill No. %. by Edward. relat-
| ing to the state board of corrections,
came in with two reports from the COM
| mittee on public institutions. Larsen,
! Gardner and Williams signed the mi
/ nority report in favor of the bill On
| motion of Williams, the bill was re-
| committed for amendment. Those who
have been fighting this measure ex-
press a belief that the senate will
| kill it.
Senate bill No %, by Johnson, the
| osteopathy measure. also came in with
| two reports. The minority report in
! favor of the bill was signed by Nc
Kay. The minority report was adopted
| Favorable reports were adopted on
| the following:
Senate bill No. "a, by HollmgswOrth,
/ relating to inheritance tax, etc.
| Senate bill No. los. by HOllinSsWOrth,
| relating to real estate held by counties
| under tax deeds.
Senate bill No. 90, by Walton. prOvid-
| ing for an annual convention of health
officers.
Senate bill No 40, by Walton, relating
| to reservoirs for the benefit of state
| lands.
Senate bill No. 1O1, by Walton, relat-
| ing to expectoration on sidewalks, etc
Senate bill No. 81, by Walton. pro
viding for the reporting of cases of
| tuberculosis.
Senate bill No. la, by Clegg, relating
TO the classification of transient stock,
etc.
House bill No. 123, by Hopes, provid-
ing for roads and bridges in Juab
county.
Senate bill No. 1O5 by Hollingsworth,