The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-11
Session BEGINS Late.

II was 4-40 by every watch IN the
senate chamber when the session be-
gan, although the official clock resolute-
ly refused TO record a time later than
, O'Clock, the hour fixed for assembling
The senator's fingered long at the uni
versity. and the clock was stopped to
accommodate them.
The committee on agriculture and ir-
rigatiOn reported that il had visited
the office of Professor l. s ~endsen of
1 the government reclamation service, in
acceptance of his invitation, on Feb. Z,
and enjoyed the visit. a brief outline
of the operations In Utah was sub
mitted and the report filed.
Two reports came in on house bill No
(bS Luther. amending section 99S,
Revised Statutes, providing that every
juror summoned in a Justices court,
whether accepted or not, and every
juror serving at an inquest. be paid
$3.50 day and 20 cents mileage each
way.
The majority report signed by Chair
man Lawrence. recommended that the
bill be not passed. Johnson and Wal
ton signed the minority report in ia
Vor of the measure
Lawrence said the bill would simply
cause Onslaughts on the treasury with
out accomplishing any good.
johnson cOntended that it was only
fair to pay man who was called away
from Mis- work on business, whether he
a L
senator from Piute made a reference
to corrupt officers. as it is charged
you have here ia Salt Lake" to pro
fessional jurymen," etc, with a view to
showing that constables, under the
present law, had too wide latitude in
the matter of summoning jurors.
Hamburger believed every good citi-
zen should be willing to make a small
sacrifice for the good of his county or
state and favored the majority report
a in Anfa of hn inc nrffv
report. said he believed the state now
| had good cOnstables from Logan to st.
George, and that the abuse came from
another direction In the country,
especially, he said, it is now permits
Sible to drag away from their work
more men than are needed to make up
juries, and if these men had to be paid,
he continued. indiscriminate summon
ing would cease
The bill was killed by the adoption of
the majority report by the following
rising vote: Ayes-BenniOn, Bamber-
ger. Lawrence, Park, Williams, Hol-
lingswOrth. Mckay. Love. Nays-Ras-
band. Clegg. Johnson, Walton Calls
ter, Larsen. Absent-Lewis, Loose,
Gardner, Barber.
House joint memorial No. Cby Rob
erts), endorsing the BrOWnlOw good
roads bill was favOrably reported by
the committee on highways and
| bridges, and the report was adopted
The house amendments to senate bill
No. Is. providing for an appropriation
of 5000 annually to b. Joined to "A like
appropriation by the irrigation and
drainage Investigations of the depart
ment of agriculture for reclamation of
arid lands in Utah, were objected 70 by
Lawrence The amendment did not
limit the appropriation TO two years.
as i'm the original bill. and on motion of
Lawrence, the measure was recOmmit-
ted to the committee on agriculture
and irrigation.
The house amendments to senate bill
No. 30 Cby Lawrence), relating TO the
time for filing claims against incOr-
porated cities and towns, etc, were
( concurred in.
Senator Larsen's preparatory trades
schools bill originally introduced as
senate bill No. 3S, and withdrawn, came
I I'm again yesterday as senate bill No.
81 with slight changes in the phrase
ology. 1t went TO the committee on
education.
Senate bill No. So. introduced by re-
quest by Senator Lawrence. is modelled
after a plan now in operation in Min
neapolis. and is designed to aid in pro-
noting municipal improvements The
bill provides that when any city of the
first or second class levieS a special
tax or assessment for the purpose of
local improvements the city treasurer
by direction of the council, may issue
scrip against the fund to be raised the
scrip to be negotiable at not less than
face value, all premiums TO be placed
to the credit of the fund. The scrip is
made a lien against the property af-
fected. but will be Cancelled upon the
DaVment with interest. of the tax or
assessment The bill, which is favored
by the salt Lake Real Estate associa-
ton. was sent to the judiciary commit
tee.
Senate bill No. 63 Cby Lawrence).
amends section 264. Revised Statutes,
relating to special taxes in cities etc.
The amendment is designed to validate
special tax leVies which have been
questioned by empowering city coun-
ellis TO make new levies.
Indian Veterans Ask Medals.
Senate petition No 2. introduced by
Senator Larsen, was signed by Nepni
Robertson and nineteen other Indian
war veterans of Fountain Green. 1t
osks for an act recognizing thu serv-
ices of the veterans. if only medal
lions of honor, and also asks the sen
ate 10 memorable congress to allow
the veterans thirty days pay for serv-
ices renderd in Indian campaign be-
tween 1850 and 1867
Senate petition No. g. by Senator
Rasband was signed by James Farrell
and ninety-seven other citizens OF Park
City and Salt Lake 1t asks for the
Improvement Of the road through
Thayne's canyon. at the head of Big
Cottonwood. leading from Park City
to Brighton
List Of the Bills.