Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-23


Thompson were appointed as such COM
nittee.
Wilson's motion for committee TO
confer with the legislatures OF other
states with reference 10 bounty laws
was taken up and carried, the vote be-
Ing unanimous. The committee on
municipal corporations recommended
the passage OF II. b. A. by Wooten, an
act amending section 206 OF the revised
statutes Of 1898, relating to powers OF
the city council, rs amended by chap
ter 1873 OF the laws OF 1903 The report
was adopted and the bill placed upon
It's final passage. The committee on
judiciary recommended the passage of
H. j. r. No. /, providing for an amend
ment to section three article 10 OF the
Constitution, relating TO a uniform tax
and exemption therefrom.
communication was received from
senate notifying the house OF It's APP
pOlntment Of conference committee
to prepare legislation i'm regard TO boun-
ties. The senate also reported passage
Of II. b, 36, by Curtin, providing fot
the payment Of the expenses of the Ma
tional Guard while on duty In Carbon
county. The bill was ordered trans
mitted to the Governor.
NEW HOUSE BILLS,
The following bills were introduced
In the house this afternoon
II. b. 81, by Joseph, fixing the legal
rate OF interest and limiting the same
TO ~ per cent,
II. r. So, by Thompson, relating to
the liability Of railroads for the killing
Of stock.
h. b. Sc, by Kinney, an act relating
TO contracts for the conditional sale or
hire Of railroad appliances or rolling
stock.
II. b. 81. by Kinney, an act to codl-
~ and revise the laws relating tolcor-
poratons.
II. b. 5S by Kinney, relating to the
per diem and mileage Of witnesses Ia
district courts.
FIRST RAILROAD BILL
TO Representative Thompson OF Mil
lard belongs the distinction OF introduce
Ing the first railroad bill during the
session of the Legislature. While the
measure Is comparatively harmless in
its nature, il win prove, II enacted OF
some benefit 10 stockmeR, who are
damaged yearly through the killing OF
stock. for which IN the past they have
been unable TO recover from the parties
responsible. The bill Is entitled,
IAN act providing for the
liability Of railroad companies for stock
killed by operating railways, and
amending section ii6 Of the Revised
statutes Of Utah lS9S.' IL reads:
BE It enacted by the Legislature OF
the state Of Utah:
Section l. That section 4i6 Of the
Revised statutes Of Utah, 1905, be and
the same Is hereby amended 80 as to
read as follows!
Sec ii6, Liability for stock killed
or injured Every railroad company
and every person operating any steam
or electric railroad shall be liable for
all damages sustained by the owner Of
any livestock running upon any pub.
lie common or range or In any field, or
lawfully upon any highway crossing "a
railroad which livestock shall be neg
llgently killed or injured by
railway car or engine run or operated
upon any such railway; and wherever
the railway track is not fenced and
the provisions Of sections AS and Az
and 6S Of the Revised Statutes OF Utah,
1885, are not complied with by such
railway company or person, the fact Of
killing or injury shall be prma facie
evidence OF negligence; and I'm every
such case the cause OF action Is as
signable and an action may be main
talned by the assignee In all respects
TO the same and subject 10 the same de-
lenses, as by the person owning such
livestock at the time OF the injury"