Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-25
BUSY AS BEES FOR
THIRTY MINUTES.
Condition 10 Senate This After.
noon When Bills Came Thick
Aud Fast.
SUBSTITUTE LAND MEASURE
HOlIingsworth Of Weber Comes For
ward in Blocks Of Five Luce
Going to California

hOlUk W Ndlilui hld'
The routine work OF the state senate
begun today, whom senate bills NO 10
and IL came up for second reading, ana
were placed upon their passage by sus-
pension Of the rules.
Both bills were passed unanimously
signed by the president OF the senate
and ordered referred 10 the house, me
bills provide for a bond for the score
tary Of state and Tor the authorization
OF county recorders 10 take oaths. rms
Is the beginning Of the return how OF
regular bills back 10 the senate from
the committee rooms.
Senator's are wondering where the re-
port Is OF commission supposed 10
have been appointed 10 draft q uniform
tax bin for the consideration OF TINS
session Of the Legislature,
The last act Of the iltth session OF
the Legislature was to pass a resolu-
tlon calling on the governor to appoint
such commission lie approved II on
March %. 1903, but apparently did not
appoint the commission.
During that session 20 number OF tax
bills had been defeated, and az II was
conceded that the problem was too big
10 handle IN "a day or a single session,
this method was devised to secure a
well matured measure.
II Is likely request viii be made up
on the commission at once.
SUBSTITUTE LAND BILL,
Senator Wesley X. Walton today pre-
scented senate bill No. %, offered as q
substitute TO a senate bill by Rasband
on the subject Of rcorganzlng the state
a
strongly and openly i'm favor Of pure
" partisan board and the senator
states that should the measure come
up for passage he viii defend II purely
on this ground,
Tho bill provides that Ave members
shall constitute the board, 10 be ap"
pointed by the governor and TO elect
their own president and secretary
Each commissioner Is 10 hold office
for two years, ana the secretary is to
be bonded for $1,000. AZ present tho
board consists OF seven members, the
governor and secretary Of state, serV-
Ing ex-ofico and this provision is al
80 made IN Senator Rasband's BILL
AFTER REGISTRATION LAW
Senate bin a Is an important meas
ure, radically altering the present reg
istratlon methods, II abolishes the re-
registration methods by which voters
had TO register anew each four years,
and II also provides a method by which
students attending schools In Utah can
register before leaving home In sum-
mer,
Senator Walton declares that many
students are virtually disfranchised
because they can't make long trips TO
their home towns to register on the
dates set, whereas they can return to
vote during the regular election recess
lie cites the instance OF MS own sons
who had 10 make a 200 mile trip TO
Woodruff from the University OF Utah
last October 10 register
The re-registerlng Of old voters Sena-
tor Walton would abolish on the
grounds that old citizens are often dis
franchised because Of absence on busl-
ness during the registration period.
His new bin provides that once man
Is registered ne Is entitled to vote so
long as he continues TO exercise the
privilege.
WEBER MAN BUSY
Five senate bills ls the number sub
mltted today by Hollingsworth, as the
result Of his planning Of the past few
days
Bin NO % grants 10 boards Of county
commissioners power TO provide penal
ties for the violation Of ordinances
which they enact. The limit Of their
punlshments Ia fixed at u fine of 5000
and Imprisonment not TO exceed six
months, or both fine ana imprisonment.
Bill No % provides for an amend
ment to the statutes regarding the
bringing into Utah OF paupers and in
sane ncfNOns. IL provides a fine OF
500 for parties caught bringing In such
q class Of residents and gives power
TO the board OF county commissioners
20 export them to the place whence they
came.
Bin NO q provides a classification OF
counties for the purpose Of fixing the
salaries of county officers not otherwise
provided for
1t makes the classification on the
basla of assessed valuation OF property
Bin NO rs provides for the establish
ment OF county boundry lines in cases
where disputes occur
Senate bin No. 49, amends the law
violating TO the collection OF court fees
providing for their payment monthly
into the city treasury
IL is understood that Senator Ilol-
lingsworth IL preparing several meas
ures TO follow uu his bill ON the classi-
uCailOn OF counties,
Senator Loose WAS granted a leave OF
absence for 10 days HIS request stat
ed that he was called 10 California The
senate adjourned until %, IN. tomor-
row.
MAIL TROUBLE.
There is trouble with % carrier Of I'M
Gle SANS mail packages, ana the ofii-
GERS Of the senate ma the result Of
the failure of the mail man To take tho
prepared mail from the senate chamber
yesterday afternoon.
II appears from Investigations made
today by Scrgenut-at-Ams lGdgehil,
that the mail was not taken away by
the carrier because he claimed tho
packages contained insufficient postage.
Upon being weighed by the sergeant
at-arms, they proved 20 b. amply orup-
meuted with the states supply ot
stamps. and the sergeant is now Won
dering II Uncle sam is I'm for getting