The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-10
STREET CAR MEN
AGAIN WIN POINT
Five-Cent Fare Bill Is Killed by the
House.
PASS IRRIGATION MEASURE
ACTION TAKEN ON OTHER PRO-
POSED LEGISLATION.

The house consumed valuable time
yesterday afternoon choosing between
majority and minority reports on house
bills No. 81 and 236. by Stookey, and No.
1S5, by Hone. House bill No. "a pro-
posed a maximum street railway
charge Of cents within a radius of
three miles of the city limits. A ma
jority unfavorable and minority favor
able report were returned by the COM
mittee on railroads. A motion to sub
stitute the minority report lost by a
vote of 20 to 49,
other Committee Reports.
The complete list of committee re-
ports adopted at the morning and aft
ernOon sessions follows.
COunties-H. b. No. 1S5. by Hone, in
creasing the terms of office of county
assessors and sberiffs from two to four
years. Recommended for passage
Ways and Means-S. B. No. 81. by
HolliDgsworth, 10 tax gifts, legacies
provide for the assessment and collec-
ton of the tax. Recommended for pas
sage.
Ways and Means-H. B. No. 131, by
Roberts, relating to construction of
county roads. Unfavorably reported.
Public Funds-H. B. No. 179, by
Marks, to secure to the state interest
on state moneys by depositing the same
in banks Recommended for passage
Railroads and Common Carriers-H.
B. No. "a, by Stookey, establishing
uniform maximum rate of passenger
fares on street cars. Unfavorably re-
ported majority.
Education and Arts. B. No. So by
: Bennion, requiring parents to send
children of certain ages to school. Re
commended for passage.
Judiciary-S. B. No. 81, by HoIlings-
NO n lot raur -
porations and the manner of making
I amendments to articles of incorpora-
ton Recommended for passage.
Judiciary-S. B. No. rs. by Bamber-
ger. Subjecting the salaries and wages
of public officials and employees to at
tachment. garnishment and execution.
Recommended for passage.
Judiciary-H. B. No. 236, by Stookey
extending time for redemption of jury
certificates. Recommended for passage
minority report.
Ways and Means-S. B. No. 1O5. by
Hollingsworth, relating to the duties
of county auditors. Recommended for
passage.
Ways and Means-S. b. No. -. by
Hollingsworth, relating to taxation
Recommended for passage
irrigation Bill Passed.
House bill No. 232, by the committee
on irrigation substitute for H. BIS
1885, 1874 and 1870 was passed by the
house yesterday morning by a vote of
80 10 2. Cromar and Daily voted
against the measure. Before the bill
was placed on final passage, Chairman
Austin Of the committee on irrigation,
explained that the bill contained
changes over the old law which met
| with the approval of both the farmers
and the federal government. He eX-
planned the "appurtenant water
clause. saying that hereafter all waters
appropriated must be appurtenant to
the property on which they were in
tended to be used. so long as the water
would be used for beneficial purposes.
The new law would not, Austin stated.
make impossible the transfer of water
from one piece of land TO another from
year to year
The house acted on other bills as fol-
lows;
S. 3. No. %. by johnson. providing
for a state board of osteopathy- Passed
Ayes. IL: nays, 1
S. b No. Sc by Lawrence. regulating
the practice of dentistry Passed unan-
imously.
| H. b No 90 by McCrea, increasing
the salary of the adjutant general Of
the state militia from $500 to $1,000 per
annum. Passed, ayes, %; nays. 10
No Arid Land Commission.
After killing MilIer's bill Oh. B. No.
ton fund commission several weeks
ago, the house yesterday passed senate
bill No. 100. by Gardner, the end of
which is identical with that of the
house measure. Gardners bill failed
by vote of 81 ayes to nays, as fol-
lows:
Ayes-Anderson "a. W, Anderson q.
Al. Carroll Christensen. Gotham, Gro
mar. Curtin, Daily. Edward, Gundry.
Hawley, Hone, Johnson. Jones, Kinney,
Lyman Marks. MCCrea, Merrill. Mil
Ter. Pancake, Painter. Peterson, SimOnS,
Spencer, Stookey, Stringham, Thomp-
son. Tolton, Wilson, WOOtton and
Speaker Hull-32.
Nays-Allen. Austin, Dean, Fish burn,
Hopes, Luther, Pace, Roberts and
SteWart-9.
Action on other Senate Bills.
Action was taken on other senate
bills as follows:
s. b. No. 43, by Walton, relating to
the reservoir land fund. Passed
:. b No. CO. by CdlliSteT. relating to
"a SS0d-