The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-02-28
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The house adjourned over washing.
toms birthday, and n session was held
on Saturday to make up for lost time.
The senate calendar is being rapidly
cleared and IL the house was making
as rapid progress, the last few day 3
of the session would not be siren
uous period.
The only bill introduced in the SEN
ate on the 2lst was by Miller, and 1t
appropriates $1,000 for building a
bridge over the Rio Virgin river in
Washington county.
A measure providing that Salt Lake
can take a census at any time the
city council desires, II such census
does not conflict with a state or ma
tional census, passed the senate last
week.
Senate Joint memorial No. 2, by
Park, asking congress to pass the bill
appropriating money to state normal
schools for work in agriculture and
domestic science, was passed unani-
mously.
Senator Park has introduced joint
memorial to congress, asking that
body to pass the Burkett-Pollard bill
granting appropriations to normal
schools fr work in agriculture and do
nestle sciences,
II seems strange that the two Smiths
in the senate should always be OPP
posed to each other, but nevertheless
1t Is true. The first struggle between
the two was over the Galveston bills
and It has continued ever since.
The house reconsidered its action
on senate bill 20, by Parks, relating
to the stamping OF gold and articles
made thereof, struck out the amend
ment made on Wednesday and passed
the bill as it came from the senate.
The house committee on labor has
decided to defer action on Fl. d. SO.
by Hone, the eight-hour bill, until
representatives of the sugar factory
interests could be heard, request
having been received from these I'm.
terests for hearing.
Governor Cutler sent his first veto
message of the present session to the
senate on the goth. The bill vetoed
is senate bill No. 16 by Hulaniski, and
makes the violation of any ordinance
of any country passed pursuant to
the laws of the state misdemeanors.
The feature of the senate session on
the 21st was the fight made on the
Hollingsworth bill increasing the PEN
atty for burglary in the first degree,
which consists of the use of danger
Gus explosives, to from twenty-five to
forty years in the penitentiary. The
bill was finally passed by a vote OF ii
to s.
The house passed house joint mem
orial No. 6, by Holt, after the mem
Der from San Juan had made his maid
en- speech to the house. 1t is request
| that the wandering southern Ute In
| dams be sent back to their reserva-
ton in Colorado and prevented from
| committing depredations in San Juan
county.
A peculiar measure introduced in
| the senate last week by John Y. Smith
| provides that each publication within
| the states shall publish in every
copy Of every issue, in a conspicuous
| position, the names of owner, owners,
| proprietor or proprietors of such pub
| LEGATION, together with the name OF the
managing editor thereof"
The following bills were passed by
the house, practically without oppo-
sition; S. b. So, by Hollingsworth, re.
| lating to the form of summons; II. B.
| 116, by Marks, relating to replies in
pleadings; S. B. %. by Callister, re-
lating to state reservoirs; III. b. 140.
by Holt, relating to the preservation
| of relics of the cliff dwellers
A bill has been introduced in the
senate by Senator Hollingsworth al
lowing judges of the district court
their actual and necessary travelling
| expenses. The living expenses are
limited to So day. All expense &C
counts are to be paid by the state. The
judges now pay their own expenses
while travelling from one district to
another
s. b. 1O7, approprlating $4,000 and
empowering the state land board 10
employ counsel and intervene in the
suit brought by the federal govern
ment against Arthur A. Sweet, involv
ing the matter of titles to coal lands
was passed by the house on the 2lst
without discussion. 1t was this meas
ure that raised commotion in the
house two weeks previous.
House bill 40, by Tolton, relating tc
filing of reports by city officials; House
bill 20S, by Bower; House bill 106, by
Thompson, to regulate the conduct Of
business and to prevent any person oil
corporation from conducting or trans
acting business under an assumed
name; II. j. M. 5, by Critchlow, ask
ing an amendment to the bankruptcy
law; House bill 81, by Petersen. ere
ating a state board of accountancy
House bill 20, by Richards, regard
Ing county school districts, and Fl. J
R. 3, by Kuchler, providing for {
portrait of former Governor Hebel
M. Wells in the executive chamber
were passed by the house without op
position.
A bill authorizing the state board o
examiners to invite architects through
out the United States to submit plan
for state capitol building to be erect
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