The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1907-03-29
LEGISLATIVE AFTERMATH.

sllc.t Sundays. early closing for
| saloons and uuliCi .1rcitv Iplislatiun
went by the board.
The report of the coal investigation
| committee were ordered spread ON the
minutes OF the house.
First aid to the injured" hence.
/ forth must Dec rendered hy an mining
companies employing more than ten
men
Aftor struggle that may De classol
a. remarkable. the act extending tho
right Of eminent domain 90 smelling
| companies was successful.
Hereafter any ono found guilty OF
| burglary In the first degree will serve
a sentence OF from twenty-five 10 for
~ years ln the pcnltontIary
Death overlook the bin for tho Gro
alton ct a police and fire commission
in cities nf the first class This meas
urc early was designated the ripper
bill
Clogg banquciod the members OF the
third housc-tlc newspaper mcn-or
Wednesday evening before the close
Of the session.
February 90 was the fatal day for
the railroad commission bill, meas
urc regarded as one Of the big Onei
of the session. II was defeated by
vote Of % to In the house.
One OF the notable laws passed b,
the legislature. and one which has no
coiyed but little public notice, was the
bill providing for the Introduction OF
the Torrens system Of Transferring
land title In Utah.
Randal's bill providing for the
granting OF permission TO cities ~
more than 10000 to create park com
missions ~ designated particularly &c
benefit Ogden. That city has already
fairly good system Of bcautifu
parks.
The Legislature convened January
IS and It's constitutional limit Of sixty
days expired March IA. but by stop.
ping the clock the solOns were ubl0
10 continue their laburB for one week
although they had ceased drawing
their per diem.
state. county and city trcasurors
are 10 care for the public money In
their keeping as they see IT, deposit
ing the funds In banks not designated
by law Two bills requiring dcsigna
ton OF dcpOsiturics for state and city
fuads were killed IN the house
The veNlng problem Of juvenile
courts seems 10 have been solved by
adoption OF two acts relating TO the
case Of delinquent children. The bills
which survived OF a number that were
introduced ON the subject provide for
the appointment for first ana second
cluss cities of Juvenile judges by a
commission consisting OF the COVER
nor attorney general and state super.
intcndcnt OF public instruction.
Provision IL made for experiments
In subtorunolu explorations with q
view TO discovering flows Of water
that may bo used Tor both land
reclamation purposes ana domestic
uses. Generous appropriations have
been made for systematic borings and
demonstrations.
The governor has signed the bin al.
lowing the salt Lake school board To
levy tax OF Gia mills instead OF
o. mills. tho limit now allowed by
law. This means that tho teachers
Will be allowed nm incrcasc IN salary
ai the beginning OF the uoXt school
year
As result Of the bounty bin pissed
at this session. shoepmcn are to Do
assessed q tax Of three mills for the
purpose OF destroying wild animals.
| Certificates are not 10 be issued after
| the fund Is exhausted. which means
that there win be no back claims In
the future
House bill No 70, relating to tho
collection Of polltaX. was disapproyed
by the governor ON the ground that
| the title was defective In material
/ ways and that corporations and en-.
| ployers were made collectors Of the
| tax without compensation The veto
was sustained
The governor sent ln his veto OF
house BIN No. 2CG. providing for tho
organization of mutual Gre Insurance
companies, The executive said that
eighty pOr cent OF mutual fire insur.
nncc companies have failed ana that
! the history OF such organizations Ms a
history of disaster
Just at the close Of the senate Sos.
sion on the 10TH Chaplain p. A. simp.
KIN received a handsome gold fob
| from the senators Ia appreciation of
| his efficient praying" as President
Love, who made the presentation
speech, put 70. The aialr was "A com.
plete surprise 10 the 'parenn"