The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-03-14
uTAA's LAWMAKERS.

The first forenoon session OF the
house during the present assembly
was held on the 9TH
The various committees OF the
house are losing no time in pressing
heir work as the closing days grow
Fewer
The senate has passed bill appro-
priating $1,000 to be expended in
building bridges over the Rio Virgin
river in Washington county
Ellwood Orth of Ogden. engrossing
clerk of the house. Is regarded as
one of the most skillful artists with
| a steel pen In the whole west
The members OF the Utah legisla.
ture were the special guests of the
state university on the 5th. About 40
of the solons composed the party.
Senate joint memorial No. 2, urging
| congress to pass legislation favorable
to the teaching of the art of agri-
culture In common and normal
| schools. was adopted by the house.
s. b. 1871, fixes the annual salaries
| of state officers as follows: Governor,
$4,000: state treasurer. $1,000; state
! auditor. $4,000; attorney-general, 49,
| 900, state superintendent of public In.
struction, $4,000.
There was no session of the house
on the 9th, owing to the fact that
the greater number of the members
had taken trip to Logan and failed
to get back. to the capital city In time
for the days work.
| II. b. No SO, providing for the cleo
ton of state superintendent of public
instruction; presenting his quallfica.
tons, and providing for the appoint
ment and compensation OF deputy,
has passed the senate.
| House bill No. 92 by Richards,
| fixing the per cent of bonded indebt-
edness In school districts, increasing
the rate from 2 to 4 per cent. failed
by a vote of 16 ayes to II noes. Mo-
ton for reconsideration was an.
nounced.
There was a reception in honor OF
the Democratic members of the legis-
lature on the evening of the 9th at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. James H
Moyle, Salt Lake, the affair being
given under the auspices of the Wo-
mans Democratic club
Senate bill No. 10, by Rasband, pro.
viding that mining companies shall
have in readiness stretchers and FIRST
aid to the injured" to be used In
case of emergency, was passed by
the house The measure applies to
mines employing ten men or more.
Robinson's house bill No. II, which
passed the house Friday, makes 1t un
lawful to make or have In ones pos.
session tools of burglarious charac.
ter, or deadly weapons, IL the inten.
ton be to use such implements to
break into any house. The offense Ia
made Tisdemeanor.
House bill No. 20 provides that
where an entire county Is constituted
into one school district 1t shall be a
county school district of the first class
Heretofore In order that county
might be district OF this class 1t was
necessary that it should have 5000
children of school age.
Marks house bill which failed on
Thursday was passed by the house on
Friday. The measure is designed to
increase the revenue for school pur.
poses in Salt Lake City and fixes the
rate of tax levy. AS passed by the
house Its provisions include clause
to provide more money for teachers
salaries.
The senate has approved of the
| CidlUl Ol L. L. fdTIlSWOTtN, JT,, IOT
s2,125 for services performed as as.
sistant attorney general from August
I. 1905, to December 81, 1906. It APP
pears that the legislature two years
ago made no appropriation for the
pay of the assistant In that Office,
and henceithe claim.
In order to establish a uniform sys
tenn OF weights and measures, the ju.
1 n e
introduced H. B. No 298. This bill
be contained In a bushel and other
wise defines means of measuring
commodities. Avoirdupois pounds
OF 1000 to $3.50.
The principal argument made by
Mr.. Park In the college consolidation
debate, was that the Agricultural
college Is merely high school for the
people of Cache county and main.
tanned at state expense He showed
by statistics that there only nine az
ricultural students at Logan and that
the. seventy-one in the college depart.
ment are being educated at an ex-
pense of $S5,600 a year.
BY vote of IL to the state
| ocnulC phoSCu hhC ain NOubOlt'
dating the University of Utah and
the Agricultural college at Logan. The
vote was: For eonsolidation-Sena
tors Brinkerhoff, Callister Clegg
Gardner, Hollingsworth, Lawrence
Miller, Park, Rasband, Benner X
Smith, Williams and President Love
-12 Against consolidation: Sena
tors Bullen, Halanski. Johnson
| Seely John Y Smith and Walton-6
Benson sheep bill has passed the
house, with an amendment fixing Is
days for time for band of sheep Ia
pass through county. The present
law is 20 days. Unless they do this
the iockmasters will have to pay tax
es on the band in the county where
found
BY the terms of bill introduced
by Senator Bullen, the courses at the
Agricultural college at Logan shall
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