The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-02-21

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passed the house
The house passed as amended by
the senate house bill 81, by Richards.
raising the salary of the superintend-
ent OF public instruction from $500
to $4,000.
Senator Walton's registration bill
changes the present law SO that the
registration hooks in all towns and
cities shall be revised each year. in
stead of every two years.
The senate has disposed OF the Ped.
ersen marriage bill, which originated
in the house, by passing II without in-
Guiding epileptics in the classes to
whom marriage is prohibited
The house has received and
adopted a favorable report from tae
special committee on the CritchlOw
bill creating a fire and police commits
sion for cities OF the hrst class,
The house gave the death blow to
house bin IA by Taft, requiring wide
tires on wagons after January /. 1918.
by adopting the majority report of the
committee on highways and bridges.
American Fork gave the members
OF the legislature, the governor. his
stan aud others from Salt Lake a ROY.
al welcome ON the night of the 18th.
when the lawmakers paid that town Il
visit
The bill of Senator Lawrence chang.
ing the fees for jurors and witnesses.
failed to pass the house, twenty-five
members believing that the measure
would not accomplish the good that
was expected from it.
Out OF the whole bunch OF eighiy,two
bills introduced In the house on the
18th, the only really notable measures
were dozen offered by Mr. Clegg.
the purport of all OF which was the
abolition OF the Office of district at
torney.
Senator Hulaniski's bills, Nos Ia
and 15, requiring care but not fixing
any speed limit for automobiles, and
making it a mlsdemeanor to interfere
with any county road or public high
way, have received the approval OF the
house
The Joint memorial introduced in
the house on the 18th, was the time
honored one asking congress to an
mex what is known rs the Arizona
strip to Utah, which probably has
passed every Legislature since state
hood was created.
The house has passed Croft's anti
cigarette bill, which prohibits, under
severe penalties, the selling of cigar
cites in any form or of cigarette pa
per after January /, 1908, An effort
to amend the bill by striking out Gig
arctic paper was futile.
A petition from st. George citizens
was received in the senate last week
which set forth the fact that they
ARE sixty-five miles from railroad.
A railroad to st. George would do US
more good In one year than a COM
mission in 100 years Give us railroads
and we will run our chances for the
rest"
A resolution passed the house that a
committee of four two from the house
and two from the senate, be appointed
by the speaker for the house and the
president of the senate, respectively,
to formulate programme of exer-
cises commemorative of Washing.
tons birthday and that the public bs
invited.
The Galveston plan for governing
city is to be applied to Salt Lake
II the bills providing therefor, az
! passed by the senate, are passed by
the house. Sentiment in the senate
was unanimous in favor of the meas
ure, which was fathered by Benner X.
Smith, and the vote for it was unant
nous.
House bill 81, by Kuchler, requiring
street car companies TO provide seats
| for motormen, to have air brakes on
| all new cars put into the service.
| and to require motorman and con-
| ductor on each car or train was
| passed by the house after being
amended in several respects as to
yerbiage.
If bill introduced in the senate by
Senator Wesley X. Walton, of Rich
county, becomes a law, 1t will be no
defense for merchant or commits
sion man accused of selling decayed
or tainted food to allege that he did
not know that Ii was unwholesome,
The bill provides a penalty for the
first offense of fine of 5000.
Senator Hulaniski's bill permitting
a name to appear but once on an
| election ballot, was read third time
and failed to pass by a vote of, ayes.
10; nays, %; absent and not voting,
3; excused, l. This bill provided
against fusion of the several church
parties.
The house concurred in the senats
amendments to house bill IS, by Robin
son, increasing the powers of the
state board of equalization. The
senate amendments added pipe Lines
operated in more than one county to
the list Of properties to be assessed by
the board.
John Rollo. reporter of the proceed
ings of the supreme court, asked tho
senate salary committee to raise his
pay from $500 to $1,000 a year. The
committee reported favorably. On
the 18th, on motion Of Senator Hol
lingsworth, the salary of this official
was cut to 5000.
Senate bill No. 10, by Hulanlskt
providing tibet salaries OF county off
GERS shall be full compensation for all
services rendered, and providing for