The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1907-02-02
WITH UTAH's LEGISLATORS.

The Office of mailing clerk has been
created in the house and j. w. Kelly
OF Pinto appointed to the position.
Senate bill No. 6, by Hollingsworth.
iefines powers and duties of state
board of equalization in relation To
| taxation.
Both the senate and the house adj
lourned on Friday until Monday. thus
observing Saturday and Sunday 40
days of rest.
House bill ~. by Robinson, would
| regulate ore purchases and guard
against the appropriation and sales
Of high.grade ores.
Representative George Hone, Of
Utah county. will again introduce his
eight.hour labor law, defeated at the
last session OF the legislature.
Senate bill 10, by Rasband. provide,
that all mines in the state OF Utah
shall provide for emergency cages IN
case of accident and providing a pen
atty therefor.
The senate had short and unevent
full session Friday afternoon, but II
minutes elapsing from the call to or
der to the motion to adjourn until
Monday at 2 o'clock.
House bill No. 35, introduced by Req
resentative Nephi Jensen, is intended
to correct the evils complained OF In
connection with the operation OF the
Justices court at Murray.
House bill No. IL, by Clegg, makes
,vv.I f,,I fr- IN, tpA
the giving OF surety bonds In corpor
pttons not authorized to transact bust
hess In the state OF Utah. I
Senator Hulaniski, OF Weber county,
has introduced a measure which pro
vides that the name OF o candidate
shall only appear once on ballot and
under only one party designation.
House bill 20, by Meeks, Is a meas
ure to reimburse Mt. Carmel school,
district No. 2, Kane county, for In
debtedness incurred In maintaining .
school in county. Appropriation $3.50
The house on Friday passed a resolu-.
ton, offered by Mr.. Kuchler, inviting
the Mississippi congress, which
meets In Denver next sumner, to hold
Its annual convention In 1908 In Salt
Lake.
Senate bill No. 4, passed last week,
provides that any person serving Q life
sentence at the penitentiary upon con-
viction of assault with intent to kill
or do great bodily injury shall suffer
death.
House bill No. II, by Jackson, would
create a commission to ascertain the
feasibility Of procuring subterranean
water in dry land farming and appro-
priating money for the expenses
thereof.
The district attorneys ONCE 10 prob
ably doomed, at least SO far as the
house Is concerned. A measure IL In
preparation which presses the imme-
diate abolition Of the ONCE Of district
attorney.
Senate bill No. IL, by Hulaniski.
provides that salaries of county ON.
GERS shall be full compensation for
all service rendered. and providing
for the compensation Of deputy coun-
ty officers.
The deficits incurred by the various
state boards, amounting To apfoxi-
mately $4,000, will be investigated by
the senate and their authority to ex-
coed their appropriations will be
brought into question.
An unfavorable report from the COM
mittee on agriculture and horticulture
On House Bill No. 4, by Dean, authoriz.
ing the county commissioners to en-
ploy agents to exterminate pernicious
weeds, was concurred In, killing the
bill
Representative Barnett of Juab
proposes to put a stop to the alleged
practice Of railroads Of appropriating
20 their own use coal and other fuel
designed for public or private use.
while In transit.
Representative Giles has offered In
the house bill providing for tho
manner of creating new counties. II
mas no reference to the proposed new
county of Bingham, which Ia to be
sliced from Salt Lake county, In case
the plans Of the promoters go through.
The railroad commission bill Is now
before the lawmakers. The bill is a
voluminous one. and provides for the
creation of board OF three railroad
commissioners, to be appointed by the
governor, not more than two of whom
shall be OF the same political party,
The salary Of the three commissioners
Is placed at $4,000 year each, and
they may appoint secretary, whose
salary shall be $500 year. The act
is made to apply to railroads engaged
in the transportation OF freight and
passengers within this state, and to
express companies, but not To street
and electric railroads engaged In
transporting passengers alone.
President Love last week advised
he senators to inspect the various
state institutions at as early date
as possible, as the last few weeks Of
the session would be 80 filed with
work that 1t would be difficult to &C
complish much in the "junketing"
line.
The present legislature will be called
upon to provide means for the payment
of 19,569.69 for outstanding animal
bounty claims, according to a report
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