The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-23

house, but lack of funds prompted the
senate to refuse concurrence.
The bill providing for the securing of
architectural designs for the new cap
itol on the competitive basis was
amended to death.
A bill went down to defeat that had
for its purpose the inspection of mich
COWS and diaries. The pure milk"
measure required
Pure Milk and the licensing of all
Pure Meat. nervision of their
business generally.
The pure meat" bill, passed on the last
day, requires the inspection of animals
10 be slaughtered for domestic con-
sumption and the branding thereof as
wholesome before being offered for sale.
The dairy and food commission is
charged with the duty of inspection.
SIS
Utah viii be represented at three ma
tional or international expositions dur
ing the next year or two. Appropria-
lions are in order
Utah Exhibits for display of the
at Expositions. ~ a' tba fif foesot9
annual Irrigation
congress to be hid in Sacramento next
tennial exposition this year, and for
the YukOn-Alaska-Pa Pacific fair to be
held in Seattle i'm 1909. Four thousand
dollars is set aside for the Sacramento
exposition, and $1,000 each for James
town and Seattle.
On the last day of the session a bill
was passed providing an appropriation
for an exhibit at the International Min
ing exposition to be held in New York
from To no
preparation is for $1,000. 1t is expected
that the citizens of the state will raise
at least $4,000 by private subscription
in cash or otherwise.
So
A lesson in patriotism was taught by
the late Representative Taft when he
introduced a bill providing for the dis
play of the Ameri-
American FIaus can flag on Ger
to Be Displayed. r nam lnS u,o ~
the school boards
to cause the emblem of liberty to be
hoisted on all public school buildings
or grounds. Mr. Taft did not live to
see the success Of his measure, but the
spirit in which it was offered pervaded
both the senate and the house when
it was considered.
The amount of salary to be paid the
commissioners was the stumbling block
in the way of a bill that created the
-office of state dairy and food COM
missioner, but all
Pure Food Bill objections were
4. e,,....s,,r finally met. Some
10 were for fixing
compensation at
1900, some at $500 and others at
$500. Fifteen hundred dollars finally
prevailed. 1t is the duty of the COM
missioner to inspect dairy products and
other foods manufactured within the
state or imported from other states,
and assure himself that they are kept
UP TO the standard.
A ''full-weight' butter bill provides
that every pound" of butter shall con-
tain sixteen ounces at the time of man
ufacture.
Three bills went the way of the lost
soul that were intended to keep pol
iticianS out of politics, admittedly
fOrlorn hope. One
Politicians of these bills re-
:, poi;+io. quired campaign
" committees to
render an account
of how they spent the party's funds
where they got it and numerous things
of that sort. Another prohibited any
city officer or employee from taking
an active part in any political move
ment. The third prohibited the solic-
itatiOn or acceptance of campaign COIL
trlbutions by city officers or employees.
Bounty legislation is always a source
of more or less trouble. This year the
difficulty lay in the fact that the state
pays half the
determination of bounty, the sheep
Will Animals owners paying the
'''N other half. The
reward for killing
coyotes and other animals of similar
destructive prcclivities is fixed at $3.50.
In the bill that passed sheepmen are
to be assessed a tax of three mills for
this purpose. Certificates are not to
be issued after the fund is exhausted,
which means that there will be no
back claims in the future.
Loan sharks" who have waXed fat
through the exactiOns of usurious rates
of interest will find their pathway of
.Oses strewn with
Strikes Blow at 1oulders of no
structing capacity.
Senate bill No. 53.
now a law, fixes the maximum rate of
interest that may be charged on loans
at u per cent, and the legal rate of in
tereSt at s per cent. Persons who at
tempt to collect more than the maxi
mum rate are liable to lose both prin-
cipal and interest. and in no event may
they recover. This measure is deemed
one of the most beneficial that has been
enacted by the assembly.
More efficient work On the part of
public officers. it is believed, can be
secured through the holding of annual
conventions Of these
Health Officers officials. A bill has
o.t met with executive
w approval which
provides for the as
sembling each year of those who are
charged with the duty of sanitation
and the conserving of the public health
generally. The meetings are to be held
in Salt Lake City. Provision is made
for the payment of the actual travel
ing and living expenses of those who
attend. Systematic methods of combat
ting contagious diseases, exchange of
ideas and experiences and co-opeTa-
fiOu will form the priupiUaI fopicS for