The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-12

! senate Dill No .. creating a library ana
I gymnasium commission. was passed by
/ the house yesterday after strenuous op-
/ position had been offered. The vote was
I Is to H. 1t provides a commission of five
members to be appointed with the ap-
I proval of the state board of education.
BY q house concurrent resolution. the
governor was yesterday asked to return
the name or picture of state officials or
! institutions for advertising purposes. so
that II may be amended to meet the views
of the governor.
There will be a conference on house bill
/ No. 2l1. The house named Thompson. Nc
Cracker and Eardley- The bill relates TO
notaTies public There seems to he d mis-
understanding ON one clause. which says
that 4 notary shall not act outside his
county. Some have taken this to mean
that there shall be only one notary in each
county.
The house Yesterday recalled senate bill
No 81, relating to publishing notices re-
garding property on which taxes have be
come delinquent. The bill was killed in
the house bv the adoption of adverse
committee report.
a communication was received from the
Pennington Commercial club yesterday III
the house urging the passage of senate
bill So and house bill 113. relating TO the
creation Of a public service commission.
The communication was referred to the
sitting committee.
Twelve bills appropriating money for
highways and bridges in various coun-
ties of the state were Yesterday incorpo
rated in one bill. No. 237. introduced by
the committee on highways and bridges.
These take care of the general improve
ments. There are four bills relating to
special roads.
Under the head Of miscellaneous BUSH
ness in the house yesterday the clerk be
gan the reading Of the resolutions adopted
by the recent Republican convention in
the Salt Lake theatre on the liquor ques-
ton. McCracken objected. saying that
the resolutions had been both heard and
read The document was referred to the
sitting committee, which later recon-
mended that it be placed on file
References of bills from the senate in
the house were yesterday made as fol-
lows: Senate bill No 76 protection of
persons furnishing labor and material on
public buildings. sitting. senate bill No
165. driving or walking on railroad tracks,
sitting; insurance bill. Sitting committee;
senate bin 1873. Salt Lake delegation. aft
EDWARDS passed
The joint committee from the
house and senate which visited the
state penitentiaTy reported that it found
everything I'm excellent shape. The farm.
the live stock and the industrial depart
ments were in good working order. The
TeconmendatiO is that work continue on
the new cell houses
Senate bill No. rs. relating to the duties
of the state engineer in connection with
irrigation enterprises. the measurement
and appropriation of water and the like,
passed the house yesterday This is one
of the important irrigation bills and is d
companion to the bill for the esta blish-
msnt of irrigation districts.
The feeling in the house now seems to
be that final adjournment will be had
Tuesday or Wednesday. Many members
who are anxious to get home to attend
to their business, neglected in many cases
for two months, had hoped to have an
adjournment Saturday but this now
seems to be out of the question.
The senate yesterday passed senate bill
g. by Senator Benner y Smith, increas-
ing the qualifications necessary for adj
mission to the bar. There was some op-
position to the measure and II had no
votes to spare The vote was 10 TO s.
The senate bill extending the duties of
the board Of pharmacy and imposing re-
strictions on druggists failed of passage
in the senate by ] vote yesterday The
vote was o TO ; favOring the bill. Sena-
tor Bennex y. Smith moved a reconsider
alton.
Senate bill 26. by BulIen, creating a state
board of statistics. failed of passage yes
terday and viii be reconsideTed today.