The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-03-25
UTAH LEGISLATURE
FINALLY ADJOURNS
Members OF Eighth Assembly Worked
Eight Days Overtime in coneid-
GRAFTON CT Proposed New Laws.

Salt Lake City--The Eighth legis.
lativc assembly OF Utah adjourned
Saturday. March 90 after session
lasting siXty-eight days, or just eight
days longer than the legislators are
supposed to be in session. their la.
bors for the last eight days being
! performed without compensation.
Thus the last day of the session was
227 hours and a minutes long. The
house adjourned at 1881 p. M, and
the senate just eleven minutes later.
Just before adjournment commit
tee was appointed to wait upon the
governor and inform him that the
! Eighth legislative assembly was ready
| 10 adjourn. A communication was
| sent to both houses by the governor,
declaring he had no further commune
cations to lay before the legislature
and congratulating both houses upon
the completion of their labors.
One of the last acts Of the senate
was to reject six of the appointments
made by the governor, as follows:
Fred W. Chambers of Ogden, state
fish and game commissioner w. D..
Candland, Mount Pleasant, state land
W. H. ndiu VI lD-
gan, state land commissioner. F. F..
Alexander, Salt Lake, member OPTIC.
metry board. H. o. Jensen, Salt
Lake, member optometry board. John
Walsh, Pennington, trustee state In.
dustrial school.
At the time of adjournment the
governor had made no appointments
to fill the vacancies caused by the
fol Of
him, and 1t is barely possible that all
of the rejected appointees may serve
until the next session of the legisla-
ture.
AS to the work of the seeeion Just
closed, the governor has approved 81
OF the measures passed, and has GA
now in his hands, which he may or
may not approve. These were not all
of the bills introduced by any means,
as veritable flood of measures were
side-tracked, killed outright, or with
drawn.
The last bill signed by the presi.
dent of the senate was the appropria.
ton bill, making appropriations for the
support of the state government for
two years
One of the important acts OF the
legislature was the decision reached
to build state capitol The capitol,
when completed, is to cost So 900, 900.
A measure of more than ordinary
Importance is the insurance depart
ment bill, This measure provides for
The creation of a department of in
surance. This department is to be
run by a commissioner. whose salary
is to be $4,000, and whose Office ex-
penses are to be $4,000 M
Advocates of good roads cannot
help but be pleased with the action
of the legislature in providing for
state commission which is expected
to see that the roads OF the state
are improved.
Tn irrigation district bill was also
most important measure to be APP.
proved by the legislature. Under the
old law. farmer could not back his
irrigation project with anything more
than the water filings and canal sys-
tens; but under this district law, the
irrigation system of any community
can be backed by all of the real prop.
erty of the irrigated territory. Thus,
a farmer is enabled to float a bond
that Is just as sound and salable as
any municipal or school bond.
"A iuoSl IuedSuTe 10 l0e
mining industry of the state, and es.
pecially to the western part of Salt
Lake county and Tooele county. is the
eminent domain bill, which was
passed over the veto of the governor.
The Utah National Guard was also
the recipient of favorable legislation,
three bills relating to mining affairs
being passed The most important of
hn
state armorv board and authorizing 1t
TO borrow from the state land board
$4,000 to be used in the erection OF
an armory and arsenal in Salt Lake
City.
Governor Spry announced on Mon.
day that he lad decided to veto four
bills which since their passage by
the Legislature have caused a great
deal of criticism.
The bills which the governor has
announced that he would veto are
commonly known known as the fire
and police bill the liquor bill and the
two Des Moines government bills.
The fire and police bill placed the
operation and control of the fire and
police departments in the hands of n
commission of three members, to be
"
however. while having virtually moth.
ing to say regarding the departments,
to foot the bills.
The Des Moines bills provided for
the control of the city by commits
sion of five. comprising a mayor and
four commissioners. together with an
auditor the remaining city officials to
be appointed by the commission.
The liquor bill provided that sa-
looms be closed from o'clock in the
evening until 7 o'clock the following
morning: limited saloons to one for
every 1000 population. based upon
the census of 1900, which only gave
Salt Lake CITY a population of 81 900.
and would decrease the saloons from
approximately 40 to 81; made treat
ing misdemeanor and embraced
many other stringent provisions.