The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-28
SENATE PASSES
NUMEROUS BILLS
Fourteen Measures Are Acted
Upon in Upper House
of Legislature.
IMPORTANT BILL KILLED
PLAN TO ESTABLISH EXPERT
MENT STATION pisAPPRoVEp.

The senate yesterday at a busy ses-
sion cleared the blackboard Of the bills
on their final passage, Ten bills were
passed. three were killed and one went
over until Monday OF the bills passed,
seven were senate bills. The three house
bills passed by the senate yesterday
now lack only the approval Of the gov
ernor before becoming laws.
One OF the important bills passed was
house bill No. lf2. by Ashton, author
izing cities and counties of the state TO
appropriate money for the entertain
nsent OF the q. A. Il. visitors to the en-
chmpmeut next summer TO be held in
salt Lake This. with the $4,000 APP
preparation which has been passed by
both houses. insures the executive COM
mittee of sufficient funds 20 provide
grand reception for the old soldiers and
the other visitors attracted by the en-
CampmCnt
The salary Of a. Is. Irvine, reporter of
decisions for the supreme court, is dot
bied BY the house bill WHICH has now
passed both branches Of the legislature.
The salary has hitherto been $500 per
year 1t is now 81 200. The bill carry
ing this increase is house bill No. 12S,
and was introduced by Representative
l. L. Baker of Tooele.
A measure aimed at the carrying Of
concealed weapons by the foreigners in
Salt Lake county mining camps has
passed both houses. The bill is house
bill No. 45, by Russell, and provides
that no one may carry any weapon
without first securing the permission
of a peace officer. Serious trouble has
occurred frequently because of shoot
ing scrapes among drunken foreigners
at Bingham and Garfield. The bill
passed the senate unanimously yester-
day.
House Bill Is Killed.
The senate. by a vote of to ). killed
house bill No. %. by Thompson, estab-
/ fishing an engineering experiment sta
/ ton in connection with the school of
mines at the state university. The vote
/ on the bill was:
Ayes-Hyde. Kuchler. Marks. Stoo-
/ key, WILSON,.
I Nays-Bullen. Burton, Horsiey, Mil
| Ter, Seely. Sevy, John Y. Smith, VIII
/ liams, President Gardner-9.
Absent and not voting - Badger.
Brinkerhoff, Hulaniski, Benner y.
Smith,.
In voting in the negative. President
/ Gardner said that he was in sympathy
with the purpose Of the bill, but that he
| felt that, it created conflicting organ
| izaticns in the school of mines. The
station staff. i'm his opinion. would con-
stitute a conflicting faculty organization
| to the faculty supervision of the school
/ of mines.
As compensation for the loss of the
state engineering experiment station
the senate voted an appropriation of
81. 900 to the University Of Utah for car
rying on archaeological and historical
/ investigation and exploration in the re-
gions in southern Utah formerly oCCu-
pied by cliff dwellers. The bill was
senate bill No. %. introduced by Mr..
Stookey. Senators Hyde and Seely voted
! against the bill.
/ Two senate bills killed were Nos. 3
and 1O3. Senator Badger was the su-
thor of these bills and, on his motion
| the enacting clause was stricken out Of
cal with house bill No, ., passed by the
senate Friday, and senate bill No. 100,
identical with house bill 142, passed by
the senate yesterday.
Passed Unanimously.
The senate bills passed unanimously
yesterday and sent to the house were:
! Senate bill No. 109. by Hulaniski. pro-
viding penalties for the theft Of journal
/ brasses of locomotives.
Senate bill No. rs, by Miller. levying
q state tax of one-half mill for High
school purposes.
Senate bill No. %, by 3. y Smith. pro-
viding for appeals from justice courts
! Senate bill No. %. by kUChleT. providing
for the payment of travelling expenses OF
/ judges when holding court in districts 9TH
( er than the ones in which they reside.
Senate bill No. S.. by Badger providing
/ that ell hearings in divorce cases shall
! be before court, ard not a master, and
! that the hearings shall be public.
Senate bill No. Is. by r. Y. Smith, di-
! reeted against salary loan agencies. pro-