The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-01-23
OPENING SESSION OF
THE UTAH LEGISLATURE
Henry Gardner, Of Utah County. Pre-.
sides over Senate, While e. w.
Robinson, OF Cache, Is
Speaker Of House.

| odiI ishht 'lJy'--AJ NOON on MON
day, January IL, the eighth legisla
tive session of the state OF Utah con
vened
In both upper and lower houses
The officers named at the caucus
Saturday night were selected with
out exception, and the few vacancies
we're filed Every member OF the house
and senate was In his chair when
the roll was taken on converting al
noon, with stephen II. Love in the
chair In the senate and Harry 10
Geph In the chair in the house, both
men having been the presiding of
| fcers OF the last assembly.
| Senator Hershel Bullen, Jr., OF 10.
gan named Senator Henry Gardner
| OF Utah county as president OF the
| senate. Senator Stookey of Salt Lake
| called for a suspension of the rules
t. make the selection unanimous.
this was done, when Senators Bullen
| and Williams escorted President
Gardner to the choir, President Gard.
ner made short address in which
he declared he would stand for a fair
| and square deal on all propositions.
Senate resolution No. was imme.
Giately introduced by Senator Ru.
| dolph Kuchler OF Weber. This reso.
| luton appointed the caucus nominees
as the officers OF the senate with the
addition of William Il. jenkins. min.
| ute clerk: John e. Hall. enrolling and
| engrossing clerk. and Elias Erickson.
committee clerk The resolution was
adopted by unanimous vote and the
rev officers were sworn In The other
| officers selected were: Secretary, He
Der l. Cummings, Salt Lake; docket
| clerk, Ben Bachman, Utah county:
chaplain, Rev. J. T.. Carver, Weber
| county; sergeant-at-arms, Daniel
James, Sanpete county; assistant SER
geantatarms. II. Il. Steele. Weber
county; committee clerks. Mrs. Cla-
rissa Van Low Salt Lake: w. ]. +.
McAllister, Kane: John Saxey Utah;
Uailng clerk. Mrs. Denis Eichnor,
Salt Lake county; stenographer, Miss
Sadie Foss, Davis county; doorkeep-
crs, l.. J. Larson, Salt Lake county;
j. r. Lee, Garfield county; messen
gers. w. r. Thompson, Willard coun-
! ty; Il. c. Dowden, Box Elder county;
Waterman, Alexander Spence Cache
county; Joseph Van Wagner Wa
| satch county.
In the house. former Speaker Har-
ry Joseph called the body to order.
The roll was called and on motion OF
Representative Orvil l.. Thompson
the names were considered proper
evidence of the right OF the owners
TO be recognized as members on the
floor. Justice Frick then administered
the oath of Office to the body, the
he rJg
j. II. Wooton OF Utah county made
a motion that the nomination of Il. w.
Robinson for speaker OF the house be
acted upon and he was formally elect
ed to the chair by acclaim. II. p.
Randall moved that a committee be
appointed to escort the newly-elected
speaker to the chair and Randall and
Thompson were designated. They
acted as escort and Speaker Robinson
took the seat of honor. He stood and
repeated the oath of Office as II was
administered by Justice Frick. The
speaker made short address.
The officers, clerks and other EN-.
rloyes nominated at the caucus were
then elected without a dissenting
vote. Those elected are Alexander Blu
cfanan, Jr., clerk; c. r. Jones. Sum
nit, engrossing clerk; T.. T. Woolley,
Weber, docket clerk; Andrew Morris,
Beaver, sergeant-at-arms; +. NJ. Cav.
in, Garfield, assistant sergeant-at.
arms; Joseph Steel, Piute, Watch.
man; George Searle, Uintah, and c. +.
Wells. Box Elder, messengers; ]. w.
Jenkinson, Salt Lake, chaplain; Al.
fred Alder, Sanpete, and M. L. Shelf
field, Wayne, doorkeepers; Florence
Hull Salt Lake, Mabel Carpenter,
Utah, and Rexal Bachman, Weber,
committee clerks; John Burns, Salt
Lake, janitor, and w. II. Croft, Davis,
mailing clerk
There was but little doing In the
Utah legislature on the second days
session, In a business way, but the
message OF the governor was pre-
sented at the joint session OF the
senate and house. The message was
rather lengthy document, covering
a number OF topics the Legislators are
expected to discuss. Among the rec.
concentrations are:
Amendment or revision OF revenue
laws relating to taxation OF property
either by amendment to present laws
or enactment OF new legislation.
Better property assessment for tax
alton by some new system OF APP
praisement
That the limitations OF the law Civ,
Ing city councils power to levy taxes
be made clear and explicit and be.
yond misconstructlon.
Amendment of state constitution
so that only those may vote at bond
elections who pay tax on real estate.
That city councils be given author.
ity to levy a light improvement tax
spread over every form of property,
including that OF public service cor
pOrations, the receipts to he used In
the maintenance and repair of public
improvements thus to take the bur
den from the small home owners.
That a constitutional amendment
be submitted to the voters at the
A Reminder Of Earthquake.
San Francisco.-A force OF work,