The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-02
LEGLSL A TTON AND LEGLSLA TORS
LEGISLATURE BRIEFS.

! LEGISLATURE BRIEFS.
Owing to the fact that nearly one-third
of the members were given permission to
| withdraw in order to take the Logan
train, on motion of Mr.. Morris. the house
deferred consideration of bills on the cal
endar until a larger number of members
is present
The committee on livestock yesterday
introduced a bill. No. 226, which is a sub
stitute for d previous hill. relating to the
| improvement of sires on the public range.
| house bill introduced yesterday
amends the present law relating to NUM-
cipal boards of health. in that It requires
! that the health officer shall hold oerti-
ficate or license from the state board of
medical examiners.
Senate bill No. .. relating to employ
ment agents, was yesterday signed by the
speaker of the house.
On the request of the senate, house bin
| No. q was returned to that body for
creation of an experiment station in con-
nection with the school of mines at the
| university.
House bill No. 1883 was killed in the
| house yesterday by the adoption of the
adverse report of the judiciary committee.
This bill related to salaries of county
officers. House bill No. 10, relating to
officers performing, duties in the serving
of processes without fees, was also killed
! At the request of Mr.. Morris, who spoke
on behalf of Mr.. Hammond. house bill No.
/ lS4. the race suicide bill, went over until
today in order that Mr.. Hammond, It's
author. might speak on it.
House Joint resolution No. :. by Mr..
! MOTIFS relating to macadamizing the
capitol grounds. carrying an apprOpria
ton of 50. 800. was yesterday reported fav-
orably by the house judiciary committee.
| At the request of Mr.. Dyreng. the con-
sheraton of the adverse report on house
| bill No. 19i. in regard to suspension of
| taxes of INDECENT persons, went over until
! today.
Two bills relating to the establishment
| of pest houses-that is. defining the limits
and distances from public highways. were
killed by the Judiciary committee yester-
day This action probably will have the
| erect OF preventing Salt Lake county
establishing an isolation hospital for the
care OF smallpox patients on the site
under consideration to the northwest Of
| the city.
House bill No fs2. referring to the
! amount of fees that may be charged bv
| the secretary of state, was reported fav-
/ orably.
Favorable report and adoption by the
| house were had on Hedges bill diverting
! the sheep inspection fund money to the
| fund Tor the determination of wild ami
/ mails.
Favorable report was made on house
Dill No. Ae, by MeRae. relating to prop
| erty exempt from taxation. This bin
! amends the present law by including
pumping plants for irrigation works when
used in connection with the irrigation of
hr-s he,
I Kings house bill No. 90 was favorably
| reported Tor passage yesterday. 1t re-
I lates to the settlement of county boundary
| line disputes by boards of engineers and
/ surveyors.
With amendments. Henries house bill
! No 16l, was reported favorably The oil
! provides for the creation of a bounty
I fund. a tax on certain classes of live
stock, and for the destruction of wild
ANIMALS and the manner of collecting
/ bounty thereon
The senate committee on live stock YES
/ terday introduced a substitute bill for one
originally introduced by Senator Wilson
! The bill provides for the improvement of
I the breed of range cattle by the impUrta-
ton of pure-bloOd stock.
| After considerable discussion the bill en-
/ larglng the powers of city councils was
/ laid over IN the senate yesterday. to be
special order for O'Clock on Thursday.
/ Senate joint resolution No. 6. requesting
! that the Utah delegation in congress work
/ tor the passage of an amendment to the
/ taking of intoxicants into prohibition
states, was taken from the table yester-
day ana referred to the committee on
4 manufactures and commerce.
/ The public health committee of the SEN
| ate yesterday reported favorably on the
7 M LTu-r1a III.
portation of tuberculous cows into Utah
/ The senate judiciary committee yeste--
| day reported favOrabiy on six bills all of
which were introduced by Senator Badger.
| -Four relate to the manner of the col
lection of fees in the county recorders
oiIlce; one provides that poor persons
may institute case without furnishing
/ a cost bond. and one safeguards the state
( against so-called straw bonds
The bill providing for the adoption of
I the ToTrens system of land titles is made
a special order for final passage in the
senate this afternoon at 2:9O o'clock.
Senator Alonzo Brinkerhoff. who repre-
sents an area equal to one-third of thu
entire state, entertained the members of
! the press who do the senate at a de-
lightful dinner at the Chesapeake cafe
last evening.
| The senate committee on county and
municipal corporations yesterday reported
| favOTabiy on Senator Wilson'S bill permit
| ting the creation of new counties of parts
| Of other counties, providing that the coun-
/ ties affected may vote to do so. The bill
| is d step in an attempt to form a new
county out of parts of Uintah and Wa
| satch counties.
/ Two important bills were reported IA
! Vorably yesterday by the senate commit
tee on agriculture and irrigation. One Gre
/ atvs state irrigation reservoir fund and
/ the other permits the exchange of waters
I for irrigation purposes
The house will meet at 1890 o'clock this
! forenoon.
HEALTH BOARD BILL
KILLED BY SENATE
| Senator Stookey's bill enlarging the