The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-18

Representative Barnette yesterday in
troduced a bill forbidding the building OF
bridges or treStles by any Taliroau IN the
state.
The football bill. prohibiting the play
ing of the game at the Agricultural col
Iege ana the university. was introduced by
Hansen Yesterday. This bill was pub
Iished in full in The Herald Wednesday.
Two thousand dollars is asked by Rep
resentative Smith for roads in Kane
county.
The house adjourned yesterday to
o clock today
Because there was not sufficient money
in the state treasury to warrant an ap-
proprfation of 300 for school for the
feebleminded. the house bill providing for
this appropriation vas laid on the table
Ii was planned to have this institution IN
connection with the mental hospital At
Provo
Wasatch and Summit counties are in
need of $3.50 for road in the former
county and $3.50 for Il bridge across the
Provo river.
Porter of Morgan yesterday introduced
a bill providing for the hiring OF clerk
and treasurer in districts of the first
class
\ bill was introduced in the house yes
4
Green river between Green River and FL
gin This bill is practically companion
to the one presented in the senate
Senate bill Nc. 50 passed the house unan-
imousy yesterday. This measure pro
vides that judges of election shall make
duplicate copies of returns. the duplicate
to be forwarded to the county clerks ana
to be open to the inspection of the pubic:
Tne original copy is to be returned seale1
to be opened only by the canyassinS
board.
Senate bill No. 1Z3, introduced yester-
dav bv Senator w. y. Williams. provides
that any person having custody OF the
personal property of another who shah
remove sell or destroy any of this prop
ertV without the written consent OF the
owner. is punishable by fine or impTison-
ment or both. the fine not to exceed S5uJ
and the Imprisonment not to exceed SIX
months.
Bv bill introduced yesterday by Sena-
tor Burton the owners of the rights OF
WAY for reservoirs or irrigating dltcles
are required TO destroy all thistles, bur
| docks and other noxious weeds growing
along the rights of way. The seeds OF
these weeds are easily carried oy the tloW
| of water and often spread rapidly she
growth Of these weeds
Eighty prominent business men of Og-
den representing several millions OF DOL
| lars of capital. yesterday sent a petition
| against prohibition to the senate The pc
| tition was introduced by Senator Rudolph
Kuchler of Weber and referred to the
committee on manufactures and COM
t merce-
/ An appropriation of s2Ooo for William
Forsberg, an employe at the university,
/ whose hands was permanently crippled
| by an electric shock received while caring
| for an X-ray machine, was passed py the
senate yesterday and the bill sent to the
/ house.
Senate bill No. u, by Senator John Y.
Smith, relating to the irrigation laws, was
| killed yesterday by an adverse report OF
| the committee on agriculture and irriga-
/ ton and senate bill No. 126, by the same
| senator, is substituted for it The substi-
/ tute bill is complete revision OF the
present irrigation laws.
Four bills relating to the fees Of county
recorders. simplifying and making more
/ definite the duties and fees of recorders in
the filing and copying of mining loca-
| tons, were introduced in the senate yes
| terday by Senator Badger. The bills went
| to the judiciary committee