The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-14
LEGISLATIVE REVIEW

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bersome and conflicting provisions Of the
I law now on the books. Il is believed that
among other things. at least two new FISH
hstcheries viii be established in the
southern part Of the state
Probably the bill Of greatest Importance
to Salt Lake City is tie measure prOpos-
ing the Des M0ines plan Of government
for this city This measure was intro
Guced in both the house and senate dur
ing the week. IN brief. It provides for
system Of municipal government by
commission Of five members instead Of
mayor and fifteen aldermen. The mem
ceTs Of the commission are TO be elected
at large, and the candidates are to be
nominated at primary elections.
Following closely on the heels OF this
bill came a new ripper bill or two.
These measures propose TO take the con-
troll OF the police and fire departments
out Of the hands Of the city government
and place it IN the hands Of q commission
appointed By the governor The city
coG7Cii- however. Is required to dig up
the money necessary for the maintenance
and operation Of the departments It is
conceded on all sides. save by those pc
euliarly, or perhaps. pecunizrily- inter
eSted. that the ripper bill provides for
, what amounts to cenfiscs ton Of munich
pal property BY the state without any pro-
cess Of law save that Of Just take it,
and without compensation
More about prohibition: The bill intro
duced Monday by Hugh A. McMiIlin Of
Salt Lake provides for local option by
counties. and provides for machinery that
viii restrict the traffic. This IS one Of
the bills which Is fated to go By the board
in the house judiciary committee II the
Cannon bill prevails. Mr.. McMiliin asked
Thursday whether OF not il had been con-
Ell no INIT n errs
with the prohibition question Chairman
ClegE said It had not Mr. McMillin
asked to have Il considered with the other
bills on the subject. but his motion was
lost.
The primary election law proposed in a
bill introduced by Ashton in the house en-
bodies the chief feature Of the laws o.
Wisconsin, Minnesota ana other states.
IL provides for direct nomin stions Of SEN
ators by the people, meaning election. and
direct nomination OF candidates by par
tisaus. The eiiulina ton Of conventions IL
the chief feature Of this system Of chOos-
Ing public officials.
4 proposed amendment to the constitu-
ton makes it legal to increase the proper
ton OF taxation one mill. This provision
Is especially designed for the purchase
Of a site for and the construction Of a
new high school building In Salt Lake
The tentative plan is for the establish
fueIL OF a lew INSTITUTION 10 cost 0alI a
million dollars near the center of school
population. This center IS located on the
east side Of Main street a short distance
east Of the city and county building The
objection to the present high school is
that pupils living on the east side have
10 travel long distances and to cross the
streets where traffic is heavy. swift and
dangerous. that inclement weather means
the loss Of class time and the retarding
Of study. The present building could be
utilized TO great advantage as q grade
school and would Be convenient for west
side pupils. It Is said that the board OF
education has been practically assured
that the property owners on the east side
will not insist on holding up" the board
for excessive rates.
The re-estabIishrneut Of a bureau OF sta
tistics IS the purpose of one Of the bills
presented during the week During the
last two years the work Of gathering and
compiling data to be incorporated in the
report Of the statistical clerk assigned to
the task has been done under difficulties
for the reason that no provision was made
for necessary expenses
The bill intended to clip the wings of
smpl lym--nt bureau sharks is now before
the legislature Its purpose IS to protect
persons seeking work. especially women. /
against the notorious methods practiced
BY some Of the interruptions persons vrv
engage in this business"
The bill providing for duplicate copies
Of returns to be made By judges OF cleo
lions and communicated to the county
clerk by the quickest means, and to be
open TO the inspection OF the public. has
been favoTably reported In the house and
is posted for third reading and final pas
sage. The aim OF this bill is to do away
with the delay that has been an inevitable
part Of the election machinery in this
state which has resulted in not infre-
queut instances Of uncertainty as 10 the
outcome Of the contests until weeks had
elapsed The new proposed law proposal
that one OF the copies shall be the official
returns and shall be opened only BY the
canvassing boards. but that the other
shall be opened Immediately upon its ar
rival and shall be open TO the public Cor
its information
A bill introduced in the house BIZ RIcafil- I
lin changes the word ''rolyganny'i TO '.biE-
amy IN the law now in the codes The
law Is changed to no other respect. the
punishment remaining the same.
Better pay for teachers in rural districts
is the gist Of bill passed BY both the
house and senate during the veek. The
bill was introduced BIZ Norris IN the house /
and increases the salaries in country dis
tricts from go to $3.50 a year The state
apprcpriates Ss.ooo for the purpose Of meet
ing any natural deficiency Only q quar- |
ter Of this sum was required for the last |
period