The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-24

and stream. the development Of the coun-
try must necessarily be by Utah peopls-
The memorial has passed both houses and
will be sent early this week TO congress
The memorial was introduced by Repre-
sentative -. H Morris OF Washington. the
leader of the minority in the house.
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The senate on Friday last passed an
amendment to the present statutes max
ing Lincoln's birthday legal holiday. \
similar bill introduced I'm the house was
reported favCrabiy to the judiciary com
mittee but was withdrawn yesterday u
order that in its stead the senate bill
bearing on the same subject might be
passed. There is no doubt OF its passage
by the house and the signature of the
bill by the governor. Utah will. there
fore hereafter observe Feb. Z Of each
year beginning this year. as legal Holt
day.
A bill introduced by Senator Bullen Of
Cache provides for the reduction. or rather
eauaiizing OF the entrance Zee at the sgri-
cultural college. The fee for nonresident
students Is lowered from So to $40 while
that of residents is raised from y to
$40. This bill carries out recommenda-
ton OF the governor:
The laws relative to the duties of the
state engineer and to the application for
and granting Of water rights are revised
and amended in a senate bill introduced
by Senator John Y Smith of Utah.
Senator Rudolph Kuchler champions the
cause Of the womens clubs OF the state
in Dill providing for the state control
of the travelling libraries Of the state.
which are now being circulated at the
The bill provides that the state pay the
expenses of the circulating libraries. but
that the control be vested in a board Of
women. members Of the women's clubs, TO
be chosen oy the governor y
A bill directed against the operations Of
salary loan agents was introduced during
the week by Senator Benner y. Smith
Of Salt Lake The bill provides that all
assignments of wages must be filed WV
the county recorder, accompanied with the
acknowledgment of the employer, and the
consent of the employees wife, If mar
ried. This bill. if il becomes a law. will
make II difficult for the operation Of such
loan agencies.
-Four Juvenile court bills were introduced
during the week by Representative Ash
ton of Salt Lake. one provides for a Ju-
veuile court commission, defines the du-
ties Of the juvenile court judge and the
jurisdiction Of the court. and details the
method of procedure Of this court. An
other strengthens the curfew law. A TIM
creates detention homes for juvenile de-
linquents and the fourth fixes the re
sponsibility for the care of juvenile Of
tenders
Representative d. II. Morris OF Wash
lHklDn fnNtR0l4ttN q Dtll III the AAtASt tti-
ereasing the salaries of country school
teachers and providing for greater eff
cheney by placing them more directly un-
der the supervision Of the state board OF
education.
A bill making the holding Of eoroners'
inquesJs by justices of the peace COM
pulsory in all cases where persons have
lost their lfes through what appears TO
be accident. suicide OF unlawful means
was introduced in the house by Represen-
tative Holman of Salt Lake. The purpose
Of the bill IS to determine more accurately
than at present the exact cause of ali
deaths and 10 fix the responsibility
Several bills were introduced during the
week by Representative Russell of Salt
Lake, relative to the duties and fees of
county sheriffs- Representative Russell
was formerly connected with the sheriff 5
office of Salt Lake county and his bills
reflect the recommendations for legisia-
ton of former Sheriff Emery and Sheriff
elect Sharp.
sion Of the legislature will be the inaugu-
raj bali for Governor William Spry to-
morrow evening The ball is to be held
in OdeOn hall and is TO be the most bril-
liant official and social event in the his
tory of Utah. All OF the members Of
the legislature viii attend the function
An unique and artistic feature OF the
inaugural bill wiz be the distribution Il
an illustrated souvenir of the fnaugura-
ton of the governor The book is one of
the handsomest publications of its kind
ever issued in connection with the inaugu-
ration of a governor in the state II con-
tains photographs of Governor Spry. his
staff and the state officers. we'll as
of all Of the members Of the legislature.
short history of the state Is written by
Fisher Harris of the Commercial club. and
John y. Hardy. secretary TO the COVER
nor. has contributed a biography OF Gov
eTnor Spry. There are twenty-eight pages
of rhoforraphs The n5lbliShc-< Of the
Inaugural Souvenir are Travers <
Rooney of 2i2 D. F. Walker building.
During the week joint committee COM
posed OF members Of the senate and
house will visit the branch normal
operated at Cedar City in connection with
the University OF Utah The party VIII
leave Salt Lake Tuesday OF Wednes-
day, returning next Sunday.