The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-06

I House bill No. ., establishing an en-
! neerinz experiment station in connection
/ with the state school of mines. passed the
/ house yesterday after a long debate. The
| purpose of the department is TO make in
vestigation and research into the state
/ natural resources not now covered by the
/ Agricultural college experiment station.
/ 1t is provided that bulletins shall be is
sued and information Of a general charsc-
ter relating to discoveries in the mineral
/ field disseminated
! The members Of the legislature viii go
/ to Logan on a special train not later than
/ 7:a0 o'clock. The train returning will
/ leave Logan at O'Clock. To is expected
that nearly half hundred viii go on the
excursion.
tons yesterday favOrably reported, with
amendments, house bill No. a, by VII
liam Mcmillan. relating 10 tounsites- The
report was adopted. The bill is intended
/ TO extend the time during which claim
! ants for land may perfect their titles.
Senate bill No. 10, which perfects the
/ laws so that the secretary Of state may
I get his salary. as well as the other state
officials, was favorsbly reported in the
( house yesterday.
An amendment was made to house bill
No. Is and the bill again passed the
/ house yesterday. The bill is that Of Mr..
Morris. which provides for better school
] SYSTEM III AIt AuEdl ui1IltAS- ne Dtli
/ was passed Thursday, but the appropri-I
ating clause was overlooked. and this
was corrected yesterday by the insertion
/ Of the provision that the bill shall carry
8. 600. This amount is the same as that
+ appropriated in previous years. Last
/ year only 5000 Of II was necessary. the
/ remainder rcverting back to the state.
[ The state superintendent. it was stated,
gave the assurance that the sum re
I quiTed for the period contemplated by the
/ bill would be no greater than the amount
mentioned
/ Petitions favorable 10 prohibition we're
! received from Pioneer Stake. Salt Lake;
/ bennington. Willard county: Castle Gate,
/ Emery county, and against prohibition
/ from one hundred business men Of Salt
I Lake City. The latter is the petition
I which appeared in The Herald yesterday
morning.
| House petition No. and house bill No.
/ %. relating 10 roads. which we're referred
/ to the committee on appropriations. were
yesterday taken from that committee and
referred to the committee on highways
and bridges
| The enacting clause was stricken out Of
house bill No. IS on reconsiderat ton by a
vote Of % toll. This bill related TO the
/ punishment 81 persons who draw checks
( on banks when they have not sufficient
/ funds to meet the obligation
! In a bill introduced In the house yes
terdav by Representative Haycock en- ap-
I preparation of 8, 200 Is asked for building
a bridge across the Sewer river at Marys-
vile, Piute county. Also x1.g0 for i'm
/ proving and repairing Stems hill al the
/ head Of Kingston canyon Piute county
+ and 500 for repairing the road I'm Kings
/ ton canyon.
( Senate bill n.o Z. introduced yesterday
/ by Mr., Miller, provides for an appropria-
/ tien OF $3.50 for good roads IN Washing
I g1a.T a. -.
| the communities affected appropriate for
! this purpose double the amount approDr{-
4 ated by the legislature. The bill went to
the committee on highways and bridges.
/ The compulsory posting of notices Of
all delayed trains is provided in q bill in
[ troGuced in the senate yesterday by SEN
stor wilson The bill was referred to the
committee on railroads.
/ An appropriation of 1900 is asked for
/ to make a complete geological survey Of
I the state by the regents Of the University
/ Of Utah in a bill introduced yesterday By
/ Senator Badger. The bill was referred to
the committee on appropriations and
claims.
Senator Builen yesterday introduced his
I bill providing for the sanitary construc-
ton Of school buildings. The Dill was re-
/ viewed in yesterdays issue of The Herald
The bill was referred to the committee
/ on education.
Fer the experimental sinking Of wells
/ on arid lands by the state board OF land
commissioners. an appropriation Of so 90
/ IS asked for in a bill introduced vester-
| day by Senator Hyde.
Another bill providing for the extension
/ OF the time for land entry under the
/ townsite act was introduced in the senate
( yesterday Dy Mr.. Hyde. IL went 70 the
! judiciary committee
]
Senate Joint memorial No. T. asking for
| for a grant Of three million acres of arid
land from the government for the pur-
pose OF building a state capitol and i'm
proving the roads Of the state. was passed
/ by The senate yesterday as amended by
/ the house. The amendments were tech
nicsi.
Prohibition petitions from Carbon and
duab counties were received By the sem
ate yesterday The former contained fif-
/ ty-four names and the latter seventy
/ three. They we're referred to the ee.r-
/ nittee OF manufactures and commerce.
| Al amendment TO the laws governing
municipalities was included IN a bill in
| trodueed yesterday by Senator HYDE. The
/ bill provides that in cities OF less thar
| l2-oos inhs bitants the mayor shall appoint
/ the city marshal. Hitherto In such cities
/ the office has been elective The hin
went to the committee on county and