The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-05

The enacting clause was stricken out
IN house bill No. Isl, providing for the
performance of duties without fees by
officers and exemption of poor persons
furnishing cost bonds. This bill was sub
mttted by Ashton and was a duplicate of
a bill previously presented by Russell and
killed.
Senate bill No. 81, increasing the sal
ary of the stenographer of the supreme
court from S1.a00 to 1850. was passed by
the house yesterday.
Members Of the legislature will visit
Bingham Canyon Monday or Tuesday
They will be the guests of the Bingham
Canyon Commercial club.
House bill No. 1876. providing for the
claim of the architects Ware & TregaHza
for making plans for a capitol building
was referred to the committee on claims
in the house.
For the second time house bill No. %,
relating TO certain exemptions from m
heritance tax, was killed in the house
yesterday. InasmuCh as Mr.. Nelson of
San Juan. the author of the bill was not
present when the bill came up before on
committee report adversely, The case was
reopened and he was given an opportunity
to speak. The death of the measure was
a foregone conclusion
The house yesterday passed senate bill
No. IS. appr0pTating $500 for the relief
of William ForsDergt of the state uni
versity, whose hand was hopeiessly
burned and permanently crippled while
operating a picture machine at the state
fair.
Governor Sprv sent to the house yes
terday a communication stating that he
had received urgent petitions asking for
the passage of senate bills Nos. ia and
115. These bills relate to the establish
ment OF local high schools.
Senate bill No. So. on reconsideration.
was passed by the house yesterday. The
bill provides for q commission OF three
ing more than 5000. 1t had been amend
ed to death Wednesday night by max
ing the limit $500. The superintendent of
public instruction, the secretary OF state
and an architect to be appointed by the
governor are TO constitute the commits
sion.
House bill No. 1873. BIZ McCracken. relat-
ing 10 contributory negligence and as
sumed risk by employees, and making pro-
visions Tor the recovery of damages. was
killed by the house judiciary committee
YESTERDAY A minority report was signed
by Mr.. Clegg. favoring the passage of the
The committee on labor. which had un-
der consideration house bill No. As in
tended to abolish the board of public
works in Salt Lake City. asked that the
bill be sent to the committee on municipal
corporations. and this was done.
Favorable report was made in the house
Yesterday on the bill 21s, by Murdoch. pro-
hibiting persons under q years OF age in
operating engines, motors or other power
devices attached to hoists in mines
Local health officers are provided for
in house bill No. 221 The bill was favor
ably reported out of committee yesterday.
1t is designed to help the sanitation of
smaller towns
Senate bill No ? relating TO the ap-
po3ntment of delegates to the annual con-
vention of health officers. was favorably
reported in the house yesterday.
The bill making II POSSIBLE TO organize
county mutual life Insurance companies.
introduced by Mr.. Hansen, was reported
favorabiy yesterday
The insurance committee Of the house
recommended that house bill No. 1872 by
Ashton, requiring that employers furnish
copies OF Insurance policies, be not
no