The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-29
UTAH ASKED
TO HASTEN
EFFORT
TO ESTABLISH ALASkA-YUkON
EXPOSITION BUILDING.
kuchlcr Asks for Reapportionment
Of State Taxes That High Schools
May Become Beneficlaries.

Only short sessions were held by
both houses OF the legislature yester-
day afternoon. In the house, house
bill No. SO was passed relating to the
publishing OF false. injurious or libel
Gus articles. Senate bill No 19, which
was passed by the senate was also
passed by the house yesterday 1t is
an act relating to the bonded lndebt-
edness OF municipal corporations.
which only invalidates that portion of
the amount of bonds voted which Is IN
excess of the amount allowed by law.
AT present an oyer-iSsue invalidatcs
the entire bond issue.
The resolution In the house TO in
vestiGate the ownership of the tele-
phone companies to ascertain if there
be a merger or violation of the law,
was killed. The judiciary committee
in making its report did not favor the
resolution and the house adopted the
report
Speaker Robinson yesterday receiv
ed communication which was sent
to the house from the commissioner
general of the Alaska Yukon exposi-
ton. asking that Utah hasten In its
efforts to establish an exposition
building.
House bill No. 6. by ]. r. Porter,
which is prohibition measure. was
yesterday withdrawn. Mr. Porter in
asking It's withdrawal stated that he
did not want the legislators to think
he was weakening"
In the senate the house joint reso-
luton for the appropriation of $1,000
for the painting of the portrait OF
former Governor Cutler was passed
by a vote of 10 to g. Senators Hula
niski and Kuchler were the only two
persons opposed to the measure. Be
fore the bill was passed Senator Kuch-
Ter endeavored to have the measure
amended to $500 He declared that
he had information that such pictures
in the past had cost $500. The amend
ment was lost
Senate joint resolution No. l, by
Kuchler. was introduced in the senate
yesterday. 1t is for the reapportion-
ment of the taxes OF the state SO that
the high schools may become bene-
ficiaries to q greater extent than III
the past.
The bill passed by the house
against the publishing OF libelous
newspaper articles. was measure
introduced by Representative T. l..
Holman. The bill in full is as fol-
lows:
ANY person who wilfully states,
conveys, delivers or transmits, by any
means whatsoever. to the manager,
editor. publisher or reporter OF any
newspaper. magazine. periodical or
serial, for publication therein, any
false, Injurious, or libelous statement
concerning any person, persons. COM
panies or corporations. and thereby
secures actual publication OF the
same, is hereby declared guilty of q
misdemeanor."
The following bills on homestead
rights were introduced in the senate
yesterday afternoon. They have all
been in the Legislature at previous
sessions. They call for the recording
of homesteads within a certain time:
Senate bill No. 46. by Badger. re
lating to homesteads. judiciary.
Senate bill No. AZ. by Badger, by
request, an act to amend sections
1149 and ISL and to repeal section
1852 Of the compiled laws of Utah
1907, relating to homesteads. judi
ciary.
Senate bill No. As, by Badger. by
request, an act to amend section 1141,
of the compiled laws of Utah, 1907
relating to homesteads. Judiciary.