The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-02-11

weapons. and was amended so that
| the sheriff chief of police or town
marshal shall have power TO grast
permission TO carry deadly weapons.
Three bills, all by Senator Badger,
were approved by the senate as fol-
lows:
S. y. No 5. providing for the
punishment of those found guilty of
| ndecency toward minors under four.
/ teen years of age. s. B. No. Z, pro-
viding that more than one count may
be included In informations of indict
ment S. b. No. 3S, providing for the
punishment of those convicted of the
exposure of indecent pictures, paint
! ings. books. etc.
Senator Badger also introduced n
divorce bill calculated to place new
| barriers in the path of seekers for
freedom from the CALLING yoke of mat
| rimony.
A measure was introduced in both
! the senate and the house, providing
| for an appropriation of $4,000 for the
entertainment of the G.. A. r. veterans
at the time of the encampment to be
held in Salt Lake City.
In the house on Thursday, February
4. Senate Joint Memorial No. | was
passed The memorial is the one ask
ing for grant of 100000 acres OF
the public domain in Utah for the pur
pose of building state capitol and
establishing a system of highways.
other bills passed were: H. b. No
IS, an act defining robbery: II b. No.
rs, recommended by the committee on
the gtate Mental hospital, enlargine
a -. % thA q
Mental hospital; H. b. No. 66, relat
ing TO the issuing of worthless checks;
II. B. No. %. relating to state aid for
public schools.
Mr.. Bower of Utah introduced BILL
No. 80. providing for an act for state
Horticultural commission, providing
for the publication and distribution OF
it's reports, for the appointment of a
state horticultural inspector and as
sistant inspectors, and Is wide in scope
with reference to the inspection OF
trees and the eradication of fruit
pests.
An amendment was introduced, max
ing section S19 read that no teacher
shall be employed or dismissed in any
district without the concurrence of the
county superintendent of schools.
Senator Herschel Bullen, Jr., intro
duced bill amending the present law
relating to the composition of the
state board of land commissioners.
Under the terms of his bill the gov.
ernor is made a member of the land
hoard and its president. The bill also
provides that the secretary shall APP
point all clerical help, making the APP
proval of the land board unnecessary,
Senate bill SO. providing for an as
sistant district attorney for the Third
judicial district, passed the senate by
unanimous vote.
i A new inheritance tax law, intro
duced by Mr.! Nelson, provides: THAI
II there be living a wife or issue OF
the deceased, then the tax herein pro
vided for shall be paid only upon the
market value of the property in eX
cess of $4,000 for such surviving wife
and $1,000 for each surviving child
The bill introduced in the senate by
Benner X Smith, providing for wha
appears to be continuous course FOL
legal actions from the lowest to the
highest tribunals, by means of appeal
is an amendatory measure, which
, makes 1t possible to appeal from the
final decision of the city courts, di
rect TO the district courts.
A great portion of the session of tn,
house on Friday, February 5. was tax
, en- up with discussion of the prohibi
, ton bill, the Cannon bill being up TO
, discussion and finally being referred
I back to committee. In addition t.
| seven petitions presented to the house
in favor of prohibition at this. session
the first protest against the passage
of a prohibition law was filed. Thu
protest was signed by large humble
of representative taxpayers, business
+ men and heavy property owners o
Salt Lake City.
!, Nine new bills were introduced, on
4 bill was withdrawn and another meas
] ure was killed during the session.
Representative Brigham Cleg
n asked that II, b. No. 60. which relate
I to the prosecution of persons VIII
# oyerdraw their accounts at banks, b
reconsidered. This was permitted an
l. a motion was made to strike out tn
s. enactment clause. This was done b
: a practically unanimous vote after
0 had been explained that such a mea.
), ure would be unconstitutional.
r One bill was passed, II. B. No. @
Y by thompson. which provides for tn
establishment of an engine sring e,
d pertinent station in connection wit
?. the state school of mines. providin
a for its organization aud control, d,
n fining its duties and powers. an
# making an appropriation therefor
s When the house adjourned. it wa
V decided to take holiday on Saturda
and meet on Monday afternoon a
2:30.
Four bills, which have beeen in tn
,, hands of committees since their intr,
D. ductlon, were passed by the senat
s. Friday. The first three of these ar
IS bills %. 20 and "a, all by Senator Ba,
s ger, and providing for the amendmer
n OF the election laws In such a way q
re TO make it compulsory for all partie
e to carry but one ticket during ele
e ton campaigns, to provide for the nan
9 ing of candidates by petition and pr
q ViQing the manner of their declfni in