The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-22

All records for the number and i'm
Dortance Of bills introduced in the
tate legislature in the same length of
lime have been broken by the present
rate legislature.
Heretofore the state legislature has
scarcly been organized at the end of
he second week. This year, however,
he legislators began work early, and a
|ong list of bills has been introduced
1aily. Two years ago, at the conclusion
of the twelfth legislative day, total
be fifty-two bills had been introduced.
This year during the corresponding pc
riod 123 bills have been introduced,
The house two years ago introduced
thirty- three bills in the first twelve
dRyB. This year in the same length
of time it has introduced sixty-one
bills. Members Of the senate intro
dueed nineteen bills in twelve days;
this year they have introduced sixty
thrse.
Fifteen Liquor Bills.
with the state agitated over the
qnestion Of liquor legislation two years
aee and demanding action on the sub
joet NO bill touching the question was
Introduced during tho first two weeks
This year fifteen bills on this subject
lave been presented.
Usually, in legislative sessions, the
Important measures are introduced late
u the session. This year they have
bsen introduced early. Of the liquor
lila before the legislature ten are
known as administration bills. " There
axs really only five bills, but they have
bssn DUPLICATED In each house. These
bills are In line with the liquor plank
u the Republican state platform. They
pFovide for prohibition outside of cities
And towns and local option and regula-
Ion IN tho cities and towns.
The Democratic official prohibition
b5N has been introduced in duplicate
"a tho senate and the house. 1t pro
vides for absolute statewide prohibi-
Ion The Sanpete county delegation Of
Republicans in the house farhered a
pxohibition bill which had brief ca
feey. The bill conformed to the Re-
puhliean platform Of Sanpete county.
1t was introduced one day and killed
The next
\ Other Republican ideas on the liquor
RueHtion are embodied in a bill in the
g6nate by Senator Badger and one in
the house by representative Funk The
Benate bill makes more drastic provi.
IONS for local option and regulation
than the administration bills, while
Funk 's bill embodies the public dispen-
'1ary idea.
( Reapportionment Of State.
The renpportionment of the state as
10 senators and representatives is pro
'p0sed by bill introduced by Senator
tenators aud seventeen representatives
rom Salt Lake county, an increase OF
Ten, and for an increase OF one repre-
tentative ench for Weber, Utah and
BOX Elder counties and an increase OF
2 senator for the Twelfth senatorial
lHistrict
A bill. which has already passed the
lnouse, makes the extreme penalty fol
1highway robbery capital punishment
An interesting bill in the senate is
,pne which provides that an appointed
Ipf the. governor rejected by the seu
5Rte is ineligible as recess appointee.
4 Senator Badger has an anti-pass bill
<pefore the senate. He also fatherec
en antitrust measure but later with
Iflrew it.
VI Bills providing for interest Of at leas
~ per cent on state. county and city
money deposited in banks have beer
introduced by Senators Marks anI
Representative Russell has bill be
4ore the house providing that pool sell
Ing. bookmaking and all other form
~ gambling shall be deemed felony
II Sheriffs Offer Eight Ellis.
/ The Utah Sberiffs association ha
siRht bills before the house. One o
mem increases the salaries Of all coun
YE officers and another provides 70
ne extension of the terms OF count
''|saerks and sheri!fs from two 10 fou
ii the Panama, Pacific exposition i
nsia ut San Francisco, Utah will pro
xlde generous appropriation for it
r1hieit Bills in the senate and hous
5ccooVide 5co for an appropriation of $500
w tor TINS purpose.
important changes i'm the fish an
*Aine law arc provided IN bills intro