The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1911-03-10
UTAH LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP
Happenings in Both Branches Of
Ninth General Assembly.

At the conclusion Of a lively dc.
bate the house Monday afternoon re-.
jectod the adverse report OF the iu.
dietary committee on house bill 80.
23G. by the committee on labor. the
anti.gumblinE measure. and placed
the mill on the calendar for future
consideration.
The work Of the appropriations
committees of both houses has been
practically completed and the general
appropriations bill is now in the
hands OF the printer. The bill IS "a
long one and contains I'm detail the
items Of estimated expense for I'M"
various state departments for the on.
suing biennial period Thc total
amount of the appropriations carried
by the bill Is S2,l375g5
Senator Bcnncr y. Smith OF salt
Lake introduced bill In the lcrlsiu.
ture Monday. compelling railroads to
issue free transportation within the
state to certain state and county Of.
dccrs.
The senate discussed at length
Monday afternoon the bill by Horslcy
creating water districts and providing
for water commissioners 10 settle dis.
putos between water hscfB aud to ad.
iudicatc the water rights OF indiyid.
uals and corporations After the dis.
cussion the bill failed Of passage 10y
vote Of to ..
The senate on Monday killed the
Hines joint memorial which asked
congress not to ratify any rcciproci.
~ treaty with Canada. which would
AFFECT the tarin on lead, wool. live
stock or farm products. The mem
orial In this form was practically
against the reciprocity treaty rs a
whole.
Senator II. w. Soyy OF Garfield In.
troduccd a bill In the senate Monday
providing for the establishing Of gn
experiment station at pangutch ON
the grounds owned by the funguitch
school, and placing the school and
the station under the direction Of
the agricultural college.
with only six members Of the sen.
ate favoring the measures, the pub
lie utilities and anti.pass bills were
killed In the senate ON Saturday. The
public utilities bill provided for the
creation OF commission, which
would have been given great latitude
In the control of railroads. power
telegraph and telephone companies,
etc.
The senate ON Saturday passed the
Marks bill creating a relief fund for
disabled frcmon.
Thirteen measures met their death
In the senate on Saturday. while
three were given theIr quietus In
the house.
After having been Killed ON th'
floor OF the lower house Friday after
noon. II. u. No. 23i. authorizing O
special tax levy ON curbs and border,
for bcautlfylng the city, was taken ~
for reconsideration Saturday and
passed by the house without dis
aenting vote.
After one OF the most animated dis
cusslons OF the present session, the
senate liquor bill passed the house
on Saturday. the vote being % to 10
with three members absent. Those
who voted against the measure were
Allison. Cole. Ekmnn. llarshbergor
Hines, Holman. Jones. Madscn. Me
Rae. Morris. Ncbckcr Peterson, Rus
sell, yelling, Woollcy and Zcimer
Holman changed his vote, before tho
result Of the vote WAS announced, In
order thar he move for rccousidcra
ton OF the measure, which may be
come n law following the approval
Of the governor.
Tho liquor bill. as passed, provides
that counties outside incorporated
cities and towns arc dry territory
and will not vote at the first cleo
ton, Later they may vote upon petit
ton OF twenty-five per cent Of legal
voters. Local option elections must
be held June p. 1911, all over state
except In county dry" territory Elec.
lions may be held each two years
thereafter upon proper petition, Each
city, town or county outside Of city
or town shall constitute n separate
unit and shall vote separately and
independently. Street regulations for
the conduct Of saloons are provided.
and penalties fixed for violation Of
the law.
There was plenty doing In the sen.
ate Friday afternoon, twelve bills
being passed and five killed. The
house passed two bills and killed six.
while two new measures were intro.
duced.
Three liquor bills were slaughtered
In the senate on Friday by adverse
committee reports. The measures
were by James W. Funk. Democrat,
who wanted statewide prohibition; a
bin by President Henry Gardner.
which was copy of the Hayes bill,
and one by Senator Carl A. Badger,
which was used largely as a basis for
the committee bin that was passed by
the senate on Thursday.
President Gardner has put the ban
on the lobbyist, and all who are en-
gagged in lobbying are requested to
keep away from the senate chambers.
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