The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-11
House Notes

| A bill was introduced in the house yes
| terday by Barnes OF Sal, Lake designed
| 10 keep weeds out OF agricultural seeds
| sold in Utah. The first requirement Is
| that every package OF seed must be la =
! beled with the name OF the seed, the
| porter or dealer, n statement OF the purity
| of the seeds if they arc below standard
| and the locality whore the seeds We're
| grown il known. The state dairy and
| food commissioner is to get an analysis
! OF all seeds sold in the state and sup
| ply information resulting from the tests.
| False representation made TO the COM
! missioner is made a misdcmeanor.
The maximum bond that may he re-
| CURED OF city treasurer in any city is
limited TO S25o,ooo in a bill introdueed
| in the house yesterday By Judd Of Salt
| Lake. Tho present law makes the treas
| urers bond not less than the amount OF
| The whole tax for the current year.
| A bill introduced IN the house ycstcr-
! day by Anderson OF Sanpcte says that
! tho killing or injuring OF livestock by 4
| railroad shall he prima facic evidence OF
! ie given power to recover tho fun value
Of the animal. together with attorney 3
foe OF s25 in cash suit Is necessary With
IN sixty days after the claim has been
presented 10 the company
a bill vss introduced in the house
l q ~ lNs
quest. providing that in any city or town
| ncorpora ted since June -, 1911. the date
| OF the liquor election. the city council
or town board shall, on petition there
| lion to be hold. J, is explained that If
a place in either wet or dry de-
cides TO incorporate. ihat place assumes
. government Of It's own and II then,
under the terms OF the new bill. becomes
| optional with the inhabitants whether
| they shall or shall not remain wet OF
Of whether OF not tho county is wet
or dry" Mr. Elwood says tho bill is not
designed 10 meet any particular instance,
so far as he knows.
Anderson OF Ssnpcle YESTERDAY intro
duccd bin IN the house Intended to
promote tho Interest OF boys and girls
In agricultural subjects. To that end
$3.50 is appropriated for the use OF the
agricultural college With which 10 pur-
| chase gold, silver and bronze medals OF
tests. The rules for tho contests are 10
bc laid down by the college No boy or
girl over IS years may become a partlcI-
pant in the competitions. Under the bill.
| IL is thought tho organization of bows
potato clubs and Kindred organizations
viii greatly increase.
Mrs Cannon of Salt Lake by request
vest erday introduced In the house a bill
for the creation OF the office oil com
missioner OF genealogical records. Tn,
state auditor If named CN-otIlCiO com
missioner OF such records. IL is made
his duty TO collect and compile genealoG-
ical data showing the name, sex, dat,
and place Of birth, mothers maidcr
name. ds te and place OF marriage ano
by whom: datc and place Of death. and
ns tionality OF each OF the parents. SINH
lar records are 10 be kept By the county
! clerk in connection with marriage II.
censes complete record is also TO b,
kept OF births.
Henre OF Garfield yesterday Introduce,
In the house a bill appropriatinG $1,000
for the maintenance and improvement o
the PauEuitch experiment farm and StO0
for the purchase OF pure bred and grade
dairy cattle In order 10 start the dair,
industry at that station.
The house yesterday, by vote iackin:
two OF constitutional majority. rejected
house bill No. 70. BY Loveless. Th
bill prohibited county attorneys from de
Tending persons charged with crime II
hibited county attorneys from beln;
counsel for utilities corporations. Th
Judiciary committee struck out the lat
ter provision. Thus divestod OF Its prin
cipal object, the bill came before tn
house. There evidently appeared n
good reason to the members why a coun
" attorney should be prohibited by lny
from defending criminal In his owI
county. and they did not rally TO its sup
7 port. The vote was II TO Q against 1t.
l
( Smith OF Kane at the request OF tn
state road commission. was passed h
the house Yesterday. II was house bl
. No Is II provides for an appropriate
. | OF $4,000 for state road purposes. 10 b
. apportioned equally among the variou
n counties The old law appropriated 60,00t
z The new apportionment gives every coun
" approximately $4,000. instead OF $1,000
y | under the old law The requirements q
: counties In meeting the appoTtionmen
r Is fixed on the following ba sis; Thos
| counties having an assessed valuation c
a apporiionmont: s5,o00,0no, one half: NOR
than 81 600. 900 an equal amount with III
| state allotment. Precinct tax is fixed n
a flat rate Of S mills. The old law gav
. the county commissioners discretion b
:, providing that tax up 10 MUS
= sion intended to prevent destruction {
y state highways by persons or companie
u operating under franchise from cour
= ~ I'm the laying OF pipes and Ike works
g Ban1berger OF Salt Lake yesterday in
- troduced a bill in the house giving III
= board OF pardons power 10 parole cor
= victs other than murdcrers, The latte
| may I've paroled after service in II
y states prison OF fifteen years The wal
! den OF the prison is gwen authority
appoint one OF his guards as state paro
arsnt II IL made the duty of this off
Gers 10 provide the board OF pardons; 2
err a hoard OF parole, with all necessary DAT
n regarding applicants for parole =,
$. Another bill gives the warden Il
Al deputy warden and every keeper ar
Z guard or the states prison all powe
,r now possesscd by county snerlffs 81
r. other pence officers This provision
90 intended to assist in the rccapture
az convlcts vino may escape from convi
ae road camps. Su