The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-08

| company is liable Tor the payment OF
! the poll tax due from It's employees, and
! the sum may be deducted from the
amount due the employees By the com
pany. The poll tax is fixed at So and IS
payable by all persons under 20 and
over 81.
| Tie house yesterday passed house Joint
resolution No. J, by Mrs. Cannon, specify
| ing the design OF the state flag of Utah.
BY two bills passed in the house yes-
| terday. the state coal mine inspector Is
given a permanent deputy, whose salary
Inspector is increased from $4,000 TO $4,000
These two bills have had some pretty
rough Shedding. They began with calling
for, deputy insgect9r gSn a 5000 a year a.
| Being recomnitted to the mining and
| smelling committee. the amounts were
reduced. Yesterday further reductions
were proposed but were defeated Those
who spoke for the bill declared that
| competent inspectors could not be pro-
cured for low pay. and that II the deputy
| Inspector were not paid n fairly good sal
AIRY the blu might as we'll not pass.
| The house yesterday concurred ia the
senate amendments TO senate bin No. l6.
house. and II was returned. The biil eN-
tends the time ot interest payments on
state lands.
q.
Mabey anti-pool selling BIN TO the CON-
miItea on engrossing and enrolment.
The bill came from the senate after nav
ing been passed by that body. After
IL has been engrossed it viii be sent 10
the governor. House bin No. s. by Judd,
relating to winding up TIE AFFAIRS oi
corporations. WAS also sent TO the en-
crossing committee, having passed both
houses
The following committee references
were. made IN the house yesterday OF
ing TO deroGatorv statements concerning
banks. to committee on banks and bank
ing; No. %. by Smith, relating 10 com
dietary committee: No. "A. by Wight.
defining the crime OF disturbing the
peace judiciary committee; No -. by
Wight. defining the time oT filing actions,
The judiciary committee reported ia
vorably yesterday on LoVeless's house
bill No. 75. which limits the outside
practice of a county attorney. The orig
inal bin prevented the county attorney
from being the counso! Of a public ntin-
stricken out by the committee, Tho bill
In Its present form prohibits the county
attorney from defending criminals In his
own county.
The house Yesterday killed senate bill
No. Is. providing for the compulsory at
tendance at school OF children up 10 is
years. The bin was killed on tho adop-
ton OF the adverse report or the com
mlttee on education
Senate bill No. 5S. relating 10 The
courses OF study in schools, was passed
by the house yesterday.
One hundred and hfty residents or
American Fork Yesterday sent protest
to the house against the passage Of house
bill No 20. the bill proposing grad
uated tax on vehicles
A bill introduced in the house yes
terday by Bamberger Of Salt Lake re-
duces the time for appeal in criminal
cases from six months 10 three months.
The bill Is designed TO prevent the long
DELAYS incidental to murder trials
BamberRer of Salt Lake Yesterday In
,roduced In the house q BIN changing |
the penalty prescribed in the present law
for the sale of opium. The present law |
makes the penalty imprisonment in the
a nne OF from $4,000 TO SO, 600. The |
Bamberger bill makes the penalty from |
one year IN the penitentiafy or a flnc |
OF from $500 10 $4,000.
1t Is said that prosecutions Of persons |
engaged In the opium traffic heretofore !
have been much hampere9 by the heavy |
penalties imposed by the law
duced In the house a bill giving the state
land board mower TO abatc payments on |
principal aud interest on lands within Il |
state IRRIGATION project. The aim Of tho |
nea sure Is 10 protect the settler In the
event OF the state being una BILE 10 sup
ply water al the specified time
Hammond OF Grand will on Monday in.
ton OF livestock before shipment, The