Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-03-05
SENATE PASSES
LIVE STOCK BILL
MEASURE PROPOSES 70 COMBINE
SHEEP COMMISSION WITH
STOCK DEPARTMENT.
Three Bills Are Passed by the House
Under Suspension Of the Rules
Senate AdJourns in Honor Of
Former Member.

Consolidation of the state live stock
department and the state board OF
sheep commissioners was the senate's
work on February 81, and the bill by
Senator j. w. Thornley,, providing for
the appointment of state live stock
sanitary board was passed with few
slight amendments. Aside from con.
solidating the two departments the
bill generally follows the present laws
anecting both, but the administration
VIII be In the hands of a board of
three members to be appointed by the
governor, by and with the consent of
the senate.
another live stock measure passed
the senate in the form of a memorial
authorizing the governor to appoint
man 10 go to Denver and another to
go TO Carson City to lobby for uni.
form laws relative to the taxation of
transient stock.
Under suspension OF the rules the
house on February 81 passed three
Dill and memorials. II was necessary
that several memorials be passed at
once that they might be sent to con.
gress before 1t adjourns.
Charles r. Mabey's memorial asking
Tor an annual expenditure OF $25, OOO,-
700 on roads in states sparsely popu.
lated, and Farley p. Christensens me-
mortal that persons under the civil
service should be retired and pen.
stoned, were passed by the house in
rapid fire order. The other measure
provides for appointment of justice of
the peace In second-class cities under
$4,000 population.
Adjournment of the senate was
taken February % through passage of
a resolution of respect to the memory
OF h. X. Thomas, formerly a member
OF that body, and the resolution was
ordered spread on the minutes.
Senator l.. b. Wight, chairman of
the senate judiciary committee. offered
a motion Saturday that the senate ad-
1ourn until Tuesday in order to permit
the committee to catch up with their
work, but the senators from "a hum
dred miles from nowheres," as Sena-
tor Seegmiller expressed it,. disagreed
with Senator Wight and adjournment
was taken until 10 "a m. Monday.
Members of the house of all shades
of political utilization who are in favor
OF statewide prohibition, held two eau.
cuses Saturday. at both of which was
mapped out a plan OF procedure to be
followed on the floor of the house
In connection with the prohibition bill.
Twelve bills were passed by the
Utah senate on February 25. while
three were killed and eleven were re.
ported out and placed on calendar.
Among the measures passed are the
bill relating to venue in civil actions
which provides that suits for dam.
ages against corporations where the
cause arises In remote counties where
the corporation makes its headquar-
ters; the destination coal weights bill
and the bill providing for the organ
izing OF cooperative personal credit
banks.
The appropriation bill giving the
families OF each victim of the Lopez
hunt 1900 passed and a series of
bills providing for the filing of chat.
tel mortgages and making such mort
cages valid for three years was also
approved by the senate. The grist of
the day included two house bills, one
fixing the requirements for admission
to the bar and the other providing
penalty for giving drugs or explosives
to state prisoners.
The destination coal weights bill re.
enacts the law OF two years ago that
carried no penalty clause. IL pro.
vides that payment OF freight in car.
load lots on coal shall be on basis
OF weight at destination and the rail.
roads are required to weigh coal with
out charge at points where track
scales are maintained. The bill was
amended to allow 500 pounds shrink
age to the car.
The house killed eight bills and
passed only two One of the meas
ures passed makes the federal food
and drug standards apply to Utah.
House bill No. 40, by ]. w. Kelly
of Piute, also passed, provides that
the National Guard OF Utah shall be
subject to the call of the president
for duty either outside the territorial
limits of the United States or of the
state. The bill will likely get for
the Utah national guard greater APP
preparations from the federal govern
ment II ii becomes law.
five Dllls were pdSbeu Dy the SEN
ate on February &c, after the morning
session which was taken up with the
killing OF the bill providing for the
making OF public improvements with
out letting contracts.
One bill permitting the district at
torney to incur necessary expenses in
criminal prosecutions was passed as
was another permitting district at
torneys to appear In misdemeanor
cases and preliminary hearings when
he so desires.
s. B. No. by w. Mont Ferry, APP
propriating $4,000 for the orphans
home, passed without a dissenting
vote or without debate.
A bill has been introduced in the
house which would compel the inter
change OF traffic between electric and
steam railroads. The bill provides
that common carriers in the state
shall give the same rates to all per-
sons, firms or corporations and that
they shall not accept one class OF
goods at carload rates and another
class of goods at less than carload