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STATE OFPASSED AT THE

THIRD REGULAR SESSIONOF THE

LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF UTAH,HELD AT

SALT LAKE CITY, THE STATE CAPITAL, INJANUARY,FEBRUARY AND MARCH, 1899.

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SALT LAKE CITY:THE DESERET NEWS.

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LAWS OF UTAH.foit their confirmation the names of the heads of the police and fivedepartments, and the head of each department shall within ten daysafter having been appointed, confirmed and qualified as such, sub-mit to the mayor and city council for confirmation the names of thesubordinates selected by him.

Section 13. Terms of Present Departments Vacated. The termsof all officers, policemen, employees and agents, including the chiefs,of the present police and fire departments in said cities of 12,000 andmore inhabitants now in office shall expire thirty days after this actshall go into effect, and all property whatsoever, now belonging tosaid departments shall be turned over by the respective chiefs ofeach of said departments to the mayor of said cities.Section 14. Repealing Clause.1 All acts and parts of acts inconflict herewith are hereby repealed, and particularly section 2482

Revised Statutes of Utah, 1898, so far as the sume may be in conflictherewith, and chapter 73, Laws of Utah, 1896, entitled, "An act pro-viding for the appointment and duties of the board of police and firecommissioners in cities of 12,000 and more inhabitants, and to placethe police and fire departments of said cities upon a non-partisanbasis and defining the duties of officers and members of said depart-ments," are hereby repealed, and all officers created under and byvirtue thereof are hereby abolished.Section 15. This act shall take effect upon approval.Approved March 9th, 1899.

CHAPTER 29.STATE INSTITUTE OF AlT.

AN ACT to Provide for the Creation of a State Institute of Art, and Prescribing Its:Mannerof Appointment, Powers an d Duties.

Be it enacted by the Legislatureof he State qf Utah:SECTION 1. State Institute of Art. A state institute of art ishereby created to be known as Utah art institute; the object beingto advance the interests of the fine arts, develop the influence of artin education and to foster the introduction of art in manufactures.Sec. 2. Governifig Board. There shall be appointed by the

governor by and with the consent of the senate, a governing boardof the institute, which shall consist of seven members, four of whomshall be artists, one an architect, one prominently identified withstate education, and one directly interested in the manufacture ofsilk or other art fabric.See. 3. Terms of Members. The members of the governingboard shall be appointed, three for two years, three for three yearsand one for four years, and at the expiration of said terms, and there-

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after, their successors shall be appointed by the governor by andwith the consent of the senate, each to serve for the term of fouryears.Sec. 4. Compensation. Must Qualify. Vacancies. All mem-bers of the art, institute shall serve without compensation as such.

All persons appointed as members of the governing board shall qual-ify by subscribing to the oath of office before an officer with a sealthat they will faithfully perform the duties of said office. Vacanciesin the governing board shall be filled by appointment by the gov-ernor within one month from the time of such vacancy.

Sec. 5. Board Must Organize. Quorum. Said board sh-ill organ-ize immediately after its appointment by electing from its membersa president, a vice-president, a secretary and treasurer of the Utahart institute. Said officers shall also be president, vice-president,secretary and treasurer, respectively, of the governing board. Fourmembers of the board shall constitute a quorum.

Sec. 6. Powers of Governing Board. The governing board shallhave power to adopt by-laws and rules of procedure to govern theUtah art institute, to receive, hold and manage its gifts, bequestsand property, and to perform all acts necessary to accomplish theduties hereinafter described. It shall also have the power to issuecertificates of membership and to offer and confer prizes, mentions,medals and diplomas for works of art in painting, sculpture andmanufacture, when in competition, under rules prescribed by thegoverning board. The Utah art institute shall have a seal withwhich it shall attest its official acts.Sec. 7. Institute Membership. Membership in the instituteshall be of four classes, viz.: Members of the governing board, hon-orary members,- annual members and life members.Sec. 8. Honorary Member for Life. Any person who shall sub-mit to the governing board a work of art executed by himself, whichshall be accepted by said board, shall by the tender to the art insti-

tute of said work of art, or in lieu thereof the payment of one hun-dred dollars, on receipt of a certificate of membership, issued bysaid board, become an honorary member for life.Sec. 9. Annual Member. Any patron of art or a person inter-ested in education or manufacture, shall upon the -recommendationof four governing members or four honorary members, and the pay-ment of ten dollars, be entitled, if elected by the institute, to a cer-tificate of membership, for one year, and become an annual member.Sec. 10. Annual Membership for Life. Upon the payment of

one hundred dollars any person receiving the recommendation of thegovernor of the state or four governing members or four honorarymembers, shall, if elected by the institute, have all the privileges ofannual membership for life.Sec. 11. Lectureship Committee. There shall be appointed bythe governing board a committee of three persons to be known asthe art lectureship committee.

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Sec. 12. Exhibition Committee. There shall be appointed bythe governing board a committee of three artists or judges of artto be known as the exhibition committee.Sec. 13. Alice Art Collection Committee. There shall beappointed by the governing board a committee of three to take

charge of all works of art, which collection shall be known as theAlice art collection. Every person holding a certificate of member-ship is eligible to hold office in said committee or the exhibitioncommittee.Sec. 14. Membership Certificates. Annual Report. Suitablecertificates of membership shall be provided by the governing boardand shall be signed by the president and countersigned by the secre-tary. An annual report of the Utah art institute shall be forwardedby the secretary to the governor of the state before December 1st of

each year.See. 15. Annual Course of Lectures. It shall be the duty ofthe Utah art institute, through its art lectureship committee, to pre-pare annually a course of lectures on subjects of art which shall bedelivered in whole or in part before the students of the argricul-tural college, or any branch college, the university of Utah, thesouthern branch normal, the industrial school, the state teachers'association and the county teachers' institutes of each county, anda course of lectures under its supervision. It shall be the dutyof the art lectureship committee to advise with officers of stateeducational institutions and superintendents of public schools as tocourses in drawing, design and art, with a view to creating a strongerart influence in state educational institutions.

Sec. 16. Annual Exhibit. It shall be the duty of the Utah artinstitute to provide through its committee on exhibitions an annualart exhibit which shall not be held at the same city twice in succes-sion. Such exhibit shall include paintings, sculpture, drawing,carvings, pottery, tiling, cabinet work, wrought metal designs,architectural drawings, exhibits of silks and other textile fabricsand such hand work and manufactures as in the judgment of the artinstitute shall tend to elevate the' standard of beauty and value ofhome manufactures. No work of art shall-be exhibited without firsthaving been accepted as worthy by the exhibition committee.

See. 17. Annual Prize. At each annual exhibt a prize of threehundred dollars shall be offered by the state, the said sum of threehundred dollars to be paid out of the state funds, for the best originalpainting by a Utah resident artist which has been accepted for com-petition by the exhibition committee. The prize shall be awardedby a committee of three judges appointed by the governing board.Said painting, with its frame, shall, upon the award of said prize andthe payment of said three hundred dollars, by the Utah art instituteto the author of said work of art, become the property of the artinstitute. All works of art acquired by the art institute in this wayand those tendered by honorary members, or other members orpatrons to said institute, shall, upon acceptance, be turned over to

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LAWS OF UTAH.the committee of state art collection. Said art collection shall beheld as property of the state under the control of the art institute.The art collection in whole or in part may be loaned out to differentparts of the state, according to rules and regulations prescribed bythe governing board.

Sec. 19. Funds, How Expended. Annual Appropriation. Allmoneys received by this board may be applied or expended in thefurtherance of the art interests of the state as ordered by the gov-erning board. A sum not to exceed one thousand dollars per annumshall be )aid to the Utah art institute from the state funds to assist.in defraying the expenses of the art institute, its lectures, exhibi-tions and prizes.Approved March 9, 1899.

CHAPTER 30.GRAND LARCENY.

AN ACT Amending Section 4359 of th e Revised Statutes of Utah, 1898, Relating to the.Definition of Grand Larceny.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Utah:SECTION 1. That section 4359 of the Revised Statutes of Utahbe amended so that said section will read as follows:See. 4359. Grand Larceny Defined. Grand larceny is coin-mitted in either of the following cases:1. When the property taken is of a value exceeding fiftydollars.2. When the property taken is from the person of another.3. When the property taken is a horse, mare, colt, gelding, cow,.heifer, steer, ox, bull, calf, sheep, mule, jack or jenny.See. 2. This act shall take effect upon its approval.Approved March 9, 1899.