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Show LEGISLATIVE NOTES. McKinney's bill providing an additional addi-tional judge In the Third judicial district, dis-trict, which has passed the senate, is having hard sledding in the house. As originally introduced in the senate, it provided for two additional judges, but an amendment cut this to one and it now looks as if even the one additional judge may be cut out by the house. Fearing Senator McKinney's bill providing pro-viding for the election of city commissioners commis-sioners by wards in cities' of the first and second class, may go the way of his bill abolishing primary elections, residents of the west side of Salt Lake are strenuously lobbying in support of the measure. Lauding Brigadier General Frank T. Hines for his service as chief of embarkation em-barkation of troops for overseas In the European war, and because he is the highest ranking officer from this state in the regular army, Representative Representa-tive C. M. Croft of Morgan has called uponi the legislature to purchase a painting of General Hines, to be hung in the state capitol. Owing to the increasing labors of the various committees of the Utah legislature and the lack of space in the rooms originally designated for committee use, Stcretary of State Harden Bennion, official custodian of the capitol, has offered them the use of the offices at present occupied by the state council of defense, the state printer, the public utilities commission and the "state livestock board. If the measure proposed by the Salt Lake real estate board providing for state control of the real estate business through the medium of a real estate commission, and the licensing of persons per-sons engaged in the business, together with the filing of a bond with, the secretary secre-tary of state guaranteeing faithful performance per-formance of duty to clients and the public, has successful passage through the legislature, Utah will be the first state in the union to adopt such a measure. Representative William W. Seegmil-ler Seegmil-ler of Kanab, famed in the legislature of 1915 as the senate floor leader in the bitter prohibition fight, is recovering recover-ing from what threatened to be a serious se-rious attack of influenza. February 11, under the senate rules was the last day for the introduction of bills, except upon unanimous consent con-sent of the members. On February 8 there were eighty-four bills on the records of the senate, though three of these measures have been withdrawn for various reasons and will not have to be considered. Senator Dern has a measure on the second reading calendar providing for an extension of time in making payments pay-ments on state lands. It provides that when a contract of sale -lias been forfeited for-feited for non-payment of installments it may be reinstated at any time prior to reappraisement or resale by the payment pay-ment of all arrears of rental, principal and interest and a penalty of 8 per cent. The 8 per cent penalty is the new feature of the measure. Senator Knight is backing several hills pertaining to change in the insurance insur-ance laws' of the state over which a contest is expected, both sides to the controversy being considerably wrought up over the measure. After anticipations of relief the state fire fighters are disappointed so far as the Thirteenth state legislature Is concerned. con-cerned. The men had hoped that what virtually amounts to the establishment of the two-platoon system would be made mandatory in cities of the first class in Utah. But the senate killed the measure. |