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Show ROUSE TAKES UP' M . CIGARETTE BILL ORIGINAL MEA8URE PRACTICAL KH LY REWRITTEN BY THE HHK HOU8E COMMITTEE. IBBB Amendments. Proposed Will be Bitter fliM Iy Fodght'Ly the Advocates of HiH Original Measure, Passed by ssiH tho flHifl A. Tho nntl-clgarcttb bill, sponsoredby isB Senator Southwlck, which has been iHILI approved by the senate, nud which had ssB been' In tho hands of u commlttco In ssB tho houso for ten days, was again in isiH tho limelight on February Id, when It iiK was reported out of committee, with amendments which will bo bitterly HK fought by tho advocates of tho original iHI measure. Tlio committee, In reporting HliH tho bill, virtually rewrote tho measure HH as it euino front tho senate. liiH Nino bills were Introduced ln tho HiH state senate on February 14, all but LH two of which wcro Intended to nrtlcu- sHI lato tho one-man Innd board bill, how hLHI on Its way through the house, with the sHfl present laws governing tho land board ILiHl und Us funds. Ono or two. of theso isHl mensures are designed (o accomplish tiiH other .changes In tho land laws. sKsi Six bills debuted on Friday were HH passed to tho houso by tho senate H after third reading on Slouday, nnd Hfl they wero accompanied by tho Hay- ssil ward resolution for a commission to f iiil copsjder plans for a lmll of relics nnd H state, historical, building, which . was H passed under suspension of the rules. Although tho houso of fcprcsenta- tlvcs listened to three hours of debate H on the committed reports on the South- H wick a'ntl-clgarctto bill op February H 14, It- found time for tho Introduction v H of fifteen new bills. H Tho state board .Of land' commission- vH crs would ho authorized to refund to flH a colony of 122 Jewish farmers who H purchased stnto lands In tho Pluto lr- H rlgutlon project approximately $11,000 "1 If a' bill Introduced by Representative H Jorgcuscn pusses both houses and Is H signed by the governor,,, H ' Uttering or passing of a check iipou .H if bank ln which tho man who docs so H may havo no funds would bo a felony H under n bill Introduced by Rcprcscnta- 'H tlve Douglas. Tho measure would H amend Uie, (jxlstlnglaw'by. changing ssfl tho crime from a misdemeanor to a H felony. ,H The Utah legislature, is somewhat H behind thu record of tho last session H In tho matter of bills presented for B On February 12 there hnd been pre- J iicntcd to the sennte Just 61 bill," 'as VK1 wfll lis about a dozen resolutions nnd - SBKJ Two years ago, on tho thirty-third BBKJ day, which was, however, already HBH three days past tho Unto s to fed by tho J rules for. tlio Introduction or. bills, J .thcro were 110';bllls"lutroduccd, hnd Friday waS'tho thirty-third day of thu present session. At that rnto, tho iBVK present session of! tho "senate Is thirty- flvo bills behind tho pace set,' by Its flBJ Democratic predecessor'. flBK seen tho Introduction of 129 bills, nnd BBB nmy bo Introduced there for ten days BBK more, without suspension of rules, nnd BBB after that dato by suspcnslpnof. rules BBB or by unanimous consent. Under .such BH circumstances, It looks' us ff tho pros- BBB cut houso may easily , surpass tho BBB record of' that two yenr.s ago, when BBB a total ot 18S house, bills, wero Intro- flBJ BB Tho legislators took a vacation on BBB February 12, tbo thirty-fourth leglsui- BBJ tlve day of the present session. BBh Friday, February 10, will be tho for- BBV tleth day of tho present' session, nnd BBh senate rules provldo that no bill may BB bo Introduced nfter that day, without BBb unanimous consent of the senators. BBb The .house has set tho final dato for BBb Introduction of bills as tbo forty- BBb fifth day, or Wednesday, February 23, BBl thus giving tho house, members all ot ' BB Washington's birth day In which '.to BBJ put final touches on their Inst legls- '1 laUvo attempts of tho present ses- BB BB The one-mnn Innd bonrd bill, the ad- .BBj state Hcnuto by Senator Harrison 11. ) Jenkins of Snlt Lake, wns approved by iVK tho fcenute, Fcbrunry 10, by- a' close ISK margin, nnd now goes to tho houso, IsH rjpeaker Culllster took tho floor of )K tho house on February 10 ln behalf mU of Senate bill No.' 20, by Peters,, pilot-' jiflj lug tho mcasuro to pnssago wlthqut qp- posltlou. Tho ipcasura Is the key bill 1BJ to the scries of measures foi the or- IjS ganlzatfon of n stnto department of ' Iffl finance nnd purchase. . IB Tbo houso members put ln ono of UK tho busiest days of tho present ses- wB ulon on .February 10, nearly disposing jHJ of tho third reading calendar they M faced when tho session bogiiu, but when adjournment was takena Inrgor Ifl calendar was in front of theiii iar tlio III next day's sosslon. Ml Tho Dorn Joint resolution, calling '! for nn amendment tb' tho sfato const.- WM tutton lo nllow leg!slator ?S n day In- 19j stoad of fl was passed under suspen- II slon of thu. rules. : JH Itoiirafoutntlv9 Sodorborg, Ui House ,fB bill No. 131, would provldo'for the con- M flscntlon of couceuled weapons found ,! on persons chnrgod with carrying con- $ ceided weapons. flM la a hut of sixteen pages, ltuprosen- SI tatlvo Ftnllnson would amend the Kl .-xiHi.iiK laws affecting drainage In tho H state, principally for the purpose of JBJ clar fjti'g such statutes. -IB |