Show legislative NOTES legislative investigation of the defunct merchants bank nt at salt lit lake is under ider way this fact was brought out when N he the lie committee on oil corporations in the house submitted a report the state stale senate record of march 4 was Ns as rie one of varied activity A total of seven measures were sent to the tip liou house e two Lothers other atye arele passed on second reading five bills were killed loy by by tile the author and one was laid on oil tin tilt table lo io i 10 o that it Is as good as dead in ili addition there was con oil tj Md erable drable amount of routine the absentee voters hill bill wits was passed hy by the senate on oil starch 4 1 as was the lie bill for free text books in ili hiigli schools bill which provi provides dei for a cia classification of automobiles is in ili the hands of a conference committee the house houe declined to concur in the amendments added to lie bill in ili connection with a report from froin the committee named by tile the governor to make becom recommendation ion as to a suitable mel memento liento for utah men who served in ili tile world war it a bill was introduced in the lie senate on oil march I 1 by senators hayward ayward ll and mckinney providing for an appropriation of yke sa 5 wo 0 for it 11 slate mate celebration all and giving of certificates of lionor honor to till all Utti lins en entitled tilled to receive them A partial list of blell biennial nial appointments was submitted to the seriate senate of the legislature on march I 1 by governor hamberger damberger the list was read senate and then in ili accordance sith ith tile the rull was referred to a special committee of oc fie fhe for consideration and report senator South wicks bill prohibiting the sale or having lik in possession of any cigarettes or in makings akings wils was reported from the committee on oil health and labor march 1 with willi unfavorable recommendation A minority report recommended that it pass if ft amended to prohibit the sale or use of tobacco in ili any form forin the bill was placed on oil the second reading calendar the bill 1111 relating to pure advertising advert adv ertl hsing was reported out of senate committee with that it pa pass und it was sent to the lie second reading calendar for consideration when reached that 00 90 per cent of the prohibition bill is bear heartily tily endorsed indorsed Indor Indr sed by tile the druggists of the state Is the information which lias been given to the author and members of the legislature by officers offices of tile butali phil teal association the houie bill creating representative di district ico no 29 20 in ili daggett county was passed on oil final reading by the ar senate nate art an amendment to the motor vehicle IIII bill that would have barred threshing machines machined from the lie state roads failed of passage in ili the senate one new bill was introduced in tile the senate on oil march 1 under of the rules that was senate bill no by stevens Sl ovens making tin an appropriation of 0 f from rom the general fund to protect fillmore broin from flood waters of chalk creek for a brief time on february 27 and for the first time thul in utah history a woman presided ded over the state senate senator BlIz elizabeth abelli ll ayward was called to tile the chair by president J W funk while lie took the floor in debate over nil in amendment limen dment to the alio work mens com i |