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Show HOUSE PASSES ON HEALTHMEflSURES Bills Nos. 224 and 225 Are Approved Ap-proved by Unanimous Vote. House bills Nos. 22-i and 225, health measures, strongly Indorsed by the state nnd city boards of health, passod the house Wednesday afternoon by a unanimous unani-mous vote. Both of tho bills were Introduced Intro-duced by the commlttco on public health, by request. Bill No. 221 makes more stringent regulations regarding reports upon diseases dis-eases to the local board of health. It provides tlwit It shall be the duty of every physician or other person caring for tho sick In the state of Utah to make a report to tho local board of health Immediately Im-mediately after such person becomes aware of the existence of any case of scarlet fever, diphtheria, membranous croup, whooping cough, smallpox, typhoid ty-phoid fever, measles, tuberculosis, aslatlc cholera, rubella (rotheln). chicken pox, typhus fever. plague. ccrebro-splnal meningitis, Infantile paralysis, leprosy or pneumonia In his or hor Charge; and It shall be tho duly of every person, owner, own-er, hgent. manager, principal or superintendent superin-tendent of any public or private Institution, Insti-tution, or dispensary, hotel, boarding house or lodging house, to make a report re-port In like manner of any Inmate, occupant oc-cupant or boarder suffering from any of the said Infectious or contagious diseases; dis-eases; and In case such physician or other person shall fall to report In twenty-four hours, that person shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. It further Is provided that the state board of health shall be empowered to mako all needful rules for quarantining any person who has a contagious or Infectious In-fectious dlscnse. or has been exposed to a contagious disease, or any premises which have been Infected by any con-, taglous disease, and to preserlbo the period of quarantine. It Is then made tho duty of the. local board of health, upon receiving the notice no-tice thus provided, to carry Into effect the rules of the state board and to Inspect In-spect the premises and put Into quarantine quaran-tine any person or persons exposed to disease, when It deems such action necessary nec-essary to prevont Its spread. Bill No.' 225 makes it the duty of physicians physi-cians to report to tho local board of health within six hours all cases where children are born with Inflammation of the eyes, and to treat tho case as prescribed pre-scribed by the slate board of health. BILLS PASSED. In the House. House bill No. US. by Thornlcy An act relating to vagrancy. (As amended by the senate.) House bill No. 103, by nines An act relating to the state armory board, (As amended by senate.) House bill No. 101, by Hayes An act placing the powers of tho library and gymnasium commission on the state board of education. Senate bill No. SI. by Stookcy An net establishing a permanent fund for tho University of Utah. Branch Normal school and Agricultural college. (Passed after reconsideration and amendment.) House bill No. 21H. by Zlcmcr An act simplifying tho work in the offices of county auditors and treasurers House bill No. 100, by Funk An act requiring electric meters to be certificated. certifi-cated. House bill No- 227, by Pope An act relating to bonding irrigation districts and duties of boards of directors. Houso bill No. 221,' by committee on public health An act extending the quarantine quar-antine laws and making other provisions for tho preservation of the public health. House bill No. 22.r., by committee on public health An act requiring: Immediate Imme-diate report on Infants born with Inllammation In-llammation of the eyes. House bill No. 223, by committee on! art An act relating to tho Utah Art Institute. Houso bill No. 220, by special committee commit-tee An act providing for working convicts con-victs on stato and county roads. House bill No. 217, by Anderson An act relating to the acquiring of title to property of cities, towns or counties by adverse possession. By the Senate. Senate bill. No. 02. by Badger An act making tho law with roferonco to warehouse ware-house receipts uniform with that of other states- Senate bill No. r,7, by Badger An act Increasing the powers and duties of the state dairy and food commissioner. BILLS REJECTED. In the House. Houso bill No. 101. by Ilarshbergcr (by request) An net. relating to the gathering gather-ing of historical material. House bill No. 715. by Russell An act fixing maximum rates that may be charged by telephone componles- House bill No. 220, by Stack An act providing for a code of boll signals In mines. ' House bill No. 202. by Sanderson An act relating to illegal marriages. BILLS INTRODUCED. In the Senate. Senate bill No. 211, by committee on public health An act relating to the practice of mfdlclnc. A substitute for scnato bill No. 70 Rocommended for passage and placed on calendar. Senate bill No. 215. by Iverson An net providing for a biennial convention of county officers for tho purpose of dc- elding upon the best methods for tho assessment and collection of taxation. Referred Re-ferred to committee on ways and means. Senate bill No. 24G. by Williams An act making unlawful the sale of personal property purchased from a vendor until the same has been paid for. Referred to committee on judiciary. Senate bill No. 247, by Stookcy An act making the desertion of a wife or family constitute a' misdemeanor. Referred to committee on Judiciary. REPORTED FAVORABLY. In the House, : House bill No. 78, by Miller An act appropriating $45,000 for a bridge across tho Grand river at Moab. Favdrable ro-port ro-port by committee on highways and bridges. House bill No. 23, by judiciary committee com-mittee An act fixing the salaries of county coun-ty officers, lloiiso bill No. 235 substituted. substi-tuted. House bill No. 1D3, by Sccley An net appropriating $2500 to Aznnah Tuttle for Injuries received while- acting as peace officer. Favorable report by committee commit-tee on claims and accounts. REPORTED UNFAVORABLY... In the House. House bill No, 12S, by Eardley An act fixing the maximum rales that may bo charged for the transportation of coal by railroads Unfavorable report by majority ma-jority of committee on public "utilities. Public Accounts Bill Goes Over. Senator Hyde's bill to create the office of public accounts was partially considered consid-ered by the senate Wednesday afternoon and action deferred until today. Senators Sena-tors Wllsdn. Funk. Stookcy and Booth spoke In opposition to the measure, believing believ-ing that It woidd Interfere with the duties du-ties of the state auditor. They favorcd an increase in the salary and the duties of the state auditor to cover the; contingency contin-gency the bill was drawti to meet. Tho bill went over a day In ordor to give these senators the opportunity to pro-paro pro-paro amendments covering their views on the subjoct. Apportionment Bill Today. The Stookcy apportionment bill, which was to come up In the senate on Wednesday, Wed-nesday, went over for a day and will follow the liquor bill under the order of unfinished business. It Is expected tha a vote on tho liquor bill will be taken by the senate early today and that thi senate will proceed at once to the con sldcratlon of the apportionment mcaa ure. |
