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Show SENATE PASSES OPTOMETRY BILL When it had been considerably amended amend-ed following debate on the floor, the senate sen-ate yesterday passed Eekersley 's bill amending pi esent laws regulating the practice of optometry. Principal changes in the present laws relate to the handling of funds by the examining bard in optometry. As reported, re-ported, the bill gave the hoard the right to offer rewards to persons giving infor- , ma tion leading to the. arrest and convic- ! tion of persons practicing optometry i without a state license, but Senator L. B. Wight succeeded in having this pro- i vision stricken out. lie said it estab- j lished a bad precedent for state boards, i and a majority in the senate upheld him. ! |