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Show ' WOULD GIVE UNIONS LEGAL JEOGNITION Bill for This Purpose Is Introduced In-troduced in Lower House of Legislature. ! COVERS A WIDE SCOPE Other Important Measures ! Also Are Proposed; Monument Monu-ment Committee Reports. A bill designed fo give recognition to labor unions and their right to enter into and enforce working agreements, t.u prt:ven t the eourtw from enjoining striki'S mid piloting of "unfair bnsi- nc.s houses,'' except where properly damage, is imminent, and to provide for trial by jury of union men aeeused of conteni pt of eou rt, was probably the muni, important of six bills introduced in the house of representatives at its regular session yesterday afternoon. Tho niefisure was presented by .Representative .Repre-sentative K. E. Oniric of Salt. Lake cuuntyf h UemiH-riitie labor representa-g representa-g tivc and a member of the house commit-' teo on liibnr. The measure was referred to the legislative reference committee J'or consideration .before it is print ed. The house put in a busy day vester- day. In addition to the introduction of nix new bills, four resolutions, some id them of wide import, were introduced. intro-duced. The house gave considerable attention at-tention to the coal shortage, situation, received a report from the Mormon battalion bat-talion monument comm it t ee, recoin-mending recoin-mending acceptance of the design submitted sub-mitted by Gilbert L'iswold, the noted Chicago hculptoiq as tho design to be used in the const ruction of the monument monu-ment to bo erected on the eapitol ground?, and received a petition from about ;H0 laboring men asking that the eight-hour law be extended to sugur factories fac-tories and all other .business concerns not now amenable to this law. Labor Bill Provisions. ' The labor bill introduced by Representative Repre-sentative Ourrio provides that it shall be lawful for working men and women to organize themselves into labor unions for tho purpose of lessening the hours of labor, increasing wages, or bettering tho conditions of member of such organizations, and giving them the right to carry out legitimate purposes as organizations as i'reely as though acting as individuals. It further provides that no restraining restrain-ing order, or injunction, shall be ' granted by auy court of the state in ' anv case involving or growing out of a dispute- concerning terms or conditions of employment, unless such order is j necessary to prevent irreparable injury to property or to property rights, i 1 11 Fu rther provision is made that no (restraining (re-straining order or injunction shall prohibit pro-hibit any person or persons, whether singly or in concert, from terminating any relation of employment, from advising advis-ing or persuading others to do so, from attending any place, where persons may lawfully be for the purpose of securing or communicating information, or from1 persuading any person to work or cease, to work, ur from ceasing to patronize . any party to such dispute. The act provides that labor of a hu-! hu-! inarr being is not a commodity or article of commerce, and the right to enter into or dissolve working relations shall be construed to be a personal and not a property right. It provides that no person per-son shall be prosecuted or tried in any court of the state for entering into or carrying out any agreement or combination combina-tion between themselves, witli a view of lessening a number of hours of labor, increasing wages, or bettering conditions condi-tions of working men. Regarding Contempt. It is further provided that in all cases where persons are charged with contempt of court for violation of writs of injunction issued under this act, unless un-less the contempt be committed in the presence of the court, the accused shall have the right to a jury trial. The regular work of the house began with reference by the speaker to the committee on resolutions and memorials of house joint resolution Xo. 3, by Page, providing a constitutional amendment amend-ment tor split sessions of t he legislature. The house then received a petition from some 3nf) working men asking that the eight-hour employment law be extended to include suar factories and all other business institutions not now affected by it. The legislative . reference committee reported on house bill No. 2, by Cazier, which provides for the election of marshals mar-shals and justices of the peace in cities of the third class, recommending that 250 copies of the bill be printed. The report was adopted and the bill was referred re-ferred to the committee on corporations. louse bill No. G, by Cardou of Cache, was introduced and referred to the reference ref-erence committee. This bill provides that where a proper showing is made bo forts the prooate court, property belonging be-longing to estates of decedents may be mortgaged or leased for the purpose of raising funds for use of the beneficiaries bene-ficiaries of the estate. Registry Favored. House bill No. 7, by Eddy of Box-elder, Box-elder, provides that the proprietor of every business where drugs are dispensed dis-pensed in any form must have such business registered with the state board of pharmacy, showing by whom the business busi-ness is conducted, whether an individual, individ-ual, a company, corporation, or partnership part-nership and showing the names of those interested in the conduct of the business, busi-ness, a fee of $1 is provided for the registration and the first registration must be done before July 1, 1917. House bill No. 8, by .Eddy, provides a similar registration for all pharmacists, pharma-cists, and provides a fee of $15 for such registration. House bill No. 9, by itcKinnp-y of Salt Lake, is an amendment of the statutes adding Columbus day, October 12, of each year, to the list of legal holidays in Utah. House bill No. 10 is the labor bill presented by Currie and house bill No. 11, by McKinney, provides that where costs in a civil appeal case are awarded to a party, he shall, within thirty days after the' remittitur is filed, serve upon the opposite party a verified memorandum memo-randum of all costs incurred in the case. It is provided that when the bill of costs is finally approved it shall be j entered as a part of the judgment of the court and shall become a lien upon ! the property of the party against whom the costs are taxed. Would Increase Pay. House joint resolution No. 5, by Mo-Kinney, Mo-Kinney, ivas then introduced and laid on the table for the usual time. This resolution proposes an amendment to article 6, Beet ion 9, of the constitution of the state of Utah, providing that members of the legislature shall receive, such per diem and mileage as the legislature may provide, not exceeding $S per day anil ten cents per mile for the distance traveled going to and returning re-turning from the place of meeting. The purpose of this amendmcut is fo increase in-crease the maximum pay of legislators from $4 to $8 a day. House joint memorial No. 1, by Me Kinney, asking congress to submit to the states of the union a proposed amendment to the constitution of the United States 1 providing nation-wide prohibition, was introduced and laid on the table for the usual time. The same action was taken with house joint memorial me-morial No. 2, by McKinney, calling upon congress to submit to the states a constitutional amendment providing for the direct election of president and vice president of the union. An invitation from the Agricultural college of Utah for the legislators to pay an official visit to the college on Friday, February 2, was received from President E. G. Peterson, and was accepted. ac-cepted. Report on Monument. Under suspension of the rules, the house, received a report from the com-mitteo com-mitteo authorized, by the previous legislature legis-lature to conduct a competition for the selection of a design for a monument to the members of the Mormon battalion. The report was submitted by Chairman Chair-man B. if. Roberts in behalf" of the committee. It sets forth that the first prize had been awarded to Gilbert P. Riswold of Chicago, that the second prize was awarded to Pompeo Coppini of Chicago and that the third prize had been given to Ella B. Cannon of Los Angeles. The committee recommended to the legislature that the design by Mr. Riswold be accepted by the state and that provision be made for erection of the monument. The estimated cost is given at $'200, 000, and the time for completion four years. It is suggested by the committee that the legislature might raise the balance bal-ance by popular subscription if the state cannot afford to appropriate the entire amount. . - The report of the committee was referred re-ferred to the committee on appropriations. |