Show I House Notes By Bert Heal Hed Several engineers appeared be before before be- be fore tore the tho lower house committee on highways and bridges late yesterday yesterday yes yes- Cs afternoon urging favorable consideration of or the McKinney bill creating a county engineering de department and abolishing the tho offices of or county surveyor and county road supervisor Among those who appeared b before toro the tho committee commit commit- tee were E. E R. R Morgan state road commissioner R. R R. R Lyman of ot tho the University of or Utah and R. R E. E L. L Collier county surveyor or S S Members of ot the tho lower house will visit th the BrIgham Young university sity at Provo on February 22 22 Washington's birthday The holiday holiday holi hell day was selected for tor tho the visit because be be- be because because cause it would not Interfere with ith the tho work of ot the session The house has also been invited to at attend attend attend at- at tend the annual military hop at the agricultural college February 21 S S S Merits and demerits of or tho the chir chiro- chiro bill proposing recognItion recognition recognition tion for tor the chiropractors of or Utah will be discussed on the tho floor of or the lower house In spite of or an ad adverse adverse adverse ad- ad verse majority report on the bill the house members yesterday de decided decided decided de- de to give the bill a a. public discussion discussion discussion dis dis- dis- dis on account of at the tho wide public interest in the measure The bill blU was ordered printed and placed on the calendar to come up in Its regular order As a n. result result of a conference be between between between be- be tween the labor committee of the lower house and representatives of ot the four tour railroad brotherhoods tho the maximum car limit bill will probably be returned to the house today with a favorable report The train limit will be raised from I forty five cars to sixty if the house approves the recommendations of the committee 5 S S McKinneys McKinney's bill providing for forthe forthe forthe the succession of property b belonging belong belong- longIng long long- ing lag to a man who marries the second second sec see ond time timo was killed by tho the lower lowerhouse house yesterday The bill blU sought to return to the children of ot tho the first wife all of ot the property left Jett to the he second wife following her S S S Two senate bills were passed d Inthe in inthe inthe the lower house yesterday after ater- noon Ono One Is the bill p permitting cities and towns to enter upon private property to see how water Is being used ond end the other Is the Torrens land act S S 5 Vigorous efforts of or the proponents proponents proponents of ot the Sunday closing bill but In Inthe Inthe inthe the lower house failed yesterday afternoon and was recommitted to the committee on corporation The fight tight on the bill yesterday centered on the products which may be bo sold In a dru drug store on Sunday The bill wa r recommitted following an announcement ment by D. D D D. McKay of Weber that county he would seek to have havo theatres and baseball parks brought under tho the provisions of the tho Sunday closing bill S S S Resident indigents indigent p. p past t 70 years of ot ago will rec receive o I regular benefits under the provisions of or a bill beIng belag be being be- be ing lag prepared by Representative G. G W. W Decker of ot Iron county for tor In Introduction introduction In- In In the lower house hout house e. e The proposed law Is patt patterned after the tile English laws It does not propose complete support of at the Indigent nt but offers benefits that would aid aidIn aidin aidin In the tho support of or the aged The Tho maximum benefit would not exceed 50 50 a year ear under tho the Decker bill S. S Three bills bilts were reported back to the lower house today tOllay with favorable favorable favor tavor- able reports of the committee on appropriations The bills blUs which automatically go to the calendar are tho the Hoyden Boyden bill empowering cities and towns to construct and amI purchase gas and waterworks the Pago Page bill repealing the corporation corporation corporation corpora corpora- tion tax now on the statute books hooks and tho the McKinney McKinne- bill providing for tor the tho recall of ot city officials and the election of or their successors |