Show MANY BILLS INTRODUCED IN UTAH STATE SENATE i Last Day for Introduction of Bills Sees i Avalanche of Late Measures In Upper House Monday February 24 was the last last day for introduction of bills in the senate except by committee and there was an avalanche of late measures Senator Eckersley introduced a bill to establish a br branch of t tf state agricultural agri agri- cultural college In Sevier county and I making an appropriation of for forthe forthe forthe the move Senator Booth introduced two bills al aimed 1 ed at the suppression of ot houses of or orill ill fame One prohibits such houses and the other would permit of prose prosecution rose cution of owners and agents o of buildIngs buildings build build- ings lags used for such purposes Senator Rideout introduced an antipass antipass anti anti- pass bill There already are two in inthe inthe inthe the senate Senate bill No a state law prohibiting prohibiting pro pro- spitting in public places and introduced by W. W Mont Ferry at the th-e request of the state board of health was was passed in the senate on February 24 Two more special bills affecting the handling of prisoners prisoners prisoners' In the state prison pris pris- on were passed by the house on the one making it a felony to furnish furnish fur fur- nish prisoners drugs explosives or weapons or to assist them to procure such and another aiming to provide for a more moie efficient and modern parole system and the appointment of ofa a state parole parol agent Three house bills became laws through th the signature of the governor on February 24 including the bill by Daniel McRae of Salt Lake providing hat all collection agencies be required required required re re- re- re to file bonds with the secretary of state the bill by James Monson l of Sanpete designed to prevent a creamery cream creamery ery cry company from froin boosting the price of butter fat in order to put a competIng competing ing company out of busi business ess a and the bill bm by J. J E. E Cardon of Cache limiting a lessors lessor's lien to six months' months rent The ilie first strictly party voting of the session in the house so far developed on the in consideration on of ot the elections committee substitute for the bill Introduced by Representative S. S L. L Page of Piute relative to the position position I i tion of names on ballots in county and I municipal elections i With a modification of the penalty A. A L. L Booths Booth's dope anti bill was i passed in the senate without tion Lion Amendments reduce the minImum minimum minimum mini minI- mum penalty for conviction to one mon month h in jail ian or fine or or both Suggestion that the passage of Senator Senator Sen Sen- ator J. J W W. Funks Funk's bill aimed to prevent prevent pre pre- vent ent extortion by by labor agents would make it impossible to secure foreign labor the labor the only class that will take the jobs jobs for for certain certaI kinds of f rough work in the state led to opposition to 1 the bill when it came up on third reading reading reading read read- ing in the senate The bill was referred back to the committee on public public pub pub- lic lie health and lab labor r for fur further ler consideration consideration consid A child labor law that prohibits employment employment em em- of children under 14 11 in almost any capacity and which proposes proposes pro pro- poses regulation of boys lOys and girls in certain occupations until they are 21 years ears old is proposed in a bill introduced introduced introduced intro intro- in the ten senate cenate ate l by L. L B. B Wight Establishment of a public service commission for the state regulation of railroads and other public ImbUe service corporations corporations cor cor- is provided provided- for in a bill introduced introduced in in- in n the senate on February 24 by Benner Denner X Smith who holds the record for the introduction of new measures 5 Barnes' Barnes house bill providing for the publication of false statements in advertisements ad ad- was passed in the senate on Monday without opposition The senate voted to increase the thes s salary lary of the cl clerk rk of the supreme court by passing Iversons Iverson's senate bill No The committee on appropriations appropriations and cl claims c cut t down Gown the salary salary salary sal sal- ary increase originally proposed The house on February 24 21 by a vote of 17 to 19 failed to pass a resolution introduced by Claude T. T Barnes of Salt Lake asking congress to pass a abill abill abill bill protecting migratory birds Representative Rep- Rep L. L R. R Anderson gave gaye notice notice notice no no- tice that he would call the resolutIon up for reconsideration The house bill biU appropriating 1000 for the o of the Salt Lake Free Kindergarten and Neighborhood house was passed opposition l' l Forty-eight Forty of f the bills introduced introduced intro intro- in the house had been finally disposed of or when the legislature took tooka a recess for Washington's birthday two Forty of at them were killed in the house and two of f them met the same fate in the senate The governor has approved four house bills In addition to the final disposition of those forty forty- eight bills the house has thus far passed fifty eight of its own meas meas- ures I Six bills were approved by the sen senate senate sen- sen ate and six b by the house on February 21 5 The house sheep scab bill was passed in the senate on February 20 without opposition All the senators voted for tor It but one who was not Inthe in inthe inthe the senate chamber when the vote yote I Ivas was vas taken This TIlls bill increases the powers of the state board of sheep commissioners to fo stamp out disease the boar board boara haing the rIght to condemn and destroy infected animals House bill No by Anderson providing for boys and girls girls' home con con- ests under supervision of extension of agricultural college passed he ho house no on the Two health bills introduced by 1 Senator W. W Mont Mout Ferry by request of the state board of er health were I passed In th tIll th senate on February 21 21 i one ono requiring immediate reports to I the health authorities of cases eases of tub- tub and the other providing ing for Inspection of ice by health authorities before It is sold Senate bill No o. Is the one lag ing to reports of tuberculosis It was passed without opposition There was sume some discussion of qC the other measure senate bill No the Ice ce bill I Senator Senater L. L B. B Wight endeavored to amend the bill bilI to stipulate that only ice used for beverages dr drinking water and culinary purposes Teed reed pass in in- Backing ic f need not be absolutely pure he argued His amendment was vote voted down so 50 the the bill covers ice lee for al alC purposes Utah's link linkin in the Midland trail was passed up to the governor on Friday through the passage of senate bill No 91 by the house with only three votes opposing these votes being cast by Enos Bennion of Uintah county George H. H Robinson of Rich county nd W. W L. L Van Wagoner of Wasatch county S 5 Senator Iversons Iverson's senate bill bUl No relating to preferred claims on school chool lands hands was passed in the senate on February 21 Booths Booth's senate bill No 38 38 relating to Issuance of patents on oti state lands was was also passed Authorizing the capitol commission to enlarge and make symmetrical the grO grounds for the new statehouse by securing se securIng securing se- se se- se curing adjacent lands is the purpose of a bill introduced in the upper house by Henry W. W Lunt House bills bUls Nos and ISO by R. R L. L Judd as passed by the house on onI I February 21 21 fill 1111 what lawyers declare to have been a long felt want in the statutes of the state relative to the venue of or civil cases in district courts President Henry Gardner charged that sentiment was playing its part Inthe in inthe inthe the passage or of the senate on February 21 of the Smith bill appropriating I for improvement and marking of the pioneers' pioneers trail over the mount mountain moun moun- t thin tain ln into Salt Lake Lako valley House bill No 48 43 providing for an appropriation of for the Free Kindergarten and Neighborhood House was passed through the adoption of ofa I a r minority report of the committee on appropriations Increase in hi the membership of the state horticultural commission increase in- in crease in salary for the state horticultural horti hort- cultural inspector and provision for as irany deputy inspectors as the comI commission com- com I mission deems necessary are among the provisions of Eckersley's senate bill No introduced February 21 The governor has signed innate nate bill No 17 17 by Eckersley an act increasing increasing increasing ing appropriations for school districts receiving state aid so they can raise salaries of teachers It having been amended so it would not rep l present poll tax ta laws the senate on February 19 passed Benner I X Smiths Smith's s senate bill No 28 provIding providing providing provid provId- ing a road mad tax of 3 for all qualified citizens of the state who failed to cast their ballots at election The vote was close 8 8 to 10 Senators Senators Senators Sen Sen- who voted for the bill were Booth Craig Eckersley Ferr Ferry Rideout Smith Wight and President Gardner Those who voted against it were Cottrell Fu Funk k Hansen Han- Han sea sen sen Iverson Lunt Olson Thornley and Williams Senate bill No 39 39 known as the pure food bill billand and a duplicate of or the bill which was lost at the last session ses ses- sion slon after it had been passed by both h use and senate and before it had receIved deceived the necessary signatures to tomake tomake tomake make it a law law- was passed by the house hous on February 19 The bee Inspector bill was passed in the senate on February 19 It was senate senat bill No 49 by and was amended by the committee on on live livestock livestock stock to cut the e appropriation for the new department to for the next two years By a vote ote to 11 the house on February 19 passed the bill introduced by br Alma Swanson raising the poll 1011 tax to 3 and providing f for r the collection of poll taxes through the Jay pay rolls of Individuals and amid corporations A motion by Edward Southwick to include in iIi- in- in elude clude women in the poll tax law received received received re re- re- re just two votes votes- bon boh from Utah c county Senate Senate bills for the remainder of or orthe the session go to the foot of the house calendar according to a decision of or orthe the house on February 19 The house also decided to cut down debate by limiting opening speeches to three minutes and losing closing speeches to five minutes Senator Lunts Lunt's bill bih providing for a aboard aboard aboard board of optometry examiners ana and for more stringent examination of persons persons persons per per- sons who would engage In that profession pro pro- in Utah was passed in the senate on the One of Senator Booths Booth's bills amend amend- ing the laws relating g to sale and pos poe sessio of l nare narcotic fc drugs drugs' was r recommended om- om mended for passage in the sena senate te by bythe bythe bythe the committee on on public on-public public health and lator and th the thO other Booth bill on the subject was killed I Bennion's county demonstrator bill passed the house February 20 without opposition carrying an appropriation of for 1913 and an increase of 2500 2600 thereafter until the yearly appropriation appropriation ap ap- ap- ap amount to a year The bill provides that the tile Agricultural college of Utah shall furnish furnish fur fur- nish the demonstrators for the vanous van vari various ous counties paying special attention to those remote from railroad trans trans- porta lon The h house use set the seal eal of Its approval approval approval val upon four bills on the while tho senate approved the same game number |