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Show ANOTHER TWIST TO THE DOTIASUBE PRCVICION WOULD GIVE COVER-j COVER-j NOR FULL POWER IN PROHIBITS PROHIBI-TS ENFORCEMENT. Cominlttee of Senate Eliminates the Comrrmsioner Feature of Prohibi-tion Prohibi-tion Measure Which Was Objectionable Ob-jectionable to Governor. S.ilL Lake City. The :ui:-.;niTce and i.'idu.si ri.-s com m ii i w of the .sen -ate .m January 2'.) decided to elhniie ule the coin :ii i.s.sioner feature from tlii! prohibition bill and favor offering (lie loCowing an a Ku'iMitute for the :oniiiiiHMioiior Heel inn : "Kor the puipoHe of enforcing the provi ;ion.; .f this act. t hi- governor in authorized and en i powered to ap-poini ap-poini and employ all nece.ssary assistance as-sistance ami to deputize and columns-tiion columns-tiion any sum assistants as special olt'ireis, vv : Hi po'.ver to make arrests, neize property, initiate criminal proceedings, pro-ceedings, or proceedings under the Koareh and seizure or nuisance and ;t,ba!eineni provisions and the pro Unions lur tins removal of officers, mid to do and perforin, any and every Ji-ct, du'y er thing in the enforcement Iioreof which may hp done or performed per-formed by any executive, peace or proseeuiinj; oflicers. And for this purpose tlio governor may deputize or commission any health, food, hotel or other inspector or any game warden or commissioner or probation officer or any other enlployee of the utate. as well as any other competent compe-tent person or persons. And any person so deputized and commissioned shall, within the time iind scope of his commission, exercise all tile powers, privileges and duties in the enforcement hereof given by law to any peace executive or pros-ocuting pros-ocuting officer within the state. Two bills were passed by the sen-til sen-til o on January 29: Senate Bill No. :tl relates to the purchase and development de-velopment of public parks and playgrounds. play-grounds. Senate Rill No. 41 reduces the bond or the Salt Lake county treasurer. The house passed the title to lot in lownsito bill. Laid the public tilililies bill on the table for a day. Killed the bill abolishing capital punishment, pun-ishment, passed the senate memorial urging congress to give the states the right to develop power sites. An antitrust rider was placed on the public utilities bill before it was reported back to the senate by the legislative reference committee on January 29. Opposition to the inclusion in-clusion of minor industries led the committee to insert a provision which the .members of the committee believe be-lieve will prevent abuses through the formation of combinations inimical to the interest of the general public. Proposed abolition of capital punishment pun-ishment In this state under the terms of the By water bill created a deal of discussion in the lower house. After a debate which ranged from the law of Moses down to the killing of Eugene Eu-gene Allen 'by Marry Brewer at Bingham Bing-ham two years ago, the house defeated defeat-ed the nil by a vote of 30 to 13. Six new ibills were introduced in tho senate on January 29 and seven in the house. Salt Lake City Activity of lobbyists lobby-ists oti the floor of the house of representatives rep-resentatives during sessions called forth official cognizance of this viola-rtios viola-rtios of the rules on January 25 by the speaker, with the result that the ser-Koant-at-arms was given Instructions to see to it that the order which denies de-nies till lobbyists the right of the floor of the house is strictly enforced. Governor Bamberger announced on January L'r that "assertions that I :u.i opposed to the appropriation pro-vbicn pro-vbicn of the Young prohibition bill ant not to the commissioner feature .are gross misstatements of facts." Killing the resolution introduced by .iMcKay of Weber, proposing to submit sub-mit a oonsttutional amendment to the voters of the state at the next general gen-eral election that would empower the state board of examiners to designate depositaries for state funds, furnished the greater part of the excitement in the house on January 25. Senators Dern, Evans and Parker were appointed on January 25 by President Funk to participate with Kopresentatives Southwick, Widdison, Raleigh and Bennett in probing coal -conditions in Utah. On January 25 bills were passed by the senate providing for licensing of sheep brought to Utah by non-residents for grazing purposes; authorizing authoriz-ing cities to purchase and operate cemeteries; requiring corporations to J'urnish records of stock transfers to prevent shifting of title to avoid payment pay-ment of inheritance tax. Two bills were passed by the house .ou January 25, one making the cost in cases appealed to higher courts a lien on the property of the defndant, and the other limiting the liability of hotel and innkeepers for articles of value lost or sto'en. A bill designed to regulate "loan sharks" by placing all persons, corporations cor-porations and organizations engaged in the business of loaning sums of $300 or less under the supervision and control con-trol of the state commissioner of banking has appeared in the house. Governor Bamberger has let it be known that he intends to curb the protests against bills passed by the legislature and ..sent to the governor to sign. Hearings are usually asked on important measures 'before the governor gov-ernor att iches his signature. Abolishment of county surveyors is proposed in a bill introduced in the house by McKinney of Salt Lake county. With this measure he introduced intro-duced a second bill which gives ;greater power to the county commissioners commis-sioners in the matter of laying out -ind onenine grades |