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Show CORRUPT PRACTICES BILL SIDETRACKED SENT BACK TO COMMITTEE FOR DISMEMBERMENT AsFTER PROLONGED DEBATE. Chiropractic Measure Goes Down to Defeat in Lower House of Utah Legislature, the Vote Being Be-ing Close. Salt Lake City. The corrupt practices prac-tices bill and the chiropractic measure ' encountered a stormy reception in j the house on February 16. The first named bill was sent back into committee com-mittee for practical dismemberment, while the measure upon which the chiropractors had pinned their hopes was cast into the discard. It took five hours of heated conversation to accomplish ac-complish this result. One measure, empowering cities to purchase gas, water and elctricity for resale, was passed by the house on February 26. Twelve new measures made their appearance, making the total 172 for the session. The senate on February 26 considered consid-ered amendments 'by the public utilities utili-ties hill. Refused to strike out maximum maxi-mum freight rates on coal, but increased in-creased them. Defeated proposition to increase salaries of commissioners from $4,000 to $5,000 and to $6,000, Defeated amendment limiting number num-ber of cars in trains in this state to fifty-five. All mines in the state of Utah are to be assessed at three times their net proceeds if the bill introduced in the senate by the educational committee commit-tee becomes a law. With many expressions of regret and reluctance and frank acknowledgment that hundreds of marvelous cures have been effected in Utah 'by spinal adjustments the lower house on February Feb-ruary 26 killed the bill which permitted per-mitted chiropractors to practice in Utah by a vote of 20 ayes to 23 nays. Representative King has presented a measure asking for an appropriation appropria-tion of $2,000 for the construction of a bridge over the Escalante river in Garfield county, five miles west of Escalante. The committee on highways and bridges introduced three measures for the furtherance of the good roads movement in Utah on February 26. The new motor license hill prepared by the secretary of state's office dividing di-viding the mtotor license year into semi-annual periods has been introduced intro-duced in the senate. Salt Lake City. Just how Jtightly the Sunday closing "lid" should be nailed down on the drug stores of Utah, was discussed before the house of representatives on February 13. The debate resulted in the measure being re-referred to committee for further consideration and redrafting. The druggist contingent in the house was opposed to the measure from the start as an endeavor on the part of the retail merchants to deprive the drug stores of Sunday business, yet to require them to keep open for the dispensing of drugs. The chiropractic bill was reported from the judiciary committee with a majority report adverse to it and a minority report recommending that it be placed on the calendar for consideration. consid-eration. It finally was given a place on the calendar. Acting upon a communication from the governor the house appointed a special committee to investigate and report method of correcting error in record of the Young prohibition bill by which a final vote on its passage after it was recalled from governor for consideration amendment was overlooked. The Torrens land bill was passed by the house on February 13. The long promised public utility bill, the second of the administrative measures, made its official appearance in the senate on February 13, and at the same time lobbyists were given notice that their presence on the floor of the senate was not desired during discussion of the measure. Verbal notice that he was getting tired of delays and the recommitting of bills and the reconstruction of bills was served on the members of the senate by Senator William Seegmiller of the minority. Utah will pay the expenses or the public utilities commission and the cost of the operat'on of the proposed commission com-mission will not be assessed as a tax against tbe public utilities of the state which are to come under its supervision. su-pervision. Only those corporations which are commonly known as public service corporations are to be supervised super-vised by the commission t and the proposition that the commission be given supervision over the sugar fac-tor'es, fac-tor'es, coal mines and all other corporations cor-porations in the st?te which have either a natural or artificial monopoly has been eliminated from the bill. The creation of a department of agriculture ag-riculture and the consolidation under one head of fourteen offices, commissions commis-sions and departments are provided in a bill introduced in the senate by the coinnrttee on agriculture. Approprint'on for the Ilranch Agricultural Agri-cultural colege ws cut by ih" joint ippropriatiuns committee of the legislature leg-islature from $72,M.- a; i;cd to $9,K:0 McKay's bill, placing court stfin i;rajhfrs on a salary basis, was W.'.cC on an unfdvora' r-nnill'. report I 1 nt notice of r-consSder..t'oa of ti I act ion was gi en. |