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Show AT THE CAPITOL. The Snnfortl bill for the support of poor by relatives, wlich was aimed at (he heirs who refuse; lo contribute anything to the support of old folks, but arc on hand after the funeral to claim what little property the old folks may have left, went down to defeat in the senate by a tie vote after a engthy and general debate. For the second time in tho history of the Utah legislature, a woman presided pre-sided over the house on March 3, The woman was Mrs. Grace Stratton Airey, representative from Salt Lake, and it was the second time she has presided. Among the measures passed at the March 3 session was the joint resolution resolu-tion indorsing the league of nations, anil so reporting to President Wilson and ex-President Taft. With but two dissenting votes, the house on March 3 voted by the- passage pas-sage of house bill No. 130, by Representative Repre-sentative V. W. Quiiln, to make October Oc-tober 12, Columbus day, a legal holiday holi-day in Utah. By a unanimous vote the house of representatives on March 3 acceded to the wishes of the senate in eliminating elimin-ating what legal authorities had pronounced pro-nounced a dangerous feature of the Currie peonage bill, which passed the house two weeks previous. Under the terms of the Ballard bill passed by the house, if one property owner refuses to share in the expense of building a division fence be cannot collect for damages that may be done by reason of livestock entering his property from that of his neighbor. Two bills were introduced in the house on March 3 by unanimous consent. con-sent. One by Representative Greenwood asks for an appropriation of $75,000 for the construction of an assembly ball at the University of Utah. The other, by Representative T. E. McKay, Mc-Kay, asks for an appropriation of $8000 for the opening of shops for the instruction of adult blind, as provided pro-vided for in section 429 of the compiled laws of 1917. The entire morning session of the house on February 28 was devoted to further wrangling on house bill No. 44, providing for a state director of health education. The measure finally passed just before the house recessed for the noon hour. It secured a bare constitutional majority, the vote having hav-ing been 24 to 21 in favor of its passage. pas-sage. By a vote of ten to eight the stnate of the Utah legislature struck the exclusive ex-clusive state insurance feature from the Olson workmen's compensation bill on February 2G, at. the conclusion of three days of debate on this issue. The bill as amended by this action permits a continuation of competitive compensation insurance participated in by the state fund, the private insurance insur-ance companies and self carriers. Senator Chez's bill, regulating the bee industry so as to prevent the shipment ship-ment of diseased bees from one county into another and prohibit their shipment ship-ment into the stale from outside places, was passed on final reading, und'M" suspension of the rules. Jl. B. No. 12, by Morris, prohibiting railroads and other carriers of freight and ' express from making "owners' risk' contracts for the shipment of goods, and placing responsibility for safety of shipments upon the carriers In ail cases, was passed on second reading by a vote of sixteen senators. |