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Show SENATE PASSES ITEUpSURE PROVIDES FOR MORE STRICT REGULATIONS, BUT INSPECTOR INSPEC-TOR GETS SAME SALARY. Memorial Addressed to the Arizona Legislature Raises a Storm of Protest In Lower Houso. Business beforo Uio senato was transacted in less than a hair hour on February 5, and nrter tho introduction introduc-tion of llvo bills nnd tho passage of ono bill and ono resolution, adjournment adjourn-ment was taken until Monday, So far, with moro than 120 bills Introduced, In-troduced, moro than 100 remain In committee files, with only thrco bills on tho calendar for tho action of tho senate. Tho bill passed was tho ono Introduced Intro-duced by Senator W. Mont Ferry, providing pro-viding for moro stringent sanitary regulations for hotels. Tho bill as In-troduced In-troduced provided1 for an Increaso In the appropriation for tho state lnspoc. tor amounting to $500 a year, but this increnso was eliminated. Tho second moasuro passed was tho resolution Introduced by Senator William Will-iam Seegmlller, which gave the assent of tho state to tho provision whoroby federal aid will bo glvon for farm and homo demonstrators under direction or tho Agricultural college. Tho appropriation ap-propriation for tho state's share has been made on an advancing scale until un-til It reaches $25,000 a year. Two juvenllo court mensures woro Introduced by Senator J. W. Thornloy. Sonator Charles Cottrell, Jr., introduced intro-duced a bill providing for an additional addi-tional appropriation or $40,000 ror tho maintenance or Utah exhibits at tho California expositions. By unanimous consent tho bill went on tho calendar. Longer hours for employees in mills and reduction works employing tho wet process aro proposed In a bill In-troduced In-troduced by Senator L. B. Wight, which proposes to amend tho eight-hour eight-hour law to pormlt work up to ten hours a day "If they so elect." A bill Introduced by Senator Joseph Chez of Wober proposes to make It illegal il-legal for any saloon or sollor of liquor to cash pay checks, and tho bill also provides that all pay checks shall bo marked "glvon for wages." In addition to tho great number of bills Introduced in tho houso Fobruary 5, ono bill was killed, ono passed and ono recommitted. Tho Introduction of a memorial addressed to tho Arizona legislature raised a storm of protest. Tho memorial requested the Arizona legislature to completo tho road from tho Utah-Arizona' lino to tho Grand canyon. Tho Judiciary commltteo Introduced Beveu bills in tho houso which will carry out the recommendations of tho different departments of the state In regard to tho right or building nnd loan companies, loan, trust and guaranty guar-anty companies and foreign corporations corpora-tions to do business in the state. Tho Joint appropriations commltteo met arter adjournment Friday and tabled houso bill No. 71 by Emll S. Lund, to appropriate $100,000 to grade tho capltol grounds by day labor. la-bor. Tho bill Is considered practically practi-cally killed in committee, as it will take a two-thirds vote to raise It rrom the table. Discussion or the bill seeking to provide means ror raising moro money ror tho schools or Snlt Lako and Og-den Og-den and or tho bill proposing to permit per-mit the supromo court to appoint nn assistant librarian and marshal, occupied oc-cupied most or tho time or tho senato on February 3 and nftor coming near death, both bills woro finally passed. Two bills were Introduced and throB petitions received and favorable reports re-ports on three bills woro adopted. Tho city and state labor organizations organiza-tions presented a petition to tho Ben-nto Ben-nto nnd to tho govornor asking ror legislation that would give Initiative and rercrendum and recall to tht state. Charles R. Mahay's bill making It unlawful to trespass on tho right or way or tho proporty or a railroad com. pany, was killed In the houso on Fobruary Fob-ruary 3, after a long-drawn out debate de-bate in which everything rrom tho rights or a man desiring to cross a truln holding a street to tho right or Bhoop and cattle men nnd the rights or striking rnllrond employees was discussed. Tho bill was prepared' with tho avowed Intention or lessening tho number or accidents to trespassers. Thomas Sovy's bill providing that tho state board or land commissioners may sue and be sued on any contract or tort, was easily passed. The pandering nnd state white slavo law introduced by Mm, Lily O, Wolstenholmo or Salt Lako, which makes it a relony ror any ono to receive re-ceive monoy rrom a rallen woman or ror any messenger, chauffeur or person per-son to convoy or make appointments by telephone or In any other manner, to arrange for meetings botweon malos and females for Immoral pur uosos or ror any hotel or lodging houso keeper to knowingly rent rooms ror purposes or prostitution pnssed by a unanimous vote. Leas than thirty days remain in which laws mny bo enncted by' tho present session, but thoro aro enough bills before both housos to keep tho members busy, Arguments against prohibition which woro generally along business nlln economic lines wero presented at a hearing ono night Inst week before tho senate commltteo which has tho bill In chargo. Plumbers muBt be llcoriBed by a stato board If a bill Introduced by President W. Mont Ferry In tho senate sen-ate becomes a law. Tho bill creatos a stato plumbing board nnd n salaried salar-ied officer to bo known ns tho stato sanitary Inspector, His duty will bo to Inspect sanitation conditions throughout the state, |