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Show 511 PASSES IRRIGATION BILL MEASURE PROVIDES FOR FED-ERAL FED-ERAL AID FOR STATE IRRIGATION IRRI-GATION PROJECTS. House Kills Seven Bills and Passes 8ix After an Afternoon of Debate, All Ballots Being Warmly Contested. Salt Lake City. The irrigation district dis-trict bill which was recommended to the senate by the United States reclamation recla-mation service was passed by the senate on February 24, and now goes to the governor for his signature. The bill Is the result of a series of Investigations Inves-tigations which have been conducted by the federol government and by the different western states where irrigation irriga-tion projects are contemplated for better bet-ter methods of forming communities into irrigation districts. Under the provisions of thp bill Irrigation districts dis-tricts may avail themselves of the credit cred-it of the United States in the building of new projects through having the federal government underwrite the bonds of the irrigation district under the proposed Chamberlain law which Is now before the national house of representatives. In Utah the settlers on irrigated projects havo heretofore formed water users' associations for handling water affairs of the community and for defense of water rights and for financing the various projects. Under Un-der the provisions of the bill Just passed the governor of the state designates des-ignates the district which is to be Included In-cluded in the proposed Irrigation district, dis-trict, and apllcatlon is made by those residing on the tract. There must be not less than fifty settlers. Thirteen bills wre disposed of at the afternoon session of the house on February 24, seven of which were defeated de-feated and six passed. Debating ardor abounded and all ballots were warmly contested. One of the important measures approved ap-proved was the Currie weekly day of rest bill. The bill requires that any employee who so chooses, with certain cer-tain exceptions, mi.y enjoy one day off duty each week. This would necessitate ne-cessitate the employment in many Instances In-stances of eight men where seven now accomplish the business purpose concerned. con-cerned. It is optional with the employee em-ployee as to whether he will work six days or seven in those industries that operate every day of the week. The Southwlck measure providing -w. .. . , . i n va. .- 1 .i 1 - iinifi rights' commission, passed by a vote of .'15 to 6, with six members absent. The bill carries an appropriation, and the duty of the commission is to be In the making of an accurate state water survey, that litigation over water wa-ter rights, said to be prevalent in all parts of Utah, may be brought to an end. 1 The anti-lobby bill was killed In the house on February 24. when the enacting en-acting clause was stricken out, after considerable oratory had been expended. ex-pended. The measure by Argyle, providing for the regulation of the fees of phys Icians and surgeons, was downed by the obliteration of the enacting clause on February 24. The house defeated H. B. 107, by lleppler, providing for the payment of the salaries of state employees while they are engaged In military duty for Utah or the United States, on the ground that It was discriminatory. House bills No. 62 and No. 63, com panlon measures by McKlnney, creating creat-ing a county, engineer and abolishing the road commissioner and county surveyor, were approved by the house on February 24. Governor Simon Bamberger signed four measures on February 22. They are: Senate bill No. :!", relating to the sale of water by municipalities; 1 senate bill No. 43, reducing the time ! of probating small estates from ten to four months; senate joint resolu- I tion No. 4, making "Utah, We Love Thee." the official state song, and senate bill No. 6, providing for the I naming and registration of farms and , farm produce and prohibiting the 11-e ! of the farm name by unauthorized persons. Salt Lake City. The members of ' tlie I'tah legislature celebrated Washington's birthday as guests of the student body, the faculty and the presidency of the Brigham Young university uni-versity in 1'rovo. More than 140 members of the legislature and Other 1 guests of the Institution attended the program in the assembly hall of the unverslty In the aiternoon, and were the guests of the domestic science deportment de-portment at a banquet which was given giv-en in the ballroom of the school following fol-lowing the patriotic girogram rendered ren-dered la the assembly hall. The celebration cele-bration ended with the members of the legislature the honor gucBts at the junior prom. Representative R. W. Young, Jr., of Salt Lake was chosen by the house of representatives in caucus on February Febru-ary 24, as "house whip" to take personal per-sonal supervision of the work of steering steer-ing party measures through the lower low-er bouse of the legislature in the closing days of the session. While members of the house of rep-1. rep-1. 1 -illative profess to believe that lobbying should be materially restricted, restrict-ed, they do not believe that It should be absolutely abolished, according to action of a majority of the body in killing the anti-lobby nieiiHure, |