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Show LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Bills now before the Law-making Body of the Commonwealth and Their Proceedings. A bill has been Introduced into the Senate which provides for the appointment appoint-ment for a dairy and food commissioner commis-sioner and dcilnes the standaul of puilty of certain foods, and ptohlblts the sale of foods below the standaid. Senator Whltmoro introduced a bill to abolish tho olllce of dlsti let attorney. attor-ney. He claims It vts the State 2.",000 a j ear to maintain these olll-ceis olll-ceis and thinks their labor can bo peifouned by the county attoinevs. We think this about light and hope tho bill will become a law. Senator Barnes wants to adopt the Metric Sj stem of weights and nicas-uies. nicas-uies. This sjstcm will come sometime some-time but we aio doubtful If the time Is llpe for it vet. Shci man's bill to make the penalty $100 line or 30 days imprisonment for placing any word, llguie, mark, iilct-ure, iilct-ure, design, drawing or any advertisement advertise-ment "upon any Hag, standaid, color or ensign or the United States, or to publicly pub-licly mutilate, deface, dclllc, dory or trample upon any such Hag, standaid, color or ensign ought to cicatc respect for the national emblem If It becomes a law. Austin of Utah county does not like to see water from aiteslan wells inn to waste and will Intioduee a bill to make such an offence a misdeineanoi. "I object," Ram Banebcrger, "to the expenditure of public money foi picket knives and fountain pens for the use or Senators. We have cvoij-thlng cvoij-thlng we need without expending money for such things," and the tax-pajcr tax-pajcr In the lobby said "A men." But the bill passed Just the same. |