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Show TRING JTIP ILLS Slight Changes in Two Measures of Senator J. W. Funk Are Made Salt Lako, Mar. 1. Tho two trading trad-ing stamp bills Introduced by Senator J. W. Funk were roported favorably with slight amendments. .One bill providing that all trading stamp companies com-panies doing business In Utah must maintain nu olllco within tho statu and doslguato a legal representative) was amended to mako tho bend required re-quired $20,000 Instead of $50,000 as originally provided. Tho bill requlr Ing a tax of 50 cents on tho transfer of each thousand stamps wns amended amend-ed to mako tho odonso simply a misdemeanor. mis-demeanor. Both bills wont on tho calendar in tholr regular order and will probably como up tho latter part of noxt wook. No chango in tho mothod of performing per-forming legal executions In Utah wilt bo mado this year, according to a do clslon of tho Scnato yesterday In killing Senator D. O. Hideout' bill providing for substitutes of electrocution electro-cution for tho bullet or tho nooso. Another An-other bill killed yesterday was ono by Senator Joseph Choz, which proposed pro-posed to glvo proforonco to nctual settlers In tho salo of state lands. Two bills affecting tho stnto hoard of land commissioners wero passod, ono relating to tho filing of appllcn tlons to leaso stato lands denning tho tlmo for filing lensos and making thoso filed within certain limits "contemporary" and tho other rcduc- es the charges for filing lcasos. Tho bill by Senator J. II. Woot-ton Woot-ton requiring that In tho smaller counties tho county surveyor shall tlo tho work of tho road commission-or commission-or also camo In with a favorablo report re-port . Ono of tho taxation measures proposed pro-posed 'by Senator J. It. Edgohelll whlih will require tho stnto board of equalization to report to county assessors as-sessors all sales of government lauds wus also passed. |