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Show sinks are not favored by members of house Measure Making Circulation of Derogatory Derog-atory Reports Fails to Meet Approval Ap-proval of Utah Lawmakers. The bouse on February 25 killed the tenate bill Introduced by Hansen making mak-ing It unlawful to circulate derogatory deroga-tory statements or reports about I milks. As Introduced by Senator Hansen, the bill made this act a fel-jiiy. fel-jiiy. and moreover provided that the lerogatory reports must not be given circulation either "directly or by In-'erence." In-'erence." Also rumors were placed on .lie same basts as written reports. Illlls were passed by the house on February 25. amending state Irrigu- Jon district laws to permit Irrigation li.itricts to purchase capital stock of , private Irrigation companies; creating ; tate athletic commission; Imposing Icense on all trading stamp eompnn-, eompnn-, ies operating in Utah; amending law relative to larceny of water to Include 3lpn lines; making Issuance of check without funds prima facie evidence of ' Intent to defraud; amending law rel-1 rel-1 uive to time for commencing crlniln-' crlniln-' tl actions In Justices' courts. Four Mils were- passed by the sen-, sen-, ue on February 23, as follows: Senate , )lll No. 13(5 (Smith) An act permit-ing permit-ing leasing of mining claims owned :y extates. House bill No. 81 (Page) An act permitting either party to divorce di-vorce action to obtain final decree. Houae bills No. 17 and No. 19 (Car-Ion) (Car-Ion) Acts maklns; wages preferred :lebts. Senate concurs in nous action stripping bills of senate amendments. I Salt members of the house turned In and helped the members from the country districts kill the vehicle ve-hicle license; tax bill In the house on February 25. The measure was discarded dis-carded by a vote of 13 to 29 When senate bill No 170, an act to segregate trust companies from the general banking business, came up for third reading In the senate on February Febru-ary 25, Charles Cottrell, Jr., chilrman 3f the committer which had recommended recom-mended Its passage, declared the committee com-mittee had been misled about the measure. After some discussion tbe measure was killed. Sheepmen and cattlemen locked horns In the house on February 25, during tho discussion of majority and minority reports on the bill Introduced by J. II. Hammond of Grand county providing for Inspection of all live stock before shipment outside the state. Tbe bill was designed to prevent pre-vent cattle and sheep "rustling" and In general met with the approval of the cattlemen, and with opposition from some sheepmen and the larger live stock operators. The argument will be resumed later on. Unfavorable report has been made to the senate by the committee on county and municipal corporations on Wight's senate bill No. 80, providing for the creation of a new county out of au existing county. This Is the bill designed to aid In tbe plan to divide Wasatch county. Prof. J. F. Merrill of the school of mines at the University of Utah, be- , fore the senate commtltee on mines ' and mining, urged passage of Ferry's senate bill No. 101, making an appropriation appro-priation of fta.Otio for mineral research and experiments, if the legislature did not give another thing to tbe school. The committee made a favorable re- ' port on tbe measure. j There was a lively debate in the 1 senate February 25, on tbe subject of ' back bounty claims against the state when Day's bouse bill No. 39, recom- ' mended by the committee on live Mock, came up for tbe third reading. 1 The bill appropriates $50,000 for I claims. The same bill provides a tax I on sheep, goats, range horses and cat- t tie. Transfer of the state normal school I branch at Cedar City from the Unlver- sity of Utah to the Agricultural col- i lege and a reapportionment of the i tax levy for these Institutions Is pro- i posed In a bill Introduced In the house I by the committee on education as a substitute for one by Representative Wllford Day. Senate bill No. 10, making the writ- 1 Ing of a check overdrawing an ac- count prima facie evidence of Intent to defraud, was passed by the bouse ( after opposition developed which ( threatened to send the bill to tbe waste ( basket with its companion measure, the special bank libel bill. Tbe 0na vote on tbe fraudulent check bill was r 3 to 3. Smith's senate bill No. 138, permit j !lng leasing of mining claims or coal , lauds by administrators of estate, was passed In the senate without opposition. op-position. t Page's house bill No. SI. permitting ' rtther party to a divorce to apply for e and obtain final decree after Inter- t locutory decree has been granted, was passed in tbe senate without opposition. opposi-tion. t names' home bill providing for the publication of false statements In a!- rertl'H'ments was passed In the senate ( an Monday without opponition. ' ( The house oa February 24. by a tote of 17 to 19. failed to pans a resolution Introduced by Claude T. Barnes of . Silt Lake asking congress to pats a bill protecting migratory birds. Re resentatlve L. R- Anderon gave notice no-tice that be would call tbe resolution 0 ap for reconsideration. c The be Inspector bill was passed c In tbe senate on February 19. It was east bill No. 49 by Ed he 1 11 snd srss amended by the committee oa Dve stock to cut the appropriation for the , sew department to $309 for the Best 11 two years. r I Monday, February -T, was the last day for Introduction of bills In the senate, except by committee, and there was an avalanche of late measures. Senator Kckersley Introduced a bill to establish a branch of the slate agricultural agri-cultural college In Sevier county and making an appropriation of $10,000 fjr the move. -Senator Rooth Introduced two bills aimed at the supj reunion of houses of 1!) fame. One prohibits such bouses and the other would permit of prosecution prose-cution of owners and agents of build-lugs build-lugs used for such purposes. Senator Hideout Introduced an anti-pass anti-pass bill. There already are two In the senate. .Senate bill No. 176, a state law prohibiting pro-hibiting spitting In public places and Introduced by W. Mont Ferry at the request of the state board of health, was passed In tiio senate on February 24. Two more special bills affecting the handling of prisoners In the state prison pris-on were passed by the house on the 2ttb; one making It a felony to furnish fur-nish prisoners drugs, explosives or weapons or to assist them to procure such, and another aiming to provide for a more efficient and modern parole system arid the appointment of a state parole agent. Three house bills became laws throiiKh the signature of the governor on February 24, Including tbe bill by Daniel McRae of Salt Lake, providing fhat all collection agencies be required re-quired to file bonds with the secretary of state; the bill by James Monson of Sanpete designed to prevent a cream-ciy cream-ciy company from booiUlug the price of butter fat In order to put a competing compet-ing company out ot biiHlue-, and the bill by J. K. Cardon of Cache limiting a lessor's lien to six months' rent. The first strictly party voting of the settsion In the bouso so far developed on the 21th In consideration of the elections committee substitute for the bill Introduced by Representative S. L. Page of Piute relative to the position posi-tion of names on ballots In county and municipal elections. With a modification of the penalty, A. L. Iiooth's "anti-dope" bill was passed In the senate without opposition. opposi-tion. Amendments reduce the minimum mini-mum penalty for conviction to one month In jail or $100 fine, or both. 7 Suggestion that the passage of Senator Sen-ator J. W. Funk's bill aimed to prevent pre-vent extortion .by labor agents would make It Impossible to secure foreign labor the only class that will take the Jobs for certain kinds of rough work In the state led to opposition to the bill when It came up on third reading read-ing in the senate. The bill was referred back to the committee on pub-He pub-He health and labor for further consideration. consid-eration. A child labor law that prohibits employment em-ployment of children under 14 In almost any capacity and which proposes pro-poses regulation of boys and girls in certain occupations until they are 21 years old. Is proposed In a bill Introduced Intro-duced In tbe senate by L. U. WlgbL Establishment of a public service commission for tbe state regulation ot railroads and other public service cor poratlons Is provided for in a bill Introduced In-troduced In tbe senate on February 24 by lienncr X. Smith, who holds the record for tbe Introduction of new measures. Two "health bills" Introduced by Senator W. Mont Ferry, by request of the state board of health, were passed In tho senate on February 21 erne requiring Immediate report to the health authorities of cases of tuberculosis tub-erculosis and the other providing for Inspection of Ice by health authorities before It is sold. Senate bill No. 173 Is the one relating relat-ing to reports of tuberculosis. It was passed without t pposltlon. There waa .me discussion of the other measure, 1 senate bill No. 175 the Ice bill. Senater L. II. Wight endeavored to amend the bill to stipulate that only ke used for beverages, drinking water , and culinary purposes need pass In-1 ipectlon. "Hacking Ice' need not be absolutely pure, h argued. Ills ' amendment waa roted down, so the bill covers ke for all purposes. j Utah's link In the Midland trail waa passed up to the governor on Friday through the passage of senate bill No. 1 by the house with only three votes apposing, these votes being cast by Knos Hennlon of Uintah county, Qeorge II. Robinson of Rich county ind W. U Yao Wagoner of Wasatch county. fVnator Iversou's senate bill No. 130. relating to preferred claims on school ands. wss passed la the senate on February 21. Booth's senate bill No. , 18, relating to Issuance of patents on itate lands, was also passed. Authorizing the rapltol commission o enlarge and make symmetrical the ! rrounds for the new statehouse by j rurlng adjacent lands Is the purpose )f a bill Introduced In tbe upper house y Henry W. LunL President Henry Gardner rharzed hst sentiment wss playing Its part In he passage of the senate on February II. of the Smith bill appropriaMng 13 OAs) for Improvement and marking f thf pioneers trail over the moua-aln moua-aln into Salt Lake valley. Dy a vote of 30 to It the house on February 1 passed the bill Introduce! y Alma Swansea raising the poll tax o $3 and providing for the collection f poll taxes through the pay rolls if Individuals and corporations. A notion by Edward Southwlck t ia-iude ia-iude women la the poll tax law revived re-vived just two vote, bock from Utah unty. Tbe governor has strned p-aat bill o. 17. by Brkersley, a act tBcreaa-ag tBcreaa-ag appropriations 'or xhool districts 'celTl&c stats aid so uy cma raise claries of teacher |