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Show AT THE, CAPITOL. Salt Lake City. The part-time school bill became effective on March 11. when Governor Bamberger signed House Bill No. 43. The part-time school act compels parents and guardians of all children between 16 and IS years of age-to see that the minors attend school at least 144 hours per year, not less than four hours a week, between S a. m. and 6 p. m. These school hours are to be considered part of the working hours of ail minor children as provided in any federal or state law governing hours of employment i The nmriiing session of the senate ! on March 11 was spent in discussing Stevens' bill licensing drugless healers, otherwise known as the chiropractor bill. The bill was amended so as to eliminate that feature which provided that drugless healers who have been and are practicing in the state should be licensed without any showing of educational qualifications, and passed on final reading. Representative Cardon's house bill, known as the "blue sky law," was passed on final reading by the senate on March 11. Senator Hayward's bill placing (lie administration of Hie child labor law-Ill law-Ill the hands of the industrial coin-mission, coin-mission, instead of the juvenile court, was passed on final reading by the senate on March 1. Senator ' Sanford's bill permitting cities of the first class to do improvement improve-ment work costing not more than $0000 without contracts was passed on final reading. representative Newman's two house bills providing for a disbursing officer for the national guard and providing that staff officers of the guards shall lie-men of military experience, so the state may participate in federal military mili-tary aid funds, were passed on final reading by the senate. The members of the lower house on March 11, for the first time tried holding hold-ing night sessions, but the scheme did llt'L ll-.llll 111 l ll-M.ll tlJIl, ,1. greater portion of the night session was spent In wrangling. The house killed the Croft bill amending the laws relating to eminent domain, at the night session on March 11. The Hinckley prohibition amendment bill, which bad caused more discussion perhaps than any other bouse measure, was tabled, representative Hinckley ileclaring the house action to be a "low down trick' in his opinion. Several bills were passed by the house on March 11. The Hern bill designating the state highway system which will recti ve the benefit of the road bond issue, was passed anil re-lurned re-lurned to Ihe senate in practically the same condition as it reached llie liouse from the upper body. This measure therefore goes to tile goveiyior. The other senate measure passed was Sm-ator Sm-ator Southwick's bill relating to the J conferring of degrees by the University i of Utah.. ' 1 be senate on March S called upo;; t ne house for return of the workmen's compensation bill to correct a minor error in words, but the bouse, apparently ap-parently suspecting a "joker" hi the i:;'ive, refused to return tile bill, but offered to refer it to a conference com- : mittee. This was lime. representative I). I. McKay's bill, providing for the taxation of rural dogs in order to reduce their number and thereby minimize damage caused by them to sheep and other live slock, was passed by the senate after considerable con-siderable debate. |