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Show NEW LAWS ARE ENACTED IN UTAH A measure of far-reaching effect is the MU introduced by Durham of Bea-j trer a Democratic member of the house, providing for an increase in the per diem of jurors In district courts and grand jurors from ?2 the present rate, to $3 The bill had a storm career In the house and was Strongly opposed. In the end It prevailed, pre-vailed, however, a result which was aided no doubt by the fact that Senator Sen-ator Iverson Introduced a like bill In the senate after Durham s bill bad al ready made headway In the house. Iv-oraon Iv-oraon Is a Republican. So It happen ed that when the Republican house members saw that there was really no polities In the bill, they came to its support The bill has been signed by the governor A companion bill, al60 introduced by Durham, increased the fees of wit nessos in like amount This measure meas-ure failed. A house bill approved by the governor gov-ernor Is that introduced by McRae of Salt Lake requiring collection agencies agen-cies to file a bond. The law provides that collection agencies shall file with the secretary of state a bond of $5,-000. $5,-000. The object of the measure is to protect patrons of collection agencies It is said that not a few cases have ariHen In this county wherein persons have placed accounts In the hands of collection agencies; that the claims were collected but that the collection agencies failed to make proper accounting ac-counting to their patrons A person who places bills with agencies for collection col-lection and w ho does not receive what Is cominR to him has recourse In proceeding pro-ceeding against the bond Regular attorneys at-torneys who make a business of collecting col-lecting in connection with their legal practice are exempt from the operations opera-tions of the law Fake "fire sales," "wreck saleB" and like sales arc made an Impossibility under a new law, enacted by the legislature leg-islature and approved by the governor. gover-nor. The bill was Introduced In the house by Barnes of Salt Lake The law reaches the object aimed at by making it a misdemeanor to advertise in newspapers by placards or orally any "sale" coming within the meaning of the act. The following are the kinds of advertisements held by the law to be objectionable and pernicious. pernici-ous. Advertisements of sales of "damaged "dam-aged goods." of "fire sales," of "bankrupt "bank-rupt sales," of "wreck sales" and the like where merchandise not a part of such "damaged" stock is offered for sale. The law also applies to entertainments, enter-tainments, exhibits or amusements where an admission fee Ib charged, the character of w hich Is misrepre-' senled in tne advertisements. The effect of the law therefore, Is that the practice indulged In by certain dealers of working off stocks of cheup or shoddy goods in connection will their lire sales" will be restricted. Unfair competition and discrimination discrimina-tion In dairy products is prohibited in a bill introduced by Monson of Sanpete San-pete in the house and already approved approv-ed by the governor Tin- aim of the measure is to prevent the big creameries cream-eries from playing one section against another In the matter of prb ea for butter fat and by means of manipulating manipulat-ing prices to "freeze out" small creameries Another bill which has also been approved, was introduced by Chrls-tensen Chrls-tensen of Sevier and prohibits unfair competition and discrimination In all commodities It is designed to reach a certain class of jewelry houses oui side the state which load up country stores with goods on contracts apparent appar-ent ly regular, but whose adroit construction con-struction places i ho country merchants mer-chants in a very awkward position when settlement day comes. Elwood of Carbon introduced in the house a bill which is now with the governor, providing for a permanent deputy attached to the office of coal mine Inspector The business of coal mining In Utah has grown to SU( 'i proportions that the inspections re quired by law demand the entire tint of i he Inspector and an assistant I I dor the old law. the deputy inspector was paid at the rale of 4 a day for time actually served. Under that arrangement ar-rangement the state Inspector found much difficulty In getting the services of competent men The new bill provides pro-vides for a salary of $1500 a year for the deputy. , A llttl" bill introduced by Barnes of Salt Lake In the house, now with the governor, is designed to stimulate the interest of school children In the subject of native birds. The bill directs di-rects the various boards of education to cause appropriate exercises to be held In the schools on Bird day. which is fixed for the last Friday in April |