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Show ONE BILL GOES OVER TO HOUSE Workmen's Compensation Measure Explained to State Senators salt LA It B, March 1 But one bill wns pMSed bS the 1 tah senat" and sent down t the house yesterday. This was the Wood house measure, changing the time of the annual school census. Final action was taken on two other hills. Srnator Antoinette H. Kinney moved to adopt an adverse committee report with rcjird to her bill to require boards of education to establish kindergartens n tho request nf a certain number of children, who would be assessed for the cost of the classes. 81 KIM OIT1 CLA1 SE. The enacting clause was struck from Mouse bill No. TT. also by ft woman. Representative llaybells T. Davis, This would have placed married women within the jurisdiction of the Juvenile court Under the present law a girl at-Uni at-Uni her niajorltv on marriage, nnd some of Ihe senators argued that the hill would place such girls under two Jurisdictions The sentiment was apparently ap-parently strongly against the Davis bill, and. although the debate was brisk enough, the voting cast in Us taVOr was not enthusiastic Two hills by Representative Soder-hertr Soder-hertr were placed on third reading calendar, cal-endar, ono of them the egg candling bill, having to run the gauntlet of several sev-eral attempts to amend it out of existence ex-istence before it finally reached 'he position of temporary safety. Stoder-ber'a Stoder-ber'a bill, said to be necessary lo make It possible for a teacher's employment agencv to start in Utah, also aroused discussion, but met no serious attack. CONSIDER il BIL1 The senators completed the day in h.a ...n jl,l,,i"i fl Inn ,.t Ihe tlr.l-n Hill tit amend the workmen's compensation act along lines suggested in the report re-port of the induslrlui commission of l'tah Senator George H. Dern, the author, moved the senate Into committee com-mittee of the whole to listen to an explanation ex-planation of tho purpose of these amendments from Preston A. Thatch, er. chairman . of the commission. The lengthy, though for the most part formal, amendments made In the committee com-mittee on Judiciary wero adopted, but the bill's discussion remains an dn-ftnlshed dn-ftnlshed business for this morning's session. If any attacks nre planned "" this measure they will probably be mads at thla time. The 5oderberg bill, to require the candling of egg.s at various stages in their progress from the farmer's hen-I hen-I house or haystack to the consumer's tuble had once before been under discussion, dis-cussion, hut so koen was debate over the bill that Its friends were glad to postpone further action for two or three days in order that they might study Its probable effect on the. egg business. The long workmen's compensation hill was then read, after which Senator Sena-tor Dern asked that Chairman Thatcher Thatch-er bp invited to address the senate in committee f the whole, to explain tho purposes of the measure. Mr Thatcher went over the amendments. In detail. Summarized they arc as follows. si EOT Ml. M Rl S New provisions calculated lo bring about a closer observance of safety measures have been inserted, penalizing penaliz-ing both employees and employera if elOier wilfully violate the provisions These sections are modeled after the Wisconsin act. The bill would give the commission power to "regulate" employment agencies ag-encies in addition to the present con-j con-j troi over those agencies- Mr Thatch er sawi one point; wouio oe tw require, the agencies to furnish sufficient information in-formation to applicants for work to' , enable the men to get a clear understanding under-standing of conditions at the positions i indicated by the agency The hill aims to clarify the law as Lo when appeal is allowed to tho dis-: irlct court. It would also make penalties pen-alties for violation of certain provisions provis-ions of the act payable into the state, treasury. Instead of to the state Insurance Insur-ance fund. Another amendment makes it possible for the commission to require reports from employers less frequently than once a year, which is now required, in certain cases. MARKIAG1 I )I K AGED. A lump sum to a widow on remarriage, re-marriage, of one-half the total remaining remain-ing of the amount she would have received re-ceived from the carrier as a result of the death of her former husband, was: lustlfled on the ground that marriage as a ge neral poltcy should be encouraged, encour-aged, and- tho further fact that In F"tne cases It is supposed the widow-has widow-has entered into the common law marriage relation while still receiving! com pc-nsat ion law benefits for the death of her former husband Provisions are Inserted In the bill, to require injured workmen to report 1 : before moving from one locally to an-j lather and also to require men to re-port re-port even minor injuries, which some- . nnief b-, ome iinportint through 9 I of proper dressing. Th'' in" i V; bill pro-Ming 4B ..n b the snKf. i i- vesterday monK,' h- ,tfters(K- i ' h' --l it' -enatc with iT" in 1 i 1 1 1 1 ' r i - I"ii bill now f6aMm second reading calendar in theBif In the nrdin.ir;.; ''OurSHI events shun d be . 1 i e . I on the 4MJ of Mo i i h: .'.die Oiiy present 1.. li .idments mad, i ; tha Ki ate committee were n threaH the nmounf of Income eemptS4Bta troni the present readlnS ' insortediP'? ;ill general property taxes may bffl 1 1 net e 1 1 ir.'in i nif i i andB- bill v u amended so that the 1 genei il fund mav retain nougfl to i j- 'iroiiiisterlng thp ii come tax law to reimburse itseln ; n.ses m that connection Bv the remaining f.M . nro dlvlddB' ' licr the terms of the Southwlclf |