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Show "HOUSE PASSES I SIXMEASURES Eight Bills Reported Upon and Seven Placed for Second Reading SAIr LAKE, Jan. it- In the Isllgth-, Isllgth-, icst and busiest session in the house of representatives since the lour tcenth leglalaluro i.-onvened, six new bills were passed, six measures Intro duced. one was defeated and one more reported favorabh. yesterday. Of eight bills reported upon and given a second reading, seven of them ;were placed upon the calendar for (third reading. The bill not gi n third reading was House Bill No. 3, by San-' San-' der, and was made a special order of I business for 2:30 o'clock Ihis nt'.er-noon nt'.er-noon and it la said it will probably bo passed before adjournment BOARDS ABOLISHED House bill No. 7. by McShane, providing pro-viding for Ihe abolishing of tho state publicity and development board, was reported favorably, given second read Ing and placed on the calendar. Taken therefrom and read tho third time, it passed unanimously. House bill No. 14. by S W. Moni son. Jr.. abolishing the state board of pnrk commissioners, also was reported favorably, given second reading and placed on the calendar. After third reading it passed unnnlmously House bill No. 19. by Mclntyre. providing pro-viding lor tho appointment of a new-board new-board of equalization, to consist of three members Instead of four, passed after second and third readings. House bill No 6 by McShane. giving giv-ing the board of equalization additional addition-al time in which to compile taxes on transient livestock, also passed after the second and third readings. House bills 11 and 12. by Douglas, the former providing for abolishing the office of director of Americanization Americaniza-tion and the latter for abolishing the position of inspector of high school, also passed unanimously after receiv-tins receiv-tins the second and third readings. The house minority. C. A. Hammond of Moab. voted with the Republican members in favor of all Ihe adminls tratlon measures. HERD MEASURE LOST. The bill of Mr. Swenson of Salt I Lake county, w.iich provided for a 1 penalty for owners of livestock who i 1 permitted their stock to wander unac j icompanied on the state highways at nlRht, was lost when the author of the bill moved to strike the enacting 1 clause, Mr. Swenson, after the committee com-mittee on highways and bridges had reported unfavorably on the bill, of fered an amendment, but the amendment amend-ment was defeated, and rather than allow the original bill (o suffer defeat I the author moved to strike its enacting enact-ing clause j House bill No. 3. by Sander, will I come out of committee again today , With a favorable report and Is on the calendar as a special order of business busi-ness for 2:3o o'clock. It was reported I ravorably yesterday with amendments and given its second reading and re commited only for the consideration of additional amendments. It Is some what of an emergency measure relat in to Hie creation of indebtedness by : board of education, and would permit Uintah and possibly other counties, to provide for taking care of school dls irict indebtedness already Incurred. A board of chiropractic examiners would be established under the provisions provi-sions of House bill No. 29. introduced yesterday by Representative Day and sponsored by the I'tah Chiropractors' association The bill would autnorlze and regulate Ihe practice of chiropractic, chiroprac-tic, provide for the examination and I licensing of chiropractors, create a board ot examination and registration and provide for its appointment, and for tbe Issuance of such board of licenses li-censes to practice chiropractic, and also provide a penally for practlcincj Without a license. The proposed board; would be known as Ihe state board of chiropractic examiners, composed or fhe practicing chiropractors of in-i tegrlty and ability and who would not I bo medical doctors, surgeons, osteo-patDB osteo-patDB or members of any other branch Ol the healing art, and who shall have practiced in ihe state for a period of at least three years. Electrocution would be the death penalty In Utah for tho.?e found guilty! 01 fir.-i degree murder, according to House bill 31. by Douglas. The measure mea-sure a a proposed amendment to ea isting statutes and provides for the do-j ing away of the present methods of execution and taking from the man convicted the choice of hanging or ' xiooung. ine iasK or execution, ac-I ac-I cording to the provisions of the bill. ; would be taken from the sheriffs of ; the counties In which the obtained and placed in the bands of tbe warden of the state prison The bill provides that If a person ; sentenced to be executed escapes and is later captured, that it shall be the duty of the governor to fix the new date of execution. proWdlng the time ihe man has been out of prison shall include the dato he was sentenced to be electrocuted. The mode of Inflicting the death pen ally in all cases, according to tho bill, would be "by causing to pass through the body of the convicted per son a current of electricity of sufficient suffi-cient intensity to causo death, and th- application of such current shall be continued until such convicted person is dead." The bill of Representative Thorne designed with the purpose in view of preventing the use of tho state's hlgh-ways hlgh-ways by sheep, cattle and other live-, stock, was Introduced yesterday it impowers Mho state road commission 1 to designate roads for this character of traffic, and would compel herders of livestock to use tho roads so deslg nated and keep their livestock off the public highways that are heavily traveled trav-eled A line of $50 or imprisonment tor fl'ty days la the penalty proposed tor violation of the act. The bill Kh en number 30. was sent to the 'com mltte on livestock. Hoose bill No. '?,2. by Seegmilkr propoies an amendment to the st-ite statutes relating to streets, sidewalks Me in incorporated towns, and would provide for the vacation of the Maying out of auth wr.ru o.. thereof. It was referred to the com mittee of corporations WOULD REVISE RECORDS Representative Soderberg. in intro ducing House bill No 33. proposed to amend the existing ataruiSTer o provide for ihe bringing up to da e the records n the offices of the coun y I Zn i' en,wtent for several: years, he explained yesterday The! measure la Intended to bring such in s truments in writing up to the da, ' I of January l. 1M1 The. measure was I referred to the committee on judia- Houpe bill Nn -u i.,.-- . 1 Provai of the state k , - tfle |