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Show AT THE CAPITOL. Representation In the city commission commis-sion by wards, with a mayor elected from the city at large is proposed in a bill introduced in the lower house of the legislature by Representative Cur-rre Cur-rre of Salt Lake. The bill proposes to divide Salt Lake into six municipal wards, and that a commissioner be elected from each ward. These six, with the mayor, would, constitute the city commission, thereby Increasing the present personnel by two members. The bill by Representative Hinckley of Sanpete county, amending spots' in the Dresenr piohibilion law, was alio presented to the house on February 21. The measure is designed to further strengthen the authorities In enforcing the prohibition law, and to bolster up some weak spots that have developed under the administration of the law. Some changes In the classification of counties are made in house bill No. 138, introduced by Representative E. R. Miles of Smithfield. Mr. Miles would have first-ciass counties divided In three subdivisions, as follows: Class A, counties with an assessed valuation valua-tion of $100,000,000 or more; class B, counties with an assessed valuation of $40,000,000 to, $100,000,000; class' C, I counties with a valuation from $20,-000,000 $20,-000,000 to $40,000,000. The legislature took a holiday on February 22, both houses having adjourned ad-journed over until Monday In order that they may observe Washington's birthday and attend the peace conference, confer-ence, the house having been appointed a committee by the speaker to attend in a body. Beginning Monday morning morn-ing the liouse began its morning session ses-sion at 9 o'clock. . Former speaker of the bouse, twenty years ago, William M. Roylance of Provo, who was a visitor February 21, occupying a seat for a short while beside be-side Speaker Richards. He was introduced intro-duced by Speaker Richards. Looking over the house he said, recalled pleasant pleas-ant memories of the long ago. Favorable report was made February 21 by the senate committee on judiciary judi-ciary on the peonage bill, which prohibits pro-hibits the payment of fees by laborers to foremen, shift bosses or others who superintend their work, or to men demanding de-manding payment for supposed service as interpreters. Two important measures were passed by the lower h u-;e of the legislature legis-lature on February V.) the Cardon "blue sky" act and the bill creating a state board of examiners fur chiropractors chiroprac-tors and establishing definite eiiuca-i eiiuca-i tional requirements for those who practice that profession in the state. The house passed unanimously a hill regulating and amending the laws relating re-lating to the practice of harboring. The bill makes stringent ' 'visions against barbers practicing thc.r ' r.'ide while afflicted af-flicted with disease, and makes the period pe-riod of apprenticeship one year. Senator Dern's bill providing for the establishment of a state highways system, sys-tem, the levying of taxes to improve this system and for the gradual expansion expan-sion of this system by action of the legislature each two years, was read and passed on second reading with but little change. Under siupension of the rules, a bill was Introduced in the senate on February 17, by Senator Sanford, providing pro-viding for the creation of a state real estate commission and for the bonding bond-ing and licensing of real ptate brokers brok-ers and agents in the state of Utah. |