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Show AT THE CAPITOL. The Sanford bill for the support of poor by relatives, wheh was aimed at the heirs who refuse to contribute anything to the support of old folks, but are on hand after the funeral to claim what little property the old folks may have left, went down to defeat in the senate by a tie vote after a lengthy and general debate. , For the second time in the history of the Utah legislature, a woman presided pre-sided over the house on March 3, The woman was Mrs. Grace Stratton Airey, representative from Salt Lake, and it was the second time she lias presided. Among the measures passed at the March 3 session was the joint resolution resolu-tion indorsing the league of nations, and so reporting to President Wilson and ex-President Taft. With but two dissenting votes, the house on March 3 voted by the passage pas-sage of house bill No. 130, by Representative Repre-sentative F. W. Quinn, to make October Oc-tober 12, Columbus day, a legal holiday holi-day in Utah. By a unanimous vole the house of representatives on March 3 acceded to the wishes of the senate in eliminating elimin-ating what legal authorities had pronounced pro-nounced a dangerous feature of lhe Carrie peonage bill, which passed the house two weeks previous. Under the terms of the Ballard bill passed by the house, if one properly owner refuses to share in the expense of building a division fence lie cannot collect for damages that may be done by reason of livestock entering his property from Unit of his neighbor. Two bills were introduced in the house on March 3 by unanimous consent. con-sent. One by Representative Greenwood asks for an appropriation of .STo.dOO for the construction of an assembly hall at the University of Utah. The other, by Represenlative T. K. McKay, Mc-Kay, asks for an approprial ion of SSODO for the opening of shops for lhe instruction of adult blind, as provided pro-vided for in section 42!) of the compiled laws of 1917. The entire morning session of the house ou February 2S was devoted to further wrangling on bouse bill No. 4 1, providing for a stale director of health education. The measure finally passed just before lhe house recessed for lhe noon hour. It secured a bare constitutional majority, the vote having hav-ing In en 24 to 21 iu favor of its passage. pas-sage. By a vote of ten to eight lhe senate of the Utah legislature struck tl x- ! elusive state insurance feature from ; lhe Olson workmen's couipotisat ion bill on February 2'i. at the conclusion of three days of dobale n this issue. The bill as amended by this action permits a continual inn of competitive compensation insura nee par: icij ,:iio jn . by the slate fund, the private inser- ' ance companies and self carriers. j . I |