Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-02-19
FLOOD OF BILLS IN
UTAH LEGISLATURE
IN THIRTY-FouR DAYS 1914 MEAS.
uREs HAD BEEN PRESENTED
IN THE HOUSE.
Initiative and Referendum Likely to
Cause Extended Debate, While
Prohibition Measure Is
Causing Discussion.

on February 10, and but a short ses.
sion was held, most of the represent
atives having taken day OFF in order
to visit their homes.
While there was not much business
done there were many little caucuses
| on the floor of the house in which the
! Democrats tried to convert the Repub
| licans to Their view on the initiative
and referendum. This bill will cause
one of the longest debates during the
session, unless the house sets a time
limit on the speakers. There are sew
| eral qualifications to the bill which will
be brought out and discussed on the
floor.
The Wootton prohibition bill Is at
| tracing much attention In the house
| The passing of the bill by the senate
has caused the manufacturers and
| commerce committees of the house, be
fore which are pending several regula
tory and prohibition measures, TO pre-
| pare to receive the bill when II comes
from the senate.
| The house has broken the record OF
the tenth session, as II has introduced
1874 bills in thirty-four DAYS. The tenth
session introduced POI bills In sixty
days and more than seventy-five OF
these came from committees. February
| IS was the last day for the introduction
OF bills in the house.
Two measures introduced by mem
bers OF the legislature from Salt Lake
were considered by the public utili.
ties committee OF the house on Feb.
ruary IL, and an unfavorable report
| thereon returned.
III. b. No. 4, by T. T. Burton, pro
viding that there shall not be more
than nine cars In any passenger train
operated In Utah was considered at
length by the committee. Arguments
made by the trainmen and by the rail-
roads were reviewed by the commit
tee and more than two-thirds of the
committee voted that the bill should
be reported unfavorably.
The second bill to be reported un.
favorably by the committee is H. B.
No. 20, by Dan B. Shields of Salt
Lake. This bill provides that ca.
booses on freight trains shall be of q
standard size.
Although 1t was legislative holi.
day on February IL (Lincoln's birth.
day. the senate and house committees
which have charge OF work pertain.
ing to the state mental hospital went
to Provo.
AS soon as the party arrived in the
city the visitors were taken to the
hospital. where they made very
thorough investigation and found the
institution to be in the best OF condi
ton. A sumptuous dinner was served
at the institution and members of the
legislature received a great deal OF
information about the way the hos
| pital Is being conducted. The party
returned to Salt Lake late In the az
| ternoon.
The senate adjourned from Thurs.
day until Monday, after passing the
| Wootton prohibition bill.
Petitions were read from Provo, Og-
den and Nephi organizations of the
M j. A. asking the legislature to pass
the statewide prohibition bill. There
were also number of petitions from
Hurricane and Beaver asking for the
prohibition bill to be passed.
Scientific aid in fighting the smoke
nuisance through state appropria-
ton OF $4,000 to the engineering ex-
pertinent station of the University OF
Utah Is proposed In a bill introduced
by Senator George Dern of Salt Lake.
The bill provides that the state aid
shall depend on Salt Lakes giving
at least an equal amount.
Unless there Is quantity of I'M
appropriated waters at the source of
a stream, the state engineer will not
be permitted to receive or file an ap-
plication for water under the provi-
sions of bill introduced by A. A.
Hinckley of Millard county in the
house.
The legislature will be asked to
pass bill to create commission to
supervise irrigation and water rights
In the state. The bill has been drawn
by State Engineer w. ID. Beers, and
will be introduced by Senator William
Seegmiller
Osteopaths OF Utah have joined the
regular physicians in opposing the
passage of the bill to license chiro-
practices and the like now before the
senate. on the ground that the osteo-
paths are educated In every branch OF
medical science and under the present
law have licenses from the state medi-
Sai bOdiu w pIdCllCt HeulClne anu sur
gerry.
The house adjourned earlier than
usual on February 10, In order that
the small army of movers might start
carrying the effects of the members
from the house chamber, preparatory
to moving them to the capitol
Utah's lawmakers are now at work
In the new state capitol, and the re-
naming work of the present session
will be accomplished In the new build.
ing on Capitol Hill
A bill is to be presented to regulate
the trading stamp business in Utah.
The proposed law makes the office of
the secretary OF state the official place
at which all firms or individuals en-
gagged In the trading stamp business
shall file a bond for the protection of
the consumer.
Mining men, attorneys and bankers
to the number of about 100 met at
Salt Lake Saturday night. to protest
against proposed legislation looking to.