Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-02-12
SENATE PASSES
HOTEL MEASURE
PROVIDES FOR MORE STRICT
REGULATIONS, BUT INSPEc-
TOR GETS SAME SALARY.
Memorial Addressed TO the Arizona
Legislature Raises storm Of
Protest In Lower
House.

BUSINESS DeIOTe the SehdLe Wdo
transacted in less than half hour
on February 5, and after the introduc.
ton OF five bills and the passage of
one bill and one resolution. adjourn
ment was taken until Monday.
So far, with more than 1870 bills in,
troduced, more than 100 remain in
committee files, with only three bills
on the calendar for the action OF the
senate.
The bill passed was the one intro.
duced by Senator w. Mont Ferry, pro-
viding for more stringent sanitary
regulations for hotels. The bill as in.
troduced provided for an increase in
the appropriation for the state inspec.
tor amounting to $500 year, but this
increase was eliminated.
The second measure passed was the
resolution introduced by Senator Will
lam Seegmiller, which gave the assent
of the state TO the provision whereby
federal aid will be given for farm and
home demonstrators under direction
of the Agricultural college. The APP
preparation for the states share has
been made on an advancing scale UNI
til 1t reaches $4,000 a year.
Two juvenile court measures were
introduced by Senator ]. w. Thornley,.
Senator Charles CottreH, Jr., intro
duced a bill providing for an addi-
tional appropriation of $4,000 for the
maintenance of Utah exhibits at the
California expositions. BY unanimous
consent the bill went on the calendar.
Longer hours for employees in mills
and reduction works employing the
wet process are proposed in bill in.
troduced by Senator l.. b. Wight,
which proposes to amend the eight
hour law to permit work up to ten
hours day IF they so elect
A bill introduced by Senator Joseph
Chez OF Weber proposes to make 1t il,
legal for any saloon or seller of liquor
to cash pay checks, and the bill also
provides that all pay checks shall be
marked given for wages
In addition to the great number of
bills introduced in the house February
5, one bill was killed, one passed and
one recommitted. The introduction of
a memorial addressed to the Arizona
legislature raised storm OF protest.
The memorial requested the Arizona
legislature to complete the road from
the Utah-Arizona line to the Grand
canyon.
The judiciary committee introduced
seven bills in the house which will
carry out the recommendation of the
different departments of the state in
regard to the right of building and
loan companies, loan, trust and guar
anty companies and foreign corpora
tons to do business in the state.
The Joint appropriations committee
met after adjournment Friday and
tabled house bill No. II by Emil s.
Lund, to appropriate 100000 to
grade the capitol grounds by day la
Dor. The bill is considered practI-
cally killed in committee, as It viii
take two-thirds vote to raise 1t from
the table.
Discussion of the bill seeking to
provide means for raising more money
for the schools of Salt Lake and Og-
den and of the bill proposing to per-
NIT the supreme court to appoint an
assistant librarian and marshal. oc-
cupied most OF the time of the senate
on February and after coming near
death, both bills were finally passed
Two bills were introduced and three
petitions received and favorable re.
ports on three bills we're adopted
The city and state labor organiza,
lions presented a petition to the SEN
ate and to the governor asking for
legislation that would give initiative
and referendum and recall to the
state.
Charles r. Mabey's bill making It
unlawful to trespass on the right of
way or the property of railroad com.
pany, was killed in the house on Feb.
ruary 3, after a long-drawn out de-
bate in which everything from the
rights of man desiring to cross a
train holding a street to the right Of
sheep and cattle men and the rights
OF striking railroad employees was
discussed. The bill was prepared with
the avowed intention OF lessening the
number of accidents to trespassers.
Thomas Sevy's bill providing that
the state board OF land commissioners
may sue and be sued on any contract
or tort, was easily passed.
The pandering and state white
slave law introduced by Mrs. Lily c..
Wolstenholme or Salt Lake. which
makes II felony for any one to re-
ceive money from a fallen woman or
for any messenger, chauffeur or per.
son to convey or make appointments
by telephone or in any other manner
to arrange for meetings between
males and females for immoral pur
poses or for any hotel or lodging
hOuSa kppnar In knnWinpIv rant
rooms for purposes OF prostitution
passed by unanimous vote.
Less than thirty days remain in
which laws may be enacted by the
present session. but there are enough
bills before both houses to keep the
members busy.
Arguments against prohibition which
were generally along business ana
economic lines were presented at a