Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-03-09
MONUMENT BILL
PASSED BY HOUSE
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
APPROPRIATED FOR MoNU-
MENT TO BATTALION.
Anti-lnjunction Labor Bill Finally
Runs the Gauntlet In Safety
Income Tax Measure Strikes a
Snao In the Senate.

Salt Lake City.-Overcoming stub.
born opposition, the house on March 3
passed Senator Chefs bill appropriat.
ing 100000 to bear the states por-
ton of cost OF erecting a monument
to the Mormon battalion.
The Curry anti Injunction labor bill
was returned to the house as amend.
ed by the senate, but as the senate
changes were not recorded in red ink,
according to rules, the bill was re-
ferred to the labor committee to out
line the senate changes. The com.
mittee reported the amendments ia.
vorably and the bill was passed.
report Of the joint house and sen.
ate committee on the corrupt prac.
tees act, in relation to the house
amendments. was adopted. and the
bill passed with the house amend.
ments retained, with the exception of
half of one section which was elimnat.
ed at first, but reinstated This sec.
ton referred to donations by candi.
dates to religious and other organiza-
tons.
Greenwoods bill for codification
of the school laws of the state was
passed.
In the senate on March 3, the enact.
ing clause was stricken from the In.
come tax bill after one of the most
heated debates of the session.
The military bill. which provides
IN xf
guard, II necessary, in times of peace,
passed without opposition.
Creation of state crop pest com.
mission and adjustment of state hor.
tcultural commission is provided in
a bill introduced at the request of rep
resentatives of agricultural interests.
Salt Lake City.-The house put
through considerable important leg.
islation on March /. including one
party pledge measure, the initiative
and referendum. McKay's measure
for the regulation of the shipment OF
liquors into Utah until August /, when
prohibition will become operative,
was passed. Southwick's anticigaret
measure was amended in unforeseen
fashion. AS passed by the house,
1t forbids the sale of cigarets,
but not their use by adults. The PEN
alties for violation of the law were
stricken.
Disappointed over not having re.
ceived the workmen's compensation
bill from the public affairs committee
the senate began work early on
March l, and proceeded to pass a
number of measures which have been
on the calendar for many days. The
of the bills passed had to do
with the amendment of laws which
are now on the statute books. The
feature of the session was the speed
shown by the senate in rushing meas
ures through to the house.
Heretofore the senate has devoted
most of its time to a discussion of
matters which have not tended to
speed up legislation, but from the
time the senate was called to order
in the morning until 1t adjourned at
night the senators went after the cal
endar hammer and tongs and the net
result was the clearing away of
great number OF bills which have been
hanging fire for several days.
The resolution appropriating $1,000
for a portrait of former Gov. vii
liam Spry, to be hung in the execu
tive offices at the capitol, was passed
by the senate on March 1 under
suspension of the rules.
Senator Olson introduced bill in
the senate March 1 providing for an
increase in the membership OF the su
preme court from three to five jus
tees and frightening the term Of of
fee from six to ten years. as we'll as
an increase in the salaries OF the jus
tees to $4,000 a year.
Salt Lake City-The lower house
passed the public utilities bill on Feb
ruary 81, after making a few slight
changes recommended by the commit
tee. The vote on the measure was
A to 0, two members being absent
The most important amendment made
was the reinsertion of the long and
short haul clause, which had been
eliminated by the senate.
The house was notified that Cover
nor Bamberger had signed the Young
resolution for submission to the PEG
Pile at the next general election OF a
constitutional amendment providing
for statewide prohibition.
The primary election repeal bill. a
measure granting the right to eminent
domain to gas companies outside OF
Incorporated cities and towns and
number of other measures of lesser
Importance were passed by the house
on February 9th
Without the slightest intimation of
opposition. the senate CONQUERED in the
house amendments to, the public utili.
ties bill and voted unanimously for
the repassage of the measure as
amended.
After determined efforts for the
past three sessions of the legislature
to get through either of the houses OF
the legislature a bill which gives
cities the right to create special i'm
provement districts and issue bonds