Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-02-23
SEVENTEEN BILLS
PASSED BY SENATE
UTAH LAWMAKERS GETTING
DECKS CLEARED FOR IMPORT
ANT PARTY MEASURES.
Fraudulent Advertising and Mormon
Battalion Bills are Approved
House Kills Free Employment
Bureau Bill.

FeDruary ~ began TO clear the decks
for important party measures yet to
como with view TO closing the legis-
lative factory on time. The regular
afternoon session, which lasted until
nearly 6 o'clock, was not enough, so
the solons met again at 1880 o'clock
and threshed bills for another three
hours and half.
The net result OF the days activi-
ties was the removal of twenty bills
from the senate calendar. or this
oumber seventeen we're passed. two
were killed and one withdrawn. The
standing committees were active, how
ever. and fifteen bills were offered TO
take the places OF those removed from
the calendar.
Outside OF the passing OF the Nor
mon battalion and fraudulent adver-
Using bills, the measures acted upon
yesterday pertained to minor changes
In existing statutes and appropria-
tions for the ensuing biennium.
The fraudulent advertising bill was
passed unanimously after the senators
had satisfied themselves that there
was nothing In the measure which
would affect newspapers and periodi-
calls accepting advertising unless they
had knowledge that II was OF
fraudulent nature.
McKinney's bill providing for recall
Of elected city officials was passed by
the house on February 10 after an
unsuccessful effort had been made to
amend 1t by making 1t apply only to
cities of the first and second class.
BY close margin the house killed the
bill by Williams providing for @tab-
iishment and operation by the state
Of free employment bureaus In Salt
Lake and Ogden.
McKay's bill providing for creation
of a state department OF agriculture
and consolidating into It all state de-
partments having anything to do with
agriculture was killed.
An antLcigarette bill was introduced
In the house by Representative Ed.
signed to absolutely prohibit the sale
OF cigarettes In the state OF Utah.
Salt Lake City.--The senate on
February II passed the public utili-
ties measure. but the bill as 1t was
finally approved would hardly have
been recognized by its original spon-
sors.
The measure passed is minus the
maximum freight rate and length OF
trains limit provisions and many
other innovations proposed by the
steering committee. Along with the
maximum freight rate section there
was dropped the provision that en-
ployees of corporations furnishing the
commission information should not be
discharged. A paragraph also was
substituted which gives the governor
the power to remove any member OF
the commission without the sanction
of the senate, and about dozen
other amendments were adopted
which were intended to strengthen In
some places and In others to make
the bill more fair and conservative"
IL Is understood that an effort Will
be made in the lower house to pass
the bill practically as 1t came from
the senate.
Three other bills were passed by
the senate and four new measures
were introduced.
Speaker Tolton opened the morn
ing's session OF the house on Febru'
airy II by scolding the members for
delaying legislation and urging the
adoption of rule whereby no one
could speak on bill more than Ave
minutes nor on an amendment more
than three minutes.
Bills were passed by the house on
February II. authorizing state board
of health to pass on qualifications OF
embalmers; changing assessment
dates; basing freight r1es on desti-
uation weights; requiring that bulls on
range be registered; regulating max
ing of appropriations by legislature,
House concurred in senate amend
ment overlooked when bill was passed
a short time ago. Providing for reg
istration of trained nurses.
Salt Lake City-The lower house Of
the Utah legislature will run two cal
endars instead OF one from now on.
Administration and executive meas.
ures, the passage of which was prom
ised in campaign days, will have a
special. exclusive, autocratic calendar
of their very own. The new move is
designed to put all distinctly Demo
cratic party bills in the clear, and
thus to render them less liable to
accident than they would be as cars
In the oyerlong train of the general
calendar. This was decided on at the
session OF February 10.
Representative Boyden of Summit
county has introduced measure In
the house calling for the creation OF a
state board of control to supervise and
direct the affairs OF the state capitol
prison, school for the deaf and blind
and industrial school, the mental hos
pital and other public institutions.
Although the majority of the jude
tary committee of the house reported
the chiropractlc bill unfavorably. the
bill will go on the calendar and be dis
cussed on It's merits on the floor OF
the house. as the result Of an agree
oent reached.