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these were defeated by large majorities in November 1912. On March 9, 1911 the 

 house voted against the proposed Federal income tax amendment. 



A state flag was adopted, showing the bee-hive, the Mormon symbol, the word "Indus- 

 try" and the sego lily (Calochortus luteus), which was declared the state flower. The legis- 

 lature appropriated $750,000 for the state capitol (authorised in 191.1; maximum cost, $2,- 

 500,000; work begun late in 1912) and authorised the issue of 81,000,000 in capitol building 

 bonds. A state board of architecture was created to examine and license architects and build- 

 ers. The bureau of statistics was renamed the bureau of immigration, labour and statis- 

 tics. A uniform warehouse receipt law was passed. 



The legislature passed codes for county commissioners, city councils, and town trustees. 



A child labour law forbids the employment of children under 14 in dangerous occupations, 

 of women under 21 in places where alcoholic liquors are manufactured or dispensed, of children 

 under 21 as messengers between 9 P.M. and 5 A.M. or as messengers to objectionable places at 

 any time in cities of the first and second class, of boys under 12 and of girls under 16 in street 

 trades in first and second class cities, and of boys under 14 or girls under 16 for more than 54 

 hours a week in any employment except domestic service, fruit or vegetable packing or farm 

 work. No woman is to be employed in any manufacturing, mechanical or mercantile 

 establishment, laundry, hotel, restaurant or telegraph or telephone service, hospital, officeor 

 transportation company more than 9 hours a day or 54 hours a week, except for emergency. 

 The inspection of coal and hydro-carbon mines was provided by an act which makes rules 

 for ventilation and safety. It was made a misdemeanour to coerce anyone to join an organ- 

 isation; anyone commonly practising such coercion is declared a vagrant. 



A new code for the liquor traffic provides for local option 1 (in cities and towns and in rural 

 territory in counties) for the granting of licences by the city councils or town board of trustees, 

 but allows no licence except for a drug-store or hotel within 300 ft. of a school or a church or 

 outside of city limits and grants club licences only in the name of a qualified individual. 

 Wholesalers may not construct or rent premises for retail business. Saloons may not be 

 opened between 10 P.M. and 6 A.M. It is a misdemeanour to sell or give tobacco, opium or 

 other narcotics to anyone under 21, and for any minor to have such a drug in his possession. 

 Dairies, creameries, slaughter-houses, etc. are to be inspected under a law which is practically 

 a pure food act. A new law was passed for the reporting of contagious diseases and in regard 

 to quarantine. Physicians and midwives must report cases of infantile blindness to the state 

 board of health and must treat such cases in accordance with its rules. Physicians and super- 

 intendents of hospitals are to report cases of venereal diseases but not the names of patients. 

 Teachers must examine pupils for defective sight, hearing or teeth. 



The penalty for pandering was set at 20 years in the state prison; for receiving money from 

 a fallen woman without giving a consideration, 2 to 20 years, and for the detention of a woman 

 in a brothel 10 years. The commission of a part of the acts outside of the state is no defence 

 and the testimony of an injured woman, even though married, is permitted. 



Finance. The state tax levy for 1911 and 1912 was 4^ mills for state purposes, y mil! 

 for high schools, 3 mills for district schools, 5 mills for general county fund, 4 mills for county 

 schools and I mill for the poor fund. The powers of the state board of equalisation were 

 specified, and it was permitted to revalue property wrongly assessed. A board of commis- 

 sioners on revenue taxation was appointed to report to the legislature of 1913. Laws were 

 passed for the control of fraternal insurance societies and requiring foreign banking and loan 

 associations to furnish security before doing business in the state and a new banking law 

 applies to all except national banks, makes the secretary of state ex officio bank commissioner 

 and requires the governor to appoint bank examiners. There was in the state treasury, Decem- 

 ber 31, 1911, $1,728,602. The receipts for the following year were $3,668,004 and the ex- 

 penditures, $3,954,594, leaving a balance on hand, December 31, 1912, of $1,442,012. The 

 state debt amounted to $1,210,000. 



Education. In 1911 the state board of education was authorised to take over the estab- 

 lishment of state libraries and gymnasiums, and the state library and gymnasium commission 

 was abolished. The legislature appropriated $10,000 for the following two years for state 

 aid in districts where the local levy was not enough to employ a teacher for a term of 28 weeks. 

 A half mill tax was laid for the high school fund, and a permanent fund for the university, 

 including a branch normal school and agricultural college, was set at 28% of the annual 

 revenue from the general tax levy, exclusive of the state school and high school funds. The 

 cornerstone of a new university library and administration building, for which a $300,000 

 bond issue was authorised in 1911, was laid on October 23, 1912. In 1910 the percentage 

 of illiteracy in the population 10 years of age and over was 5.6 (5.9 in 1900). 



For the school year ending June 30, 1912, the school population was 114,588; the enroll- 

 ment, 92,129; the average daily attendance, 72,644; the length of the average school year, 34 

 weeks; the school revenue, $4,318,746; and the expenditures, $3,864,519. 



Penal and Charitable Institutions. In 191 1 the legislature reconstituted a board of trustees 



1 In 1911 86 cities and towns and 1 county voted no licence; 18 cities and towns and I 

 county for licence. 



