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Show LOBBYISTS CAUSE UPROARjN HOUSE CHARGE MADE THAT LOBBYING IS GOING ON IN SPITE OF STRINGENT RULES. Effort to Pass the Dern Inheritance Tax Bill Over the Governor's Veto Proves Unavailing In the Senate. Sail, Lake City. The houso passed nlnu hills before noon on March jO. the flfty-suventh day of tho legislative legisla-tive session, nnd when It reconvened at 2 o'clock qjilckly passed tho concurrent con-current resolution hy Senator KUr.il-belli KUr.il-belli .1. Ilaywurd, authorizing tho governor gov-ernor to appoint u commltteu of flvo to study nml formulate n plan to commemorate American Irrlgatloil. From then until adjournment at I o'clock there was continual "scrapping" "scrap-ping" and a 'number of oratorical brickbats were thrown 'ad state officials, offi-cials, members of the legislature and others who happened to come within range of tho houso "haVrage." Lobbyists and lobbying camo In for two stiff rounds In thu houso during the afternoon. Speaker IMchards opened tho first round hy announcing Hint lobbyists were becoming too bold, that they had Invaded tho sacred sanctuary if the house floor mid were "hutlon-hnllng" members nt their desks. A houso rule prohibits lobbying lobby-ing at all times on tho floor of tho chamber, and It was ordered that this' rule bo rigidly enforced. An enort lo pass the Ultra inner-Ituiico inner-Ituiico tax bill over the governor's opposition In tho senntu on March 10, failed. Tho roll' cull on tho question showed not only n lack of tlw constitutional consti-tutional majority, but a majority against tho passage, tho vote being eight for passago and ten ngalnst. Tho new motor vehicle) license law was' signed hy tho governor on Mnrch 10. Motorcycles aro tnxed the remaining re-maining plcasuro car rates are: Vehicles Ve-hicles not exceeding 23-lursepowcr, .?."; between 'J5-horscpowcr and -10-horscpowcr, $10; nil steam cars, $10; all electric cars, $10, commercial trucks from $10 to $75. Tho I torn bill, relating lo bunking business, nml thu amendment measure was passed on final reading by thu senate, after It had been "denatur-bed." "denatur-bed." As presented thu hill made It a felony for nny officer or director of a bank lo borrow from the bank more than 15 per cent of- the amount;,, of lis capital stock and surplus. Tills portion was stricken nut. Senator Clyde's bill Imposing n grazing graz-ing licence upon transient stock from outside states was considered on second sec-ond reading and then under suspension suspen-sion of tho rules was passed on final reading. Tho tax Is designed to protect pro-tect the summer ran go of Utuli from transient stock. An effort to Introduce In tho senate a substitute hill designed to meet the objections of tho governor by providing provid-ing a separato scale of taxes for collateral col-lateral heirs was defeated, but finally Senntor Dern was permitted to Introduce Intro-duce thu bill as originally presented to tho senuto without uuy scale of tuxes. |