Show OPPOSES LOAN TO ARMORY BOARD Attorney General Barnes Ren Renders Renders ders Important Opinion Af Affecting Affecting New Armory Holding that any loan of the state board ot of land commissioners to the state ar armory 1 mory board would In effect be a loan i ito to the state Attorney General A R B Barnes BarMs yesterday flied filed his opinion with Secretary W H Farnsworth of the land board advising against loanIng to the armory board The matter will at once be taken Into the supreme court for forthe forthe the purpose of determining the legality of oC the law passed by the last legislature creating the state armor armory board and givIng lug Ing It the right to borrow from the state board of oC land commissioners for forthe forthe the purpose of oC building and equipping n a anew new armory In Salt Lake The opinion of Attorney General Barnes Is based upon the ruling of the supreme court In connection with the request of the tho trustees of oC the University of oC Utah for fora a loan of oC from the state land board authorized by an n act of the last legislature The supreme court held that the land board could not make mako the loan Joan and that the law was unconstitutionaL The request on behalf of the state ar armory armory mory board was made by Adjutant Gen General eral E A Wedgwood several days ago as carried exclusively In The Tho publican The request was denied by Secretary Farnsworth who held the mat matter matter ter up until he had received an opinion from Attorney General Barnes rhe ad adverse adverse verse opinion means the loan will not be made at this time The matter will be betaken betaken taken before the supreme court at once accordIng to Adjutant General Wedgwood In the hope ot of establishing the legality of oC this law of the Jast ast legislature It Is claimed this differs widely from the re request ref quest of f by the University of Utah |