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Show m mm' 01 cm mm Forty-six Measures Are Still in the Hands of Committees. Com-mittees. SPEAKER ASKS SPEED Representatives Close Third Week Wiih Only Eight Laws Passed. 'I'hti Ikhi'h: f ri'jiro.-ont ;i tivru closed (lift thin I w-o.k of llin t wo ft h Hrssion with a roi'ui'rl of ctht house hills aud tlirco resolutions and in1 mo rials passed, I hrro house billf and four resolutions Kilifil, nut of a total of fifty-nine bills aud twelvo resolutions and memorials introdiicrd. Thore aro Bvcn mnrisurns whirli will ho on tlio calendar for consideration Monday and forty His measures are still t in the hands of the committees. The lionso lias kept its work well up to date so far ns the calendar is concerned, it beintf tlio rulo to clear the calendar each day before adjournment. Committee work, however, hns not been curried on quite ho expeditiously, ns is indicated by the liiro percentage el' bills fitill in the hands of standing fominittees. The tendency to delay on the part of the commit tros occasioned the speaker to call attention to the fact and urged them to hasten their work as much as possible. Delays in printing of the bills, it is idai rued by the com mi t tecs, nnd con-f con-f Met in hours of meet intr between various va-rious committees are largely responsible fur the delay on the part of the committees com-mittees in reporting. Anxious for Work. Tt is the desire of Speaker John F. Tolton to have the house keep its work strictly up to date that there may be no congestion anil rush such as usually marks the close of a legislative session, lie is putting forth every effort to accomplish ac-complish his aim, and apparently mem- bovs of tho house are heartily in accord with him. A noticeable tendency on the part of the present house is that of remaining in session so long as there is anything to do. Usually legislators jump at a motion to adjourn, but the present house is unique in that it votes down motions to adjourn with surprising surpris-ing regularity. Tho most ' important bill passed by the house thus far is, of course, house bill No. 1, by Representative E. W. Young; Jr., providing, for "state-wide prohibition. Notwithstanding-the strong objection to provisions of the bill creating cre-ating the office of prohibition commissioner commis-sioner and providing for personal search and seizure without warrant of court, the measure passed the house by vote of 45 to 1, and is now in the hands of I 1 The senate, wh---re a i'ov-.n:L::ee is uiing ! tii-1 pn:!:-!:g shears on 1;. The i:rr b.-l to h-3 j assed by the h'j-se was L bill .No. 6, by Representative Repre-sentative J. W. M -j Kinney of alt Luke. Li-h is designed to prevent abuse of the garnishment i w in relation to attachments at-tachments be; ore judgment. This bill requires that hefnre a garnishment may issue th-1 plaintiff mut file an affi-lavit affi-lavit setting forth at least one statutory statu-tory ground for attachment1. T'ue present pres-ent la.w does nut require that any gmund for attachment be set forth. The third bill to be pased by the house was house bill No. o". my (. ardon. relating to tho mortgaging and leasing of estates. This bill provides a ehange in the present iaw by whn ii notice of such mortgages aud leases may be given giv-en by posting as wei! as by publication in a newspaper. House bill No. 11. by M -Kinney, was the next to lie passed. This bill provides pro-vides t hat eo-t judgments oa appeal shall become liens against the real property of the person against whom the costs are taxed. The house closed its third "week passing four bills in one day. The first of these was house bill No. 'J. by Cazier. which provides for the election of town marshals and justices of the peace in cities of the third class instead of appointment ap-pointment of the marshals aud election of justices for precincts larger than the incorporated districts of the city. Resolutions Adopted. The other three bills passed are house bill No. 19, by Raieigh, authorizing authoriz-ing the governor to convey to Salt Lake City a street right-of-way across the state 'prison property; house bill No. 22, by Young, providing for the redemption re-demption of water rights along with property sold under trust deed, and house bill No. 23, by Young, providing for the redemption of water rights along with property sold under forclosure. Two house joint resolutions . were adopted and one house joint memorial passed- The first resolution was house joint' resolution No. 2, by Williams, protesting pro-testing to the United States department of agriculture against increasing - grazing graz-ing fees on national forest reserves. The second was house joint resolution No. J, by McKinuey, calling upon congress to submit to the states of the union a proposed constitutional amendment for nation-wide prohibition. The memorial was house joint memorial No. 2. by Mc-Kinney, Mc-Kinney, calling upon congress to submit to the states a proposed constitutional amendment providing for the direct election of president and vice president of the United States. Three Bills Killed. Three house bills and three resolutions resolu-tions were killed. House bill No. i by McKinney, providing for the designation designa-tion of October 12, each year, as a legal le-gal holiday, to bo known as Columbus day, went down to defeat by a majority vote. In the case of house bill No. l-i, by McKinney, regulating the practice of architecture, it "was reported unfavorably unfa-vorably and Mr. McKinney . withdrew it. House bill No. 26, by Bywater, abolishing capital punishment, was reported re-ported unfavorably and was tabled, which lias the effect of disposing of it. House resolution No. 1, by Currie, calling upon the Denver & Rio Grande company to make a report to the house on coal shipments, was defeated. In the ease of house joint resolution No. 4, by Hecker, authorizing the governor to call out the militia if necessary to handle the coal shortage situation, the measure was killed by being tabled. The same thing happened in the case of house resolution No. 2, "by Mace, authorizing au-thorizing the. governor to close the public pub-lic schools in districts where there is suffering from coal shortage. House joint resolution No. 6, by McKay, giving giv-ing the state board of examiners authority au-thority to designate where the state treasurer shall deposit state moneys was killed, but notice has been given that this will be called up for reconsideration. recon-sideration. . |