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Show LUBE SETS LEiSUfflM IN UPKOAR BY SERVINfi GARNISHMENT ON SPEAKER the Appropriations committee, and the same was done: H. B. No. 83, H. B. No. 60. H. B. No. 174, H. B. No. 130, H. B. No. 167, H. B. No. 57 and H. P. No. 6 and H. P. No. 9. ; Anti-Art Bill Killed. I " " The greatest debate ''was ovr the adoption of the majority report, which was unfavorable to the passage of H. B. No. 58, which is to abolish the Art Institute Commission. The minority report favored the bill. The bill was killed by the House adopting the majority ma-jority report. Shortly after the House convened Representative Thompson announced that a telegram had been received by the Governor announcing that the Senate Sen-ate had confirmed Beed Smoot 's right to a seat in that body. His message was greeted by great applause. Smoot Resolutions. Resolutions congratulating the Utah Senator were immediately adopted. A short time later, Speaker Joseph announced an-nounced that he had received a telephone tele-phone message from Gov.. Cutler declaring de-claring that he was heartily in favor of the resolutions. 8. B. No. 71, which is to change the name of the Deaf and Dumb school at Ogden, wu taken from the table and passed. Tolton's bill, H. B. No. 40, relating to the annual financial statements of cities of the third class, was passed. The House also passed H. B. No. 208, by Bower, accepting the 'additional grant of money by Congress for agricultural agri-cultural experimental stations. Thompson's bill regulating the conduct con-duct of business by persons using an assumed name in order to obtain credit, was passed. . Jewelry Bill Passed. The House passed S. B. No. 75 and . B. No. 78, compelling the correct stamping of jewelry. Another bill that was passed yesterday yester-day was H. B. No. 70, providing that where a county composes an entire school district, it shall be a school district dis-trict of the first class. One of the most interesting bills Collection agencies have undoubtedly incurred the enmity of the Utah House of Representatives through Frandr O. Luke causing a " writ of garnishment to beserved on Speaker Harry d. Joseph and Chief Clerk Alex Buchanan, while the House was In session ses-sion yesterday afternoon. The amount is said to be $2, and was to be levied against the salary of one of the employees em-ployees of the House. This Is the reward re-ward for the last Legislature passing a law allowing the collection agency to garnishee any State official's salary. While Representative Critchlow had the floor, Speaker Joseph was served with the garnishment writ and so was Clerk Buchanan. The Speaker interrupted inter-rupted Mr. . Critchlow and told the House what had happened.. Hearing no response, Speaker Joseph allowed the writ to remain on his table. As soon as Mr. Critchlow had finished fin-ished his talk on changing the bankruptcy bank-ruptcy laws, the matter was again called to the attention of the House. The Speaker declared that it was "m joke" that had been perpetrated npoa the House. House Resents It. Representative Tolton then mova the adoption of resolutions making it the sense of the meeting that it resented re-sented the action, and asserted that an indignity had been imposed upon the body. In strong language it condemned con-demned the action of the officer for entering en-tering the room on such a mission. It was also ordered that the sergeant-at-arms return the documents to Sheriff Emerv's office. "Tell him and also 'Mr. Luke to never come back here again," said Mr. Joseph in giving the order. The writ was served by Deputy Sheriff Sher-iff Irwin. The House refused to recognize recog-nize the authority of the court. Theater Law Is Up. After an argument, Tolton's Sunday closing of theaters bill, which is H. B. No. 54, was recommitted to the Judiciary Ju-diciary committee. Reports were received from the various vari-ous committees on the following bills: H. B. No. 144, 8. B. No. 22, H. B. No. 116, HB. No. 63, H. B. No. 148, H. B. No. 140, H. B. No. 176, H. B. No. 216, H. B. No. 56,. H. B. No. 99. H. B. No. 58, H. B. No. 54. The Bridges and Highways committee recommended that the following, bills be transferred to Have yon anything to sell? Try a Telegram want "ad. It costs only 10 cents. passed was H. B. No. 87, which provides pro-vides for the licensing of public accountants ac-countants and establishing a board of public accountancy. H. J. M. No. 6, by Critchlow, memorializing Congress to amend the bankruptcy laws, and H. J. R. No. 3, by Kuchler. providing for the purchasing purchas-ing of oil paintings oi Govs. Cutler and ells. were also passed yesterday. I Under the suspension of the rules, the following bills were introduced: I H. B. No. 270. Westphal Providing that officers should perform duties without with-out fees in certain cases for poor persons; per-sons; referred to the Judiciary committee. com-mittee. I H. .B. No. 271, Westphal Relating to the penalty for grand larceny; re-fered re-fered to the Committee on Judiciary. m im |