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Show ported - to"-pM with amendments. Adopted.' t ' Same. H.-B. No. 25 (Barnett), same recommendation. Adopted. Bame, H.. B. No. 30 (Barnett), same recommendation.. .- . . e. y Salaries and Teea, H. . B- . 0. 82, (Bobinson), . pass with, - amendmenta. Adopted. - . Judiciary. H. B. No.. 95 (Hone). Do not pass. Adopted. ' t Bame, H. J3. No. 22, (Miller). Tass. Adapted.' " . . Bame. 8. B. No. ,18 (Lawrence). Pass; Adepted. . . v Same, H. B. No. tl (Miller). 8ame. Same, H. B. No. 23 (Miller). 8ame. 'Railroads and Common Camera, H. B. No.. 49. Do not pane. Adopted. State Mental Hospital. Report received re-ceived and adopted: ' . . Mines. and nmeltipjr, -H, iB. ho. .6 (Bbbinaon). Do not paas. Adopted. County. H. B. No. 41 (Giles). Substitute Sub-stitute bill offered? Adopted. Hijrhways and-BridRe. H. B. No. 121 (Watph4ai).siBd-,NIji.l30(De"-).. .Not topa,ss.-. Adopted-:'-; :. r, 0 - EnrOlfTng and : Eritrravinj:. H:. J. K. Nes.-: 1 and ' 2. .for Speaker's signature. Railroads aad Common . Camera, H. B";-No. .ll;JKuhiec),. Pass. . Adopted. KnehlerBcores OtOdai. : .A' j When. the report o k special Committee Com-mittee oh State ''Mineral. Lands was called' fon b.v.." the ehairman of, theconi- mitte'e, NepBijjis Ct Jensen,' tronble appeared ap-peared 'at.ence. Jeisen asaetted that he: did not wtsh to state- .before the House the reasons f.r asking for- an appropriation ap-propriation of $5000 for. assiatapce-for the Attorney-General in. intervening" in the" land eases now pending in the United 8tates court. Jensen endeavored endeav-ored to defend the Attorney-General, while Knchler severely scored him. In speaking of the Attorney-General Kuchler said in part: "Now,' gentlemen, if this official cannot protect the interests of the State in that capacity, he should resign. "If it is necessary in the present cas that the State shall'intervene to protect its rights and this gentleman is unable to properly represent the State's in-teresta. in-teresta. let him ask that assistance be given him, and say that he is unablo to protect the State's rights. I would rather pav $10,000 a year to an Attor" ney competent to represent the State and guard its interests on any and all occasions than pay the small salary that the incumbent receives and for which the State seems to have no protection pro-tection when its rights are endangered. endan-gered. ' ' The motion to adopt the committee's report was lost by a vote of 22 nays to 21 ayes. Fire Bill Ke ported. The committee appointed by the chair to pass on the Fire and Police commission commis-sion bill, known as No. 126. reported favorablv upon it through the chairman, chair-man, John Q. Critchlow. The following bills were placed on their third reading: H. B. No. 21. bv Meeks. raising the revenue for school district, wb read a third time and passed. H. B. No. 51, by Richards, making the husband a competent witneM against the wife and vice versa, was read a third tim and passed. H. R. No. 54, the Sunday closing law, was made a special order for Friday afternoon. H. B. No. ."."). by Tolton, was, according ac-cording to that gentleman, introduced under a misapprehension of fact and its indefinite postponement was agreed to. H. B. No. 66, bv Larsen. providing that children may "be compelled to attend at-tend school within a distance of four miles instead of two and one half miles, as at present, was passed. H. B. No. 74, the anti cigarette bill, was passed after a spirited debate and after several amendment had been suggested, four votes being recorded against if. H. B. No. 112 was passed by unani mous vote. Nearly one hundred new hills of minor importance were introduced. HOUSE SPENDS STRENUOUS DAY Ninety-Eight Bills Intro-dnced Intro-dnced and Five, Including Includ-ing Anti-Cigarette Measure, Meas-ure, Are Passed. Five bills. Including one to forbid the sale of cigarettes after 1908, passed the House yesterday, ninety-eight bills were Introduced, Representative Kuchler took occasion to score the Attorney-General Attorney-General for asking for an extra appropriation appro-priation for help in Intervening In behalf be-half of the land suits now pending In the United States court, and a score of committee reports were received and adopted. The House put in the most strenuous day of the session. In his prayer the chaplain paid a tribute to the memory of Abraham Lincoln, Lin-coln, whose birthday anniversary was yesterday. Croft Succeeded in having H. B. No. 48. reinstated. It was withdrawn some time ago as unconstitutional, but the introducer said he had since learned that it is all right. The House received petition No. 10, from James S. Murdock of Wasatch eountv, asking that he be reimbursed $ 1 50.(56 for services. The petition was referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Appro-priations. House petition No. 11 was from the eitiiens of Washington eountv, asking for an appropriation of SIOOO for the repair of highways. It went to the same committee. Many Committee Reports. The following bills were reported upon up-on by the committees: Banking and insurance, H. B. No. 3, recommended not to pas. Adopted. Same committee, H. B. No. 17 (f'legg), recommended not to pass. Recommitted Re-committed for further hearing. ludiciarv, H. B. No. ft (I legg. re- |