Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-02-16


found that 1t had again killed bill
without intending 1t. TRbliDg al
Amendment tables the original ques-
ton.
"The chair presumes that the House
understands by this time" said
Speaker Perkins oryly,in response to (.
question as to whether the Dill hal
been tabled.
But the House had not understood 1t,
the vote was rec0nsldeIeu ana the
motion to table defeated by vote OF
ID TO "a.
Taylor moved that the enacllrg
clause OF the bill be stricken out Fhis
motiou carried anu the bill was
killed, deliberately and eHectually.
Thomson's bill giving cities the
right to legislale by direct vote OF tue
people. was nude special order for 7;3O
tomorrow evening.
III. h. 81, by Calls, providing for
the weighing Of coal at the mine, was
passed..
The House then took recess until
1880 o. m.
There were but 2S members ut the
evening session.
ii. b. 90, providing for the purchase
the reports OF the Territorial Supreme
court, one for each county clerk, one
set Tor the attorney general, also one
ret for each VI the dietrict anu Su-
preme judges was passed.
&, G. X. 8, providing Tor the print
ing OF tho University of Utah reports
was cOncurred In.
II, b. n, by Cook, amending the act
providing, for the payment Of
bounties for the destruction OF certain
wild animals and birdie, was taken up
and finally passed after the H0use
had listened for some time to mrun.
tain lion anu bear atOTies by Parry
from Iron county and 10 one or two
pretty good ones by Gibson, who said
he had killed three bears himself ana
had looked another out OF c0unten-
ance anu hnd always tried to avoid
them TOO. "Oyer in our county," he
said. 1--WE have got "a man who kills
two bears nj one shot Rnu--n Here
the Iauphter drowned his voice and he
sat down.
Adjourned until pm. today.
This afternoon the House ransncted
the following business:
A con- municatiop from State Au.
ditor Richsrds asked Instructions as to
the disposition OF balances Of certain
approprialions made for 1876.
The Governor Rppriseu the House
that delegation from Omaha, Ia the
interest Of the Transmissippl Expo
sition, wculd reach this city
ON Thursday, and leave the day
following. The ,Governor recon-.
menueu that "a joint session be held on
Thursday evening for the purpose OF
giving the gentleman hearing, a
cturtesy that hat been EXTENDED by
the Legislatures OF Colorado ami WyOm.
Ing. Thompecn offered a concurrent
resolution providing Tor the JOINT ses-
sion. Adopted.
The ciaims committee reported
isvorably the bill to give Rich county
sSl6, Tor expenses In the execution OF
Coughlin.
Shepard, from the Judiciary COM
mittee, reported su bstitute for IA. h.
rs, relating to summonees In iusticet'
courts.
ThoIesen, from the committee on
rules, reported eieven ad Iltional Jules
for the government of the House,
numbered 81 to 81 inclusive. They
were considered anu oil tn one were
adopted. One OF them provides that
tbs code email be deemed to be con-
tinuonsly before the House, and that
amendments to 1t shall be deemed to
6e In order at all times. Another
gives the mover Of q proposition five
minutes 10 open and ten minutes
to close the debate ALI other
members are forbidden to speak more
than once, and are limited to ten
minutes, on each proposition. One OF
the rules, number sixty, forbade q
motion TO strike out the enacdng
clause or lay on the table, when the
final vote on the passage of the bill ia
about to be taken. A long debate took
place on this rule, and IL was rejected.