The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-17


with barely a dissenting voice
Senator Larsen's bill relating to the
sale Of estrays SENATE bill I'D also
passed.
A resolution from the Wyoming leg
iSlature, thanking everybody. including
the railroads, for eourtesies qhown the
members during the junket to Salt
Lake. was received, and a committee
appointed to draft a suitable reply.
When the house adjourned in the af-
ternoon it was to meet again at II
o'clock, but the speaker was informed
that the senate intended to get through
it's business during the night and to
give the house an opportunity to do
likewise Speaker GlaSmann sent mes
SengerS to every member who could
be reached, notifying him that the
house would convene at 80 Most of
the members were in their seats at
o'clock.
The first matter taken I'D was the
appropriation bill. that came from the
senate with a number OF items changed.
The house refused to concur in the
amendments and Smith, Anderson and
Hatch were appointed ~ committee to
confer with committee of the senate.
Later in the evening this committee re-
ported in favor of the salaries as orig
inany fixed by the house; in favor of
$4,000 for the national guard; cutting
out the item of $500 for travelling Ii
brlrieS, and apDrOpriating 1888 for
State Auditor Morgan Richards. In
this form the appropriation bill was
put upon its passage on motion of Ben
ner x. Smith and was unanimously
passed, thirty-four members voting.
Senate bill 134, requiring railway
companies to fence the private lands
through which railroads run, was
passed.
The enacting clause of senate bill 1874,
extending the terms of sheriffs from
two to four years, was stricken out by
a decisive vote
Senate bill 1S5, by Love, providing for
revenues for the state and county gov
ernments for 1901 and 1902, was passed.
Fish and Game Bill.
The only feature of the evening ses-
sion that had life in it was the consid-
GRAFTON of senate bill 125. the fish and
game bill 1t came before the house on
the report of the conference committee,
headed by Representative South The
only change of Importance made in the
conference was providing 81 600 for Spe-
cial deputies. The report of the com
mittee was adopted, but when the bill
was put upon its passage it was de-
feated by a vote of Is to 16. Then the
run began. Several member announced
that they did not understand that they
were voting on the bill, but thought
they We're voting on the amendmeat IS.
and a. Wrangle ensued. Finally the
speaker ordered another rOllcau. This
time the vote was q ayes and u noes,
so that the bill was again defeated, not
getting a majority. After the TRANSACT
ton of some routine business Repre-
sentative Van Wagenen moved to sus-
pend the rules and reconsider the bill
under suspension. This was done by a
vote of % to Z, and then the fish and
game bill was brought out once more.
Again it was put upon its passage, and
again it was defeated by a, vote of 81
TO 13.
But yet the friends OF the bill would
not let up. Later in the evening Rep
resentative Homer made another mo-
ton that the rules be suspended and
the bill be reconsidered. After much
parliamentary sparring this motion
prevailed by a vote of Is to Z, and the
bill was before the house once more
Harmon then moved that the bill be
amended in regard to spotted trout,
permitting them to be caught and sold.
Gardner moved to strike on the words
stable, barns, tents, camps and wagons
in the section naming the places that
the officers could search for fish and
game when he was satisfied that the
laws were being violated. Another
amendment offered provided that deer
could be killed only from Oct 10 10
Nov. -. These amendments were all
adopted, and then another vote was
taken on the bill. This time it carried
by the vote of so to ?.