The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-18
Is
READY TO QUIT
Ninth Assembly Has Only For
malities Before Final Ad-
journment Today.
CONSTITUTIONAL LIMIT
EXCEEDED BY NINE DAYS
Only Work Left Is Signing of
Bills by President and
Speaker.

The ninth legislative assembly will ad
iourn today. Efforts will be made 10
complete the work and adjourn the ses
sion before II O'Clock. but 1t is possible
that the legislature may be unable 10
conclude the engrossing and signing of
the measures until the evening
All bills that will be passed during this
session of the legislature have been
passed. An that remains is the purely
formal work Of engrossing and signing
the measures that were passed by both
houses Friday afternoon.
The legislature has exceeded the con-
stitutlonal limit of sixty days ny nine
days. This is being done By the use of
the time ,honored fction of stopping the
clock and making the sixtleth legislative
day nine days in length. Today is stll
M"rch .. SO far as the legislature Is con-
ccrneJ. and all tie bill which have been
passed in the last nine days bear the
date of March 9.
BY u peculiar hiatus III the time the
governor has bat one day in which To
sign or veto the bills sent him today.
Until the legislature adJourns today Will
be legally March 9. in 50 far as IL af-
fects any of the bills. AS soon as the
March Is. The governor has only ten
DAYS In which TO sign bills passed by the
senate and all bills passed on March
must be signed or vetoed by March la,
al OF the governor.
Agree OH Working Plan.
The Legislature prepared at the OPEN
ing of the-session Friday morning 10
complete the work then before the two
houses. There were so many bills on
the calendar for final passage In each
house that IL was manifesJly impossible
To give each Of them careful considera-
llon a Joint resolution by Senator
Badger was passed by each house To
provide for joint sitting committee. to
consist OF two members from each house.
10 "a through the bills on The calendar
nd f.,,.v
In the senate and senate bills in the
house.
Under the resolution Senator's Kuchleg
and Badger were named by the senate
and Representatives Holman and Spen-
Ger by the house to constitute the Joint
sitting committee, The sitting commit
Tee considered about $50 bills before each
house and az noon reported TO each body
seventeen bills for passage. The bills
recommendsd recon me TO The house for passaEs
senate were all house bills.
Break Almost Impends.
While tho sitting committee was at
work the senate called up two house
bills. the anti gambling bin and the anti
cigarette bill. and passed them. These
bills were not contained i'm tho report
OF the Joint Sitting committee. and when
that committee learned OF the action IL
withdrew its report The house branch
of the committee felt that the action OF
the senate was discourteous, and Drcpara
tons were made by the members of the
house to adjourn sine die without con-
sldsration OF the pending measures
were taken up out OF their regular order
and in violation OF the rule adopted by
the senate that II took unanimous con-
sent to call IN measure. There was
particular objection TO the consideration
OF the anti-cigarctte bill. but the presl-
dent held that the rule requiring unani-
nous consent could be revoked by a two
thirds vote. The bill was taken up and
passed and word OF the protcs, of the
house received lust before the senate had
"sauntered for lunch.
In the afternoon President Gardner
said that lie had erred in ruling in favor
ing the report of the Joint sitting COM
mittee and that without objection the
senate would take up in. their order the
committee. This pacihed the house and
both houses considered the bills recon-
mended by the joint Sitting committee.
and with one or two exceptions passed
them;
Work OH Appropriations.
The house spent the greater part of
the afternoon In the consideration or the
appropriation bill. in which the members
ate waited most of the afternoon for the
house TO pass the bin and then ''saun
% tered" until eyening The appropriation
evening and the senate promptly con-
CURED in the house amendments and the
clerks began the work OF engrossins the
measure. The senate remained In session
for two hours. awaiting bills from the
house and referring them TO the commit
tee on engrossed bills. The house re-
manned in session until nearly midnicht.
discussing the senate bills which had
been recomme nded for passage by the
sitting committee
The calendars were clear when the
houses adjourned Friday night. and all
that remains Is the formal adjournment
routine. The bills. after being cngrossed.
Will be signed by the president of The
senate and the speaker Of the house and
then transmitted to the governor. Com
mttees will be appointed to report to the
governor that the legislature is ready to
adjourn. and then both houses VIII nnit.