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Show MEMBERS OR HOUSE ARE WEARY OF THEIR GRIND Pack Up Belongings and, Read Papers While Bills Arc Read; Anxious to Get Back Home. The House, was called to. order by Speaker Hull at 10:39 ' o'clock this ' morning. The ' members ' were slow In resuming their places and but few more than the necessary quorum were present. pres-ent. Members Are Uneasy. A spirit of uneasiness prevails In the House and the legislative enthusiasm of the Representatives is rapidly waning. They axe anxious to get back to the duties to which they are accustomed and during the reading of the first biU were busily engaged In packing up their books and other personal effects, or perusing the newspapers. May Be Sunday Session. President Allison was unable to state at what time the work would be wound up, and Speaker Hull waa of the opinion opin-ion that It would be some time tomorrow tomor-row before, the measures still pending would be finally disposed of. There are a number of measures still before the Legislature and as the bills must be signed in open session, and can not be signed until engrossed. It will undoubtedly undoubt-edly be Sunday afternoon before the fifth session of the Utah Legislature .becomes a thing of the past Senate bill No. 72, by Mr. Barber, the fish and game act, was amended by the committee and its passage recommended. recom-mended. Mo Votes to Spare. ' The bill passed with a. bare majority, not one vote to spare. The following resolution was next Introduced In-troduced by Mr. Condon and adopted by the House: Thanks the Press. 'Resolved, That . the thanks of the members of this chamber are due and are hereby extended to the press reporters re-porters for their fair and impartial treatment of the complex and manifold mani-fold work of the House during the fifth session of the Legislature as it has appeared- from time to time In their respective Journals, and we trust that the ties of . confidence and friendship here made are mutual and will extend indefinitely Into the future and be cemented ce-mented and grow stronger and stronger with the passing years." The motion was made and lost, that House petition Nos. 79, by Mr. Austin which was killed, be reconsidered under a suspension of the rules. House bill No. 88, by Mr. Haslam, an act. to regulate the practice of bartering barter-ing was returned to the House with two slight amendments, which were concurred con-curred In by that body and passed with a vote of 32 ayes and 3 nays. No Thank for Telephones. Mr. Anderson moved that a resolution resolu-tion be adopted extending the thanks of the body to the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone company, for their courtesy in giving them the use of their lines. There was some opposition to the adoption adop-tion of the resolution and a motion to lay the same on. the table was lost by two votes. Later, the adoption of the resolution was rescinded upon the motion mo-tion of Mr. Stewart. Senate bill No. 69, by Mr. Bennlon, an act to amend certain sections of the Revised Re-vised Statutes of Utah, relating to corporations, cor-porations, their powers, etc., passed by a vote of 29 ayes, 16 absent. House bill No 188, an act to protect and encourage the bee Industry, was unanimously passed. Cadaver Bill Is Killed. The committee to which Senate bill No. 185, the cadaver bill, was referred made an adverse report which was adopted by the House. No Sidewalks in County. Senate bill. No. 171, by Mr. Love, by request, an act authorizing boards of County Commissioners to establish sidewalk districts, and providing the manner of paying therefor, was killed. A motion to strike out the enacting clauses of all pending measures made by Representative Morris was lost. Then members went, out to rest awhile. |