legislature COUNCIL saturday feb 23 il hano F 45 a bill to amena amend the ibe charter of salt lake olty lity was read the second time C ceno cano F no 33 prescribing qualifications fica flea t I 1 ons for voters and officeholders office holder hoider 4 providing p r ovidiu for registration of voters a and n od re regulating 6 elating elections taken up tip on its third reading was made a special order for monday next C CF F no 14 relating tu to chattel mortgages taken up on its third reading was made a special order for wednesday dai next C E F no 23 authorizing authorising autho author ising rising county courts to grant licenses to merchants pawnbrokers pawn brokers and money changers was next taken tip on its third rea reading aing mr grover moved that the en enacting clause be stricken out mr barton strongly opposed this ile ho thought the bill a protection to legitimate resident traders mr nir cluff having temporarily vacated the chair said nearly half the business of the territory was done by travelers in fact merchants in the east who sent out their agents boasted that they had sold worth of goods in this territory he considered peddlers a curse to the country in which they traveled they were perfect frauds and buyers were always deceived in their purchases licensing g these people would in some measure discourage them and do away with their kind of trade he trusted the motion would not prevail mr woolley thought the measure would catch persons who traded really under false pretences pretenses frequently making and yoo per cent out of the unwary he was sure the principal merchants who paid taxes and were settled here would be glad to see the bill take effect mr nir grover sp speaking eakin to the motion said lie he did not see why merchants an and a other traders should be taxed anymore than farmers and stock men if they would have the bill let it be so amended that it should embrace all foreign persons drummers peddlers and arld non residents he thought the bill should be referred back to tile the committee on judiciary for the purpose on being belp put the motion was lost and a nd the bill bill passed mr nir hammond on behalf of the committee on enrollment announced that cen os 6 5 and 7 and 0 J JR R no 1 had been heen enrolled 1 the chief clerk re read ad a comman communication iea ica 1 from the house referring back C F no 12 amended tabi tabled d to b be dealt with in order council adjourned to monday at 2 pm monday feb 25 05 council met at 2 p in president cluff in tile the chair mr air barton presented a petition from wm win reeves beeves ex collector ot 0 davis county reading to committee committe con eon on claims and appropriations rha mr tuttle submitted a petition from J H hogarth and 35 others of manti city praying that the chanter charter of said city may mav moa mma be so amended as to authorize the city council to collect water taxes control watercourses water courses and other matters read and referred to municipal corporations and towns mr air grant presented from the cam committee in attee on printing rin ting a report on C V witt no 38 with printed copies mr 11 J richards brought up a report from the committee on fish and game on 11 F no 37 without amendment recommending its passage tabled to be further dealt with mr rage page submitted from the committee on highways C I 1 F no 37 andia andla report recommend recommending ln its passage laid on table to come up in its order orde r mr woolley introduced C ino I F bno NO 40 a bill providing for the location and recording of mining claims referred to the committee on mines and maning with instructions as to printing the chief clerk read a communication from his excellency the governor Govern dr lotif notifying lang his approval of 0 JR noi re retaining n the commission on laws lawa in office received received also a second from his excellency in relation to the university versi of deseret notifying the coudell cil cli of his having no mr james sharp as chancellor and J R park J morgan B P F cummingsjr cummings jr J T hammond win wm W cluff J Y R walker J T btttle J T caine calne calner cainer Ca ineP iner P L williams J dunn le grand young and J E dooly as reagents regents rea reg gents and L S i hill hul as treasurer ana and requesting the concurrence of the council received and tabled to come lip up in its order the special order of the day GF grf no 33 was next taken up ou on its second reading the bill prescribes qualifications for electors and office holders and for the registration of voters and regulates the manner of conducting elections it N yas tyas debated by sections pending which the council adjourned till tomorrow to morrow at 2 rpm p m tuesday feb council met a 10 a M cluff in the chair lle lie JI F no 50 60 providing for foi the purchase ur of copies of a new an and are revised sectional and topographical map of utah T territory arri ory on a scale of six miles to the inch and appropriating a low lom 1000 for f or the same read head the t firtel first fIr time by title andrea and referred erred to the committee on education 11 II P F no 51 54 a bill making an appropriation a pro pria tion for furnishing ant ani and completing fating feting the insane asylum of read head the first time and referred to the committee on asylum for the insane 11 II F no 52 authorizing author lzina izina provo school district no 1 in utah territory to issue bonds bongsto to the amount of for the purpose of comp completing letin a school house passed to its second reading and was referred t to 6 the com cittee on education on motion the rules were suspended and C F no 33 a bill concerning voters and officeholders andreo andreg and regulating elections was taken up on its his third reading the measure was read by title amended and passed C P F no 37 providing for private roads applying particularly to persons whose lands afa are surrounded without right of way by the lands of others and facilitating the procuring of such private road was read amended and passed to its third reading 11 F NO eno 45 a bill to amend an act incorporating salt lake city was taken up on its third reading amended and passed II 11 P F no 37 providing for the election of a board of fish commissioners and prescribing the duties thereof was read the second time C F no 38 a substitute for 0 F no 22 to appropriate to ald aid eald in sinking artesian wells in certain desert lands in the territory was brought up on the question of adopting the substitute there was considerable diversity of OP opinion ini 0 n mr air woolley was not favorable to the bonus system advocated it would make exploration more a matter of private speculation and besides if adopted should be confined to certain pans parts of the territory mr barton nanton said sald the idea mea of appropriating pria ting money for sinking artesian anesian wells was about as reason reasonable agle agie as giving in mone money for or sinking mines As every onel mew the latter iatter was wag was always worked by private companies president cluff having temp temporarily vacated the chair said the ile object was very praiseworthy and one to which money could be very advantageously appropriated there ther e were over 2000 square miles of desert lands hinds in the south of utah equal to acres and if one half of this could be reclaimed it would open up for settlement a vast country that would sustain almost double the present population of utah thousand anUS of dollars were given for road making and he thought something ought to b be done for this equally matter sinkin artesian wells mr mcgrover brover Grover differed from mr bartons assertion of non legislative aid to miners ile he thought the government had afforded very maternal material mite rial aid to them thew what was principally wanted however in reference to the subject under discussion was that a start should be given te the enterprise ter prise lie he certainly thou thought some encouragement should be gly given to the sinking of these wells wein mr page agreed that the sinking of a artesian rt esia esla wells should be encouraged ile he parties owning the lands rece received kvedar all ali the benefit and should be willing to run the risks it was necessary ta to demonstrate whether artesian water could ue obtained for up to the present it had not bot been accomplished complis hed shed here they had hot penetrated deepe deep enough nou h for the purpose so far as roads were concerned he considered the public were mainly interested te in regard to artesian wells it appeared appeared to him it wa was private individuals who were concerned mr F S richards was of the opinion that the territory would receive considerable sid erable benefit from the sinkin sinking of artesian wells it was a public mat matter ter for the sinking of wells and procuring of water where required would facilitate settlement and produce through taxes increased wealth to the territory ile he differed from both bills in the means suggested to gain the end the best method in reference to premiums would be to advance money as the work progressed ile he thought the subject a very e legitimate one and therefore q aou would woula i move that the two bills be referred to a special committee for further consideration this was agreed to 1 aw council took a recess until 2 pm 2 pm feb ag 1884 minutes of previous session session were read corrected and approved with a view to the further consideration of C F V nos 22 and 38 the chair appointed F S richards barton grover woolley and page to the special committee C F no 12 a substitute bill for the protection of fish and game was next taken up to consider consier the house amendments Concurred ln C F no 1 a bill to te amend an act incorporating corp orating kaysville Kays ville city cit davis co an amendment of the house having been concurred in the bill wa was s rea nea read the third time and passed C F no 26 to provide for recording the pedigree of tock stock taken up on its third reading g was read by its its tille title titie and p passed a s ad i H F no 33 providing fo for r the the fhe pay ment inella of brors jurors was read the third time by its title and passed C F no 13 a bill for the preservation of domestic animals was taken up on its third reading read by title and lost H P F no 37 providing for the election of a beara boara board of fish commissioners and prescribing the duties thereof was read the third time and passed mr grover presented a report from the committee on municipal co corporations am and towns on the petition olo of the city council of payson city enclosing a bill containing the prayers of the petition c read and bill tabled to be further further dealt with on motion the rules were suspended and CF C E no 41 amending the charter ot of payson city was read the first second and third times and passed C F eno rno no 10 a bill to amend section 1 chapter chapters lS 13 of the laws of 1882 was taken up on its third reading amended and passed parsed council adjourned to 2 p m tomor to mor row wednesday feb council met at 2 pm president cluff in the chair minutes of previous ses session were amended and the chief clerk read react a communication from the house enclosing 11 R no 26 for the concurrence of the council and alo H F nos 55 4 5 53 3 boms and C 1 nos 17 7 and 23 for their action thereon the resolution of the house H R no 26 council concurring authorizing thor izing the auditor of public accounts to procure the necessary cancelling stamps to cancel the stubs of auditors warrants after such warrants have been examined and compared with ith the redeemed warrants by authorized persons was read and referred to committee on ways and means for amendment mr hammond brought up a report from the committee on education in reference to the petition of B A al Fr froiseth asking for an appropriation of 1200 for publishing a new map of utah territory ory the committee recommended that the petition be not granted received and suggestion adopted wednesday 1 rpm p m mr F 3 S richards presented a report from the committee on private corporations enclosing a substitute for C F no 3 delatin re relating latin to corporations for the purpose of raising and dealing in live stock received and bul bill tabled to come up in order i mr hammond submitted a report from the committee on private corporations actions on the petition of joseph josepn 1 A west and enclosing HF H P no 50 with amendments referring to petition the rules having been suspended the amendments were adopted and the bill H hano Y no 50 providing for the purchase ehase chase of copies of at a new and rev revised sed map of utah territory was read three times and passed I 1 mr air groyer grover brought up the report from the committee on ways and means on H R no 26 amended the amendments were adopted abid and the resolution concurred in mr woolley introduced C F no 43 a bill amending section of the compiled laws of utah which was read the and second times by b title and the rules having been suspended passed mr hammond submitted C IF no ba 44 amending an act incorporating logan gan city read the first time and referred to the committee on municipal corporations and towns mr hammond also presented C F no 45 amending section of the compiled laws of utah passed to its second reading and referred to the comm committee attee on judiciary the rules having been suspended the amendments of the house to C F no 23 1 authorizing county courts to grant licenses were concurred in the house amendments to C F no 17 to extend the them powers of incorporated cities were also concurred in H 1 F no tz 55 a bill amending an act incorporating the city of ephraim in sanpete county was read the first time by title 11 F no 4 authorizing limited pa parn pann herships ner ships was read the first time by title and referred to the committee on judiciary H F F no 0 53 to amend the charter of spanish fork city was read the first and second times by title and referred to municipal corporations corporation and sand towns the chief clerk read a com munica tion from the house referring to H F 50 signifying non concurrence in ia council amendments the council declined to recede and asked for the app appointment ointment of a committee of conference 0 F no 43 a bill in relation to corporations po rations for the purpose of raising and dealing in live stock a substitute bill was read the first ilme time time and the rules having been suspended was read the second and third times by title titie and passed CF no 14 referring to chattel niort morn gages the special order of the day was taken up on its third rea reading dlug diug mr woolley moved to arner anner amend A by introducing a substitute bill and further that both bills pending action be referred to committee on judiciary 1 the chief clerk read a communication froni sroni the house enclosing C F no 39 amending sections 2326 and 2 2336 chapter 2 title 22 of the compiled compile laws amended on motion the amendments were concurred in 11 F no 38 ar amending an act incorporating por po rating a till provo 0 vo city was read by title a and ld passed as t C F no 37 atef ernin errin gito private gri private vate roads taken up oll on its thIr third drea reading lri g on motion was laid on the table pending urther action C F no 41 for lor the formation of and granting powers to private corporations was read the third time and passed A communication was read from the house notify notifying in the appointment by the speaker R of young and hatch to the joint committee of conf confer er ence on H F no 50 the chair appointed 0 i anted on behalf of the council s ars woolley and P F S richards council adjourned till thursday at 2 p in thursday feb 28 council met at 2 pm president cluff in the chair minutes of previous session were read and approved mr woolley presented a petition from E W snow of washington county praying to be reimbursed for losses sustained received