Show UTAH legislatures WORK february 4 housa the militia bill was as under tinder discussion a clause passing relieving ministers from military service house decided that the expense of criminal prosecutions should be borne by the state instead of the counties in which crimes were committed for the reason that the poorer counties would be unable to punish offenders contested election eager cases was made special order for february 7 adjourned jour ned SENATE house bill 41 for protection of neglected wives recommended for passage senate bill 35 to 10 protect employees and laborers in claims for wages reported for passage sutherland introduced senate bill 45 to provide seals for clerks of district courts and county clerks allison introduced senate bill 46 for the release of one joint debtor A without discharging others house bill 42 concerning the assessment of personal property was passed february 5 house house bill 88 providing fo the trial of cases by judges judge pro tempore passed 25 to 13 house passed S B 10 to prevent discrimination against female teachers bills were introduced as follows by cazier to encourage cultivation of analore canal gre and the manufacture of leather lit in the state of utah A bonus of 1 per ton is provided for the first tons of root pro deuced in the state and used in the manufacture of leather A bonus of will be given the first person or firm to sell worth of leather tanned by root raised in utah by cazier to protect the health of shop girls and female clerks by condon for the protection of charitable and patriotic institutions that it shall be a misdemeanor for any person not a member of the grand armyon army of the republic or an any oilier society or organization to wear their badge or other device by providing for the manner of locating quartz and placer mining claims the bill provides some changes from the existing law within ten days after location the staking of a claim must be completed and recording attended to within twenty days after location sixty days are allowed for locations location work which must be igo cubic feet done at the location consolidation of claims must be recorded and notice of work on one claim for a group posted on each or 1 of the groups by B rn helsel by request creating and del ting the powers and duties of utah ate board of agriculture and ing ang their compensation and rc revoking coking the charter of the deseret agricultural and manufacturing society the bill provides for a board of seven members elected one each from the seven agricultural districts into which the state is divided by the bill the first board however is to be appointed by the governor the charter of the deseret agricultural and manufacturing society is revoked and all its books papers and record are re to pass to the newly created board the board shall hold held the utah state fair annually annual lj at salt lake city other duties t lea are also imposed upon it including the charge of farmers institutes agee A secretary and treasurer are arc provided for to be employed by the board at a salary licit not stated the state is dietric districted ted as follows fir first st district Count counties les of rich and cache second box elder weber morgan Morga nood mid summit third district daves salt lake and fourth district utah and wasatch fifth district millard and sevier sixth district beaver iron washington kane garfield and pilate seventh district uintah carbon emery grand wayne and san juan by jones senate bill no 33 substitute amending section ecklon compiled laws 1888 relating to the time of commencing actions by alchon senate bill no 40 40 defining who are fellow servants and vo who ho are not fellow servants condos Con dons bill no 82 regulating the tees fees charged by public officers was call d up and passed for bill no 34 by mansfield froid ng for the punishment tor for theft of branded stock a substitute was offered by harris Bolit Boli hog thos bill NO 48 to prevent the sale rate of stock under fraudulent pedigreed pedigrees p C grees was re committed to the committee on live stock at it its authors request SENATE the judiciary committee reported favorably on several bills senate bill no 5 aglen glen Al millers illers bill relating to the law of libel was reported witti with amendments for passage other bills recommended by the committee w were cre as follows house bill no 81 concerning legal holidays house bill no boo 80 for the relief relict of school clit 4 tracts that have failed to levy a special tax house bill no nocito at to amend the law concerning the redemption of prop erty sold at tax sale senate bill NO 45 for the release of joint debtors with amendments senate bill no 44 to provide for seals for clerks of district courts and county clerks mckay from the committee on agriculture and reported a sub su sti b alft elft at C e r senate bill no 13 to amend ha v r relating el a ting to irrigation companies and it was ordered printed the betl petition on this subject senate petition no igo 19 was laid on the table on the recommendation men dation ot of the same committee allison introduced senate bill no 46 defining 0 the duties of the attorney 0 gen en eral and fixing his compensation the age of consent bill fixed at is 18 years was passed with mith but two dissenting votes vote house bill 41 for the protection a s neglected wives was amended provia ing that on or after filing complaints the plaintiffs in fit such actions as are provided for in the bill may file with the county clerk a notice of lis its pendens describing the property of defendant which shall be a lien on such property the amendment was adopted and the bill passed by unanimous vote barnes and jones absent february 6 Ilot HOUSE mr gibson presen presented led the petition of william H burton arid and others protesting against the following agreement of uintah county officers as to salary collector assessor clerk recorder attorney each 1000 surveyor soo sheriff 2000 cor coroner oner 00 oo treasurer soo selectmen each superintendent of schools the petitioners petition ers say that these amounts are excessive and disproportionate to the services required they would necessitate unbearable taxation Boli thos bill no 52 creating a board of park coin commissioners in adversely reported by municipal corporation committee Boli thos bill no 48 to prevent the sale of stock under fraudulent pedigrees pedigreed grees favorably reported by live stock committee the educational committees favorable report of senate bill no 4 went wibb the bill to the appropriation committee bills were introduced as follows by critchlow regulating and extending the powers of the clerk of the district court in matters pertaining to the estates of decedents dece dents minors insane and incompetent persons at times when there is a vacation or recess of the court and the judge therefore is absent from the county seat the bill gives giver to the various district court clerks the right to perform certain ministerial duties in the absence of the judge front from the counties of the large outside districts in whose behalf the bill is drawn by bernheisel by request making appropriations for the use of the utah state board of agriculture for the expenses of the utah state board of agriculture for the creation of which a bill has been introduced for the year ending on the first monday in january 1897 these appropriations are made from the C general fund expenses of the board for foe publications for paying premiums by egan requiring rail railroad road corporia compoi a eions to construct crossings over their respective roads roada where necessary for public or private purposes ies railroad companies are required to construct crossings for public and private purposes when asked to do 60 0 o by the proper county county commissioners by wilson repealing ie repealing pealing section 4 of chapter IS 18 laws of 1892 relating to an act giving the mayor major of 0 cities of the first anti and second classes a qualified fled veto the bill simply repeals repeal the section stated it contains the emergency clause ry by ferguson of carbon for the protection of life and property front from steam boiler explosions the city council lit in cities the president and board of trustees in tot ton ns in and the selectmen or commissioners of cou counties n are empowered to adopt ordinances within their respective limits to provide tor for the examination licensing and regulation of persons having charge of steam boilers Boli thos bill no 48 to prevent the sale of stock under tinder fraudulent pedigree was passed by a unanimous vote and the house adjourned SENATE TWO bills the libel and one providing tor for the examination of the books of territorial officers by experts were passed the judiciary committee reported house bill no 87 amending the provisions of law relating places placer of trial of if civil cases recommending its passage with amendments it also reported favorably house bill no 83 providing for the trial of cases in the district court by judges pro tempore the former bill was read three times and passed and the latter mas given its first reading the following bills were introduced senate bill no 48 introduced by mr chambers a bill for an act for the appointment nent of a state board of mining engineers gi defining their duties and providing forthe for the regulation operation and inspection spec tion of coal mines the bill provides for a state board of five to be appointed by the governor whose terms term shall be four years one member to be a practical mining engin eer two mine managers or superintendents dan ts actively engaged in coal mini mining ing and two practical coal miness terms are to be filled by the governor senate bill no 49 introduced by booth by request to create a state board of labor conciliation and arbitration the bill provides for the appointment by the governor by the advice and co consent n of the senate of a board of three persons not more than two of whom shall belong to the same political party one to be an empl employer of labor and one to he an employee and a member of some ome labor organization february ath liou house sit several petitions and protests against the morrison railroad bill were read the adverse report of the live stock committee on condos Con dons bill no 15 1 to prevent cruelty to animals was adopted Ilo howards wards bill no 60 60 to percent th the e fe fouling of waters by sleep was killed at as laws exist covering the point dr condos Con dons bill for the protection of the health of shop girls and female clerks was changed to one ameliorating emeli orating the condition of clerks and waiters and passed hills bills were introduced as follows ily by stevens conferring on judges of district courts in the state of utah the power 0 and jurisdiction heretofore exercised b by y probate judges in the territory of utah in cases of insane persons by condon for the promotion of kindness to animals it is made the duty of all school teachers ers to teach and impress upon their pupils in the most effective manner possible the duty of kindly treating not only all domestic animals but so far as possible all living creatures after its first reading harris moved the indefinite postponement of the condon bill lie he was ruled out of order but upon renewal of his motion after the second reading of the bill it prevailed after listening three and a half hours in evening session was held for arguments on the utah county contest case brought by J F bringhurst for the pur pose se of un seating I 1 hyrum lemmon Lem the house adjourned shortly before mid night light with a vote vole practically as far re mote at as when the house assembled SENATE the judiciary commit tol reported favorably house bill no 82 providing for fees to be collected by state county district and school officers officer 6 arid and designating the treasuries into which the tame same shall be paid and adversely on house bill no 34 defining evidence required to convict in grand larceny cases the committee on live stock reported favorably senate bill no 12 for the he prevention of disease among sheep the following bills were passed senate bill no 45 4 providing for the release of one or more joint debtors debtor without releasing the others senate bill no 44 providing tor for seals for district courts house bill no 81 making legal holidays include january february may aoth july ath july september arid and december house bill no so authorizing school districts that failed to levy a special tax in IS 1895 95 to levy such tax and house bill no 66 amending the law relating to the redemption demp tion of property sold tor for taxes I 1 so as to allow tour four years tor for such bedei redemption H P the joint printing committee intro deuced senate bill no 52 providing tor for the appointment 0 of a state stale printer and defining his duties senate bill no so 50 by mr varner providing for prosecutions in it criminal cahn ilia cil cases by information i senate enata WU i no ING 53 by br mr sutherland relating to public debt it requires the county clerk of cacti eacle county the recorder of each cacti city the clerk of the board of 0 education anti and the clerk of 0 each school district to indorse c a certificate on every bond warrant or other evidence of debt that the same la Is within the lawful debt limit at such county city and school district and issued according to law referred to the judiciary committee senate bill no 54 by sir booth relating to liens of judgments the substitute for senate bill no 13 relating to the collection of irrigation taxes was re committed to the committee on irrigation and agriculture house bill no 88 provided for the trial of cases in district courts by judges pro tempore was passed adjourned until monday february 10 HOUSE hyburn lemmon was adjudged by the house one of the duly elected members of that body from utah county and the contest brought for the seat occupied by mr Lern lemmon mon by james F bringhurst Bring hurt was dismissed claims were presented pre tented arid and referred at as follows by robinson Robin slon claim of M D harris ex collector of kane county in the sum of 1250 for uncollected taxes by andrus claim of thomas P 1 cottam collector of Washing washington tors county in the sum of 1815 5 for uncollected taxes by heince claim of W WJ J eddington constable lit in morgan precinct morgan county expense lit in criminal cases billi bill were introduced as follows fo lows by stevens to provide for fora a uniform system of free schools throughout the state of utah by nye nyc saving the right of appeal in cases lit in which the judgment was rendered by united states and supreme court commissioners prior to the admission of utah and in which the time to appeal had not expired on january 2 1896 by fergusson Ferg of salt lake by request providing for the appointment of a clerk forthe for the third judicial district court by B y fergusson of salt blakc by request regulating appeals in cases of usurpation of office by bolitho creating a state board of horticulture defining 0 its powers and ap theredo r the bill crea creates ter aboard a board of six members ers appointed for a term of four years bv y a board consisting 0 of the governors governor secretary of state and state auditor by antan mansfield field to amend sections i and 6 of chapter 42 of tile the session laws of utah 1890 and enacting a new nev section known as section aa relating to the assessing and collecting of taxes on transient stock and providing I 1 for or a penalty penally perti peni for I 1 fraudulent acts in listings listing a aabel bes sing and collecting taxes on said stock SENATE the senate passed three bills and foor were verc the corrupt practices act introduced by at al lison was the only one on which any fight was made althou although h this is a measure concerning elections was no politics in the debate 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