Show faw f i i wis S UTAH LEGISLA legislature two days proceedings TUESDAY jan COUNCIL the council met pursuant to adjournment Journ ment the president in tho the chair roll called quorum pros present prayer by the chaplain councilor barton presented a petition from E T clark treasure of dayis davis co asking ashing compensation aaion for ser vices as sub treasurer for tho territory referred to committee on claims and appropriations intsons int ions the following Communication was received from the house houle the house resolution pro providing for the tile appointment of a specia I joint committee to ascertain the reason for the delinquency of counties on account of overdue taxes and to ascertain the advisability of enforcing payment of the same saine adopted and and councilor thurber appointed said wd committee on the part of tho the council on motion of councilor thurber CL C F to section 1444 i of tile compiled Ciompi led laws of utah was w as ordered enrolled committee ou on pla corporations and tow ngi toe reported a bill C P 14 to incorporate Silver Reef city washington co utah tho tile bill was read the first time and on motion of councilor duff cluff passed its first reading it was also read tho tile second time and passed the second time when it was ordered enn rs r s ed NJ councilor thatcher Thatch cr presented a it bill C F 15 des designating ignatin public holidays and asking that it be bo referred to the Committee of Judiciary the bill read first time and ind so referred CF 12 in relation to moraga mortgages of f personal property was call called ed up tip find na seventy five copice copies ordered printed minutes read and tile council adjourned till friday 10 lock benediction HOUSE HOME tho following business bu shiest was transacted in the house ilow ac friday afternoon A petition was presented from J T darton and 84 others asking for an appropriation of to build a wagon road from fremont Frein ont valley ey piute diute count county Y to the colorado river also one from J B milner and others of provo city asking for a change of the corporate boundaries of that city from their present extent of about forty miles to three or four miles square the petitions were referred to the appropriate committees tile committee on ou claims reported on the petition of ashton nebo ker for relief and recommended that the flie sum of be granted on account of his administration as its collector in 1878 but reported nd ad tersely on mr Nebel cers claim for 1879 the committee on olt mu municipal uc al I corporations reported their dl disapproval a it oval of the bill granting to salt q a lake ake city additional powers in in relation to the liquor tr trai allic fic considering the substitute passed recently lecent ly gave all the authority that v was as necessary sir beal reported that the co committee in oN on penitentiary and arid it reform schools had e examined X and approved of the wardens Ward erts report jort re aud and recommended that there be no action taken in the selection of agite fona furia territorial rit orial penitentiary as the territory was more in in need of a reform school jan 10 am COUNCIL council met pursuant to adjourn ad jouin anent roll called quorum present prayer bythe by the chaplain councilor smoot of the committee on revenue reported that C F 11 an all act licensing tho silo salo of liquors had been amended by them and presented a I substitute bill the report was accepted and the bill laid on the table to come up in its order Councilor Wells of the committee on oil judiciary reported back C F r 15 an oil act recommending public holidays report accept accepted and tho bill being being taken taen up tip it passed its see second and third reading A message age frem from the house was received informing the council that they had passed 11 II F to amend section chap 25 laws of 1880 providing for fencing feu cing Iota lots orchards and gathered crops and enclosing the bill the bill was read and and referred to the committee on agriculture trade and manufactures councilor cluff presented a bill for an act to cestr restrain ain i the running at largo large or herding berding of sheep within three miles of settlements or dairies between the first days of march and september and brov ding g K penalties en for so doing all fines finc from in this act zet applied to the benefit of dist detriot riot schools flie bill was read and referred to the committee on agriculture trade and manufacturers councilor caine presented a bill for an act to consolidate the school districts in salt lake city and create a board of education the bill provides that all property belonging to each school district should vest in and become the property of tile new D chiv district that school prop erty in each district now existing i shall be in charge ot of a local janitor the school board shall consist of the tile mayor the county superintendent of district schools and one person elected from each municipal ward who shall ahall hold office fl for or two yme the tile bill proscribes prescribes bonds of the tile school board and define I mir duties means for the establishment of an intermediate school in each ward tho tile bill was read seventy five copies erderud printed and it was rel referred erred to the committee on education C F 12 the bill in relation to mortgages of personal property was called up for second reading councilor thatcher Thatch cr moved to amend by allowing only certain kinds of property to be niort mortgaged such buell as locomotives rolling stock of railroads tools of a mee mechanic banic instruments instruments ofa of a or dentist furniture and upholstery used in a hotel and ind allowing a mortgage mage on these only only for the unpaid portion of t tho purchase money councilor wells said that this i yas was equal al to striking out the enacting clause as its object was to defeat the bill and aud lie did not sec bee why a poor man mail owning a little property and arid wanting to raise a little means should not be allowed to mort mortgage ige his property lie could sell it and he lie ought to have the privilege of mortgaging if he ile thought best councilor E snow thought that in it cither either case it would be a hardship abi t to some people councilor ti caine moved that the bill and the pro proposed ased amendment b bs referred to ako tko the committee on judiciary carried the council granted leave of absence to councilors councillors Counci lors That thatcher ther and murdock until monday adjourned to 1030 a in saturday arous 1030 a in mr peery presented r petition from richard belnap of weber county asking for the remittance of certain taxes amounting amo 11 in all to referred to the tile committee on claims and public accounts A petition of J V robinson probate judge of millard county presented by air mr partridge askin asking that boundary lines between SIX millard and lind juab counties be definitely c established was referred to the C committee ommittee on counties mr r farr arr presented a petition from thos cottle and others of plain city weber county askin asking an extension of tile time in in which which water companies may make reports referred to the committee on oil ir irrigation ri mr thurman introduced a pi bill providing a mode for the chan changing gang of oft names iames it provides that applications for the changing of names must bo be presented to the judicial district in which tl petitioner petitioner resides and the petition te bs acted upon by the district court read and ind referred to committee the on oil judiciary amr francis introduced a bill for the tile election of public administrators the bill was read and referred to the committee on oil judiciary it provides for the election in each coun county ty ofa of a public administrator to hold office for two years the officer to be elected at each general election the report of the chancellor and regents of the university of des cret being the special order of the day was read and referred to the committee on education mr thurman offered the following resolution which was adopted resolved by the ilia house of representatives senta tives of the legislative assembly of that tho tile secretary of the territory be requested to furnish this house tr r a committee thereof appointed by the chair a list of tile names of foreign corporations doing business in this territory the house bill granting te to incorporated cities certain powers was read the third time A lengthy and earnest discussion discussion followed as to a proviso in in the section allowing cities to license regulate and prohibit the eale sale of liquor the proviso made it necessary in in order for the city council of any ally city to tb prohibit the sale for a I petition asking for prohibition to be presented to the council and that it must contain tho the signatures of two thirds of the registered voters of such city and that such prohibition should not take place until six months after the passage of the ordinance di nance A number of motions were offered and lost and pending the further consideration n of the tile matter a recess was taken till pm pm alen the house leasse reassembled mb fm I the discussion was renewed and ad an amendment of mr penrose adopted that the law should not apply to those cities already exercising prohibitory hibi tory powers un der law an amendment of mr thurman was adopted making it a two third majority of the inhabitants over 21 years of a age it was azin then moved to make it a majority majori tj instead of two thirds the vote on oil it was a tic tie 11 and the speaker voted in favor of the amendment and it prevailed v the time allowing hig saloon keepers to close out was made three months instead of six mr partridge moved ita it mccorn ment to the committee on municipal corporations and towns the motion prevailed mr booth BOOM from the committee on municipal corporations and tow towns ns reported back the bill in incorporating cor por po rating biting villages and recommended its P passage loz age without amendment and it was ivas then rul the second tiie time by its title adjourned till monday at pm |