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Show i I dan. l.nTI. COUN II- Council met pursuant to adjourn-I adjourn-I ment. I Councilor Wm. Snow pre.nted the ! petition of General Geo. C. Bates, and i thirteen othera.with bill accompanying, I praying for an amendment to the general gen-eral incorporation act, which was read and referred to the committee on general gen-eral incorpor lions. A communication was received from the house announcing the passage of i, house file No. 2) "an act providing for the election of delegates lo i a convenlion to prepare a eon-1-slitation for the admission of Utah 1 into the union as a Slate." The bill was rd and referred to the committee on judiciary. I Several communications were receiv-i receiv-i ed tendering thanks for the freedom of i the council. 1 (C. F. Xo. 1) "An aot to promote i (he Construct iou of horse railways in : iialt Jake city," was presented by ; councilor Jennings; read and referred to the committee on railroads, i Councilor L. Smith called the attcn-I attcn-I tion of the council to the "act in rcla- lion to damage done by animals," and i suggested that some amendment.- be I made thereto. The consideration of 1 the subject was referred to the eomruit-lee eomruit-lee on agriculture, and councilor L. : Smith was added to the committee lor the consideration of said subject. Adjourned till to day at 1 p.m. HorsE. , i Houe met pursuant lo adjournment at 2 p.m. l'oll callr-d; quorum present. Mr. .1. W. oung presented a petition peti-tion from dames Leithead and one hundred ami nineteen others, praying or the organization of a new eounlv out of a portion of Kane aud Iron counties, lo he called Kanab county. Head and referred to lire committee on ounties. Com m imitations were nveiviid from Hon. tJeoro A. Smith the city council coun-cil of Salt Lake, Hon. S. A. Mann and I Ion. Thomas Fitch, acknowledging I lie freedom of the house tendered to them. Mr. J. W. Voting pie-'enti-d an aei to enable the citizens of Washington cily, in Washington county, to hold an! oleetion to elect cily officers, which was read and referred to the commit tec on municipal corporations. Mr. Farr presented a petition from the citizens of Weber county, asking that a law may be enacted to establish free schools in Utah. Referred to the committee on education. Mr. Rowberry moved I bat the committee com-mittee on education take into consideration consider-ation the propriety, of bringing in a bill to establish free schools through-1 out the Territory, aud report at an early day. Mr. YV. II, Lee presented the financial finan-cial report of Pavia eounly for the years 1S70 and 1S7I. Referred to the committee on revenue. Adjourned until 2 p.m. to-day. |