Show I 1 legislative DONE RY ocel AT TUG LA ASSEMBLY au outlive of several of the most it was after midnight last saturday night before the legislature finally adjourned and when that event occurred the members were in a state of great physical and mental echaus tion constructively no adjournment had taken place after the previous wednesday and as a matter of fact a quorum remained within the precincts of the building all or nearly all the time from thursday morning until the hour of adjournment j time is the test of work done by legislative bodies and it is therefore premature to pass with upon that done at the twenty eighth session of the utah assembly borne of the features which characterized the labors of the session are however legitimate subjects of comment and can hardly be amiss to forecast the probable results of some of the laws enacted during it the most striking contrast between the last assembly and any one of its predecessors to which reference could be made probably consists in the disposition to be generous not to say prodigal in the way of public expenditures which was manifested by tho legislature just closed including appropriations which had been made and others which had been urged and considered there were pending at one time in the house alone exclusive of all fiscal business in the council expenditures aggregating over this figure included a large appropriation to the insane Asylum which it was finally determined not to make but those which were made aggregate over unless the territorial revenue should exceed by about the auditors estimate based upon the receipts of the last two years there will be a deficit as the assembly appropriated about that much more than the amount now in the treasury and the receipts for the next two years including the to be borrowed will foot up to allowing the revenue to remain the next two years the bame in amount as it has been the last two As there win almost certainly be an increase horev Auditors er warrants ought not to be discounted prior to the next sitting of the assembly thus utah has for the first time in her history a bonded debt and her entire revenue for the next two years is expended among the most important measures which became law were the general municipal bill and the county government bill the acts providing for a reform school agricultural college grounds fair buildings and deaf mute institute till territory al institutions the bill providing for banking hoges bill regulating mar ariage the bill creating a territorial luard of equalization and the loan bill the legislation enacted and approved would aggregate a fair sized volume if published as the session laws usually are but all the laws now in force are to be included in the compilation which will be published in two volumes to be out in june the general municipal bill is designed to dserve as a charter for all cities which may hereafter be incorporated and for as many already incorporated as may wish to discard their present i und come under its provisions probably most if not all the municipal corporations in the territory will find it to their advantage to do this as the new law was drawn with great care and a view to providing for every want of a municipality and every contingency that can arise in connection with municipal government the law contains provisions which specify the manner in which it may be adopted in place of existing charters and it provides for amending the latter should it be the fisli to retain them the new law establishes the democratic system of ward representation in city councils the county government bill is designed to establish a uniform system of county governments it provides for the election of county commissioners by districts instead of at large as selectmen have heretofore been chosen which is a step in the direction of local self government of a thoroughly popular and democratic character the probate judge is made a member ex of the board of commissioners whose powers and duties are substantially similar to those of the selectmen now gave that the statute elaborates upon I 1 them to a greater extent and in greater detail than do the old laws upon the subject city and county officials would do well to become familiar with these two laws the bill providing for banking admits of the forming of corporations having a specified capital tor the conducting of a banking business and prescribes rules for the conduct of tho same its effect will probably be the establishment of banks in localities cali ties in the territory where now there are none but it has been pronounced by business men as an unwise measure in some respects bogoa marriage bill which was materially changed while undergoing consideration prior to its passage and approval by the governor is the first statute upon that subject over enacted in this territory it requires a license to be obtained before the performance for mance of any marriage ceremony and contains provisions designed to prevent fraud and wrong in connection with marriages the nature of the bills establishing a territorial board of equalization and providing for a loan is too well understood to require further ex A considerable number of other bills varying in general interest and importance became laws but lack of space prevents a review of them here the school laws now in force were attempted to bo replaced by something better but the attempt at length failed and they remain precisely as they were before the session opened the liquor law propositions to supersede or annul which were urged with great vehemence upon the assembly was amended though manner to materially change its character and ly as before j it is doubtful if any legislation passed out of several measures which touch the subject will satisfactorily settle the question of dealing with es trays and tress passing stock it is doubtless but busl to say that if errors were made burng ohp session they were errors ot judgment only and that its work as a whole may be expected to result in good to the territory |