Show LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY COUNCIL II iWelnedayt + Feb 13 1882 2 pm After roll call and prayer by the chaplain the bill to incorporate Nephi City was taken up on its second reading and was referred to the committee on engrossing C F15 the bill designating public pub-lic holidays was taken up The House had amended this bill by inserting in-serting February 22d the amendment amend-ment was concurred in and the bill so passed The days designated are January 1st February 22d May 30th July 4th and 24th December De-cember 25th and all days set apart by the President of the United States and the Governor of the Territory Ter-ritory as days of thanksgiving A message was received from the House of Representatives stating that the House had concurred in the Council amendment to H F 25 amending the charter of Spanish I Fork City The bill changing the name of Stonehouse to Stone was read the third time by its title and passed H F 43 the bill amending the charter of Gnintsville City was adopted A message from the House notified noti-fied the Council that the House had adopted the concurrent amendment to section 2383 The House resolution that 2500 copies of the report of the territorial superintendent district schools be printed was concurred in The bill in relation t h dogs was taken up Councilor Barton moved to strikeout strike-out the provision exempting certain dogs from taxation Councilor Caine thought the clause exempting shepherds dogs was unjust as it would he thought kill the operation of the bill tor a large number of persons would certainly cer-tainly use the proviso and class their dogs as being used for herding sheep or horned stock Councilor Smoot looked upon the exempting of shepherds dogs as a necessary measure as they are a portion of the stock in trade of herders and it would be unjustly crowding them Councilor Caine thought as these dogs are property they should be taxed as is a horse The vote being put to strike out the exempting provision it resulted iu a tie and declared by the chair to be lost when Councilor Caine asked for the vote of the chair to decide the matter as it was on an original motion The chair explained that there was no necessity for his vote as all the councilors had not voted on the question A full vote being demanded the result was five in favor of striking out and six against it The amendment was lost Councilor E Snow then moved that all after the enacting clause be stricken out as he saw no particular particu-lar necessity for the bill Then Councilors Cluff Murdock Thatcher and Barton spoke for and against this motion of Councilor E Snow after which the motion to strike out was put and lost The bill passed its third reading The committee on judiciary reported re-ported back C F 19 the bill for the collection of small debts with a request re-quest to have the bill printed Carried Car-ried Adjourded until 3 pm Thursday HOUSE Wednesday 2 pm Speaker Lyman called the House to order promptly as per adjournment adjourn-ment I After prayer by the Chaplain the journal of yesterday was read and approved Council messages anounced the nassage by that body of the follow ag bills H F 7 to provide the fencing of lots orchards and gathered crops without amendment amend-ment H F 35 to amend the charter char-ter of Spanish Fork City with amendments and H F41 to change the boundaries of American Fork City without amendment The amendments to each bill were concurred con-curred in and the bills passed by unanimous votes in the affirmative The titles were also approved The Council bill 11 came up as unfinished businesS and the pending motion was considered to strike out section 14 prescribing that one fourth of all moneys collected in the licensing and regulating the manufacture manu-facture and sale of intoxicating liquors in the Territory shall be paid into the treasury of the Territory Terri-tory for the benefit of the district schools The discussion as to whether or not the revenue from the licensing of the liquor traffic could or should be diverted in the interests of district schools was quite earnest Mr Dusenberry favored the idea as cities such as Salt Lake and Ogden Og-den bad large incomes to carry on its municipal business Mr Farr considered the diversion of such funds improper and unnecessary un-necessary district schools being provided pro-vided for from other resources Each city should have control of all its own funds for its particular purposes pur-poses Sufficient tax is provided at present to give the youth of Utah a good common school education which is all that is consistent with present circumstances The Territory Terri-tory had heavy liabilities to carry in the erection of the University of Deseret reform school agricultural ball insane asylum penitentiary and other necessary public buildings build-ings and enterprises Mr Dalton was of opinion that it was as inconsistent to divert local taxes to public interests as it was to use territorial taxes for local purposes pur-poses As well might Congress divert the territorial tax for national purposes II e x Mr Penrose deemed the measure exceedingly impolitic in requiring local taxation to apply to interests far removed from the place of such taxation Few cities licensed the liquor traffic such should have the benefit of the funds so derived instead in-stead of placing them to the the interest in-terest of distant parts of the territory terri-tory which were not pestered with such business Mr Thurman concurred in some of the views of Mr Dalton but as the influence of the sale of liquor in large cities was Jolt in distant portions por-tions of the territory he was in favor of the 25 per cent t of such moneys received to be expended in the public interest The private interests of any municipality were foreign to the present legislation Did not consider the present school fund half large enough it couldnot consistent with other purposes be too large I I Mr Atwood considered that inasmuch I I inas-much as drunkards usually paid the I i I I licenses for the sale of intoxicjung liquors the bill should be so Amended Amend-ed that the drunkards children should receive the benefit of the ui i i version of such moneys received I Mr Booth presented r a scheJulo of the per cent of the appropriations I made in 1S72 1876 ISiS and ISsO showing thatgenerally over seventy I five per cent of all appropriations had been for the purposes of expenditure expen-diture in Salt Lake County The indebtedness of counties for territorial territo-rial taxes amounted to about 8200000 ever onehalf of which Salt Lake County was owing Other counties had incurred this indebtedness indebted-ness since the 31st of May 1881 Referred Re-ferred to the annual income aud expenditures ex-penditures of the municipality of I Salt Lake For the liquor traffic alone the city received for a year I I as net income 22500 after paying 310500 towards public school purposes II pur-poses The records of the pelice court showed that at about every three months raids were made I on houses of illfame the inmates in-mates of which were fined and I set at liberty for another period Of three months It looked more like a license than a suppression Salt 1 Lake City had seventynine miles I of water mains and wanted seventy nine miles more and could not spare a dollar for the education of I the youth aside from the territorial appropriation I I I Mr Jaques was opposed to the section for its inherent viciousness 1 I unjustness unrighteousness atm iniquity in-iquity It gave to men an opportunity opportu-nity to steal undercolor ot law The section not only allows such theft but compels it Those cities not pestered pes-tered with the liquor traffic would perhaps like to reap the benefits of the traffic in other places and do it j I under color of the district school lawMr I Mr Smith repudiated the insinuation insinu-ation that he was in favor of the I liquor traffic If ho had the power no liquor would be sold except for medicinal sacramental or other I really necessary purposes Ihe receipts re-ceipts for the licensing ot the liquor business had been placed too high There are other expenses arising in the business of a municipality that were not mentioned by the honorable honora-ble gentlemen who had pretended to give the net income of Salt Lake City Referred to a number such omitted expenses The school system sys-tem was not dealing out justice as all religious denominations were I taxed and the tctcher tmIcJ were of only dui Lurch If the regulation of the liquor traffic were not entrusted to the cities then it would be just to take a portion of the license fees for educational purposes pur-poses if the Territory would regulate regu-late and control such business and take the responibility I The motion being put aid not pie vail and section 14 was retained in the bill I A communication from the Council Coun-cil stated hat that body eoncurreJ in the House amendment to C F 15 designating I public holidays also that H F 40 to change the names of Mr Stonehouse and family had been passed Also that the Council concurred in the House resolution I re-solution concerning the printing of the report of the territorial superintendent superin-tendent of district schools but had made an amendment in the manner of distribution The House concurred con-curred in the amendment Another message stated that C F 22 relating relat-ing to dogs had passed the Council House adjourned till Thursda y at 2 pm |