Show I UUK STATUTE MAKERS The Divorce Bill RpjpctPfl by the House Committee I HOGBd MINORITY KKPOKT The Kl > l > t Teat Local Option Gen lo lcnl oiirvoy he Attachment lilll itljj dy In the Council I I For nearly the first time in the session ses-sion the Councilors found material enough to occupv them all the afternoon after-noon and as a result put in their first big days work The barb wire fence bill was one of the bones of contention and it received a great deal of the same treatment it had previously suffered at the hands of the House In the House business was rushed through with the usual promptness and a full account of the important work done is enumerated below COUNCIL The Council was called to order at 2 pm yesterday all the members being I present except Mr Smoot COMMUNICATIONS Ihe following communication was real The nndcrsgned duly elected Commissioners Commis-sioners to Locate University Lauds In ac curilaiiue eith the provisions of an act approved ap-proved January iSM Kcg leave to report to your honorable bo ay that the status ottne I lauds louuted upon remutu ai they were February Feb-ruary t3 lbS6 the date of our lasi report i The iJommissiuiieH hare devoted sometime some-time and expn In acquantinKthemselve with sundry adverse claims vvhich should have at LLtiou and final uctien in order to piece the lauds usoresald in ti satistactory and proper ouditiou But w have not ben able to satUfy the necessities in theca the-ca < > se for the reason that there have been no menus paced HI our disposal to enable us to do S < J We would therefore suggest that an appropTUtiou 01 J40U ihoud be made by your Honorable bldy for this purpose ye also desire to call y < ur atieutioii to the fact that no compe siUlouhRs been received for services rendered during tee past two years Respectfully F A MirtJHELL IdAACM WADELL K A BALLANTYNK Commissioners to Locate University Lands for Utah lerntory The Council was notified that the Houe biil passed H F 51 a bill reVIS jug the oode of civil procedure in relation rela-tion to eminent domain The bill was rend for the first time and referred to the committee on judiciary REPORTS The committee on enrollment reported re-ported that C F14 and C F 15 had been properly enrolled etc and sent to the Governor for his actior thereon The committee on judiciary to wnom was referred H F 35 a bill providing for the selection of jurors recommended recom-mended that the bill be placed upon its passage Auopted The committee OT agriculture to whom was referred H F 27 a bill for iu act relating to the construction maintenance of barb wire fences presented pre-sented a majority rpportrecomniendiiig that the bill be placed upon its passage MR flowic pre fajted a minority re norc recommending that the bill be re jPC1J pd ME MARSHALL said that he had givsn the mater considerable attention a id found that sovenninths of the wage earners of Utah were farmers the great bulk of whom came here poor had taeu up small sections of land and by frugality and industry had succeeded in making themselves comfortable This clasj of people had rights which should be considered The bill was in favor of the stockmen and against the farmers and be wi iu isyor of ths I nunontv report I MB WOOLLSY said that he had net examined the bill very carefully but thought that ho was opposed to it He was in i JYQr Ol adopting the majority report honxver so that the bill night be brought before the house The majority ma-jority report was adopted The committee on public health to whom was referred C F 33 a bill in relation to the burial of dead animals recommended that the bill ne put upon its passage Report adopted and the bill filed for second reading The committee on judiciary tQ whom was referred H F 17 an act revising proceedings in justices courts recommended that the bill be put upon Its passage The report was adopted aud ilia bill gled for second reading I The committee on elections to I whom Was refernd H F 24 a bill to I prevent crimes acait st the elective franchise recommended that the bill be put upon its passage Adopted and the bill filed for second reading The same committee to whom was referred H F 37 a bill providing for release of right of dower offered un amendment to the bill and recommended recom-mended that the amendment he adopted and the bill put upon its passage Adopted mid the bill filed for second reading The amendment is as follows SECTION iThllt in any conveyance of or iucumorance upon real property by deed of the husband the rife may join ia sncn de d aud her so joining hir husband In II such deed shall trausfer and convey any and nil right of dower she miy hove in the I property conveyed or iucumbered In or by such deed but to be valid the signature of the wife insist be witnessed and she must acknowledge the execution thereof before some officer authorized to taco such acknowledgement ac-knowledgement in the same manner as an unmarried woman The committee on counties to whom was referred C F 3S a bill defining the manner of determining the disputed county boundary lines recommended that the bill be put upon its passage The report was adopted and the bill filed for secoud reading A BILL REJECTED The committee on highways to whom was referred C F 26 a bill in relation to highways recommended that the bill be rejected Report adopted and the bill rejected THE FEE BILL MR WOOLLEY introduced H F 27 a bill for an act regulating the fees of clerks of the district court The bill was read for the first time and referred re-ferred to the committed on judiciary THE ELECTIVE FHANCHISB H F 24 a bill for an act to prevent crimes against the elective franchise was then taken up and passed under a suspension of the rules H F17 was read for the second time and filed for third leading I H F 27 the House bill in relation to barb wire fences then came up and Mr Bryan spoke in favor of it MH WOOLLEY was opposed to the bill because it was urjust to the farmers MB OLSEN said he had t ken the trouole to inform himself as to the wants of tho territory and from the information received was of the opinion opin-ion that the bill WitS a good one and should be passed itiE HOWE Wits opposed to the bill because it was all iu favor of the cattlemen cattle-men and against the farmers MR MARSHALL thought the bill was imnroper ligislatum and ought not to pass MR WOOLLEY moved that Section 1 1 of the bill bo btrickeu out The motion I was lost After son further discussion the Council adjourned HOUSE Unfinished business first claimed the attention of the House it being H F 48 in reference to animals running at large After some little discussion the bill was recommitted to the committee on judiciary FROM THE COUNCIL Communications were received to the elrect that the Council had passed C F 25 a bill amending section 1175 of rbp code civil procedure H F 25 a oill amending title 12 chapter 2 section sec-tion 85 of an act revising the code of civil procedure of Utah Territory relating re-lating to appeals from justices courts also with amendments H F 41 a bill amending chapter 1 title 12 of the code of civil procedure The amendments amend-ments were concurred in save one and the Council so notified FROM MK BLANDIN MR HOOE presented a petition in tho shape of a letter from the Utah Penitentiary Peni-tentiary signed by Charles F Blandin ntui calling attention to the defect in nUl laws which deprives persons of a speedy trial and citing his own casein case-in argument Referred to committee on judiciary THE BABBIT PEST MB JONES presented the petition of Joseph Kobbins and 117 ottiers residents resi-dents of Dox Elder County praying for a bounty for the extermination of the nestiferous jack rabnit and complaining com-plaining of the damage done hy the longeared thieves Referre the committee ou bgriculture THE LOCAL OPTION LAW MR CBKEB presented several more petitions from the citizens cf Ogden Salt Lake and other places praying for the passage of a local option law The petitions he said contained 52 names Committee on elections THE REGISTRATION OF VOTERS MB CREER from tne committee on slections reported back H F 3 a bills bill-s > for the registration of voters and the conduct of elections and recommended rec-ommended that it be rejected Adopted THE DIVORCE BILL SQUABBLE Mr THUBMAN from the committeeon judiciary reported as follows The committee on judIciary to whom was referred H F 12 a bill in relation to diyoce aud for the mor etlectltal protectIon IIf the lawful wife and to aid in the suppression sup-pression of polygamy and polygamous prac ices herewith return the same and recommend recom-mend thar it be rejected In the judgment > f a majoritvof the committee the bill does not create any cause for divorce not already al-ready recognized as sufficient grounds under existing laws As to that provision defining the duty of a court respecting a division of the properly fter the parties are divorced the committee deem ic safer to Lave that question entirely to the discretion discre-tion of the court unhampered by statutory rules which must in the nature of things bn arbitrary and oftentimes unjust and offensive The committee do not believe hat the bill will In any manner tend to accomplish the object set forth In the title hence the above recommendations CSG |