Show OUR STATUTE MclKblj 1 j e A Brief But Busy Session of the House K THE COUNCIL QUIESCENT The Jadlclary Committee Get Its Jdnnds FullThe Second District The University General COUNCIL it Tfie members of the Council were all present at2 pm yesterday when the resident called the House to order Prayer was offered by Chaplain Shaw after which the minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved A PETITION MB WIMMEB presented a petition from Jasper Robertson and 310 other residents of Emery County setting forth that the residents of that county had three large and dangerous rivers to cross and that the financial condition of the people was such that they were not able to bear the expense of bridging the rivers They therefore asked for an I appropriation of 6000 to assist them in this work Referred to the committee on appropriations I MlfiCELliAKEOUS ME MARSHALL called for DF Uo 5 A bill for an act to provide for the classIfication and government of municipal corporations and towns which was read for the second time amended and filed for third reading The bill reads as follows Be it enacted etc SECTION 1 That the municipal corporations in this Territory bend be-nd the same are hereby divided into two lasses All incorporated cities having one thousand or more resident local voters or showing by the retnrns of the last general election shall be of the firstclass and all others shall be of the second class SEC 2 Eaeh incorporated bity of the firstclass shall be divided into five muni cipal wards thehiundaries of which shall be prescribed by ordinance priori to the < extmunicipal eledtkm provided that said rardsshall be as near as may be of equal opmatiou and shall as near as may be lie teach n a compact bo ay f SEC 3 f The municipal government of all ncorporated cities of class isher by vested in a city council to be composed of a mayot who shall be a qualified electorin his city five aldermen one from each ward and ten councilmen two fr an each ward who hall be qualified electors in their re spective wards tho mayor shall be chosen by the qualified voters of their respective cities and the aldermen and councilmen shall be chosen by the qualified voters of their respective wards they shall hold their offices for two years and Until their succes ors are elected and qualified SEC 4 The government of municipal corporations of the secondclass shall eou inue as now provided by law SEC 5 All acts and parts of acts ao far as the same are in conflict with the provisions hereofare hereby repealed SEC 6 IhiS act shall take effect and ben be-n force from and after Its passage and ap royaiby the Governor A communication from F t Cayten of Beaver City was read thanking tpe Council for extending to him the freedom free-dom of the Council Chamber MB OLSEN moved that when the Council adjourn be until Monday at 2 pm Carried Onmotion of Mr Marshall the Con eil then adjourned THE HOUSE I The falling of Speakers gavel yes terday promptly at the appointed hour found most of the members in heir seats The minutes of the previous day were read and approved p FROM HIS EXCELLENCY Governor Wests nt in acommunica tion and it was read by the clerk an nouncjng that he had approvedjand led with Secretary the bill for an act providing for the compilation of the laws of Utah PETITION Mr Hatch presented a petition from the residents of Ashley Uintah County signed by 200 residents of the county which he desired toJhaVe recd and referred ferred to the committee on judiciary It was as follows VERNAL UINTAH Co UTAH January 1 1887 b We your petili nera residents of the above named county and Territory would respectfully represent tnat the 8 W of N E AN W Y S E Y N W 4 and N K SW dection 4 Township 4 S ttange 27 cast Salt Lake Meridian was surveyed sur-veyed as a town site recorded as such and named Ashley that suosequently the general i gen-eral government created a postoffice here and called the same Vernal postoffloe We therefore ask thatyon legalize all deeds and transfers that may have been made as to Ashley and that the place be known hereafter here-after as Verbal We tfoiild respectfully ask also that the County Seat of Uintah County now located at the place known as Ashley postoffice being situated some four miles from the recorded townsite of that name be removed to Vernal for the following reasons to wit It is nejirlthe centre of the county it is centrally cen-trally loc ted as to population that Vernal Is the largest and best patronized commercial commer-cial town in the countythat Ashley PP 0 contains their bona fide residents and that therefore the largest number of citizens would be benefited by such a change i MB ALLEN moved that it be laid upon the table As he understood Hi the Legislature had no power 6 grant the petition pray d forMa for-Ma HATCH hoped such a motion would not prevail This would be treating treat-ing the petitioners with undue resoect and they certainly hda4right to be heard in the intt r j F MRKIxoI nlovtliat itbe referred to the committee on counties Carried SOME AIIEDMEJ5 a I C X J 8 MB MOYLE offered F 15 a bjll oran or-an act to amend subdi ision l of Section Sec-tion 1954 of the Coinpjled Laws oj Utah making thirteen years instead often of-ten the age of tl e female injcasesfpi rape fKeferrea totKecomniittee on I judiciary The same gentleman also presented H F16 follows tie 4i enacted etc That chapter 2p of the Selivn Law of 18SO of Utaa Territory entitle en-title An act to punish person cuisi ug rat viuy cars in certain cases be liLfl vled to read as follows Section 1 That evory person who clandesinely enters ito or Bpoi any railroad cat for the purpose and with 110 intention riding or bein truntf porte thereon pr who havitig entered in or upon any railroad carrides < oreriflny rajlroid line or portion tlibrecjf in tlils Ter liitcry without the knowledge and consent of the company person or persons ownn or operating such car or railroad and with c the intention to defraud such compandor person of the fare compensation for such i transportation shall be guilty of misde memor and upon conviction thereof shall ne punished by Imprisonment In the county jail not exceeding fifty days or by fine In any sum lets than 30 or by both fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court Sue 2 very person being at the time a servant or employee of any railroad company com-pany who aids abets assists counsels advises ad-vises or encour iged any person to enter into or ride upon any railroad car for the purpose pur-pose with the intention and 1n to mannr specified in thu preceding section shall be gBiity of a misdemeanor Read the first time and referred to the committee on judiciary Mr Kicharas presented and asked that it te read and referred to the jtsdi ciary committee H F 17 Ita bill amending section 91 of chapter 9 of an act revising the proceedings in justices courts and providing for apeals to district courts in criminal cases approved ap-proved March 13 1881 It provides that the section named above be amended by adding thereto after the last word of said section the following Attd answer the charge of which he has been convicted and appear in what evr court it may be prosecuted and will at al times hold himself amenable to the orders and process of the court and if convicted will appear for judgment judg-ment and render himself execution thereof or if he fail to perform per-form either of these conditions then he pay to the people of the Territory of Utah the sum specified in the undertaking Bat the appeal shall not be effectual for any purpose whatever unless the party taking the appeal shall cause the papers pa-pers in the case to be filed in the Dis trial Court within thirty days after the rendition of the judgment in the justices jus-tices court In case the party taking the appeal aeglect to have the papers filed in the District Courc within i thirty days next after the rendition oi the judgment in tbe justices court then the other party to the suit may have the papers filed and shall be entitled to an order dismissing the appeal and may at once proceed to obtain execution of the judgment in the justices court It Read first time and referred to the committee on judiciary THE SECOND DISTRICT MB FABNSWOBTH presented a bill changing the boundaries the Second Judicial District It proyidea that t Kane Washington Iron Garfield Beaver San Juan Piute Millard and Sever Counties shall hereafter constitute con-stitute the district 1 named and that all capses of action which shall hereafter arise in the Mcoun ties of Millard and Sevier sKall be heard tried and determined in the Second Sec-ond District Court It was read the first time and referred to the committee commit-tee on judiciary J REMOVAL OF COUNTY SEATS MB SEE MILLER offered a voluminous bill H JF 21 providingfor the TO moval l of ounty seats Referred to the committee on counties THE UKITEBSITY I MB KIMBVLL presented a bill for an act to amend an ordinance incorporating incorporat-ing the University of the State of Des eret approved February 28th 1850 and providing for the insertion after the fourth section and numbered section sec-tion 5 the following That the Chancellor and board of regents shal hold not fewer than four meetings meet-ings each year to which all regular professors of the Uniyersity shall be invited that they may lay before be-fore the chancellor aud regents their views as to the proper maintenance conduct etcof the University This actshall be in torce from and after its passage Referred to the committee on education THE SECRET nYSF E5 A bill providing for the regulatnn of the fees of the Secretary oft the Territory Terri-tory was also introduced by Mr Richards and referred to the committee on counties MISCELLANEOUS THE SPEAKEB announced that a day or twoago at the request of the com tnittee on penitentiary andi i reform school he had added to that committee Mr Lund Theminutes however so far had failedtoshow the assignment He now renewed the appointment for the purpose of having it incorporated in the minutes gl t GOING HOME FOR OHUBgH MB MCLAUGHLIN Mr Speaker when this House adjourn I move it be until i Monday next EIGHT TENTHS OF THE MEMBEBS I second that motion MB HATCH Mr Spe ker I would like to be granted a leave oPabsence a day or two i > r I THE SPEAKERThe request is granted MB JoNEs1 move we now adjourn Adjourned |