| Show A BRANCH ASYLUM The Committee Recommend the Purchase of Fort Cameron THE LIBRARY BILL IS KILLED Tko Bill Regulating Marriage Is Passed F Winter Quarters to be Annexed to Emery County Other Business Among the most important matters brought before the attention of the assembly assem-bly yesterday was the report of the special committee on Fort Cameron and which lifl given in full in the House proceedings f No bills were introduced in either house THE COUNCIL The House announced that H F 51 relating re-lating to the release of dower had been passed also that H F 12 providingfor assessing and collecting of taxes on transitory transi-tory herds had been passed The former was referred to the committee on judiciary and the latter to the committee on ways andTneans The House further announced that Council amendments to sections 1 and 3ofHF 19 the anticigarette bill had been concurred in but that section 2 relating re-lating to penalties imposed on minors for using narcotics had been rejected and that a conference committee was asked for Messrs Seegmiller and Bryan were appointed ap-pointed on conference committee from the Council TO REPAIR run ROADS A petition was presented by Mr Lund from citizens of Washington county asking that 3000 be appropriated to repair the roads which had been seriously damaged by recent floods The petition was signed by Isaac C McFarlane and fortyfive others Referred to the committee on highways FOB COURT ROOM RENT Mr Booth presented a claim of 2025 for rent of Provocourt house for the past two years for use of First district court Referred Re-ferred to committee on claims BONDS OF GUARDIANS t The committee on judiciary reported on rc tl F 30 relating to bonds of guardians and t C F 37 providing for cases of detainer 1 where no Justice court is in the precinct t recommending their adoption The committee com-mittee also reported on C F 23 concern i ing injunctions submitting a substitute whichthey recommended be adopted ON MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS v The committee on municipal corporations and towns reported on C F 31 relating to charters and the duties of city officials also on C F 35 providing for the classification classifi-cation incorporation and government of cities recommending their passage DAMAGE BY ESTRATS The committee on live stock reported on C F 11 relating to damage done by estrays recommending adoption when certain amendments are prepared THE BIRD DILL t The committee on agriculture reported on C F3 the bird bill and submitted a second substitute The committee on printing reported that C F 13 and C F 1C substitutes had been printed THE TORT CAMERON MATTER C The special committee appointed to visit Fort Cameron made a report of their in i vestigation recommending that the same i be purchased for the use of a branch insane in-sane asylum I On motion of C C Richards further action ac-tion was postponed until next Monday and in the interim 200 copies bo ordered printed THE BILLS PASSED P F 3G relating to bonds of guardians was taken up on second reading The rules were suspended andthe bill passed 1 C F 37 relating to trials in justices courts in case of forcible entry and de 0 tainer was taken up on second reading The rules were suspended and after minor amendments the bill was read < the third 1 time andunanimously passed t RELATING TO INJUNCTIONS I The substitute for C F 23 relating to r f injunctions was taken up and adopted Pending third reading the substitute was 1 ordered printed ORDERED PRINTED CLF 3 relating to the destruction of certain animals and birds was taken up and the substitute read Pending third reading the substitute was ordered printed ON MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT C F 31 supplementing and amending 1 the charters and defining proscribing and regulating the powers duties and government govern-ment of cities of the first and second classes was taken up on secoid reading pending which the reading was postponed until today to-day The Councilthen adjourned and visited the industrial training department of the Salt Lake academy injaccordance with the invitation previously accepted TILE HOUSE The committee on counties to whom had been referred the petition of H G Sharp and others asking that Winter Quarters be attached to Emery counts reported favorably recommending that such action bo taken Adopted A bill for an act making such change was read and filed for second reading HIS CLAIMS ALLOWED i Mr Creer from the committee on claims and public accounts reported favorably on the claims of Collector M W Mansfield of Piute county Adopted THE DESERET UNIVERSITY Mr Allen from the committee on educa tionreturned the report of the chancellor and board of regents of the university and recommended that 500 copies be printed Adopted THE MAYORS VETO DILL Mr Thurman from the committee on municipal corporations and towns reported favorably on H F 23 the bill granting the veto power to mayors etc THE FORT CAMERON MATTER The committee on Fort Cameron made the following report The joint committee appointed and instructed I in-structed to visit Fort Cameron in Beaver 4 county Utah and investigate the buildings build-ings and surroundings and report upon the advisbility ofthe Territory purchasing such fort for the purpose of establishing a branch territorial asylum beg to report that the 12th inst said committee t on proceeded pro-ceeded by rail to Milford and from there to Beaver and Fort Cameron by stage arriving ar-riving at the last named place on the evening even-ing of the 13th The committee at once began an investigation of the buildings grounds and general surroundings of Fort Cameron and gathered considerable information in-formation as to cost of material for building build-ing purposes and provisions and general supplies for future maintenance and returned re-turned to bait Lake City arriving here on the 16th Fort Cameron was at one time a United States military post It was erected in the year 1872 at a cost of about 230000 exclusive of labor performed by the troops stationed at the place and was abandoned and ceased to be used for military purposes pur-poses in the year 1882 The are nineteen separate buildings the I walls ofwhich are constructed of blocks of lava laid in good lime mortar and covered with ordinary shingle roofs They are designated and known as The Hospital B twostory building with ceilings 14 feet high on each story The building 2SxSO feet and is surrounded with a two story veranda 10 feet wide 4 a Officers Headquarters cover 30x40 feet with a 12foot ceiling a onestory It building with porch in front The Commissary a onestory building weringSOxlOOfeet ceiling 12 feet high Q = ss n with a basement of the same size with afoot a-foot ceiling The Guard House a onestory build ing22x60 feet with ceiling feet ni hrh h-rh Sutlers Store with ceiling feet high an Lrshaped one story building onq wing of which measures 20x45 feet the other 20x35 feet There is a basement under this building 20x45 feet Company quartersThere are four of these buildings onestory high 12foot ceilings These are Lshaped one wing measuring 100x30 and the other 30x40 feet I Officers QuartersThere are five of these buildingseach one is a double build ing a storyandahalf highthe lower ceilings ceil-ings being 12 feet in eachof these five buildings there arefour rooms 18x15 feet four rooms 10x15 feet two rooms 10x15 feet two rooms 15x15 feet and two hallways hall-ways G feet wide in each of which is a stair case leading to the upper story of its respective half of the building Commanding Officers Quarters A I story ndahalf building loyer ceilings 12 feet high In this building there are eight rooms 15x17 feet two orooms 13x14 feet two hall ways seven feet wide with stair cases in each The Bakery 18x30 feet exclusive of the oven proper Laundry Buildings Thereare fourof these each measuring 28 x 50 feet ceilings 12 feet high In addition to the foregoing buildings there is frame stable 23 x 100 feet stalled for G4 head of animals and towhich is attacked at-tacked shed the entire length of the stable 15 feet wide There are six frame buildings which were used as workshops each 25 x 20 feet and other outbuildings The company and officers quarters hospital hos-pital commissary and guard house are located lo-cated in the form of a hollpw square facing Inwards The interior of this square is forty rods on each side containing ten acres sown with tame grasses forming a beautiful lawn surrounded with a fence and two lines of trees Immediately in the rear of the officers quarters is a park of about ten acres in which there are two miniature lakes of water which can be utilized as ice ponds in the winter time In the vicinityof the parK mere are sixty acres of nrstciass land which has been under cultivation and yielding heavy crops of vegetables and grains In addition to the foregoing there are twenty acres of firstclass land yet unbroken un-broken making in all a tract of 160 acres To this land there is a full and complete water right and the supply is ample for all purposes The fort being located on the Beaver river above all other claimants or users of water from the stream it has the advantage of always having a good supply of pure mountain water Fo culinary culi-nary sanitary power and fire purposes any pressure desired can be obtained by carrying the water in pipes a distance not to exceed four thousand feet Fort Cameron is distant from Milford about thirtythree miles and from Beaver city about one and alialf miles Milford is the nearest railroad point but surveys are made and a railway route is located within half a mile of the fort Stages make regular daily connections between Milford and Beaver The temperature at Beaver seldom registers as low as 10 degrees below and as high as 95 degrees above zero and the climate is such that all classes of grains vegetables and the hardier varieties of fruit can be grown Fort Cameron its buildings improvements improve-ments and 1GO acres of ground can be purchased pur-chased for the sum of 25000 as per offer of the owner of the same hereto attached and in which is shown the presen condition of the title marked exhibit A The purposes of an insane asylum an estimate is made that with an economical and judicious expenditure of the sum of 35000 in additin to 25000 for the purchase pur-chase of the buildings and grounds accommodations accom-modations for 200 patients and attendants can readily bo obtained From the foregoing data the committee respectfully recommend that the sum of 25000 be appropriated to purchase Fort Cameron and grounds asper tender made that 35000 be appropriated to put the buildings in a condition to receive patients and to furnish waterworks electric light plant sewerage and similar improvements that the law be amended so as to make Fort Cameron a branch of the territorial insane asylum at which place shall be kept all cases deemed incurable and that proper provision be made for their maintenance The expensaincurredby committee amounts tp 5 b4O This does not include transportation for which there is no charge Respectfully A L WILLIAMS J L ROBISON 7 T HAMMOND R C lUND JOSEPH BAII ON Exhibit A To the joint committee Legislative assembly R C Lund chairman f SIR We offer theFort Cameron property prop-erty consisting one hundred and sixty acres of land with aU buildings and improvements im-provements for the sum of25000 We guarantee a good and perfect title with water rights to the property The title of the land is now in the government but under special act of Congress the purchasers I pur-chasers of the improvements have the refusal I re-fusal of the land when thrown into the market for sale In case of purchase we guarantee a good and perfect title JOHN R MURDOCK P T FARNSWORTH Mr ThurmanJnviewof the importance of this report I move its reference to the committee on asylum and education combined com-bined I do this because I want the committee com-mittee on education to consider whether Fort Cameron would not be a more suitable suit-able place for the deaf mute institute It was referred THE VETO BILL H F 23 the bill granting the veto power to mayors and for the government of cities was read the second time REFERRED BACK C F 23 authorizing the estates of decedents de-cedents and minors to be leased or mortgaged mort-gaged in certain cases was amended and referred back to the committee on judiciary judici-ary THE COUNCIL CONCURS TheCouncil announced that it had concurred con-curred in H C R 13 < > providingfor the printing of the report at the chancellor and bord of regents of theS Deseret university THE LIBRARY BILL KILLED C F 23 providing for a territorial library lib-rary was read the third time Mr Allen wanted section 3 which provided pro-vided that the librarian be appointed by the legislature stricken out Such an officer could only be appointed by the governor gov-ernor Mr Thurman did not believe that the bill was objectionable on that account He did not think that the librarian was a territorial ter-ritorial affair under the meaning of the organic act Mr Allen insisted that it was The motion to strike out was lost and after a few minor amendments the bill was put on its passage and rejectedaye 12 nays Sj absent absentsWASTE WASTE WATER II F 23 Williams bill to prevent the waste of artesian water was made the special order for Wednesday next TilE STATUTES OF LIMITATION H F 53 the bill amending the statutes of limitation was passed It amends section 3142 of the compiled laws by striking out the word five in the first line of said section and inserting the wjud seven in lieu thereof amends section 3143 by striking strik-ing out the word four in the first line and inserting the word six amends section sec-tion 3143 bystriking out the word three in the first line and inserting the word five amends section 3145 by striking out theword two in the first line and in sectins the word four by striking out the wordtwo In the fifth line of the subdivision sub-division of saidsection and inserting the word four in lieu thereof REGULATING MARRIAGE H F 25 the bill regulating marriage came up on its third reading and was passed EVIDENTLY A MISTAKE A communication from the governor returned re-turned H FlU the live stock bill tat the request of a majority of the House was read readeyeral Severalmembers objected to any such representations being made They had not asked that thE bill be < LIt L-It was referred to the committee Jive stock TBJJ APPROPRIATION BILE On motion of Mr Thurman the commit J tee on appropriations were instructed to report the general appropriation bill to the House not later than Friday next REID AS AnmiORIST Mr ReidI move the Council concurring concur-ring that ve now adjourn Laughter and applause An amendment to the motion striking out the words the Council concurring was adopted and the House adjourned |
