Show FEES OF SHERIFFS I A Rather Warm Debate in the Council Yesterday D THE BIG SCEOOL BILL IS PASSED be EIjrbtHour Law on All Public Work Goes through the Council Without a 151ulle Protest In tile Council yesterday Lund presented Ute following bill That hereafter no territorial county or municipal mu-nicipal precinct officer whoso salary is 11200 or more per annum shall be paid any sum or amount whatever for any services performed by him by virtue of such office and any person who shall Knowingly receive any sum in excess of such salary shall be guilty of a misdemeanor misde-meanor that hereafter all fees collected by such officers shall be paid into the treasury of the precinct county or territory as the case may be C F SS substitute for the liquor bill rejected re-jected by the conference committee amends section 215S of the compiled laws of Utah as follows Provided that any application for such license li-cense may be refused for good cause in the discretion dis-cretion of the city council or county court and no such license shall be granted to any establishment estab-lishment except a hotel located within 300 feet of any church or public l school building being ft gor 10h 10 PO Jg I used for that purpose orwithin 100 feet of any theater variety theater concert hall I or any like place of amusement and provided further that no saloon tippling house or dram shop shall have or keep in connection con-nection therewith or as a part thereof such I saloon tippling house or dram shop any wine room or other place either with or without I doors curtain or curtains or screen of any kind into which any female person shall be i allowed to enter from the outside or from such tippling house or dram shop and there be supplIed I sup-plied with liquor of any kind whatever t And the counly court or the city council may revoke any license granted to such I saloons for the violation of the provisions of this act I A bill was introduced by Peters yesterday yester-day to provide rules and regulations for i leasing of school lands in the territory of Utah It provides that no lease shall be I made for a period to exceed three years and all leases are to be subject to cancellation cancella-tion within six months after the territory becomes a state leases are divided into two classes grazing and agricultural the applicant must answer the following questions ques-tions For what purpose is the land L wanted Is any person living on the land If 150 who and how long Are there any improvements im-provements of any description on such land 1 Is so what State value of same in each government 45acre tract Is there any lumber in such land If so what kind and I quality If it can bo irrigated state source and condition If so how many acres anon II I an-on what government fortyfive acre tract situated Does it contain stock water I Iso I-so give a full description of the same Js any portion of it natural hay land 1 If so how many acres Describe the general character of the land and locate buildings farms and other improvements The rental value is placed at 5 per cent of the appraised value of the land The resident of the land is given tho preference right to lease at its rental value A great deal of mechanical work was I dcne in the House yesterday the principal I princi-pal item for consideration being the school bill which was amended in many parts During the debates Dr Pike got in a good shot at the Council for the murder of the late medical bill by offering the following provision relating to the qualification of teachers Any person laying claim to the title of professor of pedagogics schoolteacher school-teacher or any other scholastic title shall I be considered qualified to teach In any of I the district schools of this territory and no certificate or other evidence either by examination or otherwise of qualification for such position shall be required The teachers shall not be restricted to any particular par-ticular method or system in teaching or instructing their pupils but shall use their own individual judgment as to whst are the best methods of conducting the schools in their charge and also as to the branches that they shall teach The teacher for each school shall be elected by a two thirds vote of the parents of the pupils who shall attend the said school Any contract made in violation of this section shall be void The House however which had passed the medical bill took up the pharmacy act and put it through as also the bill to create the school for blind children thus shelling shell-ing the woods in the interest of humanizing humaniz-ing measures Several snail bills amending the statutes in various parts were passed The Council Haynes presented a petition asking for 2000 for the construction of roads and bridges in Summit county Referred FRO t THE HOUSE The House announced that it had passed C F 39provldlng for the assessment and collection collec-tion of taxes in incorporated cities C P 42 giving the mayor of cities of the first and second sec-ond class a qualified veto C P 77 providing for the correct weighing of coal and had rejected re-jected C J R 3 providing for the distribution of 3000 copies of the Utah reports among the county and precinct officers who had not heretofore here-tofore received them C F 39 had been amended by the House The amendments were agreed to and the bill again passed The Fouse amendments of the House to C F No 42 were also agreed to and the bill also passed WEIGHING OF COAL H F No 77 providing for the correct weigh lug of coal was referred LAID ON THE TABLE C J R No 3 was laid on the table TERRITORIAL LIBRARY The report ofthe board of control of the terri torah library was referred to the proper committee com-mittee L G HARDYS CLAIM REJECTED 4 The committee on claims recommended that the claim of L G Hardv for attorneys fees be H reiecte3 because the bill was not a territorial debt and should be paid by Salt Lake county A RECOMMENDATION The committee on agriculture reported on C F No 78 recommending its passage Adopted ELECTION AND TENURE OF OFfICE The committee on elections recommend that that the bill for an act in relation to election and tenure of office be passed as amended WATER RIGHTS The committee on irrigation to whom had been referred the bill providing for recording claims to water rights etc recommended that it be passed Adopted The committee on agriculture recommended that C F SI be passed Adopted FOWLERS CLAD The committee on claims repotted Thomas Fowlers claim back without recommendation Filed THE WORLDS FAIR The committee on Worlds fair reported hack C F 29 relating to the display at tho Worlds Columbian exposition without recommendation ANOTHER CLAIM REJECTED The committee on claims recommended that the claim of A W Garff for 512 be rejected Adopted YOUNG COUNTY The committee on counties reported on O F 82 creating Young county without recommendation recommen-dation THERE IS NO LIABILITY The committee on private corporations to whom had been referred C F 80 fixing the liability of corporations in case of accident to employees reported recommending that the lawbe rejected Adopted ayes 6 noes 4 NOT is IT The committee on highways reported on the petitions of San Juan and Kane counties asking ask-ing appropriations for roads and bridges say ing that It is not in the power of the committee to recommend such appropriations THE LIQUOR BILL The special committee on conference on H F CO and substitute regarding the sale of liquor reported that they had been unable to agree and recommended that the bill be rejected re-jected They had prepared another bill however how-ever which they thought would overcome all objections The bill was read and referred PROBATE PROCEDURE Haynes introduced a bill amending the procedure pro-cedure of probate courts Referred SALARY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS Lund offered a bill regulating the salary ot public officers LEASING SCHOOL LANDS Peters presented a bill to provide rules and regulations for tho leasing of school lands in the territory ot Utah THE BONDING BILL C F 62 the bonding bill came up as special order ot the day but on motion of Evans it was made the special order for Monday next ELECTION AND TENURE OF OFFICE H F 1 relating to eleotions and tenure of office was passed as amended Baskin and I Haynes voting no THE WORLDS FAIR C F 29 providing for the collection and arrangement ar-rangement of exhibits at the Worlds fair and making an appropriation of 3100000 therefor was read the second time t RECORDING WATER RIGHTS C F 58 relating to the recording of claims to water rights for the condemnation of land for reservoirs and aqueducts and the appoin ment of a territorial engineer of irrigation and forestry was read the second time THE BEE BILL C F 78 the bee bill came up for its second I reading j NO YOUNG COUNTY C F 87 creating Young county was read i the second time It Is the old DeeD Creek county bill under anew name I Evans moved that the enacting clause be stricken out He understood that the section of the country named In the bill now had a population of probably fifty people He hal never heard of the proposed county seat Ibapah belcre He did not believe the bill was In the interest of good government McCuIston said the petition circulated pray ing for the organization of the new county was signed by eightythree people but few of whom were taxpayers in the proposed new county The greater number of the signers were transients being merely engaged In the ddvel opment of mining claims The total number of registered voters was fortytwo The enacting clause was stricken outBas kin Lund Haynes Moran and Glendinning voting no IRRIGATING COMPANIES C F 84 in relation to irrigating companies was read the second time SHERIFFS CLAIMS The claim of Sheriff Fowler of Utah county for 8990 for services rendered In attendance on court etc came up on the report of the committee com-mittee on claims and caused considerable comment com-ment Lund said the sheriff of Salt Lake county also had a similar claim for 53900 and he thought both should be acted on at once Baskin wanted to know exactly what services were rendered Evans quoted from tho law which authorizes the district judges to compel the attendance of sheriffs at each session of court He thought the law was anything but a good one and should be repealed but as long as it was a law all just claims accruing under it should be paid Baskin thought the claims should be made more specific and that the sheriffs should be required to swear that they were in actual attendance at-tendance on the court each day for which they claimed compensationnot merely that court was open on such days and they were justly entitled to the sum claimed The claim was finally recommitted to the committee on claims with instructions to obtain a more explicit statement from the sheriff as to the actual service performed THE DOWER BILLS PASSED O F 89 relating to dower in the district courts was passed C F 86 relating to procedure in the matter of dower was also passed THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE C F 77 amending the law establishing the agricultural college and an experimental station sta-tion in connection therewith came up on its third reading and was passed after several minor mi-nor amendments THE EIGHTHOUR LAW GOES C F76 making eight hours a days labor on all public works passed by a unanimous vote of those present Baskin being the only absentee absen-tee COUNTIES MAY BOND H F 30 substitute authorizing counties to issue bonds for the fundng of outstanding indebtedness in-debtedness and for other purposes passed after slight amendments The bonds are to I bear a rate of interest not to exceed 0 per cent TO TRANSCRIBE RECORDS H F 75 authorizing county courts to transcribe tran-scribe county or probate records whenever the i originals shall have become defaced by age was passed passedNTAU UINTAH AND GRAND COUNTIES H P 83 attaching part of Uintah county was passed THE ATTORNEYS FEE BILL WAS KILLED H F 12 providing for attorneys fees In jus tics courts was tabled MILLARD COUNTYS CLAIM Melville presented a claim of 5250 from Mil 1 lard county for maps etc furnished the assessor asses-sor Adjourned until today at 2 The House By request Adams asked leave to withdraw the claims of Lorenzo Barton for 1320 J W Brown S10 70 W R Crawford J88 and report No 17 relating to same as the claims had been rejected by the committee on public accounts ac-counts Consent was given FROM THE COUNCIL A communication from the Council was received re-ceived announcing that the governor had approved ap-proved and filedin the office of the secretary of the territory Cb 26 an act to make the first Monday in September a legal holiday known as Labor day C F 49 an act to amend section 2874 of the compiled laws of Utah 1883 relating to mayors and probate judges making deeds etc and C J R 4 accepting grant of lands for endowment of agricultural college CHARTERS OF CITIES C F 79 an act amending section 1 and 2 of an act amending the charters of cities of the tlrst and second class approved March 13 1890 Referred BEFOULING WATERS H F 65 relating to tho befouling of waters was returned passed and sent to enrollment REFERRED H J R No3 relating to the distribution of 300 copies of the compiled laws referred to the committee on enrollment REJECTED H F No 79 relating to joining causes of action was returned rejected PETITIONS No 70 by Sargent from VY A BrinRhurst and twentysix others of Washington county protesting against the changing of the county line between Iron and Washington counties ReTerred No 71 by Arnett from Eugene F Jones L B Coates and 135 others citizens and taxpayers tax-payers of Salt Lake city submitting certain proposed amendments to the present existing lien law and asking that tho same be incorporated incor-porated into a bill and be passed by the leglsla tiv assembly Referred No 72 by Olsen from Abram Hatch and 187 others residents of Wasatoh county asking an appropriation of 4000 for improving and repairing repair-ing county roads was referred without reading to the committee on highways CLAIMS No 51 by Olsen from Wasatch county for the sum of 20 for maps and plats furnished assessor and collector Referred Claim 52 by Snow from Joseph Caine in the sum of 3515U stenographers expenses paid by him in the case of the people of Utah territory vs Robert Loder and Jake Smith charged with murder Referred REPORT OF STANDING COMMITTEE I H F 38 recommended by the committee on education to be laid upon the table and the substitute sub-stitute accompanying the report to be put upon its passage The bill provides for the sale of university lands Report was adopted H F 69 a bill for an act to extend the provisions pro-visions of an act providing for auniform system of free schools in Utah to metropolitan cities was also reported by the committee on education educa-tion favorably and filled for third reading THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS reported favorably on the formation of a board of equalization embodied in C P 54 recommending recom-mending it be put upon its passage without amendments Adopted H F 90 a bill for an act to amend sections 3 41113 I and 16 of an act establishing an agricultural agri-cultural college recommended for passage and read the second time C F 44 a bill for an act creating a bureau of statistics recommended that it be put unon its passage Read the second time and filed SELECT COMMITTEE On H F 60 Mackay and Pierce from the select committee to consider the bill relating to license to sell liquor reported that no agreement agree-ment could be reacned and a new bill would be introduced NEW BILLS H F 110 by Snow a bill for an act amending chapter 43 relating to bureau of statistics providing that the compensation for such board shall be paid out of tho county treasury Re ferred II F Ill by Snow a bill for an act amending chapter 40 session and laws of 18DO relating to revenue This bill provides that In counties whose total assessed valuation of property does not exceed 2000000 the county courts may levy an additional amount of not more than I mill on the dollar for county purposes Referred H F 112 liquor law and license by special committee a bill for an act to amend sections 2158 and 2168 chapter 17 of the compiled laws of Utah ISsS relating to internal police regula tions Referred THE SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY C F 16 an act to provide for a uniform sys tem of free schools was then taken under consideration con-sideration beginning with article 15 which re lates to cities of the first clues designating the mayor and two trustees to be electee from each municipal ward shall form a board of education Every registered voter who has resided in the school district for thirty days prior to the elec tion of trustees shall be entitled to vote The compensation of each member of the board shall not excped 42 per diem for each meeting and J3 for each day that they engage in active service of the board All children between eight and fourteen years of age shall be compelled to at l tend school compuisory education being necessary neces-sary as many parents take not sufficient Interest inter-est to have th m go unless by compulsion and the punishment for this neglect Is provided by a fine of 450 The term of school trustees and school superintendents shall not be filled until the expiration of the time for whch they were elected and now holding office The bill passed after numerous changes I THIRD READING AND PASSAGE H b81 a bill to regulate the practice of pharmacy wee read amended and passed alter a soinewnat animated debate by a vote of 17 to 1 1H H F 86 providing that notaries public affix to all legal articles the date upon which their commission expires was passed H F 85 amending sections 3356 3111 and 3006 compiled law relative to taxing costs inelUd ing attorneys fees was considered and passed follows That section 3256 of tho compiled laws of Utah of 1868 be amended by adding to said sec tionthe following iSothiug but the actual taxable > costs of the action accruing on and after the default not including attorneys fees shall be imposed by the court under the provis ions of this section authorizing the imposition of terms as a condition upon which relief is I granted Sec 2 Section 3111 of the compiled laws of Utah of 1888 is hereby amended so as to read as follows The clerk must keep with the reo ords of the court a book to be called the judg ment book in which the judgments and find ings of fact must be entered Sec 3 Section 3693 of the compiled laws of Utah Is hereby amended by ad big thereto tho following The costs to be awarded to a party as provided in this and the preceding sections shall include tho reasonable cost of printing transcripts and briefs and the cost of trans cribing the stenographers notes or minutes of the trial hearing H F 6 a bill for an act to amend section 2203 of section 1 chapter 11 the sessions laws of the territory of Utah 1890 was passed H F 93 a bill for an act to provide for the education of blind children in connection with the institution of the deaf mutes and appro priating J2000 therefor was passed by a vote of 18The The committee on enrollment reported that i H J R 3 authorizing the secretary of the territory to obtain 300 sets of the compiled laws of 1888 for the use of the county and precinct officers has been correctly enrolled signed Dy the speaker and president of the Council and was this day forwarded to the governor for his action Adopted Adjourned until today at 10 |