| Show 1E REVENUE BILL KILLED I it v After Weeks Consideration it Is Put Aside BEET BOUNTY BILL PASSED rlASSEDi I lIE COLXGIL DOES AOT FAVOR WOMEN AS DIRECTORS SieSeral Bills Iashccl in the Upper House Some Important Measures i Iiitvorfticcrt CIiaiiKe the Territorial Terri-torial Boundary To Help the Needy The Brislmm Young monument I S ument The Council was in session only an hour yesterday but disposed of considerable con-siderable business The bill providing lor the appointment of women on the board of certain public institutions was ejected Some bills were passed and j Svpral new bills vere introduced The House did some important work in disposing of the bill giving bounties I on snigar beets and in striking out the enacting clause of the revenue bill in the consideration of which over a I week has been taken up I The Council Council convened at 2 p m I Booth of Salt Lake Booth of Provo Seely Hague Williams and Eldredge being in their seats These members with the presiding officer made a j t quorum Taylor also appeared early in I the session Booth of Provo asked that Seaman be excused on account of urgent business busi-ness and Williams preferred the same request on behalf of Hart and Booth of Salt Lake for Lund President Breeden presented a claim of Dr Cqndon for 100 for expert testimony testi-mony in the Third district courtS I court-S THE INDUSTRIAL HOME I Eldredge presented a petition asking that the Industrial Home be converted Into a hospital for women the institute 1 insti-tute to be managed by the gentler sex The petition was signed by Mrs Jane S Richards Mrs Romania B Pratt 11 D Mrs Priscilla P Jennings Mrs Bertha L Bamberger Mrs Hannah McCornick and twentythree others The petition was accompanied by C J 11 6 in relation t the same Both were referred to the committee on memorials mem-orials The committee on claims recommended recommend-ed that the sum of 1362 he allowed on C C 16 for maps for the use of the cuunty assessor S WAYS AND MEANS The committee on ways and means submitted the following report Mr PresidentYour committee 11 commitee on ways and means to whom was referred the report of the territorial board of equalization beg leave to report that we have carefully examined the same and we find that the total assessment as reported by said board for the year 1S33 is 11750337510 and that the auditors aud-itors report shows only 5115114842 A discrepancy betwe u said reports of S2 39053310 The clerks of the county courts of i Salt Lake Weber and Utah counties I appeared before this committee and from the evidence produced before us we find that the discrepancy between said reports occurred in this manner After the respective assessment rolls are made up the total amount of assessment J as-sessment is reported to the board of 7 equalization have completed their labors la-bors in making corrections remittances S malii1s < orrectons remitances S I > j and abatements of taxes and the dupli 3 cate assessment roll is made up the 1 amount is certified to as required by t law to the territorial auditor therefore the difference between the above reports re-ports is the remittances and abatements by the county boards of equalization throughout the territory POLICE AND FIRE COMMISSIONERS COMMISSION-ERS The committee on municipal corpora tions reported favorably H B 10 for an act to appoint a board of police and fire commissioners in cities of the first and second class and to place the police and fire departments of said cities amendments upon a nonpartisan basis with BONDED INDEBTEDNESS Williams introduced C B 105 so amending the existing statutes that the limit of indebtedness for Salt Lake city be made 6 per cent in accordance with the recent act of Congress On motion of the author of the bill the rules were suspended the bill read the second and third times and passed UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT Booth of Provo introduced C B 106 authorizing the endowment of the University of Utah The provisions of the bill were that the university could u < cop endowments that chairs might be named after the donors and in some cases the professors might be chosen by the donors SERVING COURT PAPERS Kldredgc introduced C B 107 to amend sections 3551 and 5442 of the < ompiled laws of 18S8 providing that when private individuals serve court papers no fees shall be paid and that these fees shall not be included in 1 ourt costs our SECOND READING C B 106 was read the second time tme ard referred to the committee on university uni-versity C B 107 was read the second Ytlitr secml committee lime and referred to the judiciary THIRD READING C B S3 relating to the fees of l county and court officers was rejected H B 103 to prevent officers and members of the police of cities of the S Jrrat and second classes from accepting other offices was rejected S C B 91 to amend section 3111 relating relat-ing to special verdicts was passed C B 7 an act creating the office of attorneygeneral was rejected C B 3 an act for the more effectual prevention of cruelty to animals was rejected A substitute for the same i was table i H B 75 an act providing for the cppointment of women unon certain territorial boards was rejected i C B 108 was introduced by Booth C of Salt Lake by request and regulating 1 the sale of property for taxes and providing i pro-viding i for the keeping of records was red the first and second times and referred ferred to the committee on ways and means I S At 305 Williams moved that in consideration con-sideration of the fact that wonderful progress had been made the Council adjourn that the Republican members might go into caucus Carried Council Votes rs Eldredge and Mrs WineS visited the Council I j 7 A halfdozen little maids from school I I occupied seats in the lobby l Governor West made an informal I 4 r visit at the Council chamber ExGovernor Thomas drops in occi sionally to look after certain pet measures meas-ures He Is the father of C B 10S introduced t in-troduced by Booth of Provo yesterday Bishop Hatch did some handshaking in the Council chamber yesterday He was a member of the territorial Legislature Legis-lature for twentythree consecutive years j 5 S Hoasc t The House was calc to order at 2 p m by Speaker Emery I The minutes were read corrected and approved S < I d Hubbard was excused for the day John T Caine territorial auditor 1 sent In for the action of the Assembly seme auditors warrants aggregating I 1 Y Lm I 21SO issued prior to March 15 1890 Committee on claims AN INVITATION I c A WhitingAserit an Invitation for Whitni < members to be present at the forestry for-estry meeting held last night in the Tcmpleton parlors Accepted with I thlkl I Treasurer Barnett sent in a report of rent paid 600 and contingent expenses ex-penses of 200 for 1892 and 1893 Committee I Com-mittee on ways and means I FOR ROADS McBride presented a petition from the county court of Tooele county asking for the appropriation of 1500 for use on the roads in that county and especially ially one to the Nevada state line Committee Com-mittee on ways and means I Ivins presented a petition from the S county court of Washington county asking for the appropriation of 3000 to be used on the roads which they say need repair Committee on ways and means MEDICAL LAW Sears presented a petition of resi dents of Sugar House ward asking that the medical law be uncondition1 ally repealed The petitioners do not want the medical profession bolstered up Referred CLAIMS S Hatch presented the claim of Wa satch county for half cost of maps and plats amounting to 65 Referred Tolton presented the claim of Wayne county for criminal prosecutions amounting to 14165 Referred I OLD CERTIFICATES The committee on ways and means by McBride Mason and Tollon reported re-ported in favor of the passage of an act to provide for the payment of jurors jur-ors and witnesses and making appropriations appro-priations therefor Stanford and Dougall submitted the lollowing minority report Mr Speaker Your committee on ways and means having had under consideration H B 130 we the undersigned under-signed beg leave to submit the following follow-ing minority report That to provide for the payment of I these old outstanding certificates of jurors and witnesses fees many of which date back as far as the year I6i0 and all of them between chat date and iSIS and which have been passed upon and In one instance at least repudiated by adverse territorial legislation and further to our know ledge and belief a great portion of these certificates are held by brokers who have bought them for mere nominal nomi-nal amount we believe it would be unjust to the taxpayers of the terri tory to pay the same at the present lime considering the depleted condi tion of its finances and the large ex pendituie of money necessary to be expended ex-pended for the maintenance of our public institutions being in excess of S our revenues so that it is prob lei le-i that our taxation will have to be increased in-creased I While we recognize the fact that all just debts should be paid we are opposed i op-posed lo this appropriation of 30000 for the redemption of such certificates at the present time and under these conditions report adversely to the passage r pas-sage of this bill SANFORD I ROAD DOWN THE SEVIER The committee on ways and means reported that the petitions for a wagon road down Sevier canyon from Joseph S to Marysvale could not be considered in the present state of our finances I WITNESSES FEES 11 B 144 Powers presented a bill to amend the code of civil procedure so that witnesses fees shall not be taxed unless the persons appear and claim them within two days after the trial Committee on judiciary I TO VALIDATE ACTS H B 145 Warner by request introduced in-troduced a bill to validate the acts of the city council of Ogden in having pavements laid on Twentyfifth street from Washington Avenue to Wall Avenue Committee on judiciary I TERRITORIAL OFFICES I H B 146 Sears presented a bill to allow the secretary of the territory to decide on the number of rooms required cde quired by the auditor treasurer and sealer of weights and measures and to contract for the rent of offices for t them Committee on ways and means A SWEEPING EXEMPTION I H B 147 Sears presented a bill I providing that all real and personal property of every discription including includ-ing buildings machinery necessary for and used in the establishment and operation of and all manufactured articles ar-ticles in the hands of the manufacturer manufactur-er of every paper hat brush white lead starch candle porcelain vitrified pipe tile glass manufactory and every silver refining zinc and antimony works and every manufactory of soda I sulphuric acid hydrochloric acid chlorine gas and each of the compounds I com-pounds of soda sulphuric acid hydrochloric hy-drochloric acid and chlorine gas and all coke ovens making coke from Utah coal and all iron and steel works using us-ing Utah iron ore established within two years from the date of the passage of this act shall be exempt from all territorial school county and munici pal taxes for a period of ten years from and after the establishment of said manufactory I There is also a provision that all real and personal property of every description including buildings and machinery necessary for and used in the establishment and operation of any I sugar factory engaged in the manufacture manu-facture of sugar from sugar cane beets or other sugar plants grown in Utah shall be exempt from all territorial school county and municipal taxes for the period of five years from and after the commencement of the operation of I operaton the manufactory aforesaid if it is established es-tablished before January 1 1S96 I Committee on manufactures and commerce I I JUSTICES OF THE PEACE I H B 148 Johnson presented a bill to provide for the appointment of two justices of the peace in cities of the third class Committee on judiciary BEFOULING OF WATERS I H B 149 Johnson presented a bill to repeal a part of the law pf 18S8 regarding o garding the befouling of waters by sheep and making the law of 1892 apply ap-ply Committee on public health TO THE COLORADO CANYON I Ivins presented H J M 1 relating to the change of the Utah boundary line reading as follows To the Congress of the United States Your memorialists the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah respectfully represent That the Grand Canyon of the Colorado Colo-rado is the natural boundary line between I be-tween the territories of Utah and Ari 20T I ZOThat the said Grand Canyon is an I IMPASSABLE BARRIER I between that portion of Mojave and I Coconino counties Arizona lying north of the Colorado river and that portion lying south of said river That the county seats of both of the I aforesaid counties are south of the Colorado river That there are no citizens of Arizontl located on the trad of land embraced in that portion of the above mentioned counties which lies north of the Colorado Colo-rado river and that there are no facili I ties for the establishment of permanent i perma-nent homes but that said section of I country is occupied exclusively for ranching purposes by CITIZENS OF UTAH That said citizens experience great inconvenience and hardship because of being several hundred miles removed by a circuitous route from the county seats of the counties where their property prop-erty is located and that even by this circuitous route there are seasons when because of high waters the Colorado river is impassable That said citizens are thus at the mercy of THIEVES AND OUTLAWS i and are without the protection of the law that the portion of country referred referr-ed Ao has neither wealth nor populations population-s for the organization of a separate sep-arate county north of the Colorado river nor Is it prpbable that it ever will have haveWheiefore I Wherefore your memorialists respect J e C > = J fully ask that all that part of Mohave and Coconino counties Arizona lying north of the Colorado river b attached attach-ed to and become a part of the Territory Terri-tory of Utah And your memorialists as in duty bound will ever pray EXECUTIVE MANSION SITE Parsons presented a resolution reading read-ing as follows Resolved By the House the Council concurring that a committee of five three from the House and two from the Council be appointed to confer with the city council of Salt Lake city for the transfer of such lot or parcel of land as may be tendered by said city and which shall be approved by said committee for the site of an executive ex-ecutive mansion and the committee shall report to the Assembly Parsons moved the adoption of the resolution as he thought it would be right for the territory to have such ground Hatch said he did not consider con-sider an executive mansion necessary at present and when it becomes necessary nec-essary will vote for the purchase of it by the territory so that it can hold in fee simple The resolution was adopted BRIGHAM YOUNG MONUMENT Powers presented the following joint resolution H J R 10 Vhereas there has been organized in this territory an unincorporated association as-sociation known and called the Brigham Young Memorial association and Vhereas said association has contracted con-tracted with C E Dallin a native and resident of Utah to construct a monument mon-ument commemorating the life and services ser-vices of said Brigham Young costing not less than 25000 upon which contract con-tract the sum of 5000 has already been paid by said association and Whereas it is proposed by the association as-sociation aforesaid to erect a bronze statue to the memory of said Brigham Young and Whereas said Brigham Young was a pioneer of Utah and the founder of the state and created the prosperous cities of this territory being therefor worthy to be remembered by all the people and his life commemorated as proposed by the association aforesaid therefore be it Resolved by the Governor and Legislative I Leg-islative Assembly of the Territory of I Utah that there be and there is hereby tendered to the Brigham Young Memorial I Me-morial association unincorporated a site upon the capitol grounds in Salt Lake city for the erection of said monument mon-ument such as may be selected by said association upon which the contemplated contem-plated monument to Brigham Young may be erected Committee on capitol grounds REVENUE BILL At 245 the revenue bill was taken up and amended and the reading finished at 4 oclock A fight was brought on by Nebeker moving that all rules interfering with a minority member on a vote moving for a reconsideration be suspended so that he could move to reconsider the vote by which mortgages were taken from the exemption list The motion carried by a vote of 15 to 7 Allen raised some points of order however and Nebeker found it necessary to make another motion to allow him to move later than the succeeding day and this motion was lost on the following vote AyesDougal Hatch Hubbard Mason Ma-son Monson Moore Nebeker Powers Sears Stanford Stoker Tolton Warner War-ner Wines Speaker 14 Noes Allen Clark Ivins Johnson McBride Parsons Pigmari Varian 8 Varian moved to make the territorial school tax 2 mills Lost on the following fol-lowing vote Ayes Allen Dougall Parsons Pig man Powers Sears Stanford Varian Wines Speaker 10 NoesClark Hatch Ivins Johnson Mason McBride Monson Moore Neb eker Stoker Tolton 11 Sears moved to strike out the enacting enact-ing clause of the bill Warner thought i a joke but Sears said he would see The motion carried on the following vote voteAyes Ayes Dougall Hubbard Ivins Mason Moore Parsons Pigman Powers Pow-ers Sears Stanford Stoker Tolton Varian Wines Speaker 15 To1on Naes Allen Clark Johnson Mc Bride Monson Nebeker Warner THE BONDING BILL Varian moved the passage of the bill allowing this city to bond according to the act passed by Congress The bill was passed unanimously A REVENUE BILL Nebeker said that a the revenue bill had been killed he would like to call up from the table H B 55 The motion mo-tion carried The bill reads a follows Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the territory of Utah Sec 1 That section 2008 of chapter XL of the session laws of 1890 is hereby amended by adding the following Sec 200Sa rovlded however that any county cQurt throughout the territory tory may assess a further tax not to exceed two mills on the dollar for special purposes Said county court wherein said special tax is desired t be levied shall call a special election of the taxpayers resident in said county Said election shall be held and conducted in like manner as other county elections are held Those in favor of th tax voting yes those opposed no and a majority of all the votes cast either for or against shall deternune the question The tax so levied shall be assessed i and collected in like manner as other county taxes are assessed and collected RECONSIDERATION Stanford gave notice that on Monday Mon-day he will move to reconsider the vote by which Warners revenue bill was killed THE BEET BILL Wines called up H B 99 to give a bounty on sugar beets and said he wanted it disposed of at once Ivins objected to immediate consideration as the hour was growing late and he did not suppose that the Republicans wished to rush matters He moved to defer consideration until 3 p m on Monday The motion was lost on a straight party vote As all the members on the R publican publi-can side kept as dumb as oysters on the subject Ivins took the floor but yielded long enough for Sears to m lea le-a motion that the percentage of sucrose suc-rose be fixed at 12 for the year 1894 and 13 per cent for 1S95 The motion carried car-ried and as no Republican member took the floor to show why the bill should pass passIVINS IVINS OPENED THE DEBATE He said the bill proposes a bounty of 50 cents per ton for all farmers who shall raise beets The question is whether the farmers need this Everyone Every-one knows that the treasury is empty and that the members are proposing to out down expenses wherever it is possible In the economical line i is even proposed to reduce the amount of school taxes and thus shut up the district schools Yet there comes a proposition to appropriate the money of the people to one class of farmers and no gentleman on tIe other side of the chamber has attempted to give any earthly reason why it should gve done They have determined on it in party caucus and now simply say they will do as they like They have not even said that the beet raisers need the bounty The farmers of Utah county do not need a bounty on their product They are the only farmers in the territory who are in a fairly prosperous condition dition They have a good market for their product and get a good price for it The best way to show their need is by quoting from the manager of the sugar factory Here the speaker read from an interview with Manager Cutler Cut-ler which appeared some time ago in The Herald in which that gentleman stated that the factory had almost reached its limit of beet contracts but that it could have secured almost double doub-le the acreage as the farmers are anxious anx-ious to eitgage in beet raising This shows the anxiety of the farmers They consider the business to be a paying one and would like t have a chance The way the beets will make profit is best illustrated by a quotation frOm a report of the sugar company which on the acreage it controls has made ± I an average of 650 an acre or over Where has another farmer in the territory ter-ritory averaged half that um on his J acreage The lowest average yield per acre is nine tons and averagE sqie put it at thirteen tons Taking nine Ions as the average gives the farmer 45 an acre I Those gv go as low or lower than this do so because they are shiftless Or ignorant We do not want to give a bounty on these two qualities The sugar business has been placed too firmly on its feet to need a bounty and the asking for it simply represents the principle of raising up an infant industry and giving it more and more a it grows larger They expect only to ask and redsive The petitions from the bounty but do nOt show they need it He could see no sense in giving a bounty for which there is no earthly reason He would not take away from the district schools to give to those who have property I No Republicans seeming desirous of giving any reasons for the passage of the bill MOORE SPOKE I He said he was surprised that the majority could give no reason for the passage of the bill He comes from 0 beetraising district and knows something some-thing about the matter He agreed with Wines that the farmers are getting get-ting educated and so believing could see no reason for a bounty He knew that a a general rule beetxaising is profitable But there are some farms whereon not more than three or four tons to the acre can be produced This is because the land is not adaptable to beet culture On some of his own land he has found it impossible to raise more than these small amounts But still there is a broad strip of country that can be used for raising these sugar producers and the owners of this are anxious for the establishment of another sugar factory They are willing to encourage the industry in the only way in which it should be encouraged en-couraged by giving the beets for 465 per ton They truly recognize that beets will pay better than any other product of the farm The finances of the territory are very low and no money can be spent on useless things A man in deep water would be very foolish to go in where it was over his head i he could not swim The legislation legis-lation by this course will be doing so He believes in fostering industry but the people should do it with their own muscle S At this point Hatch was prevailed upon to make some statement in favor of the bill He said that at first he had been against it but had been converted con-verted by Wines who had represented that this bounty would benefit the factory toryVarian Varian said he wanted to remind the gentlemen that if the bill were wrong the people are wrong Powers said he wished to explain his vote He was elected on a nonpartisan nonpar-tisan platform pledging all legitimate aid to the industries of the territory I this bounty were for a manufacturer he would vote for it But it is to encourage en-courage the product O the farm which has needed no protection from the beginning of the world I would not aid in building up a new industry Wines explained that he did not tare to speak but held the bounty would aid the factory S Parsons thought Powers should vote for the bill S The roll was called and the bill passed by a strict party vote Adjourned at 530 |
