Show SALARY BILL REPORTED Counties are Classified by the Senate Special Committee GOVERNORS BRIEF NOTE HE APPROVES THE POLYGAMOUS I ISSUE MEASURE Allisons AntiCiRnrette Bill Rejected Reject-ed TJJ tIle Senate Many Hills In trortuecd Sheriffs Must Summon Jurors a nil Subpoena Witnesses Tjy 3Iail Bootli Wants to Elect New City Gillcers This Fall and Presents n Bill Looking to that End Cannon Presents it Resolution Resolu-tion Concerning UncomimliRre Xiamls OuiKlluml Presents u Good Resolution Bill Appropriating 15000 Introduced and Passed Debate on Bill Providing for Cash Payments Other Business of the Senate Yesterdays session of the senate was a very busy one and in its nature was quite important There were several measures introduced and several considered con-sidered and acted upon all of importance import-ance The salary bill which appears nearly verbatim is one which will command a great deal of attention at the hands of the various county officials daIs in this and other counties inasmuch inas-much as i directly affects them The people too will read the measure with interest as it provides for the disposal of the money they pay in for taxes Cost of serving jury venires and subpoenas sub-poenas will be materially reduced if the measure introduced by the com mitlee on judiciary yesterday becomes a law the measure providing for the use of the mails at ten cents per use instead of sending an officer out after the man at the rate of twenty cents per mile mileage Sutherlands bill defining certain bi defning probate pro-bate nractices is in accordance with the needs of the courts Booth presented a bill which will result re-sult in a great deal of opposition inasmuch in-asmuch as i legislates all city offi cers out of office and orovides for anew a-new election this fall in cities of the first and second class There will be considerable opposition to this measure meas-ure ureMr Mr Candland struck a popular chord when he presented a resolution prohibiting prohib-iting the introduction of bills after the seventyfifth day of the session except by consent of twothirds of the members mem-bers of each GOVERNOR APPROVES At the opening of the senate yesterday yester-day the following message from the governor was received State of Utah Ex cjitive Office Salt Lake City March 9 1896 To the President and Gentlemen of the Senate I have the honor to inform you that I have this day approved and filed with the secretary of state S B No 79 entitled An act relative to the heritable rights of the issue of polygamous marriages mar-riages I understand that the purpose of this act is to reenact and make clear the laws already in operation and that it entitles the issue of polygamous marriages mar-riages born previous to March 3 1888 to inherit or to be entitled to any dis Iribulive share in the estate of the father of such issue I believe that this legislation is proper and right and It appears to me in view of the fact that conditions which called forth congressional legislation on this subject sub-ject are settled and that the past has been condoned that it would be in the interest of public policy and for the welfare of the state to remove whatever what-ever ban may exist against the issue of polygamous marriages up to one year succeeding the date of the amnesty am-nesty proclamation of the president or what would be better in my judgment judg-ment up to the date of the admission admis-sion of the state I am convinced that such legislation would not only be in the interest of the state but the chil dren themselves affected thereby would be better citizens in the knowledge knowl-edge that they are entitled to all the legal rights and privileges of their fellows fel-lows Legislators will not forget that while the manifesto was final with the great majority of the people i signaled the immediate surrender of what had for a lifetime been held as a vital religious re-ligious sacrament and some hearts cannot change in a day Very respectfully respect-fully HEBER 1 WELLS Governor Mr Sutherland moved the reference of the message to the judiciary committee com-mittee which was agreed to SALARY BILL The special committee on salaries in accordance with instructions of the senate reported the following salary measure without recommendations Senate bill No 103 by salary committee commit-tee an act to provide for fixing the salaries and compensation of state and county officers The bill fixes the salaries of the state officers as follows Governor 2000 secretary of state 2000 auditor 1500 treasurer 1000 attorneygeneral 1500 superintendent of public instruction 1500 fish and game commissioner 500 justices of the supreme court each 3000 clerk of the supreme court and exofficio librarian brarian and statistician 1800 district judges each 3000 adjutantgeneral 500 two land commissioners each 1000 coal mine inspector These salaries are payable quarterly SALARIES OF COUNTY OFFICERS For the purpose of regulating the compensation and salaries of all county coun-ty officers not otherwise provided for the counties of this state are classified according to assessed valuation as as certained by the reports of the several counties in 1895 a follows First Class All counties having an assessed valuation of 20000000 or over Second Class All counties having an I assessed valuation of more than 15 000000 and less than 20000000 I Third Class All counties having an assessed valuation of more than 10 000000 and less than 15000000 Fourth Glass All counties having an assessed valuation of less than 10 000000 The salaries of the several county officers in the first second and third class shall be as fixed by this act In all counties of the fourth class the board of county commissioners are empowered I t powered and authorized to fx the salaries I sala-ries of the officers of their respective counties within and not to exceed the maximum amount as herein provided The salaries of officers of counties of the first second and third classes are hereby fixed as follows a a a p ii r r 0 0 0 0 OFF CERS Q 0 g I Sheriff 12400 1800 1500 Assessor 1 1800 1800 10aO Clerk 2100 1800 1500 Recorder 2000 1800 1200 Teasurer 2OaO 1800 1500 Attorney 2000 1800 1200 I Supt of Schools 1600 100a 800 Surveyor 1200 1000 100 Coroner 1000 80a 150 Auditor 11800 The salaries of officers of counties of the fourth class shall be fixed by the board of county commissioners of their respective counUes provided said salaries sal-aries shall not exceed the following maximum amounts Sheriff 1500 assessor 1000 clerk 1500 recorder 1200 treasurer 1500 attorney 1200 superintendent of schools 800 surveyor 100 coroner 150The board of county commissioners shall within thirty days after the adoption adop-tion of this act hx and determine the salary of each and every officer in their respective counties except as provided At the regular meeting of the board next prior to the election of county officers in 1896 and biennially thereafter there-after I shall fix and determine the salaries sal-aries for the two years next succeeding succeed-ing provided that the salaries of such officers shall not be affected for the term for which they were elected and shall have qualified The county commissioners shall receive re-ceive 4 per day for each day actually employed in attending to business pertaining per-taining to their official duties together with mileage at the rate of 20 cents per mile one way Counties created or organized after the adoption of this act must immediately immedi-ately come under and be governed by its provisions so far as the same are applicable thereto When the assessed valuation of any existing county has been reduced below the class and rank first assumed hereunder it is the duty of the board of county commissioners of such county to designate the class to which such county has been reduced reduc-ed and such county is thereafter in such class but the salary of county officers is in no way affected for the term for which they were elected and shall have qualified All newly created counties are for the purpose of fixing fix-ing salaries and compensation of compesaton county coun-ty officers in the fourth classification of counties No county officer except as provided in this ac must receive for his own use any fees penalties or emoluments for any official service rendered by him but all fees penalties and emoluments I emol-uments of every kind must be collected by him for the sole purpose of the county and are public moneys belong I ing to the county and the treasurer must place all such fee in the contingent contin-gent fund Notaries public boards of arbitration court commissioners justices of the peace and constables may collect and receive for their own use for official services the fees prescribed by law provided that the city justices may be paid salaries when so determined Salaries must be paid quarterly out of the contingent fund of the county upon the order of the board of county commissioners except tne salary of assessor as-sessor the attorney and treasurer which Js payable auarterly onehalf from the continent fund of the county upon the order or the board of county commissioners and the other half from the state treasury upon the warrant of the state auditor The salaries herein provided for coun tv officers shall be full compensation I for all services of every kind and description de-scription rendered provided that incase I I in-case the salaries herein provided for are in the judgment of the board of county commissioners inadequate for the services required of the officers ofcers warned herein then the board may al low such officer a deputy or deputies a in their judgment may be required for such time as may be necessary and at such salary as they may designate the salaries of said deoutie shall bp a county charge Provided further that the county commissioners shall pay the actual expenses of the sheriff while on official duties to be audited by the board of county commissioners Whenever the county commissioners at the regular Seotember session prior to any general election shall sm order and enter said order on their journal any two 0 more countv offices which do not conflict so far a their duties are I concerned may be combined and one person elder to fill the offices th1s combined and in cases where one offi cpr performs the duties of one or moll offices he shall receive the combined salaries thereof The salaries of coimtv ofTif ° rs hprein provided shall take effect and begin on thf fourth day of Tam r 189B proval This act shall take effect upon its ap SERVICE OF SUBPOENAS The judiciary committee reported a substitute for senate bill No 95 which passed under suspension of the rules The bill is An act to provide for the service of venires and subpoenas by mail in certain cer-tain cases and provides that in 1 venires for jurors and of subpoenas for witnesses summoned in behalf of the stale it shall be the duty of the clerk to ascertain and insert the postoffice address of each person and when the sheriff shall receive such writ i the time is sufficient for service by mail he shall address to each person named a notice requiring such person to appear ap-pear The sheriff shall sign such notice no-tice officially register and mail It with a request endorsed on the envelope for the return of the letter if not delivered within five days The receipt of such letter by the person shall be deemed valid service of the venire or subpoena and the returned registry receipt are proof of the de livery and his order in writing to any other person shall be taken as prima facie evidence of service Whenever any such notice shall be returned through the postoffice undelivered the sheriff shall serve it a other venires and subpoenas are served and whenever when-ever practicable all such returned notices no-tices and all processes and writs other than venire for jurors and subpoenas for witnesses shall be sent by mall directed to the deputy sheriff residing nearest the locality where such writs processes or returned notices are to be served to the constahle of the precinct pre-cinct or a special deputy and such deputy or contable shall make return re-turn to the sheriff by mail and in no case in which the state or any county of the state would be charged with costs for the service shall mileage be charged or allowed r for travel if the same was sent or could have been sent by mall Whenever any defendant is bound over or committed by 0 committing magistrate the magistrate shall for ward ito the clerk of the district court I having cognizance of the case a list of all witnesses for the state so far a the same can be ascertained by him together with the postoffice address of each witness This act shall take effect upon its aporoval PROBATE PROCEDURE Senate bill 104 was introduced by Mr Sutherland and is an act to amend section 4035 s 12 of the compiled laws of Utah 1888 being section 12 chapter III of an act entitled an act relating to the procedure of probate courts in the settlement of estates and in sEttement guardianships approved March 2 1884 relating to the appointment of administrators and provides that section I sec-tion 4035 s 12 of the compiled laws of I Utah be hereby amepded to read Administration of the estate of a person dying in the state must be granted to some one or more of the persons entitled to succeed to his personal per-sonal estate or some portion thereof and they are entitled thereto in the following order The surviving husband or wife or some competent person whom he or she may request to have appointed The children The father or mother The brothers or sisters The grandchildren The next of kin entitled to share In the distribution of the estate The creditors Any person legally competent I the decedent was a member of a partnership at the time of his decease the surviving partner must in no case estate be appointed administrator of his I If a dispute arises as to the relationship relation-ship and consequent right of any persons per-sons mentioned in paragraphs 1 to 6 to such letters and of administrator upon such estate or if any good and I sufficient reason in the opinion of an court exists therefor the court may appoint any competent and disinterested disinter-ested person as such administrator to represent and stand in the right of all disputants and such person shall not be a person named or designed by any such contending persons provided that in making such appointments loan trust and guarantee companies organized under the provisions of an act to provide for the incorporation and management of loan trust and guarantee associations may be appointed ap-pointed as such administrator CHANGING ELECTIONS Senate bill No 106 was introduced by I I Mr Booth and is an act fixing the time for holding elections in cities of the first and second class to fill elective elec-tive offices in said cities and fixing the time when the term of office of present officers in said cities shall expire ex-pire and repealing all a t and parts of acts in conflict herewith confct 1eewith The bill says that on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November 1896 and biennially thereafter there shall be held in each city of the first and second class an election to fill all elective elec-tive offices in said cities and the officers then electedu shall qualify and enter upon their duties on the first day of January next succeeding their election elec-tion and continue in office two years and until their successors are elected and qualified That the term of office of all the present elective officers shall expire on December 31 1896 and all appointive officers in said cities a soon thereafter as their successors shall be appointed and qualified I All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed ITS A GOOD THING Senate concurrent resolution No 5 was presented by Mr Candland and is as follows Resolved by ithe senate the house concurring That no bill shall be introduced in-troduced in either house after the seventyfifth day of the session without with-out the consent of twothirds of the members ithereof FOR EMPLOYEES PROTECTION When S B No 63 providing for the payment of employees in mines mills I and smelters came up there was a fight Snow wanted to strike out the enacting en-acting clause which was seconded by Evans Speaking to his motion Snow said he believed the passage of the law would ruin many people The Provo mills will be compelled to shut down any many others Mr Sutherland did not believe the enacting clause ought to be stricken out rather the bill should he amended I would prevent many abuses which now prevail In the mining camps there are mines which compel men to trade at the company store and board at company boarding houses I would prdhibit the issuing of the factory scrip now so common The weight of the authorities is with the constitutionality tutionality of the law Mr Jones who was absent when the motion was made expressed a regret re-gret at not having heard the arguments argu-ments against the bill if any there were He wanted to know what argument ar-gument could be advanced for paying a man in truck Every person who works should be paid in cashcoin of the realm He had occasion to visit Provo a few weeks ago to try to collect col-lect some interest on a mortgage The mortgagor is a man who has worked in the factory there for some years He informed me said Mr Jones that he did not get cash enough to pay his taxes He was paid in cloth and when he got a chance to dispose of some of it for cash he discovered many times that the factory people went around and undersold him From the appearance of matters it looked as though pants were a legal tender in Provo I Senator Chambers Cham-bers who is i a heavy mine owner was here he would object to this bill Mr SnowI object to the senators language about Mr Chambers who is absent The senator cannot tell how he would vote I am merely making an argument in my own way was the retort and my language is parliamentary Proceed said the chair I infer from the remarks of the senator that he is interested in some manufactory down in Washington county said Jones and MV rpf ft paid Snow I object ob-ject to my motives being Impugned in this manner The senator is using parliamentary language said the chair Mr Allison and the chair cannot stop him Mr Jones proceeded with his remarks re-marks against the bill declaring that the miners in the state needed protection protec-tion from existing evils and ought to have it Chidester argued that the passage of the law would cripple the factories mills and mines in southern Utah because be-cause they could not pay cash and to cripple them means disaster to the people Evans defended the Provo mills and stated that i this measure passed it would have to close down The manager man-ager had so informed him Booth did not favor the bill There is no telling where debate would have ceased had not Sutherland moved to recommit to the committee which was agreed to Mr Snow stated that in his district there are three woolen mills in a flourishing condition and doing t vast amount of good yet carried on exclusively exclu-sively by barter and exchange of products pro-ducts The enactment of this bill will throw out of employment hundreds of employees The attitude of Jones a Republican shows his love of home industries UNCOMPAHGRE LANDS When S C R No4 was called up Mr President left the chair and offered of-fered the following substitute which was immediately accepted and adopted adop-ted tedWhereas Whereas Under an act of congress approved August 15 1894 a commission was appointed by the president of the United States to allot lands in severally sever-ally to the Uncompahgre Indians and said act provided that the remainder 1 1 n Atf > of the lands of such reservation should upon the approval of the allotments allot-ments by the secretary of the interior be open to entry under the homestead and mineral laws of the United States and further provided that the said commission should also negotiate and treat with the Indians properly residing resid-ing upon the Uintah Indian reservation reserva-tion in Utah for the relinquishment to the United States of fhe interest of said Indians in 1 lands within said reservation not needed for allotment in severally to said Indians and if possible procure the consent of said Indians to such relinquishment and for the acceptance by said Indians of allotments in severally of lands within said reservation and said commissioners commission-ers should report any agreement made by them with said Indians which agreement should become operative and only when ratified by act of congress andWhereas A sufficient length of time has elapsed for the making of said treaty and of such allotments by said commission and Whereas Congress by the enabling act conferred upon the state of Utah in trust for certain purposes specified in said enabling act various quantities of land to be hereafter described and Whereas Most of the available lands of the state of Utah have been already selected by settlers and the remaining land belonging to the public domain is inferior in character and not so situated as to produce the fund which congress contemplated should > > produced pro-duced from the sale of such lands now therefore be it Resolved by the senate the house concurring that congress be requested to by special act allow the proper officers of the state of Utah to select from the lands not allotted to the Indians on said Uintah and Uncom pahgre reservations as soon as feas ible after the allotment in severally to said Indians any lands they may deem suitable to select for the various purposes for which the quantities of land referred to were granted by congress con-gress and that after such selection the remainder of said > lands shall be opened to entry under the homestead and mineral laws of the United States without further delay That the honorable secretary of the interior be requested to require an immediate report from said commission commis-sion and that action be taken thereon under the provisions of said law That a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the representatives of the state of Utah in congress and also a copy to the honorable secretary of the interior I ELECTION LAWS LAW-S B No 102 was presented by the I committee on elections and is a measure meas-ure calculated to control the manner of holding elections the canvassing of the vote and making the returns I provides for filling vacancies in office by election etc The measure is an extremely lengthy one and will be printed today TO PAY EXPENSES I Mr Chidester offered S B No 105 making an appropriation of 1500 to provide for the contingent expenses of the legislature which passed on suspension of the rules PURE ROUTINE Prayer was offered by Senator EvansJOURNALISTS JOURNALISTS BILLS BILL-S B No 101 for the protection of Joel Shoemaker editor of the Logan Republican was reported favorably by the committee on printing CIGARETTES ALL RIGHT i I Allisons anticigarette bill was rejected re-jected on report of the committee on I manufactures and commerce I GOVERNOR SUSTAINED I The veto of the governor of S B No 75 defining the duties of the state auditor wa reported to the senate by the committee on judiciary with the recommendation that the suggestions sugges-tions of the executive be concurred in and added which was adopted all voting aye ANTIPOOLING BILLS BILL-S B No 32 was reported adversely by the manufactures and commerce committee with the statement that H B No 79 covers the ground The report was adopted THAT STATE TABLE The committee on appropriations and claims reported adversely on the proposition propo-sition to purchase the state table on account of the indigency of the commonwealth com-monwealth which report < was adopted EDUCATIONAL BILL Senators Chidester Snow and Evans I of the educational committee reported in favor of rejecting S B No 43 the educational measure introduced by t Senator Allison on the ground that the present law covers the points of the bill with few exceptions and that a few amendments will cover all deficiencies de-ficiencies The mater after some debate de-bate was referred to the committee the amend > on education to prepare amen ments suggested SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR The governor announced the signing of S B No 79 relating to the heritable rights of the issue of polygamous marriages S B No 46 defining the duties of the attorneygeneral S B No 45 permitting the release of one joint debtor without releasing all S B No 85 providing for collection of damages done by grading in front of property STATE TREASURERS TREASURER-S B No SO defining the duties of the state treasurer was passed the house having receded from its position posi-tion CONFERENCE COMMITTEE Snow Warner and Zundel were appointed ap-pointed a conference commitlee on H B No 86 at the request of the house I SIGNED BY SPEAKERS SPEAKER-S B No 57 providing for the government gov-ernment of the university was reported re-ported from the house as1 signedby the i speaker i SECOND READINGS I READING-S B No 99 providing that district court judges may convey majority rights upon minors in certain cases passed second reading JOURNALISTS S B No 101 providing for the protection pro-tection of journalists was read first time and amended by Booth inserting L the words newspaper reporters before be-fore the word journalists HAS PASSED S B No 96 defining the law which requires certifying evidence of indebtedness indebt-edness and exempting such on payments pay-ments of interest on bonds passed under un-der suspension of the rules SALARY BILLS BILL-S B No 103 passed to second reading read-ing SCHOOL FOR BLIND H B No 126 providing for the incorporating in-corporating the Stale School for the Blind was reported by the committee on education and passed under suspension sus-pension of the rules COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES H B No 121 relating to colleges and universities was reported from the educational committee favorably and passed Under suspension of the rules H B No 74 as amended by the house the dairy product anlioleo margarine measure came up and was discussed at some length finally being postponed on motion of Booth until Thursday SENATE BILL No 70 S B No 70 providing for the drawing draw-ing of grand and > petit jurors was passed the house having receded from its position |