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Show I LF.CISI. TIVK. ! 4 . . ! Juu. 'J'.'tb, : ClSCfL. ' Cjuiicil met at In a.m. A peti-: peti-: tion was received from John 1 un-ican un-ican and J17 other.?, praying for the cs- tabliihment of a common school sys-jtem; sys-jtem; rcfened to the comn:i(tee on ed-I ed-I ucation. j A petition wa. received from citizens ' of Sevier valley, praying for the or-jginization or-jginization of a new county; referred to the committee on counties. A petition was also received from the same plac praying for an appropriation appro-priation of v'J.iji.'O for mad purposes; referred to the committee on appropriation-. , Councilor J. N. Smith moved that! j the committee on claims and appro-j priations bo requeued to incorporate' i the sum of $2,.X, for the purpo?o of! j building a new bridge over the Sevier I river, cn the main mad connecting j j middle and pouihem Utah; referred.) (II. F. ).) ' an act authorizing the ! erection of counly jails and uViining! the duties of the oiiioers thereof," wa. j laid on ihe tabte to come up in its order. Councilor Thmlu r, on li:dia!l'of the j comuiitleo on roads bridire.-s Are., to j whom was referred (II. F. l.i.) "an, act further defining the duli.M of the; i superintendent of tiie Salt like and W'anship wagon xm, and repealing certain ads relating therein," reported the same back wtiii amendments and recommended its paae. The report was received and the Mil ordered printed. (If, F. 1.) "an act pertaining to licences," wa-i taken up on Hi second reading by sod inns pending which a communication was received from the house accompanying the veto of his excellency the (rnve.rnor, of l be "act for holding a convention," :., mid announcing ihe appointmenf of Messrs. Taylor, JlOL'kwoort and J. V. Voting, a comtuiltee on (lie pari ul'llic Iiou-e, and asking for ihe appointment of a like committee on the part of the council to prepare a joint resolution submitting lo the people whether or ob they will vote for tlie holding a convention con-vention to draft, a constitution, and elect delegates to present the same to congress, and ask for admission into the 1 Inion as a State. The president appointed councilors Cannon rind Harrington said committee. commit-tee. Council took u iveess (ill 2 p.m. 2. p.m. Council resumed its session. The second reading by sections of "an act pertaining to licenses" was resumed. The bill was amended and so passed, and was sent lo the house for concurrence concur-rence in the amendments. Councilor Jesse N. Smith moved that the committee on petitions nnd memorials take into consideration the propriety of memorializing congress, to have the Organic Act so amended (hat the governor's veh of an act may not be absolute, but that a two-thirds vote of the legislature may pass an aot over his veto, as in most other Territories of the United Slates. .Councilor WoodrulV, of the committee commit-tee on agriculture, lo whom was referred re-ferred (C. F. No. ".) "an net establishing establish-ing est ray pound--, and prescribing regulations for conducting the same," reported ihe bill back amended and recommended its passage. The amendments amend-ments were read, the report of the committee was received, and the bill was tabled to come up in its order. Councilor Cannon gave notice that on Tuesday he would introduce "an act for the prevention of frauds and perjuries," per-juries," and "an act prescribing a suui-I suui-I mary mode of procedure for the recovery re-covery of the possession of real property prop-erty forcibly or unlawfully held." Leave granted. Adjourned till Tuesday :!Oth, at 1 p.m. House met at I p.m.; roll called; quorum present. A message was received from the council, announcing that eouneilots Cannon and Harrington had been appointed ap-pointed a commit tec, to act in connection connec-tion wilh the house committee, to prepare pre-pare a joint resolution calling an election elec-tion for tho people to vote for or against holding a convention to d:af't a constitution, and elect delegates to present the snmo to congress for the admission of Utah into the Union as a Stale. Mr. W. If. J.sj pleaded the petition pe-tition of II. A. Ilobinson praying for his nnitio lo be changed to It. A. Illascdalc; referred to ihe committee on petitions. On motion of Mr. Richards, the speaker was requested tn instruct such committee as lie shall deem most proper, to inquiro into the propriety and importance of compiling nnd publishing, pub-lishing, from the statutes at large, all such laws a3 arc applicable to or in force in the Territory of Utah; and that said committee report by bill or otherwise. Mr. Wright presented a bill for "an act pertaining to marriage," which was read the first time, ordered printed and i referred to the committee on judiciary, House adjourned till Tuesday, 1:0, at 1 1 a.m. I |