| Show HOUSE PASSES MASSES A COURT BILL district courts must sit at it county seats at the opening of yesterday afternoons session of the eloiie reading find and approval of tho the minutes was deferred until 3 but subsequently was forgotten in a somewhat heated debate that arose over tile tho scope ot of tho the previous question the printed copies of the minutes were ere promised nt at that hour but falling to arrive induced a lapse of the house memory bills were introduced as follows by cushing by re for tho the relief of david dald A mcdonald cdonald gost first lint bal tery lery light artillery N G V U th alio 0 sum of 0 WO I 1 is appropriated as an a compensation for ale received bly by mcdonald cDonald I while in tho the of 0 h his a duties bv curtla deflating and deseri describing bing tho the right or of dower dor tho the bill gives tho th widow ono one third of all the ih lands of oc which her husband wua was referred to the iho jud ledar r committee by ison providing for the appointment by tho the governor of notaries not aries public for tho the term of four years each and fixing their bonds bond at tho the bill went to tho the judiciary committee comm lULo AGE OP OF CONSENT ey L ly condon by ul making MakIn gIG ag yea years re the ho a ac or of consent a and r d fixing the p penalty n ty for violation of this his 1 law aw the bit bill macci kes the carnal knowledge of a forna under tinder 16 1 years yeara a felony pun tillable by imprisonment meat it at heard labor for or tile first offense from three to years and fifteen to thirty years yeara for each subsequent infraction tion of the law when tile attending malo male Is under tinder IS 18 years yeara of AKO the penalty Is fiyod absolutely at five years for the iho first offense onekeo and not to exceed ten years yeara for each subsequent offo rivio by ot of salt lako lake regulating tho the foes feea charged charf fed by the secretary of STA state ita a ani n d cr ULI a cou counte n I 1 v 0 III cor a tho bill b 1 I 1 I 1 as passed ultimately provided that until otherwise decided by law the secretary ot of state stale county and district court clerks clerk county rep recorders do 5 sealers e lers of and amr measures cau res an and county surveyors aro are required to collect feus fees tor for services rendered by thorn them at tho the rates pro provided idad for like serl yen ices ces in chip chap tore tera 2 and 3 of part 15 of the th com coin eliod alt laws of utah 16 the moneys so BO collected to be paid into into the proper treasury PASSED TIIT THE FEE FEB BILL upon motion of mr Critch crutchlow ialy the th house went into committee 0 of th the whole to consider tile thi bill mr all bolitho tho was called a to the cliar atter after a brief discussion the committee rose and reported the bill f favorably avora bly which was then hurried through to final passage mr critchlow presented the report of the select committee on oil ayes nyes bill which provided for tile the fixing of the terms of the district courts of the state and the drawing drawl ng of 0 jurors mr air thompson or of millard moved the adoption Ld option of 0 the report while mr smoot suggested that hat it might be well nell that I 1 to receive I 1 it t in due form as the ru rules nl iss e proscribed prescribed mr fergusson Fere russon of 0 salt lake asked to hear the report which bad not then been mr critchlow gained the floor tp to urge that the millard county gentleman was perfectly right in moving tile the adoption of 0 the as his own offer of the committees substitute for or tho the nye bill he regarded rogar ded as aa equivalent t to 0 the receiving of tho the samo same by the 1 louse house mr air of rich coincided with mr Critch lows position and said so EO then whon an animated contest was among the probabilities mr air critchlow moved for the c committee of the whole and ad by a favorable ruling of the chair managed to carry ilk hit point air condon of weber presided over tho the committees mit tees ue deliberations liberations libe rations which lasted only long enough for a motion to be put through to report favorably on art tho the measure FIGHT OVER THE COURTS BILL with the resumption nf the house session began bean a lively feht on certain vort portions ions of the substitute bill by its terms there was delegated to the county courts of tho the state authority to fix the where the terms of the district dietrict court should bo be held this clause was offensive to mr air cozier and lie he rivaled moed that it be stricken out so that the constitutional provision for the holding balding of court at the county seats might still obtain ile he said paid that in nearly every county of the state there were rival towns and that such a provision would cause endless bickering mr ferguson of carbon instanced summit county as one that filet would most likely be affected Co alville the coun county ty spat ho he said supplied but a small smal I 1 part of the court business on the other hand band park city and its immediate vicinity cikity had nine tenths of tile the busi business mr air critchlow sarcastically intimated that mr air callers Caz lera lers opposition to the emendation was based on fear ear for ne pill velch lie he designated the little chicago of the thel lost mr air board of summit whose post office address Is 19 chatine Co atine expressed the most positive disapprobation of the clothing of county courts with the pro posed authority mr air gibson believed that the county seat was waa tile the proper place for the dis triet court top to meet mr air smoot followed in the same vein at the county seats he bald ald there at are coul brooms already provided as well as safes for the records corda re and jails for tile the criminals to hold court els elsewhere ebore the revoida would favo to lift be 1 kept ept I 1 in a moil me ing nii van ready for to r a journey in I 1 n any direction COUNTY SEATS INVOLVED mr harris thought the substitute hould go through and as a reason tor for his opinion instanced park cites case ar mr r of 0 rich defended the select committees report because it brought the courts to the doors of litigants mr murdock believed it a mistake to county courts with any luch euch power as that proposed lie continued 1 I was a member of 0 the select committee to consider tho the nye bill but I 1 never saw it or even this substitute until thlu ahli afternoon when it was waa submitted to me in this thin chamber I 1 had no time then to give it proper con consideration era tion mr air lewis expressed the belief that hat cases of emergency should bo be provided for when it might be rince necessary esary to hold court at places other than tile county seats mr air beard who opposed th the clause asked tho the members to bear in mind that those who favored it were all from counties m whose hose capitals are permanently fixed and in no danda of removal mr air harris began bean be an to speak to tile the question quent lon without rising mr air bol aitho called him to order and the weber county member left his epee speech ch unspoken mr air bazler a second time took tile the floor to suggest in opposition to tile alie clause the fact of the county clerks being ex clerks 0 of the he district court i mr bolitho was wa willing that utah should blaze the way for other states lu lit original legislation but lie be comprehend compie comple hend any justifying reason for the proposed court peddling ile he deemed it foolish to attempt to chase a criminal with a court mr air Al murdock said the bill ga gave vc power to two selectmen that the const constitution 1 retained from tile the people when it said cald t that hat a vote on the change of a county 6 scat cat could bo be taken only one once lit in four years acara mr A clark considered the bill eminently proper as it was only tin on emergency measure PREVIOUS QUESTION MOVED mr condon expressed his disfavor of tho the ellure and shut on off further slon lilon by moving the ti previous question the motion to strike out carried at ter which mr air howard offered a 0 minor amendment that brought brouK lt ht mr r critchlow to hla his feet to rema it that h t the he previous ills question carried with ll it the vote on the main question without debate mr air of rich protested that the previous question hail had simply shut hut olt oft further deb debate ate of the amendment to strike out and abid mr air condon followed in explanation that this was all ho he meant tho the chair ruled that amendments were still in order and mr taylor appealed from his decision to the tha house being seconded by mr harlis who proceeded to set forth hla his position mr howard objected to debate upon an proposition but 11 mr r har ris was permitted to continue at the tha conclusion of 0 ill his argument the ch chairs airs ruling was sustained by at 1 I largo large majority then sir howard ross rose to speak to his amendment As aa he began mr air critch low shouted from his neat beat 1 I move the previous question some one seconded it and the chair put the motion which prevailed mr harris up to tills this time had not lot move moved the pre ilous fous question and proceeded to do so no on the main bill ile he sat down dis conceited muttering unintelligible about so ao many para pata rules rilles when it was explained that consideration of t the he bill was lit in order without specific action of the house tho the bill as nm amended ended was put through unceremoniously with the offensive clause stricken out the life three absentees not voting mr critchlow moved that a RP special ecial committee on oil enrollment and engrossment be named to act until the regular committee might bo be named mr fergusson of salt lake lak c I 1 mr r larsen and mr thorn were named on the ho committee A motion to adjourn was waa made followed by 0 one no byar by mr condon that when he it the house did adjourn it be until 10 this morning lie he called title attention the exhibition that had been made during the afternoon and suggested that the forenoon might bo be properly spent la in kind erg artea exercises several of the members altered reasons why morning sessions should not be held then mr air condon rose agajan to remark now that I 1 have succeeded in I 1 inducing these gentlemen to think which was the purpose ot of my motion I 1 will withdraw it lie he sat eat down amidst a ripple of 0 laughter in which not lot all the members joined A senate communication announced the adoption of tivo concurrent resolutions that originated 0 r Igina ted in the house an invitation to the tha utah poultry show allow last evening was accepted and adjournment taken after the announce merit ment by the speaker of these standing committees rules boylor of salt of vac bor bolitho of monson of cacho cache and an lemmon Le ninion of elections of salt lake nyo of salt lake condon of weber ferguson of carbon Vorn helsel of cache igan egan of davis and of NN wane Rne judiciary critchlow of salt lake nye ny of salt loko lake Fer cuMon glipson of at salt lake ake lewis of salt lake forguson ferguson of carbon of blob murdock of wasatch Wn witch maughan IL of cacho cache anti bloard of drive emery |
