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Show the i ompiled Laws, relating to the powers of cities to L'rant certain franchises to corporation. cor-poration. Committee on municipal lava, fi reaves offered a resolution, the bouse concurring, to appoint George C. Lambert public printer. Adopted. House not. tied council that it had concurred con-curred in Lund's resolution No. 4 extending t .i d i lal lime to the board of loan commissioners to submit their report The house also notified the council that it had concurred in Lund's resolution provid ing for a messenger for the secretary of the territory. FIousi notified the council that a commit-I' commit-I' . f two had been appoiutcd to conter with a like committee of the council as to the lino of visiting tin' Agricultural college. On motion, Morn II and Haynes were appointed the council committee. Haskin ol Salt Lake offered a resolution extending the courtesies and privileges of the council to the two lady members of the World's fair commission. Adopted. An act to punish polygamy and other kindred offenses. Second reading of thn hiii by title and it was passed to its third reading, House joint memmorial No. , urging upon congress the great, n-eds and necessity of public buildings in Suit Lake, Ogdcn, Provo and Logan, and asking for toOo.oiK) for Salt Lake, '$350,000 for Ogdcn, $10D,ow Provo and $7i,0(l0 for Logan. The rules on motion of Evans, Were suspended and the memmorial was passed to it third reading. The mcmural was read a third time and passed. Councillor li e;, denning arrived and asked to be eeU "d. So allowed. n motion of Evans of Weber county, the council at d:45 took a recess for five minutes. At 8:50 the council resumed its session Lund presented a claim for 183116 from Heaver county. Referred to committee on accounts. An invitation was received from Dcseret university for the council to visit the same. Accepted w 1th thanks. A communication was received from the Lake chamber of commerce protesting against the removal of the pies from Colorado Colo-rado to Utah and asking tl)e council coun-cil to take action requesting congress to di feat the bill. Also askjHg that congr bs be petitioned to open a portion of the Uintah reservation to public settlement. Roferred to committee, on memorials. Adjourned at 3 o'clock. House. The eighth day of the house opened with regular formalities, prayer by the chaplain, rending and approval of the journal. Under the head of reports of standing committees Mr. Arnottof the committee on ludlclary reported favorably on C. C. R. No. It, and recommended that it now he put on its passage. A message from the council announced that ('. ('. R, No. :i hud been passed. The house concurred, and tho resolution was adopted. Tea concurrent resolution provides for a clerk ul u compensation of to for each of the judiciary committees. t'nder the head of introduction of hills the following were presented: By Mr. Maektty repealing section 2087, Chap, IS of the compiled laws. By Mr. Mackuy, a bill relating to the issuance issu-ance of county bonds for the funding of certain cer-tain Indebtedness. By .Mr. Irvine to amend sections '2ti7 and i.'Tu of the complied laws. Bj W. H. Irvine a bill amending sections .'!! '1 and 8143 of the general laws of Utah By Mr. Arnett a hill providing for attorneys' attor-neys' fees. Mr Kimball introduced a resolution extending ex-tending the courtesies of the. house to O. J. Salisbury and wife, Mrs. Maggie Kelioe and Mrs. T. A. Whalon, World's fair commissioners. commis-sioners. A resolution by Mr. Maekay amending rule 88, Committee on rules. Mr. Kerry mentioned that the name of Mrs. A. B. Emery of Park City had been omitted in the World's fair commission resolution, reso-lution, and on his motion it was inserted. A communication was read from the governor gov-ernor announcing that the bill relating to the Utc Indians bad been approved by him. A communication was read from the university uni-versity of Deseret extending the house an Invitation to visit it. Accepted with thanks. The assignments of the governor's mes. Mi - r was made by the speaker to the various committees to which the sarate heads of the) message have reference. - Messrs. .stoker, Ferry and War.-l.ujflHH a committee on ;'Wm A message from the ilWIMHrT concurrence in the resolution provKrm5Rir public printer, and concurred in the election of George ('. Lambert thereto. The house, adjourned on motion of Mr. Snow. UTAH LAW MAKEB8. THE LEGISLATURE RESUMES BUSINESS AFTER A TWO DAYS REST. Proposed Laws That round Their Way te tim Various Committee Itooms This Horning Resolutions Memorials, -:tc. ATtcr a recall over Saturday and Sunday, duriwr which time, most of the solons of the council availed themBclves of the opportunity opportun-ity to visit their homes, the council again met this aft rnoou. The sixth day's session was called to order promptly at g o'clock. The divine blessing was invoked by the chaplain and the minutes of Friday's session were read and approved after one slight modification, The chair announced the following committees com-mittees appointed uml additions to committees commit-tees us per modification Ot the rules: On memorials, increased by Ulctulcuuiujr anil Lund. Committee OS Live Stock Lund, (jreaves, McC uiston. Committee on World's Fair Morrell, Evans, Greaves, .Melville nud Glcndenuing. Evans of the judiciary committee recommended recom-mended that the polygamy bill introduced intro-duced at tiiis session be put upou its passage without amendment. Haskin of the judiciary committee submit-ted submit-ted a minority report as follows: Minority Report. The minority report of the judiciary committee com-mittee to which was referred C. F. No. I, a bill providing for the punishment of polygamy polyg-amy and ttindred acts was submitted by Mr. Buskin. Il'he report alludes to the fact that the sovereign power of the territory is in (he couigress of the United States, tho lea'islntivasseinbly being simply an agent of tho former body nud possessing only such powers as congress had seen lit to delegate. The passage oT the acts of eon-greet eon-greet which define and punish the crimes mentioned in the bill was a revol ution of the authority of the legislative assembly to pass similar acts. This l)ill,shoulil not pass, because it would render persons accused of the violation liable to double, indictment by the same fraud jury, doable hails by th,. saine prosecuting officers and double punUhment for the same acts iu the same court. independent of the constitutional prohibitions, double prosecutions, j)Un-isbment, j)Un-isbment, etc., are prohibited by common consent in every civilized government govern-ment On the face of the earth. Certainly congress has not delegated to the assembly power directly or Indirectly, to interfere with the government of ' the United States in executing iis 0Wn laws; therefore convictions by the territory would not bar prosecution by the govern", ment and if that were 'even so as is -Tied by - then tin pardoning power of the president would be interfered with. The constitution vests the president with power "to grant reprieves and pur-ilonr, pur-ilonr, for offenses against the Cnitcd Slat, s c ept in i a-.es of iinpem h-ment. h-ment. The governor is invested by the organic act with power lo pardon offenses against the territory and reprieves for offenses against the United States until the decision ol the president can be made known therein. Now if a conviction by the territory is a bar to a prosecution by the government tnen a pardon by the governor of one accused ac-cused ot 'violating the act can likewise be plead in lnr to a prosecution by the United States. Can it be reasonably claimed thai congress con-gress ever conferred upon the legislative assembly as-sembly the power to pass a law which would interfere with the president in the ex-creise ex-creise of the pardoning power placed in his hands by tin- constitution, and place it in the power of the governor to pardon and relieve violators of the laws of congress from punishment. Congress itself could no do this. The president pres-ident alone has the power to say who shall be relieved from the penalty of offenses against the United States, and tlx the conditions con-ditions and tonus upon w hich pardou shall be granted. There was a period of time within which ! hail a bill similar to this been passed iu good j faith by the legislative assembly, untold J benefits would have resulted and untold evili ; and heart burnings would have been avert, ed. its passage now cannot result in any good but will open the way to confusion and wrong. 1 am unalterably opposed to this bill. At the twenty-eighth session of the Jetrislatlve assembly a similar bill to this was introduced. intro-duced. The judiciary committee of the house reported unfavorably and recommended recom-mended in lieu thereof II. K. No. !. which afterwards passed both houses. The reasons urged in said report re-port ami resolution resolution against the passage of that bill are so cogent aud well put that I have hereunto appended the same as a part of my report. Respectfully submitted, sub-mitted, li. N. Haskin, Of the Committee on Judiciary. On motion of Evens tiie majority report w as adopted. Kvans of the committee on memorials sub. 1 milled a report which recommended the pus.-agu of a joint memorial to couirress on public buildings al an amendment to those recently introduced. It asked for the appropriation ap-propriation of s.MKI.IKKl for a public building iu Salt Lake; 5ll,lHIO (or a building at Og- d.-n; 11X1,1X10 for a building at Provo, and .;."., ixil for a building at Logan, it was adopted. Lund of Washington An act to ineor-porate ineor-porate a L'tali deaf inutc institution and to provide f..r its government. Referred lo committee on university. Petari of Box Cider An act to amend ! chapter 79 of taa session laws of 18!x, in regard to free schools. Committee on edit i cation. Kvans An act to provide for the safe I keeping of pertoni acoJiitted of crime on the ground! of insanity. Judiciary com mittce. Moran Au act to regulate the practice of dentistry In the territory of L'tali. Public1 health. Lvans, An act to amend Section lToj of |