Show FOURTH DISTRICT A piece of unjust and unnecessary legislation THE NEPHI COUNCILOR ACCUSED OF misrepresentation engineering and plotting secures a term of court on monday in the house the substitute for G F 11 a bill for an act providing for and defining the first and fourth districts of the territory of utah came up it is as follow a SECTION 1 be it enacted etc that so soon as the congress of the united states shall by law provide for a third associate justice for the territory of utah and such associate justice shall hae been appointed and qualified the counties of weber box elder cache rich and morgan shall thereupon form and constitute the first judica at district of the territory of utah and the counties of utah wasatch Uin tali emera juab sanpete San pete sevier and alvillard shall be detached from the judicial district and shall thereupon form and constitute the fourth judicial district of the territory of butali SEC 2 all cases bote ivil and criminal in which the shall have arisen or shall arisen either of the counties of weber box elder cache rich w morgan shallie sh allbe heard tried and determined in the said first judicial district court at the city of ogden and all cases now pending in said court at the city of ogden shall be prosecuted to judgment and execution in said court provided that in all cases a change of the place of trial may be allowed as may be provided by law SEC 3 upon the organization of said fourth judicial district court the clerk of the first judicial district court shall deliver all records files and papers in his possession or under his control pertaining to suits or proceedings heretofore tried or determined or then pending in the southern of the first judicial district embracing the counties wasatch jemery juab sanpete San pete sevier and millard to the clerk of said fourth judicial district court so soon as said clerk shall have been appointed and qualified and there upon said causes shall be transferred to said court and shall be prosecuted to final judgment and execution in the fourth judicial district court at provo SEC upon the organization of the fourth judicial district court the clerk of said court shall establish an office in provo and nephi and all cases both civil and criminal in which the cause of action may have arisen or ahall arise in either of the counties of utah wasatch emery or uintah shall be heard tried and determined in the fourth judicial district court at provo and all cases both civil and criminal thereafter commenced or in any manner filed in said fourth judicial district court in which the cause ox action may have arisen or shall arise in either of the counties of juab sanpete San pete sevier or millard shall be heard tried and determined in the said fourtly judicial district court at nephi provided chatin all cases a change of tho place of trial may he allowed as maybe provided by law and any defendant who may be in custody in default of bail or charged with a public offense not shall have the right at his request to have his case inquired into hy the grand jury or tried at the court as the case may be at the first term of court thereafter to be held either at provo or nephi without regard to the county within such district in which ohp offense offence is charged to have been committed and provided further that the court may in furtherance of justice change the place of trial of any criminal case arising in any county of the said fourth judicial district to be submitted to a grand jury that may be sitting at either provo or nephi for its action thereon mr hatch thought it would be a good idea to so amend the lull that no expense would accrue to the territory by reason of the change there was somo slight discussion and when tho motion waa made that the bill pass mr he was diffident he eaid in arising and speaking against a measure which he knew a majority of tho house were bound to carry why he could not say but for some reason there had been more feeling engendered over the introduction and passage of this bill than any other that had been introduced this session however in justice to his constituents he could not let the bill go by without entering his protest without recording his vote against it it had been estimated that he perhaps was opposed to the bill because he had personal interests at stake this was not true the greatest good to the territory was what he aimed at it may be that the bill would hurt provo and benefit nephi but with this he had nothing to do he then entered in a forcible and logical manner a long lists of reasons which to him at least were sufficient reasons why the bill should not pass in conclusion he said by passing such a bill we create an anomaly at least so far aa utah is concerned provo had the only respectable jail south of salt lake her had not been niggardly and her court house ani had cost a large sum of money JS echi had no court house no jail or if the place had a jail it was such a one as would be condemned bv the grand jury now provo the first time they visited it he disliked very much jostand to stand up and speak against the wishes of a certain people baut with him the question was not one of cold calculating interest if it were so he said he would vote aye and make friends with the people chy itself represents more litigation than aili the counties of utah county and then alie petition asking that the courts be held at provo had come unsolicited these said the speaker are some of the reasons why I 1 propose to record my vote now and I 1 believe the future will hear me out in it mr hoge said it biad been represented to the hy the councilor from nephi that the place biad ample court room jail loom and it vias upon thin the majority of the committee biad acted mi breer thouy lit had lyts ly ts advantages than any other place in utah if was merely a might perhaps be compared to goshen ue thought the change would merely bring an expense upon the territory without any benefit being derived from it the members oi the house who had been engineering thia matter bid traveled irom desk to desk from house to house and had schemed and plotted to obtain their ends ae for himself he hadnot 1 ft but had been satisfied to pave tho members of the house to do justice to he matter mr hatch was greatly in favor of provo the bill unnecessary expense there was reat dissatisfaction now at holding court at provo and ogden anddie did not see but dissatisfaction would exist when the courts were held at provo and hecht he aa amendment the fourth district court be held at provo alone after mere discussion by richards moyle and amendment waa disagreed to the bill then passed alien Cre cleere erE thur man and wood being tue only lives on tuesday morning antie in tie council when iho bin on its second s V la 15 tf t f s fe y wy T reading it provoked quite a spirited debate between mr smoot and air bryan mr smoot made ayery effective speech objecting strongly to the new district court being held alternately at provo it would entail a greater amount of labor and expense and the majority of the people were decidedly in favor of retaining the court at put the court wholly either at nephi or provo hut dont have it alternating mr bryan thought the mileage alone would more than cover the extra cost Fur therit would be a great convenience to the people of that portion arid urged strenuously tho claims of nephi in that respect the bill was passed a slight amendment under suspension of the rules the vote standing ayes 7 noes 3 not voting 2 |