Show THE legislature A pvc 0 o ac A c tic n w county called la sal THE committees APPOINTED IN BOTH HOUSES alami introduces a bill estal aree schools from thursdays DAILY was no session held hy the house yesterday that branch of isia ture having adjourned until today to day at 2 alie only was that done in the council yesterday afternoon after alie formal opening of ahe council mr hatch presented a petition liander hiim by john grouse and others asking to have created i new to be known as la sal from nil eliat portion if emery county lying of green and from all that portion of san juan county lying north of alic sixth standard parallel to thu eabe boundary line of the territory of utah and asked that moab be the county seat it is claimed that alie present county seat of emery county is altogether too far isolated from the of county named to be serviceable to alie inhabitants tji portion to be taken from sn juan county is already physically separated from the county and best adapted fur alie new county proposed the same is likewise the case with that portion to be taken from emory bounty moab the proposed county seat is alie trading centre of the territory proposed for a new county and alie place from whence most supplies are obtained besides these fact in favor of alie creation of the county of la sal alie following data was set forth in the petition sq miles area area taken from emery county 2750 area taken from san juan county 1100 boundary 55 miles long by 70 miles wide population GOO emery county portion san J uan county portion voters registered and isolated so that they cannot be registered ancery county portion san juan county portion 30 school population between 6 and 18 years of whom 91 are now registered in moab area under fence and cultivation 8 acres for half of which united states patents have been received railroad valuation of property personal property and real estate total alie following officers for the new county were nominated at a meeting licud at thompsons Thomp sons springs on december county judge 0 W warner selectmen john H shau er walker and R C camp walter moore assessor and collector 0 D alien prosecuting attorney sylvanas Sylvan ss richardson treasurer arthur taylor county superintendent 11 B beach coroner W M H allred joel shoemaker clerk and recorder geow wado mr hatch moved alie petition be bield until a committee on counties bo appointed president richards thought a better phin would be to place it on the table subject to alie call of council the motion of mr hatch was lost mr moved alie petition be tabled subject to the call of alie council which was carried A from the territorial treasurer was read and likewise placed on the table A communication from the rocky mountain bell lione company wa s read wherein alie company tendered 0 the council alie free use of a lione instrument as it biad been used to do to former sessions of the legislature and asked where the instrument be plu ed mr hatch moved to accept this kind alt er alie thanks of the council aal eliat alie instrument ordered be placed in the antechamber ante chamber of alie coun fil alie motion was cabied alie following motion by mr lund carried I 1 move eliat alic rules of hit council be amended by increasing alic number of committees five as follows on and agricultural colleg to be composed of oliree members on railroads rail roada oliree members on cap itol grounds four members on fairs and fair goods oliree members on statistics four members carried an adjournment was taken till 2 today to day THE legislature met yesterday afternoon when alie following business was transacted COUNCIL the president made the appointments of standing committees which will appear in full in to borrowa issue the petition to create the county of la sal was taken UD from alie table and referred to the committee on counties alie of abolishing abolish ina the committee on militia was referred to the committee on rules other minor business waa done and an adjournment wag take till thia af the speaker announced the sl anding committees will also appear tomorrow mr alien introduced II 11 F no 1 establishing tab lishing free pubic schools in certain cities referred to committed on education after printing also H F no 2 for establishing a public school system and providing for the maintenance of the same to same committee A statement of alie provisions of the school bills introduced by the hon C E alien of the twelfth representative district referred to in the proceedings above will appear tomorrow to morrow in connection with tha standing commit teca pierce a resolution for the appointment of a committee of two from abe house and one from the council to examine the accounts of the territorial auditor and report thereon adopted and pierce and hammond named lor lie house the emp kment of an expert accountant ass authorized if necessary for the committee adjourned until 2 p m today to day THE garfield and salt lake boat clubs will arrive in provo tomorrow to morrow evening at G over alie utah central and will help swell the throng at the ball to be given tomor to mor row night by the prove boat club SMITH wife of james smith passed away last night she was su nering from brights disease sister smith was alie mother of a large family and will be mourned by all who knew lier she was a mother to the motherless and a friend to tha friendless GEO A RICHARDS has sold out his interest in the firm of smoot richards co the company have recently incorporated corp orated under the name of smoot co druggists dr G W shores and dr M fl hardy becoming associated with the new company dr shores will manage the affairs of abo concern |