| Show legislature mMaarrschallllss most astound-ing revelations HE WANTS AN investigation instituted immediately he thinks auditor clayton has got his foot into it FEB mr bryan introduced 0 F no 17 a bill for an act to provide for the incor-porraattiioonn of cities the bill was read for alie first time and referred to alie com-mittee on municipal corporations and towns 0 F ho 15 a bill amending sections 1127 1168 and 1173 of an act revising tho code of civil procedure of utah territ-ory was passed and the title of the bill was made alie title of the act A recess of ten minnies was taken while alie conference between the com-mittee of the council and house in re-gard to alie amendment to the appropri-ation bill was being held upon rraeesassesemmbblliinngg alie committee made alie following report was adopted your committee on conference on council to 1I1I F no 31 have duly considered the items referred to therein and recommend in item five of said bill the council adhere to its amendment and add after alie figures in said item alie following or as much thereof as by alie examination of the auditing committee of alie legisla-tive assembly shall be found to have been expended and that the council adhere to its amendment in item eight the council was notified that house concurrent resolution no 15 providing for the appointment of a committee of two from the house and one from the council to get estimates of the cost etc of alie proposed reform school buildings had been adopted by the house alie resolution after being amended by the appointment of oliree from alie house and two from alie council was concurred in and woolley and young ap-pointed to represent the council mr marshall then took alie floor and read the following statement there Is a marked discrepancy between the amounts stated by the auditor as received from the counties and ahe amounts so stated by the treasurer this variation la constant and gives a wide d fforence in the totals the auditor reports a total revenue irom the counties tor the year ot and 1887 of adding that because of certain deduc-tions stated the net receipts were in fact the treasurer reports the re-ceipts from the counties ot the aade beau aniual ccaassbbaannda no claim made of deductions on any score the here Is the slatemeol of the lesser amount due from the counties more than two years ago might possibly account lor a portion 0o1l this discrepancy but no attempt to explain it in any way was made and in no case could be explain it at all the statement of county indebtedness anade to last legisla-ture showed an aggregate under the head due from counties see page 49 council journal 1886 0 lly the present report the auditor says the amount due from the collectors of the respective coun-ties Pe cember 1887 was as nearly as can b relied upon as revenue amounted to the language implies this stated amount is not the whole debt duefro in the counties as was the case with the prior it 13 probably inaccurate there-fore to make any comparison between these two and it does not appear certain that there has been any reduction whatever in the due front the counties but allowing thai the between the two sums may represent an actual decre ae of the debts due in this account the reduction was short of the excess re-ported as received by the treasurer over the amoun t re po i ted as received by the auditor the amount reported by the auditor SA ap-portioned and distributed to the counties on the general school fund was the territorial school tax nud the gen-eral tax are identical if the school tax yielded that amount the territorial general tax abound nave yielded a like amount hut the treasurer reports that he has only 44 on hand had two years ago his receipts therefore in the general fund were but or with all payments acknowledged duding the two years save only tho general school apportionment and bis general fund receipts bin general receipts then foot up which la detill short of the school faud reve-nue when thy should have been or is any basis l1o0 the assumption above the coun liea nave paid a portion of their indebtedness l1o0 tb territory in the apportionment of the school fund the auditor now reports three years as covered the sum he credits himself with for 1885 being on account of that year but turning to his report of two years ago it Is seen that he there reports the school fund for as there apportioned and paid and credit H for that yyaarr on that account with how can it be that the auditor may properly credit ahlm aalt twice with a school apportionment for one vear biow can there be two school funds lor one year mr marshal then made a motion eliat mr olsen of the auditing committee be ins acted to investigate the matter and report to the council carried adjourned HOUSE messages were received from alie council announcing alie passage of the bill cre jiing and denning a fourtly judi-cial district and al io mr charka house bill providing for alie admission to bail alie territorial librarian his usual report which wag referred to the committee on library the auditor of public accounts pre-sented alie following was referred to alie committee on claims aej appropriations on of march 1682 the legislative an act entitled an act pro-viding fur alie payment cf jurors which act was to continue in force until january in a corrance with said bill the assembly ymmeaeadnrste 1oa8fn82ajpuppraororsptriialalntidoanmwoiutnnetssepsrovloedrdurttihonegbeptaihnye-reported tfoorthtehe purposelegainsdlatitvhee acsosnedmitbiolyn the amount of court certificates then out and requested an appropriation to cover bald amount in compliance with said request the amount of said deficiency was placed on the appropriation bill under sec-tciioenncy8 owf whiicthnesrseeasds inascfroimlloiwnasl casteos anddejfui-corfi in criminal cases for 1882 3 as reported tcberyirmothineafaalcutdsietatrbbovddric0aeudpaiustobtlrhiceinlacaclwucoduaebndotsvbeothAcsayallmaanttdo made the territory liable but r the clause last aeve m the auditor ewxacsepprtoihnibcitreidminfraolmbapieas lug torleaavniyngsecrovmicee unpaid that in my opinion ought to have been paid long ago it will be seen upon the auditors report f two years ago as welt of december tchyeraecIcsoaunbtalacnacusedto tbhye ctrheeditnoonf the deficiena- f tho certificates lefevra IP alie e repeatedly presented r and cuch time been account of the clause n said section 8 limit ini payment to criminal in view of tdhuerinagct tshaiadt aylelaorsthehravcievibleen paid andistshueered tbheeingpayment oonf the books or this office for I1 auch action on iff of your honorable body as will enable the au-ditor to redeem them very respectfully W CCLLAAYYTTOONN public accounts mr spencer the petitions of J A brinton and T J irown asking payment for their mn icam n jurors ref-erred to the un claims and public accounts mr Itoueche in behalf of lie citizens of morgan county presented a petition asking an ampro it 1000 to aid in conat a bridge across weber river near rn the old bridge biad bollap cd alicy haid in and since tint time people to cross the river were compelled to take their lives in fiands in order to market their produce alie county court biad been appealed to but to no effect further than it had promised to contrib-ute 1000 towards building bridge providing the legislature w appro-priate a like amount that amount would be amply sufficient to build it refmerrrekdintgo aflrioemcomthmo icttoeme moitnteheigohrwraanyu s corporations and towns to whom had been referred the petition of alie residents of fillmore asking that the city be reported back the document with the recommendation that it be laid on the table under alio act of congress alie legislature had not the authority to grant the petition lie stated however eliat tho committee would soon introduce a general provision to cover this and similar requests re-cently made father graves is preparing a petition to alie governor and the legislative as-sembly to induce them to make an ap-propriation to help the silk industry in this territory we trust our executive and solons w ill encourage such a lauda-ble no kotlier country on this continent is more adopted to the raising of bilk than is utah with a lgirbeeartalopaepnpinrogprmiaitgiohnt abned munaidteed hinelpthisa direction the committee on claims through their chairman mr hatch handed in a report adversely as to the claim of cy-rus H gold ft ho asked for payment of jury service and favorably as to the claim of the tribune company for 58 records furnished the clerks of the dis-trict courts the report H as adopted mr thurman from the committee on judiciary introduced with A request that it be read andreferred to the judi-ciary committee a hill for an act con-cerningcounty recorders and defining their duties that eacle of alie county recorders of the se era coun-ties in aliis territory before entering upon the duties of their offices hall take the catli of office and shall enter in-to bonds in alie penal aum of not less than in the discretion of the county court withtwo conditioned for the faithful performance of their duties every such bond shall be inform joint and sevenia and made payable to alie territory of utah and shall be in force and obligatory upon the principal and sureties therein to and for the said territory and to and for alie use and benefit of al1 persons w ho may be injured or aggrieved by alie wrongful act neglect or default of alie recorder in the performance or nnpooennrpfeorfromrmaannccee of any of alie duties imposed upon him by law and any person so injured or ag aneed may bring fault on baich bonds in his or tier name without any assignment aery such bond shall be deemed to be in force and obligatory up-on the principal and sureties therein for the faithful discharge of all duties which may be required of such recorder by any law enacted to alie execu-tion of haich bond and such condition be expressed therein in addition to the duties now imposed bv law upon county recorders they upon pay-ment to bliem of alie legal fees upon application by any penson at once or as speedily as possible prepare an abstract or abstracts of title from alie indexes and records at their offices and shall certify to the correctness of alie same under official seals for any error or mistake in making lucli abstract of title the recorder and alie sureties on their official bon k sshhaallllbiee liable to any and all persons in alie amount of the actual damage bu stained aided how ever such liability shall not accrue in favor of uny person w ho had actual notice of alie error or mistake complain-ed of the county recorders not be required to permit examinations ot alie records in their custody for the purpose of making abstract of title of the whole of said records by persons for purposes of emolument or gain but all persona interested in particular titles shall at all proper business hours hae free act eis to said records mr hogo offered a concurrent resolu-tion pro iding for a committee of to members of the house and ooee from the council to in estimate the probable coat of reform buildings alie best places at which it might be located etc alie resolutions were agreed to alie un-deerrssttandiing being that a report should be submitted by alie of alie present month mr alien presented a resolution in-structtiinngg alie judiciary committee to draft a bill for bonding alie territory in order that the funds necessary for im-mediate public improvements might be raised he said his reasons for repre-senting the resolution at this time was eliat alie matter might be thoroughly and calmly considered and not be weighed down by any the resolu-tion was adopted the bill for an act providing alie sell-ing ahing away or otherwise disposing of intoxicating liquors on any election day save for school trustees came up on its second reading mr king moved its reference to alie committee on elections in order eliat it might be considered with other liquor bilah now in the hands of eliat commit-tee corned 1I1I F 27 concerning barb wire fences was reported w etli amendments it pro-vides eliat all barb w ire fences construct-ed in this territory shall be of three wires securely fattened to substantial posts not less than eighteen feet apart that they at all times be kept good in repair and eliat in lieu of one wire a pole or plank may be used taic amend-ments were adopted and the bill order-ed printed pending its third reading |
