Show I If V BILLS BEFORE TiE LEGISLi 2d TCBE iI i I I As I usually and almost unavoidably V unavoid-ably the cafeat this ctsgoof the Eesalon of tho Legislature there i a r V large accumulation of bills in various i V V V vari-ous stages of maturity end of widely f varying mirlt l We will name soma i that ought and others that wo think ougbiTnot t rasa V The bill introduced by Councilor I Booth designed t cur the defects I in thojiresentcstray law Including amendments that have been proposed V posed ought to pas The subject I estrays and trespassing animals f one of much practical and 1mm V ulate Imjortancq t the great m Jorityof tho inliabltants cf mOt c V the counties In the Tcrrltorjanj the fact that Judicial dccieioas have sc talc t-alc as InvalM the main provision of the present law creates an un qualified necessity for legislation to take the place of IL Mr Both biUproviuesfor actiens injustices courts by which t determine ant recover damages and have ultnaIs sold etc I Is designed t fully meet the objections that have ben made to the present law on CIt l tutloiial groundo nd b framed with 3 view to ofiording Justice to the owner of and sufferers from trespassing I passing animals acd tstraye The last LegIslature did itself JLcTLdit lu jaieiufc In tlio form lu which It now appear tho genera municipal law I is a wretched I piece ol hodgepodge Iu respect to some of its most vital feature and it has been thus far Impossible t get tlwcr or even the courts to harmonize in their eurrnisea and conjectures a t what the IcgiI tune meant Attempts construe the law are guess work l atnbiguou and uncertain a came of iU pr vkious On account of the careless manner in which the act was framed O den has been put t expensive pensive litigation and this city h a similar suit on hand InvolvIng not only dollars aud cents but the sacred rights of the people In rpt t representative governraen Councilor C C Itichards intro duced a bill designed to meet the defects of the tresent law in relatIon t the classification and govern mont of cities which has been assed by the Council and ought t become law Let i b amended i needful but I would 0 a calamity for the Assembly t adjourn without with-out ping i in eulntance |