Show issue of polygamous marriages prior to tan jan 4 1 1896 mr murdock for the committee on agriculture and irrigation presented II 11 li no providing for a state engineer and water coni commissioner inie the establishing of irrigating companies for adjudicating and recording water rights and providing the manner of making appropriations the senate bills were read f first and second ames t mes and referred and the house bill ordered printed and filed for third reading H B no providing for the removal of the reform fc chool for its conduct as the state industrial school and for the appointment of a board of trustees was read the third tinie time and passed ayes 27 nays days 1 absent 17 the affirmative vote not being sufficiently large to pass the emergency clause mr taylor gave 0 gave notice of a motion to reconsider the house concurred in further senate amendments to S B no 22 the australian ballot law made to make the bill conform to suggestions made by the governor the state auditor submitted the i financial statements of a number of counties among which was included that of cache the railroads committee by its chairman mr cazier reported recommending for passage mr morrisons Morri gons sons railroad bill no regulating rates charged by railroads for hauling coal mr I 1 r gushing cushing represented a minority report adverse to the bill on the ground that there is no present occasion for it the reports were not acted upon COUNTIES COBS TIES BILL PASSED the consideration of the counties bill was resumed and after the adoption of amendments conforming with tile the resolution adopted the day dav before was passed there was no debate and no objection raised by the alfalfas Al falfas to the amendment inserted the provisions of the bill over which the great fight occurred between the al falfas and metropolitans tans itans are now covered as follows county blithe byj the proper officers may issue juror and witness certificates for per diem and mi linkage hage to meet which money is to be drawn from the state treasury and deposited in the county trea treasury Eury such mileage and per diem to be paid upon presentation of such certificates in civil cases the litigants demanding a jury shall keep on deposit each day the sum of 16 to cover jurors per diem that each county shall bear the entire expense of summoning all jurors and all witnesses in criminal C cases ases in ill the district cobit and all expense of preliminary hear hearings 98 and of all witnesses summoned before grand juries that I 1 bat the county shall pay all expenses connected with the apprehension and detention of criminals up to the time they depart for the state prison from county counte jails that the state shall pay to the county of the salaries of the county attorney of the ti treasurer aas clerk and sheriff and of the assessor that the state shall ahall pay all stenographers fees in criminal cases that each county shall receive and appropriate to its own use all fees collected by b y clerks of the district court and all other county officers mr harris was given consent to change the provision to which only allowed counties to have a county auditor which have an assessed valuation of 15 the office of coroner was li by amendment by mr critchlow an and mr nye abolished the provision to ao take effect january 1 1897 F B no ko by motion of mr M r lewis inserted as a section of the bill it provides that the assessor shall perform the duties of the sheriff when the latter is absent or when he is an interested party on motion by mr critchlow the office of court commissioners was abolished and such commissioners commisso ners di erected to turn into tile the state treas ury such funds as are in their possession the democrats succeeded bucce eded in de the emergency clause and took pleasure in the fact that though the bill becomes a law it ivill zot not goat once into effect mr andrus introduced a memorial asking cengr congress ss to appropriate for the indians of washington county mr harris was given consent to irit introduce roo uce by request TI B no to validate the claims of counties against 0 county selectmen of an excess of mileage the memorial and bill were read first and second times and referred the house had under consideration the salaries bill when adjournment journ ment was taken to have tile the picture of the members taken SENATE march 27 upon being officially apprised of the death of senator john R barnes a senate committee was appointed to draw up resolutions of condolence which were forwarded to kaysville Kays ville the home of senator barnes S C B nos 24 98 anti and relating to mines and mine inspection were rejected by the committee on mines and minerals the report being adopted S B no 29 creating the office of county engineer was rejected by the committee on mines and minerals the report was adopted S B no Sut herlands eminent domain measure was reported favorably by the committee on judiciary mr booth from the committee of OD ways and means reported S B no providing for the collection of taxes in towns and villages and S B no fixing the tax levy for 1896 favorably with amendments senate bill 22 the australian ballot law was amended as suggested by the governor to admit of posting notices in counties and towns where no newspapers are published and passed senate bill levying a tax for state purposes was reported by the ways davs and means committee mended to read five mills for state and three mills for tate school purposes the bill p passed a sed first bret reading i j 3 t senate adjourned HOUSE march 28 the committee on public lands reported ad adversely verzel on oil mr Critch lows bill providing for the disposition of mineral lands the report was adopted A majority of the committee on agriculture and irrigation reported favorably on the bill to give a bounty for the encouragement of sericulture the report was signed by cazier thompson of sanpete San pete heiner and gibbs A minority report was submitted by mr murdock chairman of the committee si signed 9 ned by bv himself and lemmon and bernhisel the report was adverse to the bill the matter being made a party one the majority report of course was wag adopted the judiciary committee reported adversely adverse lv on S B no for the reacon the provisions are incorporate incorporated ed in the counties bill report adopted FOR FOB illegitimate CHILDREN iLDREN cn the judiciary committee reported favorably on S B no the bill to legitimate the issue of polygamous marriages born prior to january 4 recommending that the time be amended to october 1 1891 A minority of the committee returned a report signed 0 by howard maughan n and harris recommending the passage of the bill as it caroe came from the senate tile the minority report prevailing on roll call after a protracted debate as follows ayes andrus beard Do bolitho litho bernheisel curtis cazier dark clark egan gibbs gibson harris heiner II einer howard larsen lemmon monson maughan murdock mans field thorn mr speaker total 22 nays condon critchlow cushing lewis morrison shafer seavy seavy taylor thompson of san pete thompson of millard total 13 absent 10 the difference between the house and senate on the tion bill were adjusted by a conference is ommittee a report of w which wis adopted the giuse s ead adopted opted the midori y re report por 0 t 01 t the ile morrison railroad bill helali rela ing n to coal and ore rates r recommending e mm d ing the non passage of the bill billa the adverse report on the bolitho bodiho railroad bill no was albl ah adopted this is id the last of the t railroad rate bills pending the c consideration of the favorable report rep rt on II 11 B no the educational education la I 1 bill da was 8 taken up after s spending P riding three wall hours ours reading amendments dispi i ants the further reading was dispensed rosed with the committee committe e report ail adopted opted and the bill file filed a for dreading thir A communication from the governor govern apprised the house of approval approve of 11 B no to prevent the th adulteration of candy and H B 1 N 1 tile the far farmers mers institute bill 1 mr bolitho presented a communication munica muni cation ion from the county commissioners ners s informing the house that ollices ces for the state officers will be b furnished in the joint building at per annum referred to the appropriation committee the salaries laries bill was again considered si mr was given consent tocha to change the salary of surveyors of the eighth class counties to the concurrent resolution was read and adopted whereas there are interest coupons from the territorial bond issue of 1898 and 1889 to the amount of 5 5 5 that were paid by the territory of utah as per report of the expert accountants employed under the authority of 11 C R no 7 be it resolved by the house of representatives the senate concurring that the said expert accountants and the state auditor are hereby authorized and empowered to immediately im cancel the said coupons in order that the state may be protected against aga ilist repayment the house then adjourned until no til monday |