Show interesting ON AN IlIP ORrANT 11 II if F P no 11 17 granting t exclusive franchise to certain patties dewis robinson and of licis to establish a ferry or ferries on oil the emi emigrant giant road over green r river iver and fixing 0 the rate of tolls came up on oil its second reading the bill grants the exclusive right for 80 30 miles along green liver mr wandell moved to strike out the words exclusive right and dwelt at s some mic length on oil the pi of his motion lie ile was in favor of internal improvements but had decided objections to tile legislature granting franchises at high rates of toll to make the grantees granlees gran tees rich at tho the expense of the people it was an evil which tuii this s body should balefully caie cale fully glaid against and they should see to it while tile the territory is yet codr young the wao who I 1 I 1 face abc acc of tile the country should lift not be pl plastered astere over willi with special franchises of this kind mr pratt concurred in the views of the last speaker he considered the bill as it stood was taking an all u undue n due advantage deanta r q of tile velling travelling tra publia ile ho had no objection to men getting etting rich fast dida as as possible but did object to their getting rich at the expense of the people for the same reason that he would decline to give any man the exclusive right 0 to farm farin in these valleys he should oppose the bill as it stands exclusive franchises are danged ous thin thins things 0 s to deal in he offered to amend tile rno motion tion by reducing the rates of toll one hal half f at woolley opposed the motion ft t the he bill was not passed in its present shape the grantees granlees gran tees did not want it because anybody could go and establish a ferry right along side of them lie admitted that it was a monopoly but tile the legis was iu in the habit of granting in such monopoly mr pratt returned to the charge lie he was willing that no le legislation i should be had on oil the subject if was travel to justify a ferry one oil could be established if enough fl for or more another would very probably pio plo bably be put up competition would keep down tho the prices and pi event tile the 0 tol cioll which otherwise would be practiced on the people mr wall favored monopoly tho the ferry would not be established unless the exclusive right was granted mr Al wandell randell decidedly objected to io granting an exclusive franchise for ferries along so great areat a distance as 30 miles along a broad like green river t the franchise should be lestric restricted ted to within mile at the most in a quarter of a mr holmson said it was usual in frontier counties to tb grant exclusive franchises for such purposes pul poses otherwise the ferries could not be established lie was in favor of granting such franchise for a distance of if four or five miles above and below tile the fe fany rl Y I 1 mr preston followed in the same strain the general arguments of the friends of the bill being that the feny would not be established unless tile the exclusive right granted As the house agree 0 mr woolley iv y moved to refer back to the committee special instructions to inquito as to the distance etc mr pratt added on oil the point that tile the ferry would not be established that the boats alleada there and lie thought they would not bo be idle when nhen a cler canic came alon along and wanted to cross his team for 6 or 10 IT lie opposed tile the whole principle of exclusive fi was as based on oil the pi pio position to bui then and oppress the poor many for tile benefit bellfi bel e of if the jhc few 11 e 1 I cedy fl li se hunters III int they might just as alt well apply tile the y ai wills mills a 1 everything every cr sa thin else it might b improve thov thou auntry to a extent but it would ds Ithe poor people most unjustly mi ali maughan see it in that light 0 but favored the motion to defor back to committee the motion was cabied mr parr moved to instruct the committee to inquire whether the bill as it stands would not conflict with the laws of the S by stopping or taxing tile the great U S mail callied can Car led lied an act in i le elation lation to building a bridge across provo river the citizens of pi ovo to furnish two thirds of the expense of I 1 such bridge on motion of mr pratt the bill passed on its thaid leading the bill appropriates 2000 mr pratt presented report of superintendent of common schools which was I 1 lead and on motion of mr pratt fifty copies were printed 21 mr eldredge Eldr edgo reported back 11 IT II F no V 1 an act to incorporate provo city 11 and recommended the passage or of the same mr wandell Wan doll to whom was the petition 6 charles edward pearson asking that misname bat his name bo be changed to edwaad pear r ison aon abod lc ported the asme back and eliat th at the petition be not gi antel anted mr johnson presented a bill for an act for the encouragement and advancement of agriculture manufactures and for other purposes read and referred to the committee on oil revenue mr lunt presented petition of A gardner and 43 others praying the legislature to take into consideration the propriety bety of 0 enacting a law to support corn moni ta schools h 0 by taxation read and referred ae h ommittee on education 11 II 11 F no 15 au ali act for the better regulation ica of estian pounds and for other pui purposes poses was taken up and road read tile fust time 11 II 11 F no 9 an act in relation to territorial county city and school taxes 11 was taken up lip and lead the fust time and fifty or ordered dewed to be printed for the uso of the assembly 11 F no 22 an act concerning mining z claims was taken up and lead first time 11 IT II F ano no 2 21 Q resolution authorizing th the e publication and distribution of the acts and resolutions of the twelfth annual session was taken up on oil its second reading and on motion of mr arr luco luce tile enacting clause thereof was sti stricken icken out rather a novel way of disposing of a resolution which has no enacting clause i still the object was attained and tile the resolution killed the acason assigned was that tile public printer had already been I 1 paid for the a pretty good reason ed 11 II if F no 25 an act granting unto chester loveland leonald rice and thomas IT II mcgraw the right to establish a line of steamboats on jordan jo adall river salt lake and bear river which was taken up on its second reading on motion of mr fair the bill passed on bits ts thaid leading tile the bill giants a franchise for ten lan s to navigate boidan and bear rivers and great salt lake with steamboats ed mr pratt whose licad head seems to bo be clear on oil the subject of exclusive franchise approved the bill and favored tho the striking out of the enacting clause the time specified was too long who said lie can estimate fully the results of tile next ten tell years during that time our extensive mines of Illin cial wealth yet to be developed may inay make us one of the richest and or of people our valleys may teem with a large 0 population and jordan and bear rivet s and tile 1 n gicht I cat inland ocean on oil the mount mountain ain tops be filled with all mannor manner of crafts bearing the tha i rich ich fai products pio ducts of the valleys valley and tiro tha mountains from port to poi t yet ft is pi to grant i away now in advance for ten deais to ta a chartered company mhd ii right lit to thase waters which should be devoted to general commerce in the use of the whole people other followed pro and con when the house got into lather a snail on tho the subject of law the motion to strike out the enacting acting an 0 clause having been seconded mr long offered an amendment to tho the bill the trouble was that if the first motion prevailed aar long would have no flo chance to get his before the house tile the speaker shook ins his head and intimated that somebody or something was vas out of order if the membris had reflected it a moment they would probably i recollected that a motion to amend always in parla law takes piece precedence dence of a motion to kill a bill mr longs motion therefore was first in older though made after the motion to strike out the enacting clause the speaker however put the motion to strike out first this was voted down and the house then pi proceeded acceded with the further consideration of tho the bill which after slig slight lit amendment was read a thaid time and passed tho the bill read and approved arid and then sent to file council for foi its action tile the minutes were load lead and approved on motion of mr farr the house adjourned at 5 p in to meet to morion wednesday at 1 1 p in benediction by the chaplain |