Show G S extraordinary I 1 J J SUJ sur tv f 1 A T TT I 1 there has been much said first and last about aagut ty 7 iha the powers 4 0 w ers and jurisdiction r n of courts in this territory and the fees allowed by the stat statutes fites now dow in force have been considered by ily many as being too low tow and insufficient to remunerate the officers required by law to perform special duties for services ger vices rices thus rendered the jurisdiction of the district probate and justices coul coults ts were according to thle the organic aatto be as limited b by y lawand law and the laws of the territory also limit and define the powers and duties of county courts so called which are composed of the probate judges of the respective counties in connection with the select men alen acting as county commissioners having no judicial powers the daues require edff ed of county courts or the members thereof are very specifically pointed out and defined and it has generally been P supposed up posed that the statutes were so plain and unambiguous as to the powers and duties it of those these courts the gr greatest novice in legal and ail and aid a id business matters would not be liable to misunderstand them and go beyond the limits of the jurisdiction thus thud defined in matters presented ted for their consideration as members 0 said sald courts how far the county courts have kept within the limits of their jurisdiction in the discharge of their d aties we do riot not know beyond what bas has co come me under our immediate notice that talat there kias fias has bein bean been a acts ts performed by some J of ivese courts which were lied tied by law we e have never devir doubted but sever naver dreamed that any probate judge in thia this territory in connection with the select men alen ot a his county elt eit sitting ting 1 as a county court 1 would ever presume to exercise legislative or judicial powers and irr in thase those assumed capacities enact laws establish fee bills issue itsue executions for fees feea charged for favors exten esten extended dedor or grants made recall such executions and re tax the fees create offices unknown to the law laws and prescribe their duties as was dond done by tile tha county court of carson at the late december session 1860 illg aa as is made to appear from frona the them published report of the proceedings of said court the liberty ia is taken of making a few ex tracts from which the members of I 1 the legislative assembly now in III session in this city may clay make some valuable deductions although if acts should be passed by the of erf the nature of some of the orders ord ers made by the county court of carson they would not be bevery very likely to receive the approval orthe of the chief executive of the territory ordered that the former order of the court allowing the several officers to charge fees und erthe act of may 1857 of california be and the same ia is hereby crepea repeated repealed ned red and the said baid county officials be and they are hereby authorized and ind emrow empowered ered to charge in their several capacity the same fees as are now dow allowed by the statutes of california to similar officers in el dorado county in in that state ordered that all executions ordered by the county clerk of this county against parties who are owing him for fees tees asse grants made be hereby ie called recalled and that the fees charged be re taxed at the rate now charged by the clerk of el dorado county california ordered that A klauber Klau berot of genoa parker 11 pierce of carson city and john gloyd of galena galana city be and are hereby appointed road commissioners anti and that S 11 marlette arlette JM county surveyor be ex officio a member of the board that the said commissioners enter into idio a bond in the sum of for the faithful performance of their duties to be approved by the county clerk there were some twenty or thirty grants and charters madeford made f or water privileges timber lands toll roads and bridges etc principally the latter of which the following C are samples petition of george W bowers and francis P briggs brigga for charter of toll road and bridge across the lough slough immediately south of carson city adv gran brantd granted td petition of L IV W taylor et al for charter of toll road from silver city to inter loter intersect sect ophir road roada granted 21 petition of forman mcrea for charter of toll road from carson to virginia through american flat granted Peti petition tiou tion of mccrea for wagon roal road from carson city by american flat to virginia city was taken up p and after due consideration the c court 0 urt granted the prayer of the petition ers petition of john D sherwood ct et al for dight right quarter sections of tule land on washoe ake yva iva 9 granted aan among za the appropriations made were yere the fol toi following lowing ordered that the account of J L blackburn deputy V S marshal for fees 1791 be and hereby is allowed and that the clerk ot at the county be and he his hia hereby authorized and directed to issue the scrip or of the county fw for the same account of G county clerk for eleis ard aad prices to ip glde gide ordering xing anoual annual gen geu eral ral election and canvassing vote yote fo for allowed allowe diu div tu i J the resignation of sami samyi ah magee agee as justice of the peace for ath precinct was accepted ordered that IV W smith be dp appointed pointed to fill the vacancy ay ordered that the following rates ef of toll be established as the charges on the following road I 1 for peter rices road at gold bold hill shall be one halt half the charges allowed at the devils gate 11 ordered that here hereafter affer in all charters given by this court for toll roads that unless otherwise provided the rates of tolls shall be as follows to wit wagon drawn by 6 cr or 8 animals 9 2 00 1 Is 4 11 1 50 60 r II 11 II 11 0 tt jig I 1 1 00 carriage or buggy 2 1 1 1 loo 00 i 1 II 11 f 1 Is ja 5 horseman 12 pack animals each if county courts can establish fee ee bills lalla and I 1 exercise such powers as are assumed in carson county there ought 0 to be no further complaints about provisions for holding district courts in the territory as what the I 1 I 1 le legislature fails to do can be done in a hurry by the county courts if an emergency shall arise but it occurs to us that if such extraordinary fees should be generally allowed as were to deputy arshal marshal Al blackburn and especially to the county clerk for services in holding one election it would not be long iong on before most of the counties in the Terri territory tor y I 1 would become bankrupt in great salt lake county the most wealthy and populous in the derri ferri territory territory tory the total expenses of holding a general or special election inc including ludin iudin the fees of judges and clerks of election the fees of the county clerk the expenses oe of rk returning pol books and ballot boxes and the expenses of canvassing amount to less than fifty dollars the fees allowed by the california fee bill would woula probably in increase the sum siim four fold in this county the clerk is not permitted to charge fees for an any y grants made by the county court other than is allowed by law for making out a certified copy of the order when required thereto by the grantee and if any county court in this part oe of the territory should presume to exercise le legislative a and judicial powers like those assumed by judge childs and his hii associates as appears from the foregoing 0 extracts 1 the probate jud judge jude 0 e and select men alen would soon have leave to retire from office the dol doi douras ns n s of the county court of ca carson according co to the reports from which the foregoing going loing 0 extracts are made were certai certainly ply very extraordinary and most of them would be considered very illegal in ea eastern abern utah but ia in the western part of the territory where the laws of california have professedly been adopted by many they may be all lawful and right and in keeping with the spirit of or the times and we do not wish to be understood as objecting to them in the least so long iong as the people lre there are satisfied with such proceedings and pay the expense consequent thereon they should be permitted to enjoy them to their hearts content unless interference be made with the constitution and legal rights of others The Legislative assembly has acted liberally towards the people of carson thus far this winter and it is hoped they will continue to do so till the end of the session but we do not realy see the necessity for legislative action where such extensive facilities exist for tor making laws and carrying them into execution as are to be found in the western part of the territory thu JORDAN BRIDGE yesterday after noon in comp romp compliance liance with an invitation given by mr air nic Alc mckean Kean territorial road comi missi missioner oneri presidents young and kimball the members and officers of the th e legislative assembly the oali officers c ers of the city and county with several other gentlemen visited the new bridge erected across the jordan at the foot of north temple street which being 0 so far completed as to be opened to the traveling public was crossed for the girst first time by the entire party in their carria carriages es on that occasion the bridge la is a noble structure built upon the lattice principle and reflects much credit upon the architect and builder mr henry grow as well as upon the commissioner and upon tiie tue contractor president young its cost has been teen about SUPREME COURT the supreme court is still in session and ana progressing slowly with the business before it such is the nature of some if not of all the cases on the docket aa we are informed it Is and will be impossible to dispose of them in a hurried flurried manntz manatz |