Show THE legislative ASSEMBLY COUNCIL council convened yesterday feb 2nd and at 2 pm pern p m the following communication was received from the house and read gentlemen the house has passed sed tho the accompanying bill H i F no 1 a bill amendatory of and bearen beaven supplementary to the charter of beaver bearer city and forward the tho same for your action netlon thereon the bill passed its first reading all nil and d was referred to the committee on municipal corporations and town sites council then resumed the second reading of C F 1 the penal code cod and made additional amend ments thereto laid on the table till tomorrow to morrow for further consideration adjourned HOUSE house met yesterday afternoon at 3 2 pm mr preston presented a petition from the citizens of smithfield cache county praying fora change of city boundaries referred to committee on municipal eions mr thurber presented a petition of win wm leary and other citizens of county praying for a new now county to be created referred to committee on counties mr hatch presented a petition from 0 WT appan and forty others of salt bait lake city praying for the insertion of an article in the school law now under tinder consideration by the legislature for the election of a number of delegates to represent each school district in the territory at precinct conventions of which they are a part there to elect precinct officers also deputies to city and county conventions for similar purpose etc referred to the com littmon cittee on education I 1 mr hir thurber chairman of committee on revenue reported A a bill H F no 18 to provide revenue for the territory of utah and the several counties thereof and recommended its passage read tead the first time and ordered lead a second time and sixty copies coples printed mr rockwood chairman of committee on agriculture trade and manufactures reported reported back the yo request of the recorder of marks and brands referred to them and recommended that the committee on claims and appropriations be instructed ted to insert in the appropriation bill the sum of to defray the expenses of printing aa as contemplated tem plated in said report said committee cittee so instructed mr A call chairman of committee on roads bridges ise ac reported adversely on the petition of H W miller and 45 others asking tor for 1000 to be expended on the road between black and st george report accepted and committee relieved from further ton consideration of the subject tho report of the recorder of marks and brands referred to in the report of the committee on agriculture ac ordered to be spread on the minutes A communication was received from mr wm cayton clayton recorder of marks and brands reports from the territorial librarian and diro Dire directors dorB of penitentiary tia now in the hands pf af the committees mib miF mit tees wore were ordered spread on on the minutes mr rockwood chairman of committee on municipal incorporation corporations in a to whom was re committed H P F no N 0 13 a bill entitled an act ili in corp orating ephraim city sanpete county begged leave to report a substitute bill H F no 19 entitled A bill incorporating kh ephraim city and recommended its passage hano 11 HF F no 13 was rejected and substitute bill H HF P no 19 A ca bill to incorporate ephraim city was read the first time and ordered to be read a second time by sections the vote referring the petition of 0 W tappan and 40 others to the committee on education was reconsidered and referred to the committee on elections H F no 15 A bill to extend jurisdiction of Just justices kees of the peace in criminal cases and to regulate the mode of procedure therein taken up unoji op its second read ing commencing at section vsev agey eral amendments made ahil pent pont pr hd ing reading 87 re ema uit lit e to committee on judiciary with instructions H F no 5 A bill incorporating the city of nephi was reconsidered and said bald bill was referred back to the committee on municipal corporations incorporations in with liberty to substitute a new bill for same and mr grover was added to the committee during consideration of said bill I 1 mr preston gave notice that he would move at to morr mor rowls session to have in the future morning sessions adjourned COUNCIL couin Corin corincial cil ell convened at 2 pm yesterday feb ard 3rd councilor E snow chairman of the centennial committe to whom was referred the petition of the president resident and members of the centennial executive committee for utah 11 moved that they have leave to withdraw said paid petition carried councilor A 0 smoot having obtained leave presented C P F 8 an act providing for the election of county prosecuting attorneys and prescribing the duties and fees of the same I 1 referred to committee on judiciary on motion of councilor VV B S snow the committee was instructed to take into consideration the propriety of or making such a law general genera I 1 in all the counties councilor cluff presented the following report gentlemen your committee on railroads to whom was referred C fa P 5 and 7 bills for an can act amending an act providing for the incorporation of railroad companies 1 etc have examined said bills and beg leave to report back CF 9 a bill embodying the two and recommend that the same be put upon its passage report accepted the said CF 9 0 A bill for an act to amend an act providing for the incorporation of railroad companies and the management of the affairs thereof approved february 19 1869 11 was recommit re committed tel to the committee on railroads with instructions to incorporate certain amendments therein H P F no 19 A bill incorporating ephraim city was referred to th the committee on municipal and town sites UP OF no 11 the penal code of utah was re committed to the committee on judiciary and made the he special order for tomorrow to morrow adjourned burned HOUSE house met yesterday at 2 p m the speaker announced that he be had appointed the hon ron george atkins member for tooele thoele in the following standing stan staf iding committees on revenue elections engro engrossing ts and enrolling and edu education ealton callon mr rockwood rock Bock wood chairman of elections reported adversely on the petition of C W tappan and forty others report accepted and the committee dis charged from further consideration of the subject H F no 19 an act incorporating po rating ephraim city was passed mr farr parr chairman of committee on judiciary reported ed H F no 12 A bill to limit the time within which criminal actions may be prosecuted in this territory and recommended its passage as amended committed re to committee on on ott motion of mr bir lyman john and 0 IV penrose were added to the committee en on judiciary during the consideration of said bill mr preston moved that the tho regular sessions of the house be wat at 10 a m and 2 p m the remainder of the term motion put and lost adjourned f council convened ata pm pim yesterday feb ath councilor smoot presented petition of the citizens of payson asking for certain amendments to their city charter referred to the committee on municipal corporations and town sites councilor woodruff presented the bill of jesse NV foxa fox fos territorial surveyor amounting to foe joe office rent and fuel from dec december aber 31 1873 to deo dec 31 1875 1873 referred to the committee on cla ela claims a and ap za F report e po rt of the chancellor odthe of the university of deseret was waa reador read or dered debredt pread spread s OB on the minutes and it rt lo 10 the committee on education ft ilo iro HOUSE USE the house net met yesterday at 2 p m the speaker administered the oath to the hon brigham young jun jan member from cache and rish bish cod counties titles mr roundy boundy presented a petition from jacob hamblin and 10 others of kane county asking for an appropriation of 2000 for exploring and road work pern perr performed ormed in kane county and across the buckskin Buck buch skin akin mountains to the colorado river referred to committee on roads briddes bri dres dees etc mr pace presented a petition from george W hickman and 31 others of or benjamin utah county praying for the removal of corporation boundaries from benjamin precinct utah county referred to committee on municipal corporations mr rockwood boek Bock wood presented a petition from stephen NV taylor sheriff of salt lake county praying for an appropriation of 1 for services in arresting prisoners e etc tc referred to committee on claims and appropriations mr rockwood ch airman of committee on agriculture trade and manufactures to whom were ie berred the petitions of jos rawlings and aud 63 others of ja jaa win cl iester chester and 67 others and of catherine burger and 44 others praying 0 for an act requiring smelters shelters sm elters to co condense n the fumes of their works submitted a bill for the same alad alaj and recommended its passage ordered to be read a second time and 60 copies to be printed mr thurber presented a petition from A am M musser asking for an appropriation ef of 1608 67 for telegraphic services for the territory during the past five years referred to committee ou on claims and appropriations mr farr chairman of committee on judiciary Judi flary fiary to whom was re committed lt F no 14 A bill relating to the estates of deceased person persons 3 11 reported back said bill with amendments and recommended its par passage sage the amendments as proposed by the committee were adopted and the bill being further am amended ended was passed adjourned till 10 a m on saturday MORNING SESSION it OV 8 E SATURDAY feb ath 10 am an petition of F kesler i chairman of the board of direct directors ors of the territorial benite penitentiary atlary for an ap of compensation for services in in that office referred to committee on claims and appropriations mr penroe penrose presented a petition from the union free school asso elation of ogden city praying for a law incorporating that organization referred to committee on vate in corporations mr rockwood rock Bock wood chairman of committee on orf agriculture trade etc reported that they had considered the bill to protect towns and settlements tle ments fram the encroachments encroach ments of herds of stock to present which through said committee leave had been granted to mr pack and asked to be relieved from further consideration of the sub subject eject as they lid did not deem such leris legis legislation latil on ne no ce cebary cesary esary sary bary report accepted and ahel committee dist discharged mcmurdock Mr Murdock presented a petition from D P whedon assistant U rt 8 attorney for the 2nd and judicial district asking an appropriation of if for services performed aa as such officer referred to committee on claims aud and appropriations mr hatch chairman of committee OB on irrigation and canals to whom were referred the petition of the hooper city irrigation and canal co and the petition of J g S rawlings raw Baw linga and SS 88 others reported favorably upon them and recommended the passage of accompanying bill H F no 21 said bill was read the first time and becom to the committee on arri irrigation a and canals andar and mr rockwood Bock rock wood od was added to that committee ing its consideration H F no 18 A bill to provide revenue for the territory of utah and the thu several counties thereof taken from the table on its second reading bisections by sections and spending the reading of section 9 the houe adjourn adjourned edtilL till 2 rpm p in COUNCIL r the council convened con eon veried at 2 rin pin on saturday feb ath yf council resumed the consideration of 0 F no 1 the penal code of utah t aud further amend ments being made the bill passed its second reading rex rea diug dlug and was read the third time by its title which was amended to read an act to establish a penal abdey code and the bill so passed and was ordered to be sent to the house for their action thereon A communication was received and aud read from prof 0 H riggs territorial superintendent of common schools Beho ois ola setting forth the tho amount of labor perfo perlo performed edby by him in the duties of h his nis 1 ag office C during the last year and nine months and asking that a suitable amount be appropriated as compensation also for stati stationery onory traveling expenses and incidentals furnished by him referred to the committee on claims and appropriations councilor harrington chairman of committee on judiciary to whom was referred C F no 8 an tibt providing for the election of county t I 1 prosecuting attorneys and prescribing the duties and fees of bf the same reported back as is a substitute C F no 10 A bill to pro proe vide for the election of bf county pro attorneys and their duties and compensation and recommended its passage passed pass pash ed its first reading and was taken up on its second reading pending which it was re committed to the committee on judiciary ada adjourned burned bious houss AFTERNOON SE SESSION f the house met on saturday atta atia pm IL i H F no 18 taken up at section 8 on its second reading anda and after several amendments mr john taylor tay lor moved for the amendment of the first section pending which the house postponed further consideration of the bill till monday mon day next i mr rockwood chairman of vf cam committee on elections to whom was referred that portion of the governor nork nors message relating to the law governing govern irig election elections reported that they had calef carefully uly considered the subjects presented and submitted the tho accompanying bill for an act supplementary to an act regulating elections said bill 11 F Y no 22 20 was read the first time and ordered to t be read a second time and sixty copies printed adjourned r |