| Show COtT NOrL f I 1 mon kon monday day feh Peb jeb leb council coundi met pursuant to adjournment coll call quorum present cain councilor barton barlon presented a petition froma V R smith and 58 others ol herfi of dikis davis county asking that section I 1 of the me oct act providing tor for the means ol 01 raising rd revenue Venue for the ter territory of utah be bej amended so that thab ib sur sue mills may be assessed and appropriated fo bothe ahe the use of district schools said petition was as referred to the cammi committee on ou education councilor E snow presented a petition from Geo geb 11 crosby and 65 ahers therb citizens of Leed sand harrisburg arg asking that be appropriated to assist in repairing the oad eros erns crossing sing the black bidge ridge and 1 or r making a new sew road from belie beile view few to silver reen beef which will be a horter shorter and better one the petition was referred to the committee on u roads councilor wells reported that the committee I 1 did not consider the amendments recommended by the house to the council lill bill to 0 o amend section 2383 of therom thes this com tiled ailed laws as expedient legislation accepted ce apted the house of representatives forwarded a message notifying the council that the house h h id passed a bill to amend section of the compiled laws also that a concurrent resolution had been passed to have copies of the report of the begent regent of the university printed H F 8 was read the first time and laid on the table the report of if the chancellors of tile the university ul for the two years ending nd in g dec mst met 1881 was waa read and nd the t lle lie house resolution concurred in the bill for a general act licensing ij and regulating the manufacture and saie saja of intoxicating liquors in the cities and count counties fea lea of utah the second time and amended and laid on jun the table till called for one feature of this bill as it now stands Is 13 that two fifths of the revenue derived from the sale of liquors shall shail tie tle appropriated appropriated to the school fund council bouncil adjourned until 2 on tuesday benediction by the chaplain tuesday february ath 1882 2 pm the council met burau pursuant ant to ad Journ ment roll boll called quorum present prayer by the chaplain councilor Council cr cluff presented a petition from ex assessor kingston of morgan County pray ing for relief for sums suma of taxes assessed ja ja morgan county on herds but paid in navis davis county to thil this the amount ot of this petition was endorsed by several of the prominent taxpayers of morgan county councilor B E snow presented a lengthy petition from citizens ot of silver sliver Reefs reef harrisburg harris Harria burg and leeds praying for to ta be ampro appropriated tomake to make a new road west of the present one crossing the black ridge which will have a goja road bed and make the he distance some rome some bome miles milea ehor shorter ter this petition was referred to the committee committe on comi conn ties with a suggestion that this c committee confer with the committee on counties in the house en uil the sub subject rj ett the b special committee appointed to elamin examine a the redeemed auditors war wat warrants warra Tants nta ata To reported ported that they bad had acted with a like committee of the house and found the cancellations to agree with the treasurers treasur ers report and had destroyed warrants to the amount of the committee on municipal cor lens Jons reported through its ita chairman councilor E F enow that they had bad considered the bill to amend the charter of lehi lehl found that the measure suggested would be benefic beneficial fai lal people of lehi lehl and american fork the bill H F 21 was waa then passed the amendments of theE the house fouse to the council amendments to section 2383 were not accepted by the council the bill for regulating and i in mt ing the eale sale and manufacture 04 0 mait malt dinuis and und spirituous liquors was taken up amended and passed its second reading the bill places two nitha of the revenue from ii 11 cense and fines ones into the territorial treasury for the tha benefit of the district schooly echo beho ola ois councilor caine moved to have it placed in the county treasuries but the motion was lost councilor came caine suggested that the clause exempting aie the saie eale of homemade home made wines should be carried to other home q liv ej i such aa as be beverages averages anade I 1 drom from home grown b barley ar ley wheat rye etc eta otherwise it I 1 would be cimis clasa legislation councilor TS snow enow stated that thai the parent government fostered gost post estered ered to ter a certain extent the vine growers and ancl he be thought we could coula safely carry outtie flame policy to them in this territory the exempting from ima made alave ia in quantities fiot notices less lees than thad a ve gallone ons was allowed to stand the council not concurring with the house amendments to V C and F nd 14 councillors councilors Counci fors lors esnow E snow anat wells were appointed of con coli ference to act with a like committee in the house also not concurring with the amendment of the house to amend section of the compiled iams laws thus placing the age of estraya at 12 months instead of IS 18 referred the bill to the committee on agriculture after pra prayer yerby ay the chaplain the council counch adjourned until wednesday at 2 I 1 HOUSE monday feb 6 the house was called to order at 2 pm p m speaker lyman in the chair journal read amended and approved the following petitions were presented by mr blackburn from william king and 43 others residents of plute pinto county aski asking ng that that county be divided according to tain specified geographical or natural divisions and that be hf a c new county created under the name of spencer county from the eastern and dis hf c created under the name of spencer county from the eastern and dis connected portions of plute pluto ci ct anty aimo also a petition remonstrating aganet the measure measures signed by LD morrell and 56 others representing that the proposed change would act detrimentally to the interests of the petitioners petition ers in the inevitable change of the county seat fleat from froia troia the city of junction both documents were referred to the committee on judiciary Judi clory the select committee on auditors warrants reported through mr thurmen the chairman that they the y had examined and compared the warrants with appropriation accounts and td finding them correct and consistent tent had destroyed them as aa instructed the report was waa finding correct and consistent tent had destroyed them as aa instructed the report was waa accepted and the committee discharged mr xz thurman from the special ar appointed pointed by the thel house to td receive from the secretary of the te territory a list of the foreign corporations doing business in the territory and also of all those having competed with the law la in filing with the secretary copies of t the he articles of agreement and certificates of incorporation reported that such lists had bad been duly received and wished to present them with the there re port the committee were discharged and the lists referred en on motion booth to the committee on private corporations A message from the council stated that that body had passed C F no 12 a bill in relation to chattel mortgages mortgagee alloh F ko NO 24 a bill to s hange the name nante of peter petersen to peter H hansen without amendment A 1111 kill was introduced by mr thurman authorizing the consolidation of railroad companies organized and existing under the lawa laws of the Territory elther either with like companies of this territory or with companies of other states or territories it provides that the companies to be consolidated shall give at least 20 days notice of such intended action to each stockholder when by a two t ards vote of such stockholders the ft presidents resident and secretaries of the several companies may enter into a joint agreement to that end referred to the committee on private corporations the council bill just received from that body bodyn fa relation to mortgages on personal property was read tue the first time by its title and referred to abe judiciary committee with permission to print the usual nuno nunn her H F no 22 amending the law in relation to irrigation companies was taken up on its second reading mr dusenberry dusen duben berry moved a becom fitment of the bill to the commit commits tee on irrigation as he did not understand der stand it and thought that tue present laws provided for the or of all prospective irrigation companies without the passage of this bill mr thurman Tharman was opposed eed bed to the bill as in his hib opinion lorli it eon enn conferred forred power powen upon at the thy majority joco toco to control atrol ahe the minor lwi ty tymo a private sense singe amri fern Feri roae elated tw that the bill so far as it rea nea read nead A was en exact copy of i the lawas law as now on the statute books and rand introduced no new now principle and conferred no new powers the law needed some amendments anait and it was thought better bettey to make a new bill than to make amendments to a number of section sections 11 which might lead to confusion the bad had considered ane ball ordered it and recommended it tole tobe placed plad d ou oli its ith ryasa liaga age if members did not understand it they had bad be beti betl ter fer et takei time aline to fo consider nalder it he e moved asan asab as an amendment that it be postponed until thursday 1 i phi mr booth was in favor ot of the recommitment of the billas he would not coincide with the idea that a majority had right to enforce a man to join a private corporation and compel compe him b inn irn to pay taxes to the same abah at t his mcfarr thought that a it law should be framed to allow a portion of the inhabitants of i a county to organize as a company so 80 aa as not to include those w who ho did not wish to join he also alao considered that there should be some defects pointed out in the bill before it was re committed mr dusenberry referred to section of the complied compiled laws as providing for the organization of irrigation companies which be he supposed su au merceded per ceded tiie tue old statute of which the present billias bill was wab in part a copy consideration of the bill was nual ly postponed until thursday the fth A council message announced concurrence in the house resolution to print copies of the report leport of the regents of the university of the two years ending december 31 1881 A communication received from the audister of public accounts stated A communication received from the audister of public accounts stated that the sum of 2685 2695 2695 2685 was due the omaha acin ai as per the their accompanying acin compa comia in nying billa ills for court urt records turn furn furnished sh b by t them e and not paid for as the ampro appropriation ja ion lon for court rt expenses nees had ad been n already e expended reported ime Ite ported to the committee 0 on claims and public accounts the council bill no 15 designating publio public holidays was taken up on its third reading mr booth boath offered the following to ie le made sections 3 and 4 of that bill bec sec 3 31 no days of grace shall be allowed on any promissory note bill of exchange order or other commer cial clai paper payable in this territory beca seca 11 when a day on wh which ich negotiable paper Is due shall tail fall upon any legal holiday such negotiable a ble or commercial paper shall shail ngoe be held heid J d to be due on the day preceding g r such sueh oh holiday provided that when two legal holidays shall come together such paper fail tall falling n g due on the last daj aa JW nuch nueh s euch uc h legal legai holiday shall be due on the day succeeding beeding such legal holiday mr booth remarked that in inmost most of tile the states the common law provision for days of grace on notes no tes tea and und other commercial paper had bad been repealed mr air dusenberry moved that the following clause ba be incorporated in section one defining what are public holidays tand and every day upon which general elections shall be held throughout the territory mr eary farr was opposed to the blauer as holidays were of often ten days of drunkenness and disorder mr stout deemed elections something more than holiday sport mr dusenberry stated that the addition of the clause would give to voters aa an opportunity to visit the tile polls whereas many could not at present presents an on account of urgent busi busl busine business nesa sj the clause was inserted on motion by mr booth the bill and amendments offered were made the special order for monday H P F 25 in relation to the right of way granted to railroad companies was called on its third reading reiding and made the special order for tomorrow to morrow H F 22 was also made a special order for tuesday mr sharp presented a bill for office rent of the territorial surveyor jesse W V fox sen which wha referred to the committee on claims mr peterson presented the cort cori i reeled financial report of sanpete which was referred to the committee on public accounts benediction adjourned until 2 pm to morrow after the approval of the journal the follow following ng petitions were represent we present ed by mr page form jas jaa tanner and seven seventy ly others residents of olf pay son city asking a reduction in the corporate limits of that city which i ac at iD resent present contained about 40 square miles while the city pro proper perc contain ed but about three threes square miles referred byar by mr partridge from richard riehard warburton and others residents of tousle city asking that the city charter ch arter be repealed baled as experience had 1 shown to td them them the charter was in no way beneficial or la in of the general public Re referred ferret terret mr booth from the committee on municipal corporations and towns reported favorably upon ohp 1 edition of john moore anil antl othera others askin asking an amendment to the charter of spanish ish fork forte city and Int introduce latro duo duc eu a bill far for that purpose i report accepted and the lill till filed introduction of bills b j by mr farr in regard to the law of mechanics mechanical lien the bill provides a method for the collection of debts not exceeding before a justice of the peace due builders and others furnishing material for building when the suit involves real estate or Is in excess only of the district courts shall have 1 to the j lary by mr dusenberry in respect to negotiable and comm commercial er I 1 pap paper e r read bead by its title and referd referred to t the h fudi judiciary ciary clary committee with r caplon to print by mr francis in relation to restraining and prohibiting the running at laige after may let iet 1882 ol 01 bulls stud horses jacks etc over IS 18 months old and rams aver over three old on any summer range in the territory referred Kcf ref erred to committee on agriculture by mr beal beai to amend the laws relating to the vested rights fights to the uses of water and the exercise thereof the provisions are that despu tant taints sto toi tot the water rights shall take their cases to arial before a competent court within 90 day da scatter statter notice nolle 0 of contest shall be given to the t he con co n court within 90 day da scatter statter notice nolle 0 of contest shall be given to the t he con co n testing party parly or corporation on and providing also ulso that the court shall issue certificates ol 01 rights decreed by such tribunal referred H P F 35 a bill to amend the charter of the city tf cf spanish foik was read the first time A council message announced that ja a petition had been received from a T 1 pearson and others r |
