| Show COUNCIL shortly after the appointed hour 2 pm M the prospective lawmakers of the territory sauntered into the council chamber each one installing him self seit in his place the positions having been previously selected matters were arranged as smoothly as could be do dc sired there being no hurry no confusion L J nuttall esq the fors saux wc 17 chief clerk having called the members to order said they would at once proceed to business he ile proceeded to read the certified list of members mem bersa bersi on the roll being called the following f in members were found sounds t to 0 be present morgan summit uintah and wasatch bo counties aties W W cluff kane san sari juan and washington ashington edwin G woolley juab and utah joel grover john S page pue emery sanpete and sevier luther T tuttle davis salt lake and tooele thoele grant 11 II J richards win Wm W taylor and joseph barton cache and rich neaver heaver garfield garneld iron 31 millard illard and plute pinte robert W mr nir woolley moved that mr cluff be the president of the council this was adopted unanimously the president having taken ills his seat expressed his gratitude for the appointment and trusted that with ag t the C I 1 assistance of his coadjutors lie he would be ablerto able abie to give lve ive them satisfaction and further he hoped they would act with harmony to together ether the oath having been administered the hon llon president suggested that they should now proceed to the election of officers so as to effect a complete comple t e 01 organization the election of omm off meers officers was accordingly proceed with the following being the result IV W i cluff president chas W stayner Stay ner ncr chief cienki clerk milando pratt engrossing and enrolling clerk L john nuttall jun juu sergeant at arms samuel genar gentry aj messenger john toa hoagland landt watchman august wilcken chaplain C p ain aln councilor grover moved that the hon A thomas be notified of the election of the omm off meers officers of bf the council agreed to the president appointed d councilors councillors Counci lors grover and page to this duty the hon Secretary y arri arriving vim the officers were sworn in and this organization of the council Counell was completed E G woolley y and J T hammmond Hammond Ha mamond ramond were appointed to act with it a committee from the house howalt to wait on the governor to inform him that the council was ready to td hear from him adjourned till 1015 tomorrow to morrow etiva s suggested that 2 pm each day ly would be a convenient hour for ine meeting eting as it would give the committees ees an opportunity of getting 1 through any work in time the chief clerk then read a communication muni cation from froni the house relative w to the appointment of a committee of three 11 peery cery hatch and Thur moan roan to ackwith act with the committee of the council in waiting upon his lils excellency cel lency the governor A discussion arose owing to a grevl previous motion for a committee of three to draft rules for the government of t he q jio dio I 1 tilli council 1 1 some members arguing that the ruling 1 g of the chair wound would 1 be clent cleat ami 1 I others that fixed axed reg rew regulation gu lations were ilece necessary ary this stage of the proceedings it was w as deemed advisable to take a recess until the return of the committee appointed in conjunction with that of the Ho housego wait upon the governor on reassembling it was agreed that low lom losy am tuesday should be tile the hour and day oil on which to meet the governor it was also concluded to meet again tomorrow to morrow at iu 10 am and in joint session at lomo lozo lo io am T air grant moved that a c committee ommittee be appointed to ackwith act with one appointed b by y th the e other chamber in reference to printing P rint ing not provided for by congress an amendment was offered and ancl accepted that the committee be instructed e d to confer with the territorial secretary ret on the matter 31 much aglon C pertinacity was evinced on th the e subject and af after tee tex warm discussion grant grover and taylor were appointed said sald sm committee in concluding the business of the day the tile sergeant at arms was instructed ted in connection with the same of the other chamber to hoist the national flag durin during ahe he sittings of the legislature adjourned tuesday loth af after ter cal cai calling ling the toll toil quorum pre pro senttie sent the council commenced its labors th the tha e president suu sud suggesting gesting that previous to the joint jessra session any member might present a motion to economize time mr barton moved that the office of minute clerk be created at a salary of five dollars a day to be paid out of the territorial treasury carried mr nir woolley pro proposed ased that an usher be appointed for the e session at a remuneration mune mun ration cration of four dollars a day to be paid as above council adjourned for the purpose of meeting in joint s session with the house in the other chamber ch amber the message of ills his excellency having been delivered it was suggested suggest cd that the sergeant at arms arins should be L empowered to procure periodicals papers and postage matter for the use of members after considerable discussion cuss cass ion fon of liberality towards newspaper proprietors the suggestion agreed to secretary tthomas forwarded to the chambers for tor the use of members copies of the journals and laws which were forthwith distributed J W taylor as minute clerk and ant anu moroni moron pratt as usher were elected and afterwards sworn by the chiet clerk A committee of three diess Aless rs mond woolley and grover was next appointed to take into consideration considerations i theu the bumber umber qt of members of each committee cittee lait tee of loz the council i A A discussion ensued on M r Taylor gs motion touching committees on enrollment public printing and territorial library to consist of two members each from tile the council and three from the house it was agreed to i 1 l the chief clerk read a communication from the house regarding f limiting armity copies of laws newspapers newspaper sand and i pos postal t al matter I 1 i adjourned till 3 tuesday january 15 1884 4 chief clerk read a note from the other chamber to the effect that they agreed to the solution resolution ie regarding printing inting tr and that a committee had haa been een cen appointed it was moved and adopted that the president speaker Speak erand and clerks be included in the motion relating to the supplying of minutes and other matters to members the committee on the numbers of the standing committees reported as follows which was ivas adopted 1 E elections 5 members judiciary 5 claims and andri private vate accounts 3 appropriations 4 finance 3 counties 3 highways 3 engrossing bills hills 3 ed edica aca tion ra 6 agriculture 3 manufactures manac tures and commerce 3 militia 3 penitentiary band and ref reform orin school 3 irrigation 4 nish fish and game 3 mines and mining 4 f private cop cot corporations orations 4 municipal corporations po rations and towns tow ns 4 asylum a for insane 3 i public health heam 3 i rules 3 contingent ting gent expenses of 60 council 3 mr air woolley moved that a rote of thanks be accorded to hon ron A I 1 thomas for Us his courtesy in providing the furniture for the chamber which he lle thought was wag waunia unique ue he made the motion because lecause he considered the supply additional to ordinary matters provided for the use of the chamber after a var variety lety of va views Q ws had b been e en ventilated on the subject it was agreed to it was moved that 2 pm be the hour of meeting until f urther ordered this was amended by 10 a inas a better nour hour theil Thell the resident president thought it better to defer the matteri mattery matter motion finally withdrawn kle kee elmr page rage proposed that the minutes presences be presented pre at the beginning of each meeting instead of at the end us as at present as it would give the clerks timeto time to prepare them mr hammond thought the clerks ought to be able to keep up with the discussion of the chamber and opposed the motion r on being put to the vote it was lost minutes were read and accepted and the council adjourned u until n til 2 p in tomorrow to morrow 1 january ac 1884 at two pm p m precisely the roll was called and a quorum being present the following list of standing committees was presented by the president and read by the chief gierk gier |
