Show THE legislature COUNCIL FEB 10 at 2 p m wednesday the council was called to order and af after ter the usual opening exercises the journal of tuesday was rea read ol 01 and adopted A communication from the house was received announcing that 0 F no 15 a bill in relation to the manner of determining disputed county boundary lines had been passed by that body referred to the committee on counties A second communication f from rom the house announced the passage of the substitute to H F no 24 a bill to prevent the spread of malignant diseases among sheep read by its title and referred to the committee on agriculture also a message from the governor returning ff F ano no 30 in relation to bail without his approval mr sharp from the joint conference committee on the disagreements in regard to H F no 26 reported that they had agreed to the councils substitute report adopted mr page from the committee for asylum for the insane re reported arted ball back C F no 26 a bill in relation to the insane asylum with amendments and recommended that it as amended be put on its passage a adopted and the bill placed on file e for second reading mr barton presented C P F no 35 a bill in relation to trusts read the first time by its title and referred to the committee on judiciary C F no 17 a bill amending section 56 chapter 54 session laws of 1884 in relation to proceedings in justices courts being the special order of the day was read the third time and passed C F no 29 a bul bill to provide revenue for the territory of utah and the several counties thereof was also a special order for wednesday mr francis moved to add the words due and owing to section 3 mr hammond asked the gentleman to add another amendment which would explain the one proposed mr sharp would not vote forthe for the amendment the assessors of the various counties had bad put their own construction st on these words found in the old law how these words became part art of that perhaps some may remember ter one thing was certain they were vague and meaningless mr barton was opposed also on the ground that so many constructions had been placed on these words the amendment was lost mr barton and mr hammond introduced trod a number of amendments to see sec 18 which were adopted mr taylor moved to strike out of section 19 the words of non residents and persons unknown he was not in favor of selling the property of absent and unknown persons for delinquent 1 taxes he would give an equal chance to all asked further time to prepare amendments to this section U granted atiteo mr taylor moved to strike out of section 21 the words one and one half per cent per month interest I 1 I 1 allowed the purchaser when the owner redeemed his property that had bad been sold to satisfy delinquent taxes considerable discussion ensued on this and mr hammonds motioned to allow the delinquent six months instead of two years in which to redeem his property the time of two years and one per cent per month interest was finally agreed to mr grover moved to strike out the words county clerk from sec 28 and insert the words I 1 iscoui county aty couras court thus making the section to read that the collectors of the various counties should make their annual settlements with the county courts in their respective counties the discussion of this amendment showed that the judges of probate and county clerks had b ad been considered by the electors good and aad lawf lawful ua men to represent them in the legislative council which in the present instance is largely composed of ef such the clerks however e rg being in the minority failed in t their eve i rop opposition position to the motion and the words county clerk were accordingly stricken out so the collectors will have ibave to make their annual settlement with the county courts mr hammond offered a lengthy amendment to the last section of this bill and with the understanding that several important amendments would be made on the third reading the bill pa passed ased its second reading the substitute for a bill to prevent the befouling of waters etc passed its second reading and was filed for foi final passage C I 1 no 26 a bill in relation to the territorial insane asylum was read and placed laced on file C arno T no 30 amending section chapter 8 title 11 of the code of civil procedure was read the third time and passed and the house notified the bill reads as follows A bill amending section 6 chapter 46 laws of utah 1884 be tt it enacted by the governor and legislative assembly of the territt territory T of utah that section 6 chapter 46 laws of utah 1884 entitled an act relating lating to fue fire fu e insurance Cemp companies anies is hereby amended to read as follows it shall be lawful for any number of persons to associate themselves together for the establishment of a fire insurance company iny in this territory and they shall be ge deemed emed a body corporate authorized under the laws of the territory to transact fire alre insurance business on complying with the provisions provision of chapter Chapt erlof 1 of chapter 46 laws of utah 1884 relating to co corporations orations for or general purposes provided that that it shall not be lawful for any such company to transact a fire insurance business in this territory unless less it shall have a capital of not ae less tun than on hundred thousand dollars five per cent of which shall have been paid up and shall I 1 have complied with the provisions of this act at 5 p in the council adjourned AFTERNOON SESSION FEB 10 at the hour appointed the house again assembled and hon abraham hatch the speaker pro tempore tent pore who so ably presided over the deliberations of the morning session resumed the speakers desk the house being aga again I 1 it settled resumed the consideration tio n of the house bill regulating the herding branding and care of stock and punishing certain offenses concerning the same the bill was read by sections by the chief clerk when the first section which contained fifteen lines had bad been read an exceedingly interesting and animated debate ensued some of the posers op of the measure thought that the bill was formulated simply in toe the interests of the stock owners of this county while others contended that the first section if it became part of the proposed law would work much hardship p to the owners of stock others again argued that the section as its provisions then stood was none too strong ana that it ought to pass mr farnsworth who is the father of the bill in a meek but dignified manly manner defended eded this section which had elicited s so 0 much discussion and opposition the section was ultimately amended and at passed assed secried 2 passed but section 3 9 was stricken out other sections were amended at the reading was completed and the bill was filed to comell again in its order the elo council uncil notified the house that it had bad passed a bill to amend see sec 56 chap 44 laws of 1884 read by title and referred to the committee on judiciary the insolvent debtors bill next came up on its third reading and had occupied 20 minutes in its consideration when a motion to postpone f urther further consideration of it indefinitely prevailed vaile dand and the bill was laid on the table this closed the special order of the day mr young presented a report of the chancellor and board of regents of the deseret university for 1884 5 which was referred to committee on education mr mclaughlin sent up a petition from citizens of park city asking to build a road on summit and wasatch counties referred to committee on highways mr thurman presented a petition from citizens of pleasant grove in relation to the boundary lines of said city referred to the committee on corporations po rations and town sites mr houston presented a petition on from panguitch asking aid for the repairing ot of a road in garfield county referred to the committee on highways A report from the committee on claims and public accounts in relation to the claim of jos D smith 22 50 recommended that it be allowed adopted B Furgus Furgas ons claim was not allowed E ET T Sprague was allowed 1 instead n of claimed for legal services rendered as clerk of the supreme court of the territory reasons for the cutting down were given by the chairman of the committee the chair mau man also stated the reason for not allowing the claim of mr furguson that the law provides that the county court shall fix and pay the na salaries laries of such officials several other reports from committees were read and adopted mr young made a motion to instruct the committee on fish and endgame game iu in relation to fishing in mill creek and other streams in salt lake county ad opted about p pi in mr hatch was called away on important business and hon jos A west occupied the chair from that time till 4 p in when mr hatch again returned and took the chair for the remainder of the day after along a long debate on the timeto time to which adjournment should be taken the house adjourned at p m til till I 1 10 a m on thursday FED FEB lelh pursuant to adjournment the house met at 10 this morning and was called to order by the speaker after the usual opening exercises mr west was excused from attending the morning session A petition from a number of citizens of salt lake county askin asking that stock owners may be restricted from from allowing stock to run at large to the detriment of far that stock owners be made responsible for all damages by stock thus done was referred to the committee on agriculture A petition from the wives and mothers ot of utah in relation tu to the widespread evils caused by the sale and nse iise of intoxicants was referred to the committee on manufacture and cow corn merce mr hatch presented a petition f from rom citizens of wasatch bounty chanty ou nty asking that be appropriated to held a road along provo prove rivet river from ht heher her arito city to jones county referred ef erred to on eu tiiu ways ivar mr farnsworth presen presented fed a petition from beaver in relation to hatsing a safe for the keeping of the records of the second district court and asking means for that purpose i referred efe to the committee on ways and means mr king moved that the counties which had previously received appropriations for road and brid bridges es furnish the house with a report of ol 01 the manner in which they have been expended since the session of the legislature carried mr thurman urman called the attention of the speaker to the fact that the members for salt lake county were all absent and asked if they had permission the speaker replied that all the members were present he be would call the question up the council bill pertaining to highways was next considered it provi provides desi that tha all roads streets alleys and bridges laid out or erected b by y the public are highways and that all such roads streets etc laid out or erected by others than the public pulli cand and dedicated or abandoned to the use of the public are highways the same section provi provides des also that a highway shall shail be deemed and taken as dedicated and abandoned to the use of the public when it has been continuously and uninterruptedly used as a public thoroughfare for a period of five yeara it further provides that no right shall accrue to any person using private property as a private byway by way other than as may be granted in writing 0 by tb the e owner of the fee abis last named proviso elicited a great deal of discussion and was finally stricken out section 3 as amended by bythe Council 1 makes it a misdemeanor to drive stock through section country where there are roads laid out through improved lands but no BO fence on either side unless such lands are thrown open to the public for grazing purposes A motion to strike out that part of the resulted in a tie vote by section 5 whenever any corporation po ration awni owning 1 n a toll bridge or r tural turnpike ike plank plank or common common wagon road is dissolved or discontinued or has expired by limitation the bridge or wagon road has become a highway and section 6 decides that a road not worked or used for a period of five years ceases to be a hiah hia highway h these provisions passed by unanimous vote the bill is very lengthy and contains twenty nine sections much of it relates to county courts supervisors assessors and collectors and payment of poll tax two days work of eight hours each or in lieu jen thereof three dollars lawful money annually is required of every man over twenty and under fifty if ty years ears of age who are not physically incapacitated to work delinquent poll taxes can be collected and no property pro erty of the delinquent is exempted from being levied upon tor for the purpose pur ose one good feature of the bill is that it exempts men from fro paying ayin poll tax anen they reach the th fiftieth nal nfl 9 year of their age instead of continuing inato to pay this kind of tax until they are three score years old at 1215 12 15 pm section 13 was reached when tiie the house douse took a recess until 1 I 2 pm COUNCIL FEB 11 at 2 pm the presidents gavel fell upon the table and after the call of the roll and prayer by the chaplain the journal of wednesday was read and adopted mr shurtliff was excused on account of sickness in his family also mr francis who was engaged on committee work A message from the house was read notifying the council that the representatives senta tives had indefinitely postponed the f urther further consideration of C F no 32 a bill to provide for the assignments of insolvent debtors mr mr grover from the committee on agriculture 1 I reported back the substitute for H F no 24 a hill bill to co prevent the spread of malignant diseases among sheep recommended that the bill be read by its title and placed on file for second reading adopted mr barton from the committee on counties reported back the substitute for C 1 no 15 a bill to determine the mauner manner of denning defining disputed county boundary lines recommended that the house amendments be not concurred in and asked for a committee on conference report adopted and house notified substitute for H F no 24 a bill to prevent the spread of malignant diseases amons among cheep was then taken up on its second reading this bill pro vides for the appointment of an inspector of sheep and defines his duties also forthe for the payment of said inspector to be paid by the owners of the sheep inspected I 1 the reading ot of this bill caused much amusement mr grover was opposed to the bill because he thought it would cause litigation among the sheep men and bring tile the inspectors into trouble and in its present shape would fail in the object aimed at the sheep industry was becoming a business of importance in the territory the men who were engaged therein were men of intelligence and they conducted weir business in such a manner that would bring the best results lt it was to their interests to keep their flocks free from disease and he would move that the further consides consideration aaion of this bill be postponed f indefinitely indefinite mr bro taylor y lor said he had had some experience peri ence as a sheep herder and would F like ae h t the he further consideration of this bill postponed there were some good points in it and he thought that it might be so amended that it would meet the objects desired mr barton said this bill was a substitute for another it was faulty in nearly every seCt section iOD was not boat is needed and he thought it would be better to frame a new measure mr page was opposed to the bill in its present shape he would favor a good bood bill and n lie w was as ot of the opinion that some such measure in regard to the sheep industry was waa needed in this territory mr sharp could not vote for the bill in its present form the sheep industry of the territory had become of such importance that any bill that would prevent the spread |