Show THE legislature COUNCIL I 1 february A communication was received from the house notifying the council of the passage of Q F 23 a bill amending an act for the benefit of persons persona released from the penitentiary with amendments the amendments were concurred burred in ia and the bill bil ll passed A communication was received stating that the house refused toco to concur neur in the councils amendment to H F 87 in relation to the release of dower providing that both parties should sign ane council after some discussion insisted upon its amendment A conference committee was appointed consisting of marshall smoot and olsen the house gave notice th that a I 1 t it concurred in the councils amendment to H F 51 A petition was received from washington county praying for an appropriation pria tion of 1000 to be applied in assisting in the construction of a bridge over the rio virgin the present structure being in a dangerous condition the petition was signed by mahonri snow and others referred erred to the committee on highways A report was received from the committee on judiciary recommending the tej rejection action of C F 31 1 a bill prohibiting the election of incumbents of offices to the legislature the report of the committee was adopted wimmer from the committee on coun countiss tips recommended the passage of H F 38 a bill the method of determining disputed county boundary lines with amendments the report was adopted and the bill filed tor for third reading the special committee appointed to obtain information with regard to reform school lands etc reported progress and called for further time intimating ting that three days would suffice artber farther time was granted H F 27 on barbed wiro wire fences was called for second reading but in consequence of 0 the absence of mr air tuttle was laid over H F 20 denning defining the method of removing county seats was called for third reading but it its s consideration was wag postponed by request of bryan and made the special order for tomorrow H F 38 a bill providing the method of denning defining county was read the third time and on motion of carlisle passed adjourned at 3 pm HOUSE february 16 1888 opening exercises some slight cor erections ions were ma made de is in the minutes wood presented a petition from citizens of emery county asking for an appropriation of 1000 for improving the road in huntington cation committee on highways the chairman of the committee on live stock reported a substitute for H R F 48 in relation to certain animals running at large the enrollment committee reported that the attachment bill and another amending the civil code had bad been sent to the governor the council insisted that the fees of district court clerks must be paid before filing appeal papers from justices courts anda conference committee consisting of richards thurman and moyle was appointed thurman from the judiciary committee reported favorably on the bill prohibiting the sale of tobacco to minors under 15 years of age and the bill fixing the time of the sessions of the legislature etc on motion of thurman Th nrman the act authorizing thor izing the compilation of the laws was ordered printed hatch from the committee on claims reported adversely on the claim 01 of zera snow for leeral services in the i Trem tremayne ayue case in 1884 1881 reybourne Hey bourne introduced a bill providing for territorial county and town boards of health committee lic health hatch introduced a bill making appropriations to the several counties of the territory committee on counties it gives 1000 for road purposes to each each county to be drawn and expended by the county courts under special orders H F 4 ta la relation to bigamy and polygamy etc came up ap the pending que question being action on the adverse report of the committee committed the report was adopted as were the preamble and resolutions accompanying compa nying it the bill prohibiting the sale of to bacco in any form to minors under 15 years of age was read the second time jones moved that imprisonment for one month be added to the penalty pending action on the amendment the tee bill was ordered printed the bill in rela olon lion to sessions of the legislature etc was taken up richards moved that the bill and amendment offered by the judiciary committee be printed hatch thought the amendment should be acted upon before printing and made some pungent and appropriate remarks on the amendment opposing it the loan bill came up on second reading and a number of minor amendments were made to it it was under consideration when we went to press feb the speaker suggested that it would be advisable to make some of the bonds of smaller denominations than e thousand dollars to accommodate small home borne investors allen alien moved to amend the bill by providing providing viding that the bonds be in two gro denominations of one hundred and one thousand dollars respectively king and thurman spoke of the ad dit ional expense involved in issuing small bonds the amendment was lost king said in order to wt get the sense of the house on the amount for which bonds should be issued he would move to amend the bill by 8 substituting in lieu of alien thought the latter figure should stand until the appropriation bills are ready as not till then could it be known how much money would be required I 1 kinks kings amendment prevailed on a rising vote allen alien moved to make the term of the bonds twenty instead of thirty years creer moved to make the bill the special order for monday hatch moved to amend to march 1st ast allen alien opposed postponement postpone meat hatchs hatcha amendment was lost and the house voted to postpone until tuesday next pending action on allens aliens motion farnsworth Farnsw orUi was opposed to delay and moved to reconsider carried farnsworth moved to make the bill the special order for tomorrow tou lorrow carried the conference committee recommended concurrence in the councils amendment providing that district court clerks fees must be paid before ming appeal papers from justices courts in criminal cases adopted the governor signed the bill delatin relating to appeals from justices courts in civi civil cases CA ses A substitute for H F 48 in relation to animals running at large was read farnsworth Earns worth moved indefinite postponement po pon ement of the bill lost and the bill was ordered printed H F 8 in relation to elections and registration rexi regi trOon etc came up but was postponed till friday on motion of i burman thurman I 1 at 4 oclo k the house adjourned february 17 1888 hatch introduced three petitions asking for a local option law committee in on elections wood introduced a petition asking that the fish fand game law bel be amended referred to that committee i hatch I 1 of the claims committee reported on H bill for 50 for a desk and chairs furnished the auditors office the price of the desk was and 6 chairs were 7 7 each and one chair was 1650 au as hatch explained A bill in relation to estraya and impounding atti animals mals was introduced by breer creer it amends the present law committee on live stock hoge introduced reduced a bill in relation to the disposal of surplus lands in town sites H F 65 the loan bill camo up under special orders allen alien moved to amend the bill bili so as to make the bonds redeemable within twenty instead of thirty years hoge opposed the amendment mainly on the ground that interest on the longer term would be lower allen alien said a bond running for 20 years was as sa leable as one runn running I 1 30 years he would not hot insist on h his amendment if the house favored the longer time moyle favored favare the amendment and it prevailed thurman moved to add a paragraph to the preamble showing the amount of taxable property in the territory it was in the ori original inal bill but omitted by the printer hoge boge moved that the bill be reprinted and made special order for tuesday carried the council connell had adopted a substitute for the first section of the house bill providing for the release of the right of dower richards Kic bards moved carried C F 30 authorizing county recorders to administer oaths in certain cases caes was read the first time and sent to th the 3 judiciary adi clary committee T the council re the house bill relative to eminent domain and the house concurred the speaker said the council desired to know whether there would be a session tomorrow on motion of creer the house fixed monday at 2 pm as the time to which it would adjourn lund from the committee on counties reported favorably on the bill to provi provide defor tor a uniform system of county governments adopted moyle from the educational committee rc reported ported adversely on the bill amending the charter of the university of deseret adopted and the bill was rejected H F 3 providing tor for the registration of voters and the conduct of elections t ions came up on the report of the elections committee recommending its rejection 0 creer chairman gave a number ot of reasons why the committee bad recommended the rejection of the bill the report was adopted adapted and the bill rejected the enrollment committee reported that the bills in ia relation to dead animals and the selection of jurors had been sent the governor C F 23 in relation to money to be paid to prisoners released irom the penitentiary wits was considered Rl richards ichards offered a substitute for one of its sections which was adopted on oa motion of richards the rules rule s were suspended us and the bul bil was read in full ane third time on motion of hoge the bill passed by a unanimous vote on motion of richards the title was amended A report from the committee on azri agriculture ri Roue roueche ehe chairman state stated that they had bad dratted a substitute N adt tae bill provid providing ine bounties for the destruction st ruction of certain animals the substitute was read when the house adjourned at 32 i feb 20 opening exercises stewart introduced a petition asking for an appropriation for roads la in kane county highways committee creer introduced two local option petitions which were referred tu to the elections committee Heybo urae arne from thel the committee on manufactures manufacture sand and commerce reported favorably on the bill in ia relation to banking i i dark clark from the appropriations committee reported a substitute for 11 F I 1 1 making appropriations to certain charities charities hari ties ordered printed the governor returned the attachment bill with the recommendation that it be amended so as to provide tor for the immediate sale of property which may be perishable or expensive to keep hoge floge called attention to the fact fact that the present law provided tor for those matters 1 thurman said that the governor kad had considered the sections referred to by hoge but thought the bill being later legislation might be held to conflict therewith the bill with the governors communication ni was referred to the judiciary committee another communication from the governor announced his bis approval of the following bills in relation to dead animals an iaal preventing crimes against the elective franchise and providing for rehearing in the territorial supreme court the committee on manufactures and commerce reported adversely on the petition of daniel graves asking an appropriation to the silk industry adopted balca of tte the claims committee reported adversely on the claim of mr as U 8 assistant attorney adopted moyle of the special joint reform committee presented the committees mit tees report we oc progress which asks aske three days further time time granted thurman of the judiciary committee returned the bill for the relief of the bar association and asked its re reference f to the library committee so ordered lund introduced a bill to provide for changing the names of towns cities and school districts district committee oia oa municipal corporations the reform school bill came up but on motion of moyle was postponed till the when the special committee will report A bill in relation to certain animals running at large was read the second time by sections Thu thurman moved to strike out the enacting clause carried and the bill was rejected the bill fixing the time of the sessions of the legislature etc came up A substitute offered for section 2 by the committee was tile the pending question it provided that the Sec secretary of tiie the territory designate the b building eilf in ia which tile the assembly meet A debate ensued as to whether it was the duty of that officer or the privilege of the assembly to rix lix the legislative buil building din 11 rae substitute was lost allen alien moved of the bill till tomorrow that it might be determined ter mined what the law of cong congress gress upon the subject is richards Klc hards quoted from the organic act and argued thattie assembly had the F right ight toft bo fix upon its place of meeting on motion of richards the vote by which the substitute for suction section 2 was lost was reconsidered hoge thought the bill was good enough as it stood as the assembly could control thu the matter to which it related at any ti tacos in a mclaughlin ln tock a similar position thurman thought a law fixin fixing the he the time sad aad place of 61 the meeting of ol 01 the assembly should be provided after another debate in which it appeared as it no member knew knew what the law really was governing the sessions of the assembly in respect to the building consideration consi of the bill was postponed till tomorrow on motion of allen alien i A conference committee on amendments to the bill providing for the re lease of the ri right of dower was appointed the bill the sale of tobacco to minors under 15 was read the lime klog king moved to amend by making the aze ase of the minor 18 years carried unanimously allen alien moved to amend so as to add imprisonment not exceeding one hundred days to the penalty he stated that it was otten olten impossible to collect a fine and that if imprisonment were not provided for the culprit could not be puni punished blied |