| Show 0 THE legislature february 6 marshall marshal lu behalf of the committee on municipal corporations and towns in relation to the petitions of david Bo bowon wenand and others and ai rufus snell shell and others asking changes in the spanish park fork charter recommended that as aa congress had the legislation asked for the petitions be den denied leel the report of the commit tee was adopted in regard to the petition of thomas cu cupat it aad others of park city in re laffon to making c ity city officers except policemen elective electia e the committee through it its chairman recommended recommended recommend ej the framing or a general bill to cover such cases smoot presented C F 20 a bill to amend chapter 32 82 of the laws of 18 in relation to the charter of provo city referred to committee on municipal corporations and to towns aris shurtliff presented C F 21 a bill providing for banking which was read the first time and referred to the committee on private corporations tile the table being clear the council adjourned to 10 2 pm tomorrow HOUSE feb ad 1888 D urine tiring the debate on the appointive power of the governor in the house yesterday thurman Thur roan rose robe to reply to hoge floge As an individual he believed that under the organic act the governor bad the richt to appoint certain governmental officers of the territory but not such ones as the directors ol 01 of the reform school ile he replied to hoges remarks concerning the wisconsin decision and maintained that there was a difference between officers necessary to the form slid and operations of government and mere boards directors of public institutions and that class of officers contending judicial authorities the latter did not come under the head bead of those appointive poin tive by the executive he made a strong and ingenious arbu kemt ext in n an support ort of bis Is position based upon theo the opinion of the attorney gen eral of the united states rendered in response to a request of the utah commission relative to certain territorial t officers in utah hoge hoe asked tor for ten minutes to reply to thurman tharman and on motion of toe the letter latter ble bis request was granted and he be made another speech richards addressed the house on the subject in opposition to surrendering to the executive the power claimed tor for him by hoge floge lie he aasted aby tim th ex e dil da not nominate the chief clerk cerk and other officers of the house and read from the act of congress providing p tor for them and their pay ay showing that it was not intended intended under section seven of the organic act that they should be appointed by the governor he reviewed the authorities presented by hoge the force of the application of them made by the latter king moved to adjourn till monday at 2 pm hoge moved to amend making the time tomorrow kin king g urged the great amount of work the committees had on tand band against hogel amendment which being put was lost kings motion to adjourn was carried benediction by king february ath 61 h opening exercises A communication from the auditor was read accompanied by the financial statement of kne kine county committee on co counties noties thurman Tb urman chairman of the judiciary committee reported favorably on the following bills amending certain sections of the civil code providing tor for the release of the right of doverin dowerin do relation to gambling games a second bill revising certain sections of the civil code the same comm committee itee reported a substitute for the bill in relation to the ion 1011 sud and pay payo payzant in ant t of 0 jurors promising to prepare another aillem bill embodying the features of the original bill and other similar ones adopted moyle from the educational committee made a report recommending that tast last at p m oe fixed upon as the tee time for visiting the university the report was withdrawn for the purpose of introducing a concurrent resolution to the same e ff act allen alien from the committee on public health reported a substitute bill for one th that it had been referred to the committee creer introduced it a lertsr addressed to J H hinman esq secretary of the territorial wool tion written by hon ho john T caine it announced that the resolutions of the association against a reduction redaction of the tariff on wool had been prominently laid before congress and recommended that thai the legislature memorialize congress upon the subject richards cited rule 49 40 which provides that the unfinished business of the previous day shall take precedence of the ne regular order and suggested ested that the house proceed to clear the table commencing at the point of last leaving off thurman agreed with richards Klc hards mclaughlin suggested that the unfinished business first la in order was the reform school bill and on tout Tauri mans nans motion the house proceeded to consider it called for the previous question richards suggested that the mover of that question had the right to close the debate it if he be wished to hoge took the same position made no objection and allen alien proceeded to make an argument in support of his amendment looking to making the directors of the reform beho school 0 I 1 appointive by the governor he tead from the tae batters lat message in which it la that the legislature has seized every opportunity to encroach upon the prerogatives of the executive and insisted that the allegation was well made he insisted that what was customary in other states and territories terri could not be held to apply here and that the laws of congress conferring authority upon the legislature must be strictly construed lie he took the ground in very emphatic and explicit language that a territory had no sovereignty gaty and that it was by the grace of congress that utah had an auditor treasurer and other officers he urged that the sooner this fact baci was recognized by the gentlemen of the majority thi the sooner would all such questions as the one now cader con sider atlon be settled he took up the wisconsin decision dp cislon first referred to by king as being a decision adverse to the governor and sought to break the force of the application which king and other peoples members had bad given it he knew of only one officer absolutely necessary to the government of a territory and that was the treasurer he H e presumed that the treasury was at the bottom of all governments but tile andi auditor tor marshal school commissioner anti all other oili officers cers might tie be di spenard with this was in r to Thur thurmand mans opinion that certain officers offic c L rs might be held to bu be ap live by the executive while the minor off officers leers were not he charged that on thursday the peoples members refused I 1 o admit that the reform school directors were wera officers but that they had receded from this ground on friday by bv admitting that they were this conceded he held beld that it could huot be denied that the governor had the right to appoint them thurman interrupted allen alien who bad stated staled that we meaning the people of utah are the property of the united states to aak if he be alten wished to bo be understood avs as saying dying that the people were tue the property properly of the united states allen alien replied in the affirmative and said that he be as an individual was wag willing to bear the brand of the united states lae ke was mas takito ta cioe when we went to press |
