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Show THE LEGISLATURE After Vacation Since Friday Ajraint at Work. JOHNSON INCONSISTENT. H Proves Himself a Very Warm Friend o! the "Shy! cks" ha Excoriated bo During Dur-ing the Campaign Both Houses do Considerable Work. The legislature got down to work yesterday yes-terday in earnest. Each house wa3 very busy and no partisanship was indulged in-dulged in. In the council the bill allowing barber bar-ber 6bop8 to open on Sunday was reported re-ported and laid over. It will probably not become a law. The eight hour bill waB read and placed on tile for second reading:. A communication from the governor called attention to tuo report of ihe World a fair commission, warmly praising the patriotic efforts of the commissioners, and recommending that the leport be promptly considered It was referred to the committee on World's lair. The commissioners ask for an appropriation of $59,557.25 to enable en-able them to pay borrowed money and discharge other outstanding obligation obliga-tion e. The communication farther called attention to ihe leport of the territorial terri-torial board of equalization which was referred to the committee on ways and means. The report of the reform ecliool was also submitted and referred re-ferred to the reform school committee. commit-tee. A report ot the capitol grounds commission com-mission was also referred to the proper committee. The report of the joint committee on public printing recommended that James B. Bloor be appointed as public printer without pay. Williams asked by what trading it was rranaged that the printing be done without py. Taylor Tay-lor replied that it is ttie custom in o her states to appoint a public printer, who is willing to assume the duties for the honor it entails, and Mr. Bloor had tendered his services. William? thought it a bad precedent. He was " opposed to offices that are sinecurep. The proper method is to give the work to the lowest bidder. The council waB not there to confer honors. Seaman explained as a member of the committee, that 't was not the intention in-tention to confer a special honr upon any one, but Mr. Bloor was the lowest bidder, and he supposed the committee commit-tee was merely following a precedent. Booth favored the report. Hart was opposed to a mere honorary honor-ary position and spoke of the typo graphical union being willing to do the work. Taylor said Bloor represented the unions. Eldredge moved that the report be laid on the table until bids from printers should be beard bv the committee. The motion prevailed. The claims of John Morris & Co., $239-75, for stationery ;W. L. Maginnie, attorney for legal service, $-100; G. B. Belknap, for sheriff fees, $210; J. S. Boreman, for express charges, $17.50, wero referred to the committee on claims. In addition to transacting the above business the council devoted much time to the discussion of the bill providing pro-viding for the exemption from execution execu-tion of $100 and the one which extends the time for redemption of real property prop-erty from six months to two years. They were considered and defeated. Ah they were the o t measures of President Pres-ident Breeden of the council, be descended de-scended from the chair in order to take up tte cudgels in support of them. He allezed that be was working in the interest of the working man when he presented the bills and that be did not believe that anyone friendly to the working men could refuse to vote for them. On the measure exempting all but $100 from execution, however, several sev-eral of the members pointed out that the great class of laborers do not earn ' above the earn every month and that, therefore, any ot their creditors would be barred from receiving any satisfaction satisfac-tion from them. It was also pointed outthatthe debtB for which execu- j tions are given, are debts incurred gen-J gen-J erally in the purchase of the uecessar-ries uecessar-ries of life, and it would Le unjust to aek that those who have trusted others to submit to legislation that would de prive them of their power to collect that which is due tbem. The debate on the bill extending the time of redemption brought out from President Breeden the statement that it appeared that the laboring mau had no friends in the council, and brought forth from Mr. Williams the remark that he was in sympathy with the president's pres-ident's love for the workingmen, but he could hardly commend his judgment. judg-ment. Other thines also came out that were hardly satisfactory to President Breeden, who was virtually sat down upon by the refusal .of -his house to jjass his pet measures. IN THE HODSE. Nebeker presented a petit ion of the county court of Rich county asking for a readjustment of revenue matters to enable the county to pay for its court j house. Allen presented a claim of $104.19 of Henry G. McMillan, clerk of the Third district court. Clark presented a claim of the sheriff sher-iff of Millard county. Powers announced that he is paired wiih Mason on all political questions !uring the latter's absence. The committee on printing recommended recom-mended the appointment of James B. Bloor as public printer. Bloor was elected by the house, ! e amendmeut to II, B 12, provid ing that attorneys shall not become sureties in either civil or criminal actions, ac-tions, was adopted. Allen presented a bilit establish free'public employment offices and for the establishment of a bureau of statistics. sta-tistics. Allen, bv request, introduced a bill to amend the chattel mortgage law. Alien, by request, introduced a bill to regulate the recording of titles.notes or evidences of conditiona ses. Hatch, bv req :est, introduced a bill to encourage the producton of canaisrre root, which is used as tanning metorial, by giving a bonus of $3 per ton on the first three thousand tons of sucii roots i produced in the territory and used in the manufacture of leather, and pro- viding for the payment of $3 000 to the fiist tirni to manufacture $50,000 worth of leather with cauaigre root. Varian presented his mechanic's lien law, which provides for the payment, pay-ment, nr-t, of the laborer who works by the day, the second, the sub-contractor, and last, the principal contract nr. holding hold-ing the building for all claims. The classes are diyided into principal contractors, con-tractors, sub-contractors and laborers: In case of a lack of funds to pay all of any class the funds shall be divide! pro rata among the members of that class, without regard to priority of filing of liens. Varlan introduced a bill to extend the etatute of limitations one year as relating to open accounts, making the time three years. Varian introduced a bill providing for the taxation of mortgages. Johnson introduced, by request, a bill regulating the practice of medicine. medi-cine. Sears introduced a bill giving county cturts power to revoke plats when requested re-quested so to do by the in terested parties. The council sent In the silver memorial me-morial with the free trade 4 rider," which says that the depression is due to adverse silver and threatened free trade legislation. When the measure was brought Nebeker first moved to not concur, aud the motion was renewed re-newed bv Allen. After a good speech bv Nebeker against the free trade clause the house gref used to concur in the council's action. The bill prohibiting practicing attorneys attor-neys from becoming sureties in any civil and criminal action, was taken up and after an explanation that it is designed de-signed to meet a long felt want, was passed unanimously. The bill providing that hereafter any btock of any corporation of the territory terri-tory of Utah, sold for the non payment pay-ment of any assessment levied by said corporation, may be redeemed withivi ninety days from the date of the sale of the 8-iTe, by the original owner thereof paying to the secretary of said corporation the amount bid at such sale and for which said stock wa3 sold, together with interest on said amount at the rate of 2 per cent, per mouth from the date of said sale to the date of said payment, was taken up and a debate was brought on on the rate of inteaest. Sears moved that the rate of interest be 1 per cent. Mon-s Mon-s on wanted the rate to be 1 per cent. Johnson, the hot water member from Sanpete, forgetting his fiery speeches during the campaign in which he excoriated ex-coriated the "Shyiocks," made a speech favoring 2 per cent, interest. Johnson said he was against the bill because it would not favor those who wish to become buyers of stocks. He thought 2 per cent, little enough and H per cent, too little. Therefore he was azainst it. Varian at this point surprised the members on the minority side by attacking at-tacking Johnson, for voting in committee com-mittee in favor of the bill and then coming out azainst it in the house. He moved to recommit Ivins seconded the motion to recommit becauee he could not understand Johnson's attitude. atti-tude. Carried. |