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Show THE LEGISLATURE The Council Kills the Twelve Per Cent.IBill. JOHNSON'S ESTRAY BILL IsPapwedby the House The Discussion, on the Bill to Tax Mortgages Is Post- poned The Petition From Utah County About Fish is Referred. ' There was a big fight in the council yesterday over the bill to limit, the legal rate of interest, which came up for reconsideration. The measure was discussed at great length and was finally fin-ally killed by a vote of six to five. It was decided to hold a joint session at 3 p.m. today to consider the printing muddle, and besides the usual routine business, th bill rflatin ' o tfrHtrr;al treasurer and Johnson's bill relating lo assessments, were passed. Booth of Provo, presented a bill providing pro-viding for school boards of cities of first and second class aasessine taxes, and a bill in relation to revenue and further defining the duties of county courts and the territorial board of equalization. Breeden presented a claim of $10.10 by Havercamp of Provo. Referred to committee on claims. The committee m ways and means recommended that the communication from the Utah county court annonnc-ing annonnc-ing that fish were seined in Utah lake ahd shipped out of the county and asking for legislation prohibiting it, be referred to the committee on fish and game. The claim of James Kirkbride for $491.19 for furnishing lights, etc., for the county court of Cache county, was reported and its rejection recommended. recommend-ed. After some discussion the report was tabled. IN THE HOUSE. Johnson's estray bill and two memorials, mem-orials, relating to ths opening of the Indian reservations and the survey of coal lands, were passed. The debate on the mortgage bill was put off until next Wednesday, notwithstanding the objections of Varian. Stoker, by request, re-quest, introduced the bill to give up pauper ded the physicians. Clark introduced a bill to exempt from taxation taxa-tion land irrigated by reservoirs, and Parsons introduced a bill for the creation crea-tion of an irrigation commission. Clark presented a petition of a great many residents of Se ier county askin? for ax) appropriation of $3 QfKLforthe buifdin? of a wagon road from Marys-vale Marys-vale to Joseph Clark presented a bill intended to make it obligatory upon the governor and secretary of the territory to give deeds to universitv lands free of charge, instead of charging $5. Committee Com-mittee on judiciary. There was much discussion on John son's eetray bill, but tbe bill finally passed. It proyideB for an amendment to an act entitled "an act providing for the disposal of estray animals and for ( trespass and damages," approved March 10, 1892, and to repeal sectiOES 6 to 14 inclusive of said act. ' |
