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Show THE LEGISLATURE. The Governor Siusthe Firemen Fire-men Relief Bill AND OTHER MEASURES. The Cc-ancil Devoted the Greater Part Of Its Tim3 Yesterday to a Discussion of The C iibon County Bill and finally Passed the Measure. j In Hie council yesterday the feature was tlie discussion over the proposed division ol Emery county and the bill creatiug Carbon eouuty. Nearly all of the couuciluien took a hand in the debate, de-bate, and the measure was finally passed by a vote of S to 4. The council concurred in the house resolution providing for the employment employ-ment ol' an acoouutant to assist the chairmen ot the committees on claims, The committee on private corporations corpora-tions reported favorably the bill requiring re-quiring railroad corporations to post notices of description and numbers of ; stock killed and injured. The same committee reported adversely ad-versely upon the bill to prevent discrimination dis-crimination in life insurance, also adversely ad-versely upon the bill providing for the filing of articles of incorporations. The committee on claims reported adversely the claim of A. L. Ueastou for $J'J1,15 for sheriff's fees and called attention to the resolution of the joint committee: Jictoiicd, That no claim incurred by the respective counties or by any county ollicer for criminal expenses in justice's court, including the fees of witnesses, jurors, stenographers, constables, sner-liTs sner-liTs and commissioner-j be allowed, but that the same be rejected. Williams suggested that injunction be issued to prevent any further claims of that nature being presented. Seaman said he did not subscribe to the report of the committee, as he thought it an act of injustice. The claim was rejecLed. Hart presented a petition fiom the Cache county court asting for an allowance al-lowance of (B2,0J0 for roads and bridges Referred. The committee on judiciary recommended recom-mended that the bill in regard to the sale of intoxicants and cigarettes to minors be rejected for the reason that the ground is covered by the present statutes. The following were introduced : A bill authorizing the auditor and treajurer to appoint deputies and making mak-ing the auditor agent of the territory in civil actions. A biil to amend chapter So of the lawB ot '92, entitled ''An act to regu-fate regu-fate the practice of pharmacy.'" This was accompanied by a petition asking that the bill be passed, and which was signed by about four hundred hun-dred and lifty or all the druggist in the territory. A bill for an act to appoint a board of police and fire commissioners in cities of the first and Becond class and to place the police and fire departments depart-ments of such cities upon a non-partisan basis. A communication from the erovernor announced tht he had signed the following fol-lowing bills: An act constituting eight uours a day's labor, an act to amend chapter 80 of the sessions laws of '92, entitled -'an act to provide for a uniform Bvstem of free schools throughout Utah territory and to validate vali-date and confirm bonds issued thereunder;" there-under;" an act to authorize the auditor audi-tor of public accounts to procure rec ords aud other supplies for the use ot clerks oi the district courts; an act for the relief of volunteer tiiemen. Beeides this a large amount of routine rou-tine business was disposed of. In the house most of the time was taken up with the consideration of the levenue bill, and a big fight was made on some ol its provisions. Uy a vote of 12 to 11 it was decided to retain the provision exempting Jibranes of pro-lessioiiol pro-lessioiiol men, and by the same vote the pros-i-ion exempting mortgages from taxation was stricken out. A motion mo-tion was made to strike out the euict-ing euict-ing clause of the bill, but out of consideration con-sideration for the author this was voted down. There were a lew bills introduced intro-duced and the bill to punish anyone who shall tap a telephone or telegraph wire was passed. lvins presented a petitition from citizens citi-zens ot Gaifieid county snowing that the boundaries and revenues of that county are aiready too small and should not be made smaller, lidlerred. Ivins presented a petition from resi dents ol Garfield county asking for an extension of their boundary iiue nouth to the north JinJ of towusuip oS. Referred. Re-ferred. , Jvin presented the claim of Kane county lor ciiminal expenses, amount-irne amount-irne to" 11,003.30. Referred. Winvs presented a petition from Leln asksn-tior a sugar beet bounty. Refer Re-fer td. juo son presented a petition fiom the county court of Cache county, ehowiag that tlie toll road in Rjgan canyon had been opened up as a puoi c hignway auuafcKedttiat -',O0J be ap propriaied for making necessary improvement im-provement s. Referred. The con mittee on judiciary rt commended com-mended tnat the bill to alio. v the redemption re-demption of stock sold for failure to pay assessment?, do not pass; that the bill relating to appeals from justice's courts do not pass; that the bill to , abolish the office of eeiler of weights j and measures do not pass, that the bill to provide for the distribution of com-I com-I piled laws to county and precinct j Olivers do pass, the the bill to provide for the payment of jurors, witnesses and phonographic reporters and creat iag and defining the duties of court commissioners, do pass as amended. The committee on claims recommend recom-mend the rejection of the folio wine claims: Garfield countv, $1.571. 19; II W. Hawley, $377.50; Grand county. $1,011.30; Panpete county, $12,262.70; Sevier county, $2,536.75; Millard countv, $538.85; - R. B. -Qu inn, $402,85.-and $402,85.-and j. H. Tipton for $190,65, The same committee recommended the reaction re-action of the claim of I). X Mnrdock et al, for $220 and of Iloener Franyton :etal for $300 as 1 1 is a proper cln rge against Enicrv county. The commutes on public health reported re-ported in favor of a massacre of four of the medical bills. Some other measures were introduced intro-duced and considerable routine work done. |