Show the senate reservation resolution urges prompt action on lands monson memorial taken from house journal doc 0 ondon s fair scheme in the senate yesterday mr booth introduced trod a concurrent resolution calling for the speedy opening of the uncompahgre reservation when it comes back from the judiciary committee to which it was referred another political debate may be expected unless sir and mr evans shall in the meantime lose their voices other features of the days proceedings were the passage of two bills and the accordance of an invitation to visit the agricultural college senate bill no 67 defining the duties of the secretary of state was again taken up yesterday and amended BO as to provide for the payment of a fee of 25 by insurance companies on filing their annual statements and a fee of 15 for each certificate issued to agents sir sooth moved that the further consideration of the bill be postponed until monday he said he had written to montana to ascertain the effort of the law of that state requiring companies to pay a fee of 50 cents per each 1000 of their capital stock on filing articles of incorporation po ration mining men be had talked with regarding the action of the senate in voting for the fee bad expressed great dissatisfaction and had declared that the bill should be entitled an act to prevent minica in utah enough opposition to delay was expressed tha objectors yielded and the bill went over A communication from the governor was received announcing his approval jf the following bills senate bill no 50 providing for the prosecution of criminal cases by information senate bill no 40 defining who are and who are not fellow servants senate bill no 63 requiring certain officers to certify on bonds warrants and other evidences ot indebtedness that such indebtedness does not exceed the legal debt limit senate bill no 4 incorporating the utah state school tor the deaf and dumb and making an appropriation for its maintenance the senate refused to concur in alie house amendments to senate bill no 46 defining the duties of the attorney general sutherland booth and warner vere appointed members of a conference committee to consider the amendments senate bill no 79 relating to the heritable rights of the issue of polygamous marriages wag passed before the roll was called on it mr sutherland in reply to an inquiry by mr can stated that the measure waa necessary to revive rights of action which bad been lost by certain heirs when the supreme court of the united states reversed the judgment of the territorial supreme court that the issue of polygamous marriages could not inherit alie time had expired in which heirs interested in a number of such cases in the territorial courts could appeal from judgments against them and therefore those judgments were fitall in effect the pending bill provided that within a year after its enactment such heirs might move for a new trial the bill would not effect the rights of bonafide bona fide purchasers after this explanation the bill passed without objection senate bill no 75 defining the powers and duties of the state auditor was also passed senate cone went resolution no 4 was introduced by mr booth and referred to the judiciary committee it 13 as follows whereas under the terms of an act tj Congress approved august 1894 v commie eion was appointed to allot jancsin severally to the uncompahgre indians and report to the secretary of the interior what portions of their reservation er situated in the then territory c utah were unsuited or not required sw allotments and providing for the restoration ot such lands to iba public dimainto doma into be subject to entry under the homestead and mineral laws of the united states and the opinion of alie legislature of utah more than ample time has long since elapsed for the making of euch allotments and report of the lands not suitable lor allotments now therefore it is the opinion of hie members of the legislature of this otate that such lands should be without further delay reported and proclaimed and ft e respectfully resolve to bubb effect and direct a copy of this ree alution to be forwarded to the honorable secretary of the interior with the request to require immediate reports from said commission and action taken upon said report the committee on counties and municipal corporations reported a substitute for senate bill no 81 making the provision of law authorizing cities of the first and second classes to compel violators of ordinances to work out fines applicable to cities of the third class the was re committed for the purpose ol 01 amending it BO as to confer other powers on cities of the third class an invitation to visit the agricultural college on february signed by president mccornick of the board of trustees and president paul of tha faculty was read A motion to accept the invitation was carried unanimously the senate then adjourned until monday HOUSE OF representatives with the reading of the minutes oi the house yesterday came a renewal oi the fight of the day before on the monson memorial which in accordance with the usual custom had been printed in the journal A motion to expunges it from the records lifted almost the entire democratic side to its feet the resolution after hot debate was ordered expunged on a viva voce vote the claim of 0 H berg of provo city for services as interpreter in a criminal case was presented by thorne it went to the board of examiners the petition of 0 A barrows and seventeen others of ogden asking for the enactment of the australian ballot law was presented by curels the substitute of the mines committee for beards bill no 46 creating the office of coal mine inspector was taken up at 2 oc loce being the special order for that hour the penalty for violation of the act by mine owners or operators was fixed at to the provisions of the bill were generally accepted and upon reaching the salary clause it was re committed to the committee salaries speaker denny announced his signature of senate bill no 5 glen millers libel law and senate bill no 51 warners bill amending general section vol 1 compiled laws 1888 relating to county prosecuting attorneys nye critchlow and lewis were appointed house conferees on senate bill no 6 which states the duties of the attorney general introduced AND these bills were introduced and upon second reading referred as follows by committee on appropriations making a special appropriation to meet a deficit and to maintain the current expenses of the utah territorial reform school until the regular appropriation is made by the legislature there is appropriated from the general funds of the state to meet the schools deficit in 1895 and the additional dit ional sum 0 to meet its current expenses until the regular appropriation is made the bill which would naturally have been referred to alie xi ommittee on appropriations was introduced by that committee with ita favorable recommendation men dation in consequence no reference was made by morrison to repeal section no 2280 S 14 of the compiled lawa oi utah 1888 and enacting in lieu thereof a new section to be known as no 2280 S 14 in regard to the transfer oi stock certificates the section repealed reads the stock shall be deemed personal property and may be transferred in such manner as may be provided in the agreement or bylaws by laws the section substituted for that repealed is that the delivery of a stock certificate of a corporation to a bona ade purchaser or for value together with a written transfer of the same signed liy alie owner of the certificate shall be a sufficient delivery to transfer the title as against any creditors of alie owner BO transferring the certificates and all other parties whatsoever but no euch transfer shall affect the right of the corporation to pay any dividend due upon the stock or to treat the holder of record as alie bolder in fact for the purpose of voting and receiving dividends until such transfer is recorded upon the books of the corporation or a copy of the certificate is issued to the person to whom it has been transferred referred to the committee en private corporations by Morri aon to amend chapter 7 of the compiled laws of utah 1888 en acting new sections to be known as sections no A and B providing a penalty for the buening of barber shops for the transaction of business on sunday the effect of the bill is to render any barber who opens his shop to do business on sunday to a minimum fine of 50 or imprisonment for not less than thirty days half the fine to go to the informer on motion of the bill was rejected having already been considered in different proposed measures senate bill no 84 by glen mallor alving mayors a qualified veto power referred to the committee on municipal corporations senate bill no 76 by allison provid ine for the organization of the state board of examiners referred to the judiciary committee senate bill no 57 by sutherland relating to the university of utah referred to the committee on education senate bill no 16 by bo th making a special appropriation for the university of utah referred to the committee on appropriations senate bill no 38 by glon miller authorizing thor izing cities and towns to maintain free public libraries and reading rooms referred to the committee on municipal corporations robinson offered this resolution resolved that no bill nor proposition for enactment into law be received after march 11 1896 sixty fifth day of the session except by unanimous consent no one seconded the resolution and in consequence it fell by the wayside though its author made an earnest plea for it intermountain INTER MOUNTAIN exposition condon introduced this resolution whereas it i ill be fifty years on the day of july A D since the pioneers of this commonwealth came down into the valley of great salt lake which event opened a vast intermountain region to the blessings of civilization and made it possible to liere plant the homes of a thrifty prosperous and patriotic people and whereas the area thus included by these settlements redeemed not only utah from desert wastes and savage indians but too it reclaimed contiguous territories and sovereign states since developed a wealth of mineral resources and human intelligence not excelled within a like area on the alobe and whereas the state of utah choso whoso capital city is the eacret spot where the tired feet of the pioneer rested when his perilous undertaking had come to a successful termination and the hardships through the wilderness should henceforth be only a memory has been admitted to the american union w ith all the aghta of a sovereign state and the promise of a briant and prosperous career therefore be it resolved that it is right and fitting that such fiftieth anniversary of pioneer day be observed at the capital of this state in an appropriate jubilee with which there shall be associated an intermountain semi centennial exposition it is further resolved that the better to carry aliis plan into effect the governor is hereby authorized to invite and by and with the advice of the senate to appoint a committee consisting of twenty four members of which the governor shall be one and the president thereof this commission shall make for con arol and conduct such exposition and celebration the jubilee shall open on the ath day ef july 1897 and continue one hundred days thereafter but pioneer day shall be the culmination of the event and especially devoted to utah lier products and her people the com mission is empowered u raise funds to meet necessary expenses of the exposition by public subscription fees of admittance mit tance or in any other way not from the state treasury the of such commission shall serve without pay it is further resolved that the governor is authorized zed to invite by proclamation or otherwise the inter mountain states and territories the states along the route trod by the pioneers and such other states as he may deem advisable to participate in said ccle oration and exposition and also that the governor may set apart by proclamation not more than oliree days to be observed as holidays during the period of such exposition in addition to the legal holidays now designated and it is further resolved that in order to inaugurate the aforesaid exposition and celebration ahe sum of one li undred dollars is hereby appropriated tor the purpose of defraying the expense of postage stationery and preliminary work of said intermountain semi centennial exposition commission the resolution after second reading went to the committee on tiona Critchlow 8 bill no ag regulating and extending the powers of the clerk of the district court in matters pertaining to the estates of decedents dece dents minors or insane during vacation or the judges absence was passed without opposition the municipal corporations committees substitute for bill no 23 enabling cities and towns to incur indebtedness debt edness for a purpose came up in regular order and after some desultory debate went over until monday when maziers Oa bill no providing for farmers institutions institution a came up regularly for third reading the members proceeded to enjoy themselves the bill then went over by consent the invitation of the board of trustees and faculty of the agricultural college to the members of the legislature to visit that institution was received and read on motion of howard the invitation wag accepted for february cazier asked that his bill no be re committed to the agricultural committee and his request was granted adjournment u til monday followed the Mani ioDa remedial bill montreal feb 22 father lacomba Lacom bf a missionary has written a letter to hon wilfred laurier leading the opposition in the name ot roman catholic bishops urging him to support the manitoba remedial bill and caving that the church will not accept mr scheme of a commission of inquiry father lacombe bays that it will bo to the interest of mr laurier and his party to support the remedial bill especially as a general election is near at hand but if he opposes the bill the clergy will unite to defeat him and liia party to declare its independence new york feb 23 A special to the herald from the natal times claims to have the best authority for alie statement that the south aari can republic on february the anniversary of the boer victory over the british under general coalley at macuba hill will proclaim its inde pen dence |