Show THE legislature airty DAY from our correspondent I EDITOR HERALD iu in the council the wire fence biu MIT the rage bill and ot others hers were referred to t the lie competent committees B by i unanimous consent Councilor wells of the joint committee ou constitutional com convention reported that they had carefully examined the mat matter ter and reported a resolution in favor of holding a general convention on od the of or april for sending representatives to washington IF to ask the tile statehood tate bood for utah utan tho resolution was read and ted the tile test text ot of the resolution will bo be found elsewhere in this issue F u c by unanimous consent Councilor E snow of the committee on I funi C cipal Corporations reported favo favorably rabi on the petition and eighty light two others fur for limiting the boundary of salt lake city cito to the jordan river also in in view view in in the near future of the five acre iota lots south of the city being irrigated by the tile new canal and the mount mountain nin it streams reanis being diverted for use on the bench land that the tile south boundary line of salt lake city be the street running vest from the paper mill report and recommendation saper laid on tile table C F 25 the tile salt lake city charter cliart cr was laid over until monday and made special order fur for the day the rho house did not concur in tile council amendment ta to the bill at dri drivere round branding the cs os trays and for redeem redeeming i ng them within twelve months A motion prevailed that the council do not recede from their amendments tile committee on po rations reported back HI 55 to incorporate park city the provisions for the election of councilmen being somewhat at variance with the general election jaw the bill was read and recommended to the committee on municipal corporations po pg rations in the house the committee on highways I waya by mr petersen reported e d t on n the petition of A E pearce asking for 1500 to build a wagon road between rich and cache goun coun ties recommending that 1000 be appropriated for that pui pill pose the recommendation was adopted A bill to license commercial travelers was reported adversely by the committee and I rejected ejected A bill to tas tam dogs was after some seriocomic serio comic discussion referred to ho the judiciary after numerous minor minor matters the special order of ofilio the day the repart of the committee on asylum for or the insane aias was taken up the read tead report I of the asylum board was I A motion to appropriate brought mr farr to his feet who opposed it he ile wanted to know where ah ere the money was coming from ho he thought wo we were not prepared for such a building ho was not in favor of spreading on style when we ire have not the money to indulge it mr preston said the gentleman would find that the building would cost very little over per capita capita the other expenses would be incidental the bringing of water and the tile like the committee did not believe in putting ati g on style and din therefore re did n not t recommend the tile appropriation of asked for it was the object to erect enly one P portion ot of the building only the absolutely part was asked built to tb be built mr jaques was opposed to the appropriation he recollected that artlie at the last session tho the committee on appropriations Appropriation a of the house desired to economize economize and they did so as much as they could but tile council appropriated for the insane asylum if ive we had the hair bair taken off our beads then let us try and keep our scalps now ho ile was opposed to the extravagant expenditure pend iture of the peoples money we have in this territory per persons gOrIS enough to make a respect ct able sized city and yet wo we vant avant to put up a grand building that would answer for a state with or inhabitants ho he did not believe the people would sustain it and he thought now would bo be enough the lie motion prevailed mr farr moved to suspend the rules and take up the civil jury fee bill and put it on its paz passage the motion prevailed and the bill was taken up the substitute bill was accepted mr thurman fredred a substitute for the substitute it provides pr ovideA that no juror shall be compelled to serve on a civil case without the fees prescribed proscribed by law being tendered each day in adi advance ince ans and the party paying it shall recover if entitled thereto and may collect it without other co cots its the committee bill provided that the party demanding the case casse shall pay the tile per diem them of the jury in advance each daf dat as long as the iho case casa entin continues and tl e c pa party arty who wins tle case shall bo be entitled to recover h s cost if he lie is the plaintiff plain tin other avs li cEball not recover mr rr therann Thur tran eaid said that by ids substitute a juror could not be compelled fled to sit until the amount of his fees L is paid each day the committee bill however being amended so as to embrace the points sought for by mr thurman that gentleman MOS was allotted allowed to withdraw his substitute tut the bill was then pissed paned there being no opposition whatever sir r shar sharp moved nio ed eliat ti we rules be still further suspended and that the bill hill providing for a territorial ten board of equalization be taken up tip and the motion prevailed the original being in the hands of oatlie the printer the con consideration had to be dc do berred two bills were read the second time by their titles the house bill to enforce the civil chiv il ri right lits of oatlie the territory was read the tle third rd time it authorizes orial auditor to rc represent present the territory in all civil cases to prosecute suits in its name and to employ counsel the bill passed A message from the council announced that flint it had received and adopted a resolution calling a constitutional convention colv antion the resolution wag was read and wid adopted and 1000 copies ordered printed in pamphlet form both branches of the legislature adjourned till monday rpm pm SALT LAKE CITY mar in an experiment W mr paul bert upon a living croco OTle the animal being beina made to forcibly close its it mouth exe exerted ed a pulling palling force of SOS pounds til upon a rope attached to the end of ita its upper jaw the lie extremity oatlie jaw being the end of a long lever ever the real power now er exerted by the muscles was uns much much greater and was w as com computed buted to bo be 1540 pounds this experiment was made upon a crocodile already weakened by cold and fatigue fa A year or so D ego o a gatepost gate post which had been painted with so culled zinc white was noticed to appear black all white during tho the night cli ansin to black ap esain in soon after sunrise mr T L philip aon son was led to investigate this singular chameleon property propel ly of ofilio the paint and after aurb reg research earch has shown the ranse canse to eliet in a new metal which lias has been named actinium on account of ita its peculiar effects it it is found in zinc anand resembles zinc A schoolmaster of nice has formed among his pupils a society for the protection of vegetation i tho the members are to destroy injurious lievre and protect har harmless birds their interest in the work is is kept up by the eleckon of laureates and the award of prizes r i zes in four months of 1881 the ii d adren destroyed av bells belle of moth eggs representing no less lea than lan arate ro cab but ter flies slugs and Eli snails ails 1271 grube and insects of various s kinds the work is is both ery valuable and very instructive |