Show THE legislature mcw bills 11 discussion COUNCIL january 21 on thursday afternoon abe council wag called to order at two hoplock harp idoll call prayer by the chaplain wednesdays read and approved F whitney regent elect of abe deseret university acknowledged tho courtesy of the freedom of the council A petition from martin fredar 1 icksoo asking that his be changed to martin juhanson was presented by mr referred ito committee on judiciary mr sharp from committee on fish and reported back C F no 10 with a substitute thereto acini a bill supplemental to chap ter 6 of the session laws of 1884 which was adopted as a substitute for OF no 10 mr groyer reported back from the judiciary committee C F nos 4 iad 6 without recommendation ona the table subject to call atsuo F U amending sections and of the compiled laws and C F 19 amending section 18 chapter 45 of the compiled laws which acro placed on filo for second leading mr barton chairman of the committee on counties reported back the bill apportioning the legislative isla tive representation without amendment and recommended that the hill bp printed and placed on its passage leeport adopted i mr page from the committee on highways reported C F no 8 and recommended that the bill be printed and put upon its passage report adopted A massago from the house was received and read announcing the passage by that body of the bill amending chapter 49 of the laws in relation to irrigation companies rea d the first time and referred to the committee on irrigation k mr sharp presented a bill amending sections to of the compiled laws of utah of 1876 the fish and game bill substitute was read tho second time placed on file for third reading and ordered printed the bill and of the compiled laws of uenh was read the second time the bill amending section 18 apter 45 session laws of 1884 was read the second time and ors derad printed for the third reading the bill amending sections and of the code of civil procedure was made alic special order for friday r council adjourned HOUSE fe jan 21 the speaker called for order at 2 0 clock roll call prayer and journal of tho previous day read and approved mr thuman presented a petition al 11 rom joseph A grant and other residents ot pleasant grove stating that they were taxed to supported thai municipal government whereas they derived no benefit from it they therefore asked that the foundries boun dries and corporate limite bo amended eo that petitioners petition ers would not be included therein mr rider presented the biennial report kofl john territorial superintendent of district school referred to the commits tee on education hutch from the committee oo 00 judiciary reported back C F 6 amending f action 5 chapter 25 laws ot 1884 with an amendment adopted and bill filed to abair its second reading mr hatch also reported back C F 18 prescribing misdemeanors and recommended its passages filed for second read me mr hatch chairman of the committee an counties reported back H R joint resolution 16 con koerning distribution of maps with t adopted N W claytob Clay tou territorial auditor presented an extensive 1 muni cation to the house in relation to the in the jury appropriations for the past two years ami tho amount needed io the arce districts tur the yeara 1886 and 1887 he drew attention to the hardships entailed upon poor meu summoned as jurors and the fact that they frequently biad to sell their warrants below par he recommends that arrangements be made for paying juror per diem and mileage in cash aud that the appropriation fur 1886 87 be made to the districts thus relieving the auditor from the responsibility lity of apportioning the amount the total deficiency 13 about in district in ihu second and in attic third he estimates that be required fur the coming two years exclusive of the deficit and says the is 80 per cent of the territorial revenue ho also states that there aro 1000 civil certificates outstanding from 1882 83 and asks action thereon referred to the committee on ji by mr king A bill to encourage the growth of timber referred to ehg committee on agriculture and irrigation by mr west A bill to authorize the incorporation of companies for the construction of union railroad depots etc referred to the committee on private corporations by mr west A bill amending an act entitled an act revising the cod of civil procedure approved 1884 committee oo 00 judiciary by mr anderson A bill vent the spread of malignant disi among sheep read and referred to tho committee on live stock jury bill 11 F no then came up fo debate having been made the special order for the day it read by section and several amendments adopted A lively debate took place air west spoke in favor of striking out section 9 which pro vides that the plaintiff who files a civil action must deposit a jury fee of 85 he moved to substitute by requiring the plaintiff to deposit 12 as a jury fre in order he said that the litigants should stand some of the expenses of the courts and in order further he said that litigation might be discouraged mr thurman drew attention to the fact that experience had shown such measures were ineffectual A man must under the constitution be guaranteed a jury trial whether in a civil suit or otherwise it would be found that the judge would order a jury whether or not there were any fee deputed mr rider moved that a committee of three be appointed to draft resolutions of respect to the memory of hon wm jennings carried and rider west and king were named as the pom tec the house adjourned at 4 pm on motion of mr howell |