| Show ahr I 1 I 1 I 1 of cie ti aty eighth n legi i lature I 1 I 1 I 1 OF UTAI I 1 I 1 the arrangement of house I 1 BY SPEAKER 1 1 1 weber gets the chairmanship of tile committed teB ON ant also other how a cembor loses are thas ms notes Eli tonal to SALT LAKE jan 12 ISM abe interest felt in the arrangement of house committees aras gratified today speaker riter having made the announcement as shown in the formal report of house proceedings there is as general approval of speaker appointments as there was of dent sinith I 1 s yesterday and members of both house swill now have an opportunity port unity to work in committee as many houra as these industrious law makers feel they can give to their constituency weber received fair treat the naming of Ric hartLi as chairman of the committee on private corporations and his appointment to the committees on election judiciary and contingent expenses of the e and in appointment to the committees on appropriations militia live stock asylum for tile ili sine and to the joint g coin mit tee on territorial library thurman properly received the appointment as chairman of the committee as was due not only to his legal abili ty but to ll alon of service in tile house the other members of the commit tee creer king rich ata hoge aloyce an bJones are also lawyers creer and king have pre served in the legislature adf the fabir younger but probably not less able men are named last though not least 1 fen WORIC there is a general feeling liere that the members arc all disposed to work und that they will lish wholesome legislation and revision for the atory the one work of coin piling the laws if perfected gift be of material benefit and in addition to this there is much original legislation proposed in the interest of material progress and legal rr W story is going the roun ds concer na ing a liberal member of the legislature whose financial and professional standing are very high the night after his first days service in lite leg Is latare lie got into a game of draw poker and lost 5 in thearsa pot ire gave a great groan and remarked this is ruin I 1 have worked at lawmaking all day for fa and have lost 5 at lair in IS minutes and I 1 guess ill jump the game insane the biennial report of tile board of of the territorial insane asylum is about completed and be represented to the assembly Assam bly bome day this week or next in addition to a concise statement of the present condition of the it will contain I 1 a number of recommendations the exact character of which has not yet been made public some amendments to the law creating the institution will be requested and the board ill ask for a sufficient clent appropriation to complete the other wing of the building and to purchase additional grounds etoal estate in tile vicinity is steadily advancing in value and as he necessity really exists for the pur chase of more land this suggestion will doubtless be favorably chusid ered whether the legislature will think it advisable or feel that the other wing of the building can be constructed so soon after the comple lAon of the present one is a question it certainly should be done just as soon as the financial condition of the territory will permit tile present accommodations are already taxed to their fullest ca clity and before the assembly meets again they may be very inadequate to ineat the requirements of the territory in this direction 0 IM MOVEMENTS the governors position upon the question of public improvements encourages cou rages us in tile hope that when ogden city makes application to the law makers for an increase of her borrow ing powers the measure w ill receive his favorable consideration and if jui viciously framed ilia final endorse anent not a day should be lost in bringing this matter before tile ar for the proper cons d aeration of all such measures should bergiven be given got lack of time for deliberative action can failure of measures the most imbor 8 tant airworthy ia themselves city council should ro member that he who comes first is likely to be first served COUNCIL council met at 2 V M roll called prayer by the chaplain before proceeding to regular buel ne the suggested eliat the I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 IV 11 I 1 4 aw 11 e I 1 1 1 A I 1 S I 1 I 1 bembers and officers not sworn e the oath administered by decro tary hall haas present ilie oath was then administered to smoot colsell woolley presented a recommends a tion of tile judiciary committee that tile house concurrent resolution me be anted yesterday for the campli ton of the laws be rejected following is ilia report air president your committee on judiciary to choin was referred the bouse joint resolution no 1 provid ing for 1 of the laws of orri t r I 1 1 cg leave to raqu e t abat after a careful consideration of id we arrived tit tho coll casion that tile object mu ht call lie arrived tit ili a better way and quen that it ba re aed respectfully woolley then introduced tile follow ing air president your comm tt on judiciary Jadi ciary to A wai re forred i cil F no it 1 bill to provide for tile and publication of the laws of atall have to y e ort that upon du 0 0 11 f pat 0 same they n said bill with some amendments and recommend that it be put upon its kissage pis sage adopted li moved concur renta reso lution for committees on me morrial to congress approved A resolution was for iho printing of the rules of tl council and their resolutions adopted it was decided that the house and council meet at 2 p ili during the alc plc u re of the assembly 4 ala providing for attachments council file no I 1 by I 1 by sections a bill for compilation and publication of la a of utah was pa seed lie council bya bill to exempt bluttal building associations from taxation was presented by woolley the house concurred in Cotin cil resolution no 3 providing for solicit ing bids for public printing not authorized zed by congress i 11 moved to adjourn carried A message was received governor but too late for action shortly before the was called to order this afternoon 1 IV iley borne and W T stewart of kanab were sworn in they were delayed on their journey to the capital by severe weather tito roll was an minutes read i A was excused the standing committees of the house were announced as follows STANDING committees OF THE elections breor clark thurman richards and mclaughlin thurman creer king richards cloge movie and jone claims and public accounts biatch howell farnsworth creer appropriations clark it b th aman mclaughlin biet ant mont pinery ways und alen biowell li owell wood richards jones and mclaughlin counting rg D ind spencer kimball wood and rouchie Rou clie rouche sancer clark and Seeg iviller ileum boucho and see miller hoylo lund Ste att allen agriculture and irrigation rouche spencer 19 lund and farnsworth manufactures and commerce iley borne wood clark allea and kimball militia stewart creer and montgomery penitentiary and reform school 1 arnsworth boucho kimball and blatch live stock iiii ball montgomery howell a n d ileum fish and game spencer and mclaughlin and alining 31 cLaughlin hatch farnsworth heyborne cloge stewart and wood private corporations richards jones cloge helm and spencer municipal corporations and towns king flosell creer allen and I 1 moyle asylum for the insane wood clark lund and king public alth allen cleyborne Iley borne a nd jones blatch thurman and stewart conti agent expenses of tile house kimball richards and allen JOINT committees enrollment king lund and movie bublic printing jones ileum and howell territorial library 0 nd cloge A message from the council was read announcing tho adoption by that body of a concurrent resolution in the joint committees on printing to invite bids for such print ing as is not provided for by the con gressional gross ional app anti report tile nomination of a public printer at an early day on motion of king the house concurred messages the council wore read announcing the concurrence of that body in the house resolution relating to fixing an bour for meeting and requesting the an ditonto furnish copies of the laws to members A communication from the terri torill treasurer reported certain 1 belonging to lite territory in his include 9 a safe maps etc received and filed n A petition pati tion from al S ur cwi 9 and others asking for ail amend merit to the elsh and game law was re berred to that committee tito eliam of 11 11 henderson C lerk of the first district referred to the committee kinon arld tito claims of mr Iler benjamin clerks of the first district co u rt were refer rod to tile same comfit tee tile report of the select co in nil tec on the fixing of an hour for recommended 2 p m e h day adopted floge introduced a bill providing for a for certain charities it to tile holy cross st dives larys and deseret hospitals to bo divided in proportion number of charity patients treated in each during 1887 referred to on appropriations richards a bill fixing the time at abila new laws shall go into effect at midnight may 1888 referred to the judiciary committee a bill providing for the registration of voters d tile coil duct of elections referred to the committee on elections thurman afre red a resolution pro viding for tile printing of copies 0 f L law of congress restricting special legislation in territories adopted on motion of howell the adjourned till 2 p M to marrow tho session was a brief but ono 1 1 I 1 43 |
