Show DAY orti 6 iii itty ri ta OF TERRITORY chief clerk west offers bis resignation I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 THE WORK I 1 I 1 soon begin to show to 1 Advant oe university I 1 the legislature Legi express themselves well pleased with their visit to this il of learning I 1 SALT axxe feba IM I 1 the signing of tile old matte more than usual importance and is already causing a spirit of hopeful activity in the departments of the territorial Cover dment including the public in the university of deseret will nov be released from the burden of feht that bas weighed it down and measurably paralyzed its power for good daring the past four 3 cats the credit of mhd ansano asylum which daring the past two years has been away belov par will now be placed upon a solid foundation and its directors will no longer be required to pledge their personal credit in order to r the necessary f ands for the institution hundreds of witnesses and jurors can now receive their dearly earned fees and the officers of the government so lorig deprived of their salaries will now receive tile reward of their patient waiting and fi delty to the public trust in order that there may v amplo opportunity to harmonize any differences that may arise between the legle Isla the executive upon if varied subjects of future appropriations it is imperatively necessary that the new appropriation bill be prepared at once legislative it has been remarked remar kod by some who are evidently not fully conversant aith legislation that tile are not making good pro grem with their work says one the session is half gone and the governor Go vernoi has only received four bills about fifty bills have been introduced in the house and about twenty in the council all of which have gone to committees and been carefully considered by them this of itself is a big work many cf these bills have passed their second reading and quite a number only await the concurrence of the the other house to be forwarded to the governor the principal most important and laborious part of legislation is done in committee and after a bill has successfully pawed this body it Is seldom long delayed in either house unless the committee I 1 13 divided upon some important prod vision when it is likely to fail altogether the proceedings of yes berday afford an illustration 11 F 25 relating to appeals from justices courts to dis brict courts in civil cabeal t II 11 F no 41 amending the codas of civil pro ledure and 11 F 38 providing for the determination of disputed coulty boundary lines all went through ith scarcely a moments delay but when 11 F 40 amending emending em ending the fish and game law and 11 F no 27 relating to barbed wire fences were reached an animated a rose and no agreement could be arrived at but both mea had to be postponed until another day it developed in the argument that tile to whom these bills were referred were themselves divided and this boned the delay there are many bills in the files of both houses that only await an opportunity to be read the coine law the burden of legisla elon concerning them having already been performed in the careful scrutiny and deliberation given them on committees VISIT TO THE university the members of the legislature in accordance with a resolution passed visited the university of deseret at day time was I 1 passed at the institution and the legislators were well pleased with the manner in which it is be ing conducted many of them have since expressed them selves as boing desirous of endowing the institution with greater resources that it might increase in usefulness useful and receive funds to make this valuable but publicly neglected tion in keeping inside and th e excellence of its instruction routine report Follo the routine report of the proceedings of both houses A communication was received from tile house notifying the coun cil of the s sage of JI F 17 a bill for an acra r e Vla procedure in courts and for all referred to the committee on judi 6 ay rh council was ed of the ga m s alta L y act he house of 11 r 38 a il 1 f n defining the anan er of dolera ining disputed county boun d la lines read first time by title ana referred to the committee on counties A vo I 1 was received f rem I 1 lie house notifying the council of lie pg of 11 5 a amending 12 chapter 2 section 8 in regard reg ard to appeals appe ali algo tile pas biago of 11 F 41 a bill for in act reg elating civil procedure and providing ab ali il w ero read the first time by their 1 t an d re ferrett to thes cammi attee on judiciary marshall presented a report from tile committee on private corporations recommending that C F 21 a bill providing for banking be put upon its passa e read first timet ordered printed and filed for second rivaling riva ding woolley presented a report from the judiciary committee recommending ahat 11 F 16 a bill amending the law in relation to persons entering ente reng rail way care in certain caseb be put upon its passage tile report of the committed commit teo was a adopted the bill read the first time by its title and filed for second reading woolley presented a report of the committee recommending hat 11 F 43 a bill amandi ng an act relating to attachments be pat upon its passage the report of the committee was adopted tile hill read tile first dime b y its title and fi led for second reading smoot presented C F 21 a bill providing for the protection of elsh and g alne it cad tile first time by title and re berred to the committee on fish and game woolley moved that 11 F 43 be ordered printed with the amendments before being I 1 introduced for second read so ordered iv C 2 a bill providing ings I 1 insolvency was taken up for second reading amended and filae for thir dreading li occupied most of the afternoon if F 10 a bill to of tle laws of ISSO providing for pu ing entering railway cars in cart 8 was passed a sus D n of tile rules nsf V I 1 ey from the judiciary committee fretted a report recommending that C 23 a bill to amend section 2 chapter 7 of tile laws of 1880 providing the of dra winst money from the territorial treasury be pass ed P ad ha fd re i ng adjourned kousz after the opening exercises the speaker stated that the utah central railroad company desired to secure the services of the chief clerk of the house to take charge of a surveying ry at once and that that ober es ired to tender ilia resignation hoge moved to accept tile resignation richards moved to lay on the table tilleo morrow the latter motion was lost richards opposed railroading the question through today to day the speaker explained further tile necessity of immediate action hoge amended his motion so that resignation take edrict at the close of the session tomorrow to morrow and it was carried king that the chair appoint three to nominate a new chiei clerk carried and the chair appointed kin 9 moyle and farnsworth 11 F 14 a bill to prevent crimes against ahe el ettive franchise was brought up on third reading howell offered ad amendment to prescribe the same for a private person as jor an of fider for procuring tile fraudulent registration of any name the amendment wal lost nd the maximum punishment of an officer remained ut fine and two years imprisonment that of a private person the same fine and one years imprisonment several minor and verbal amendments were made none of them at the intent of the bill julen asked why section 10 provided six months in the county ja 1 I 1 or ti years in the as the maxi mum imprisonment for prescribed in tile bill richards answered that in cases others a severe one might be merited jones offered an amendment to see tion 11 making it an offense offence to do belve a voter who cannot read as to the names on a ticket but withdrew it on motion of ho go a repealing clause was added jones ren wed ills motion ani i made an argument in favor of it n bugge sted that jones amenda men id not fully codex the brouna as it did not provide against trickery sc telling cloge 01 d he amendment but t wa hoge moved to ehrike out the clauser robi biting attempts to influence any lectoria it 19 iving ilia vote rem that the 11 guage of the aasc would prevent a candidate from making a canvass or even a big constituents It ichards maintained that the clauso would not bear such a construction aa put upon it and the batters lat motion was lost tile bill passed by vote of 21 ayes acs I 1 no the latter being mclaughlin this completed tile unfinished bus ness bendin g for some da Is and the regu 1 ar order was rebuff hatch introduced f ive petitions fro n dietl erent parts of the territory s m 0 t atles asking for the paggi ga 0 a lae s 1 0 eption law referred to the committee on L sections farns orth presented a claim from ahe sheriff of beaver county re berred 0 o M from tile committee on edu c littion I 1 r 0 ported favorably on the inai tation f dr park to the sit bueche 9 f tho committee on agn culture and irrigation reported favor a ly on tile b ill for a geological survey 0 the c ari tory alth amendments A opte reer introduced four other peti bloos of the same kind from ogdene provo and to other places same committee hatch presented a petition from prominent citizens asking for the establishment of a fish and the appointment of a fish commissioner it asks an appropriation of referred to the fish and game coin cittee lund from the committee on cound ties that as a pending bill bovere ferrite the question the of ilia county court of beaver county for a change in the boundary lines be not adopted cloge abill I 1 lection mattec of quail fish and game cow montgomery introduced a bill al lowing peor to institute and prosecute on it a I 1 n the courts of be territory Judich iry introduced a bile in rp lation to bubile domain on agriculture and irritation lZ ichards introduced a bill repeal ing certain sections of what is known it leaves only three sections of that law A motion to refer to tile judiciary committee was lost and it went to tile live stock committee A communication from the gover 1 or was fead accompanied by a coin 1 nuni cation from daniel graceg tile the latter was referred to the committee on manufActure a find commerce tile barb wire fave bill wag called epenial orders ing moved to amend ho as to pro vido that tile owners of fences c not be punished it the latter biall can conf oryn to the requirements of t bill alozo urged that the provision ro quiring existing bf en es to be made to conform to tile was ex breor tool a different viela ns did and richards It arnsworth opposed king amen a ment and thurman favored it th 0 lost by a vote f 11 to 10 roueche offered an amendment pro viding that spreaders or supports might be placed between posts that are further apart than the bill allows lost helm moved to amad section one so as to require four airm to a fence aad to allow posts to be 30 feet apart with or supports 10 feet apart alio was treated as R substitute I 1 I 1 allen mol ed to amend the title so as to allow three wires lo 10 F t If elins substitute was lost T he bill 1 assed by a vote of 16 ayes 0 hoes I 1 thurman moved to amend the title of the bill to make it A bill to protect the stockman at the expense of tile farmer jones moved to postpone tile amendment carried the council passed without amendment 11 T 16 a bill in relation to stealing ir atles oil railroads 11 1 0 marriage bill came up under spec I 1 al orders richards moved to postpone it till tomorrow to morrow carried 11 king moved to adjourn carried I 1 |