| Show THE 1 inith DAY of the y ninth legislature of utah THE SUBJECT OF TAXES a good share of or attention among Amons the fie legislators I 1 FOI THE OF ROADS I 1 stormy and interesting scene in the boua til ell chamber after adjournment ln in angry ingry Il lla ilnay ailway lawyer pall special correspondence of 0 tilt tits SALT jan 31 the house today to day rejected the bill known aa as C F 9 introduced b mr richards in the council and there passed its purpose was to strike out certain sheriffs fees due under present statutes for attendance on court during daring the transaction ot of criminal business mr thurman aa as chairman of the committee reported that in the opinion of the tile committee the sheriff sho should uld be paid the necessary fees as long as a bis his attendance at court was required on the substitute brought in for abe porter bill amending th the stock law the house entered into quite a little discussion the preservation of the hide bide of any animal killed ap appeared pearLd to be the bone of contention the members however got on very agreeably the only difference being in opinion and some amendments carried others were lost and the bill is still in a healthy state of preservation among the important bills have been introduced at ibis this session may be counted the foll fol follain lorinz offered today to day by mr porter forter and known as 11 F 34 A bill tor for an in act to amend sec section tion 2009 of the complied compiled laws of utah oi 01 1888 beit he it enacted bythe by the Gover governor norand and legislative assembly of the territory of utah that petion 2009 of the compiled laws of utah of 1888 bo be and the I 1 same is hereby amended to read as follows follos section 2039 S it property owned owna d by any y fire tire or military company pany when lien lueel usey ony only for the public good and no income is derived de rivel nil mining i claims and the ore in tle the mines pr provided that the net proceeds of all mines or mining claims are taxable do gether with their improve imenes this is in direct pursuance of the Ten remarks quoted early in the tile session by members anem bera who considered tint that the tile territorial revenue should by some means be indrea increased ed the net proceeds of the minai mines and the improve improvement menta would doubtless add greatly to the tax As to the wig wisdom lom of such a move but few members have cared to commit themselves 1 II 11 I F 17 providing penalties for any obstruction of public or other highways or tor for causing or permitting the injury of such highways by allowing water to flow into tt them I 1 em pissed the house today to day and went to the council in that baly they had bad already finished their business bu ainess and were awaiting some action of the alouse the bill was therefore referred berred to the committee on highways and after due consideration they reported it back with amendments moving the passage of the bill as amea amended ed under suspension of the rules it was wag passed and immediately returned to the house for concurrence con cuirence the bill aa as amended read as follows i 1 be it enacted by the governor and aase assembly in bly of the territory of utah that section 2034 2084 chapter 13 S 20 of the tile compiled laws of utah of 1888 be and the bime some is hereby amended BO so aa as to read as follows section 2084 A any n y p per son who carelessly or wilfully f 1 ly obstructs ts or injures any public i c or other file highway by causing or permitting flow or seepage of water or who ho wilfully or carelessly permits wat r under h his is control to escape in any man mer so fo as to injure any public ic or other highway and any person who kho shall wilfully ily or cameles carelessly e I 1 P place lace or leae or cause to be places placed or left any log timber atone stone wood or other material arany or any machinery wagon or oilier other vehicle upon any public or other ky in a w way a y aa ef to traveller vellor gerac obstruct the tra travel or end endanger a n property rop or persons passing upon such highway is guilty of a misdemeanor provided that nothing in this section be construed BO so as to pr prevent vent toll tales gates from being p placed laced and used on any lawful toll torl road in this ferri fory HEC sm 2 this act shall take effect thirty days after its approval approve il that body refused to concur in three of f the amendments made and a conference committee was appointed the concurrence non WAS on it the ie word and mark marked ed in italics i the proviso of the first section and the vi bole hole of section two 11 II F 13 introduced by mr reid came up on second reading today to day mr it r pierce moved to strike out the enacting clause be he considering that the whole tenor and purpose ot of the bill was to increase the feea fees of county re cord cordere erty in order that the public may understand the billt bill the contents are given below s section 1 be it enacted by the governor and the legislative assembly bl of the territory of utah that hat on or before the day lay of Dece december mtr of each year the county re cordera of the ilia several counties of utah territory are hereby iced and required to transmit a certified abstract of of all mortgages and appearing earing of record on the records caf of lit their their several cou counties n ile 0 to o the as assessor seasor of the conn tips in which ech it the mortgagee resides said abstract to contain 1 name of or name of mortgagee agee date of mort sage when due amount lor for which I 1 rp f I 1 I 1 given and description of lands mort raged with the residence of mortgagor and mortgagee sec 2 each recorder shall receive ve lor for his ilia services the tile sam of fifty cents tor for the abstract of each eael mortgage thu thus abstracted and transmitted to tx be paid out of tile county treasury of the tb county whose assessor is supplied with s said aid abstracts in accordance with the p provisions ro visions of this act mr reid stated that the tile law wa wag made in order to give the assessor of ol 01 0 one n e county an opportunity of asse assessing moneys loaned hy by residents in lie iw county of parties in other counties which is at present impossible mr stewart objected to the bill a and nd gave liia ilia reasons I eater in conver bation he lie made the following il lastra tra tion A man in palt salt lake count county y lends to a party in sanpete county taking as security a mortgage on the lat lattera farm the latter invests the in sheep the asses or according to tile proposed bill a aa on an the money loa loaned nedon on the mortgage on the farm and on ill alie 6 sheep which to his mind created double taxation flammond Ham roond alien allen thurman and reid d sit at length antho on the bill and after much discussion by a close clos 0 vote I 1 it t w was as re referred to the committee t on judiciary after the adjournment of the council c il quite a lively episode occurred in the council chamber which engendered more genuine excitement than has baen been created since the opening of the tile session A railway attorney en entered the chamber and opened his ilia battery on the question of passes he ile openly that one ote of the members of the council in discussing the tile resolution calling on the auditor to take steps to collect the delinquent tax of I 1 emery anery county had bad deliberately iland and knowingly lied in chang charging i g that pastes passes hid had been taken for I 1 taxes fixes the board had iv aE eissed essed illegally he said without willi out a shadow of law for it tho charges would have to ba be taken b ck ek or ilia the gentleman in question would ronld be forced to correct his state meet ment under the persuasive influence of a criminal libel suit much aluch more thin this was said in heated words to the two or thiea members present the gentleman attacked was happily away or the scene cene might have proved more excia exciting rig later in the evening INI sir 1 richards who had fear fearlessly leasly advocated the adoption of the resolution lution was interviewed 61 oh h the matter lie ile smiled as be he said that ha lie had nothing to retract and that if a retraction was anticipated disappointment would surely follow what lie lad said on the occasion vi which was in effect as published was but a partial statement tit of facts and he had bad told it while hile sitting in a place where hare the interests of the territory w m ere at stake if more was nee pary the sworn statements before the territorial board during their would probably anly reveal a state of affairs such as ought not to ba ex posted expected from those those who were now so 60 anxious for a ra traction cion from this statement of mr richarda richards it would appear that some interesting developments in official circles may be looked for COUNCIL 0 A communication from the house announced that hid his excellency had signed C 1 I in relation to the removal of the ufa indians from colorado to utah and that it would be sent to congress an invitation from dr park of the Unive university ralty of deseret to visit tt eliat at institution ution and the deaf deal mute bluto department any time favorable to the berd bera of the legislature Leik lature was read aid the be invitation accepted without daming naming the day for the visit A message from the announced the ai adoption option of 11 II F 17 in relation to highways committee on highways lund moved that the tile freedom of the council be granted lion john W young carried after a sena sess on of fifteen minutes lund moved an adjournment as the table was clear of business it V wai as held by the other rn remers mers that important business amigh arrive from the other house and tie tle motion was lost Seeg thought 0 AL 1 in relation to the transfer of the ule ute indians an important document a idof d of considerable interest to the people of our territory at large ad moved that five hundred cories be printed in pamphlet form carried the committe eon e on highways high waya reported favorably on 11 II F 17 in relation to highways an and d tho the rt ft vw as adopted rules were vr ere the bill amended and slid pained lu d moved to reconsider the vote on adjournment till next Al monday londay four cotin councillors councilors counci 0 lors voted in llie the affirmative anu four in the negative and the motion wag was lost in another vote the motion to ad jurn until monday wis was sustained ined adjourned thurman from the judiciary judici arv committee fe reported adversely on 0 F 0 9 in relation to the tile attendance of sheriffs she riffA at district courts giving at some length the tile reasons for so dome doing tho the re report ort was adopted and the bill et acted 0 he ile aso also reported favorably anc F 10 19 relating to county and precinct offic ra adopted he also reported on 11 II F 1 24 to prevent assignees from making preferred jerred I 1 c creditors redi tors offering amendments adopted the committee on and reform school reported favo favorably on lie the bill amending the re reform form law w melville from front the highways committee comy reported d ad adversely versel y on it F 2 28 4 t to 0 prevent r event snow allow blockades blockaded in public hig high V w ways a y S bennion the author of the bill urged that in many localities the tile fences so constructed as to cause the snow to block roada roads and thought bill ought to was rethe creer rel from the tits claims committee becom recommended mended the allowance of certain claims presented by hon ilon J S boreman boremon school commissioner porter I 1 introduced 11 I 1 F 34 31 amending a of the revenue ch went to the ways and tate means a us commit tee I 1 A pierce introduced it 11 F 35 to provide for the tile management of il trusts busts and I 1 like ike corporations H lr elation fa F 10 amending the present law in relation to branding and butchering butcheri rg cattle etc came up for consideration rather a long debate took place on oil 00 gome 0 of its provisions eions and it was amended and filed for third reading 0 F 5 relative to associations to raise funds hinds to loan to members came up on seand reading and find wag made the tile special oi older der for monday II 11 if 17 concerning damage to highways by tri ng gation tion water and obstructing str acting ting them as amended in the council was taken up the house refu fel to concur in the amendments and 11 ammond and melville ile hille were appointed a conference committee C P F 10 19 in relation to county and precinct officers was passed 0 F 17 1 providing for certain expenses in in connection nith with he file keford chool passed to its thi hi d reading 11 II F 1 taxing transitory herds was made the ilia special order for monday II 11 F 13 providing for the tile taxing ta xing of mortgages vas as discussed nd referred to the judi judici uary sty committee after aft er a lengthy discussion II 11 F 14 relating to costs in in criminal crimial al cases appealed from justices courts wa was s passed rob robinson presented a claim of sheriff I 1 hall of heaver beaver county for attendance alceon on district court claims committee in attee adjourned until monday next at 2 p m |
