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Show '. ;,. .... ' - S LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS. '' . The Council. March 33 p. m. The Committee of Conference on H. F. No. 19, to establish a Reform School, reported an agreement on accepting an amendment releasing the Governor and Auditor from giving bonds to act as members of the Board of Directors. Direct-ors. This and some minor amendments were adopted. Mr. Taylor presented the petition of Mi'lando Pratt and others, asking pay for clerical services at the session of 1884. Referred, without reading. Agreeable to the report of the Committee Com-mittee on Highways, $3,000 was voted to be placed in the general appropriation j bill to aid Davis and Weber counties in constructing a bridge across the Weber river near Uintah. The Committee on Claims and Public Accounts reported against appropriating $4,000 to Auditor Clayton for clerk hire during the past two years, and $4,000 for the same for the years 1886-7. Re- I ferred. The same committee reported adversely to the petition of Peter Fleigus, asking an appropriation of $120 to pay witness and mileage fees in the case of Moss Brothers, convicted of burglary. H. F. No. 29, regulating the branding, herding and care of stock, and punishing certain offenses concerning : the same, was passed. Substitute for C. F. No. 36, amending section 139, chapter 2, title 4, code of civil procedure, was passed. The object of the amendment is to make the salaries of court reporters employed by the Terri- irrr tn nnf cnmaaA 4!? IWVI rmi onnn m drawn from the Territory, but it does not deprive them of private fees in cases where their services are not needed by the Territory. A recess was then taken for thirty minutes. min-utes. By Mr. Grover, C. F. No. 39, to prevent pre-vent the spread of contagious diseases in stock. Ordered printed. H. F. No. 45, amending section 27, chapter 7 of chapter 66, relative to the settlement of small estates, was read the third time and passed. It provides that where the amount is less than $1,000 ! publication in newspapers need not occur. Messrs. Barton, Taylor and Hammond were appointed to act under a concurrent resolution of the House as a committee to consider the various vetoes by the Governor. Gov-ernor. Substitute H. F. No. 57. aoportionin? the Legislative representation, under a suspension of the rules was read three times and passed. This is the same as C. F. No. 14, which passed the Council some time ago and was killed in the House, then dug up as a substitute bill. During the session a recess was taken three times, and at 4:20 adjourned till 2 p. m. Thursday. The House. March 3. The Judiciary Committee reported favorably on a new substitute bill for N. F. No. 40, providing for the punishment of sexual crimes. The Ways and Means Committee recom- mended the payment of two-thirds of the debtof Kane county-$786.81-by the Territory, Ter-ritory, as Kane county had borne the expense of prosecuting cattle thieves for parts of other counties before the boundary bound-ary lines were changed. A warm discussion discus-sion followed, but the report was finally auujjicu. By Mr. Clark, defining the duties of county courts in reporting on appropriations appropri-ations made from the Territorial Treasury for road and bridge purposes. By Mr. King, to prevent the spread of contagious and infectious diseases among domestic animals, and to provide a Territorial Terri-torial veterinarian. By Mr. Kimball, a new bill to prevent bulls running at large in Rich county. By Mr. Lund, prescribing the punishment punish-ment for jail-breaking. By Mr. Farnsworth, allowing mineral locators to stake out 300 feet on each side of a mineral vein and thereby conform to the United States law. By Mr. McLaughlin, providing for the recording of marriages. By Mr. Thurber, amending the fish and game law by closing the duck-killing season sea-son on April 1st and the spawning season -6; JuIy lst' instead of June 15th. By Mr. Thurber, amending section 278, chapter 5, laws of 1876, by declaring the theft of a heifer grand larceny and the stealing of a sheep or goat pettit larceny. Air, Hatch objected to so much work being gjyt,- to the Committee on Judiciary Ju-diciary Le.xdse they would not get through m time, and he asked that the Militia Committee, since they had themDg d' in8tracted help The Chair suggested that only legal Sis WCre invoIve(l ia srae of the Mr West offered a resolution to. the effect that a committee of five from the House and three from the Council be appointed ap-pointed to wait on the Governor to con- ttem. Adopted.6883 r6prt n H. F. No. 16, to lessen the term of im-1? im-1? ment 5f i'onvlcts for Sood behavior, h'apS GVern0r With0Qt t J?? Ece"ency's message was referred fcfn 6 gTmitlee ou Plnitentiaryand mbiU instructions to draft No?! aSSS11?1?? for House files 12 ??'J d 37' a?d CounciI files Nos. -t, IS and 30, amending the code of rivil proceuure, came upas the special order onheday and passed by a unanimous The substitute for H. F. No. 57 tho Legislative apportionment bill, was put upon its passage under suspension of the ySQd' Sm00t and McLaught6 LloreaAN&r2J' amending the . charter of gan Clty by prescribing punish- ositfion.Vagrante'Pa88ed tthout 7 tha?HEF f ommiee, reported Knes of tS? ' changing the boundary rnnL,i mery county, had been en-appwvaldf0rWardedtothe en-appwvaldf0rWardedtothe Governor for Pending the consideration of H. F No. 60, amendmg the law referring to the ' SSSE1? an 8npport of Strict schools and for other purposes, at 5:05 oWSSKg' So viding for punishment of sexual crimes few" mAt 12 o'clock recess was taken till 2 p. bull?- Tropin0, 6a9t it county 'during certil seasoS Z Rich was taken up on ita second reading year? by a suspension of th li mg' and third time and passed nn0nIeS read the j ing. ' i80 a second read- I H-f-.,abi,lproviding(orboi3j ! running at large, passed its second read-. read-. ing, and by suspension of rules taken up i on its third reading and killed. I II. F. No. 73, a bill to exclude probate i judges from holding a seat in either branch of the Legislative Assembly, passed its second, reading, and was killed on its third. H. F. No. 55, a bill providing for impounding im-pounding animals, and prescribing the regulations of pounds and for disposing of estrays, passed its second reading. H. F. 59, a bill providing for the appointment ap-pointment of official reporters, passed by a unanimous vote. The substitute for C. F. No. land II. F. No. 32, a bill amending an act incorporating incor-porating the city of Smithfield, passed. Mr. Clark presented a petition from J. K. Gillespie, asking to be paid for certain juror certificates held by him. The Committee on Library reported back the report of the Utah librarian. Approved, and recommended that $200, or as much as may be necessary, be appropriated ap-propriated for the purchase of statistics and reports of the Western States and Territories. The Committee on Counties reported back the petition of the citizens of Rich county, asking that part of Summit county be detached and made a part of Rich county, and submitted a bill for that purpose. H. F. No. 65, amending chapter 10, Laws of 1884, extending the powers of city councils, passed unanimously. |