The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-12-22
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sATURDAE, pE cLIlII1ER q. 1850
rxEcUTIyE ANp IUpIcIARY.

EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIARY.
liz looking over the Governors message
to the Council and House Of Representa-.
tives 81 The Legislature Of Utah, we end
the following remarks
"GKsTLknRN:-. The Judges Of the So.
premc Court Of this Territory, having ad,
. rised me recently that their predecessors
had exceeded tho limits OF their authority
III attempting TO Ok the times and places
or holding courts for the trial or Terrific.
rial cases Ia their respective districts, and
that therefore their action ID the case was
virtually null, took the matter into con
I sideration, and decided that the pablo
interest demanded thai there should be no
farther delay IN holding sessions 81 the
several district courts; that no doubts
ought TO exist in relation to tile proper
times and places Of holding them; and
that tho duty Of creating Or modifying
the districts for the Judges, assigning
them TO their respective districts, and pro.
viding the funds necessary for Aelsliag such
courts, deyolyed properly upon the Leg
isIatiye Assembly 4.
The above remarks, although trivial.
apparently, are matters or great financial
Importance to tho inhabitants Of this Ter
ritory.
With the propriety Of calling an extra
session Of the Legislature for the further
ance Of judicial action, and the prompt
administration 81 justice. We have moth
Ing 70 say at present Nor will we here
aiiimadyert upon the action Of the Legis-
latlve Assembly. the recommendation "
his ExceIlency, or the right or the veto
Of The Governor Of their acts; arc his,
and their business. So far as the assem-.
BY 10 their Legislative capacity are con.
ssraed. they were perfectly free 10 take
ssch action a. they 10 their deliberatiye
wisdom saw proper. And the Governor
had an equal right 10 the exercise Of his
vsto power But there Is one little item
that concern. The interest Of our citizens
and that i The clause used by bis Excel
isncy. in assigning the Judges, eand pro
viding funds necessary for holding sneh
couFts.p
What can be meant BY This remark,
which strictly accords with tic yeto Of his
HxcelIencya That veto states, II regret
TO perceive, upon the examination 81 the
minutes, that the assembly failed tomakel
the appropriations necessary TO the sus-
tanning Of the District Coutts at the
times indicated In the acts Of assignment
81 the Judges to their respective districts.
1 therefore respectfully decline to give my
Official assent TO the proposed assignment
These remarks % the unIaitiatcd wonIi
besnigmatical. and q stranger would rcry
naturally DO led 10 suppose that there
really were no provisions made for holding i
such courts
These remarks ara not new they have
been iterated and reiterated before, by
several Of oar federal judges, and were
20 frequent and urgent that many were
led TO suppose that there was something
materially out Of joint; some fragrant omis-
sion in the law that needed an Immediate
remedy; that The people, the Legislature,
Or both. were inimical TO the holding OF i
federal courts, and the administration Of
justice. or that the authorities OF our
counties or municipalities had been dis
courteous in not furnishing houses for he
courts to administer III. aud that the
hands Of Justice had been paralysed III
consequence Of . euIpablc neglect in the
Legislature, gross ipeiyility on the part Of
our city or county authorities, or obstruc,
tons thrown IN the way BY the citizens.
Such, indeed, has been alleged over and
over again.
Now, what are the facts? tits noto.
rlous that no, such distractions ever
existed IN this Territory. The Council
House. in this city, has, for years
past, been rendered 10, and used hy, the
United States courts; and during Judge
Sinclalr's administration, through The po-
Pollteness Of Governor Young, he had lLe
free use Of the house occupied by the
Legislature; and We now have Court
House which il will be found ysry difficult
70 excel in any Of our eastern cities. In
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