The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-12-15
MOU N Z A / N EER.
I saEsf SALT tlEE GIN
slTURDA YDEc E.K1l5, 1890

a SlTITRIlA NJ Ci 4 TIP i coy
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.
Presr,sr 10 their regular adIonFnment
I'M III wiattrflh CehciI and House q Re
nre.enlsIiycs iist ii Tie Social Hall d |
stlis CIV Oh Monday. che 10th inst
y, IIss
A,1oah,. lie roll.ot tie Conner was
saIle.T ~ RIf. iealue, the Secretary. Al
Z ,,,,ofntn III tlie Council answering 10 fllcir4
naig,.s tIIe Hon Geo A- Smith vas
chosen chairman pro tenn The following
organizations was then unanimously voted,
viz. ri z Il y q.
Tor President---IIon. DAHL III Wells.
For Secretary ] Il Caine. ESQ
For Assistant Secretary-J w. EIler.
beck Esq.
For Sergeant Arms Israel WINS,
ESD.
For Messengers DR.. S. u. spraEne.
For Chaplain Prest Joseph Young.
For ForemafI--MF Preston Free
McssFs WoodrniI, Ray, and Smith.
then presented their credentials as the
successors Of Messrs Pratt Lyman, and
Fitch resigned. The credentials being en-
amincd by a special committee appointed
BY the President, those gentlemen were
sworn by the Hon. the Secretary Of the
Territory; tile same gentleman having
previously administered the oath Of Office
to The officers of the Council.
"a communication having been received
BY the PRESIDENT Of the Council and
Speaker Of The Honse. from the County
Court Of OF IS. IL County, rendering toI
The Assembly tho nse 5of their Court
House; The two Houses adjourned toI
meet there on T'ucsday, at III am. d joint
Committee 0f the two houses having been
appointed to notify His Etcellency Of tho
Adjournment; and Of their inteiltion to
meet IN Joint Session 10 receive aDy com
Inlnication be wished to make.
n On Tuesday, at Ham, The Two Houses
met, and al noon. BY mutual conscnt, went
into joint Session The Chairman Of the
Committee then presented the following |
Communication from tile y oyernor, which |
was read by the Secretry of the Council,
as an epilogue or prologue to the Mes.
sage The Message, helng one o. the
Slong-pnbiished and iy gone documents, We
consider unnecessary % reprint:
q o M Ii u Nj ;g Alto n
ID FfiE lEeIsIAgrE ASSEMBLY, or rTAu,
ASSExEp 10 rHE GpykRkon,s MEssaGr.
1. ExEcrrlyE OFTicE,
) !, 5. II CITY, 10th Dee, 1860.
~ tke eiti,ca aid lesse II Iepyeaata-l
tirdi dc Legssldtatt 81 tJtat:
/. GESrLgNES ..S ...s s..
On the l2th ultnno, 1T Il called session,
I addressed 10 the Council allll House or
{ Representatives my annual message, IN 1
\ which i made sued sHggestions a. the
pablo interest seemed 10 demand. Copies
3sof TINT Accommodation, tegrtheE Witht tho
Reports AZ The Treasurer and Auditor,
are hercNilh annexed. Invite yenr at
tention 70 them. &.
Tho necessity Of "a carly assignment Of |
the Chief Justice aud his associates, with |
the yiew q enslIing IN good season ses,
siens Of the courts il, theif respective dis
trirts, isgeaip urged upon your e0nsi,ler-
atloI.s There slNnId be 4 caGefaI avoidance
ON your part Of any action which might
be construed iisl0 q desire Of unnecessarily
postpanipg the holding OF district courts
. for the transaction Of Territorial business.
\ u am convinced that, should Won adopt
any hisaFarc calcalated 70 produce such
an Impression Il Rsuld prove alike unMise7
md iiupcifsie.
Your attention Ii called 10 the fact
that, under the sxistisle law, special ses,
siotla Of the district courts can only be
held t'Gpou the petition Of not less than
one hundred lcgnl voters and tax payers
residing il any Judicial district, at the
same time, the eject Of such petition may
bc obstructed By q larger number Of tlike
qualified slgnefsr demonstrating against.
the petition. AS q remedy FOR the evils
which in certain cases, uiay arise from. tho
action Of persons who, under sanction ol
Tho law, might seek to ohstrnct the course
Of justice / would recommend that the
jildgcs be authorized 10 hold special Sos
SONS OF county courts in one or more
counties ~ their several districts for the
trial Of Territorial causes, An additional
reason for the adoption os tic change sng.
gested, IL that parties residing at points
remote from The stated places for holding
eoarls, MAJ receive the benefits Of them,
Without being subjected to unnecessary
I i itlleohsenlence and expense.
The Chief Jastiee and his associates
"a slle'ai he authorized to alternate Iii the
3 several Districts. Gilll it should be InatlC
iileilEahaat on them to hold courts when,
z, ever The presiding Judge Of district may
rom any eailkci be unable 10 allfcinfe. -
: Fri some ehaiige Should DO lntItle ID Tic
pe'tll Code, i,s which the TERRITORY may
pc relieved from tie xpense II transport,
ing prisoners from remote narisS n IN
county. "a, -: - h - q ~;
- Many q the laws now on the siatute
book were passed patler a condition 81
E: things which will soon cease 10 txIsi
LOU cannot reasonably anticipate d con,
Il. Lliuailec Of the partial isoIatie1a which IA,
r characterized yolr curly history hi this rs
SION, ~ must be borne n mind thar yor
re situated npen The great highway 10
,t@eelt Tue qfse.llis, whica IS already teas
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