The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-01-29
THE LEGISLATURE.
TWenty-fOurth Session.
Seventeenth Days Proceed
iDgS.
COUNCIL.


~ Councillor Thurber reported BAG
from the printing committee, the b
ID for amending section 1892 of t
10 Compiled Laws, said bill having be-
&C printed. On motion of Council
y Cluf, it was referred to the commit
4 on revenue.
le Councillor Csine reported, from Il
committee on general incorporation
: the bill for an act "to authorize co
porstions to change the number
their directors or trustees" wit
: amendments. the title was amende
z 80 as to read, ito authorize corporl
tons to change the number OF direc
ore, truttees, or officers. and amend
ling section 532 of the Compiled Law
of Utah." and the body of the bi
amended to correspond with the title
The report was received and To
; amendments adopted. 1t was the
laid on the table to come up in it
order.
Councillor Thurber reported a bill
from the committee on irrigation, TO
an act defining, recognizing ant
acknowledging vested and accrued
rights to the use OF water, and pro
viding for regulating the exercise o
such rights" and asked leave to hav,
it printed. The title was read, the
report accepted and the bill ordered
printed.
Councillor Harrington reported
back the bill to authorize the execu.
ton and acknowledgement of certain
deeds, and recommended it be put
upon its passage.
Councillor E. Snow, by request,
presented a bill "for an act to
amend an act entitled an set provid-
ing for regulating proceedings in civil
cases in Justices courts of the terri
tory, approved February II, 1870,
and to repeal certain parts of said
act" The bill passed its first read
ing and vas referred 70 the commit
tee on judiciary.
The special order, the act to
amend the charter of Salt Lake City,
was taken up, and it was moved to
take up the report of the committee,
and it was taken up.
A question arose SO ID the parlia-
mentary way to shorten action, which |
vas briefly discussed, and Councillor |
Jaine renewed the motion made By
Councillor Smith, On Tuesday, that
he Council do not concur in the re-
concentrations of the majority re-
port of the committee.
The question being put, Councillor |
Game spoke on the main question
substantially az follows:
Ar. President: I rise to speak a
ew words on this question, not that
expect to add anything to the very
.ble arguments already advanced; but
owe it to my constituents and to
myself to raise my voice in opposi-
ion to this proposed injustice to tax
payers Of Salt Lake City. Before
sking up the general subject, I wish
o say in reference to some remarks
made on Wednesday last by the nom
,rable councillor from Kane and
R Washington Counties, relative to
members Of the City Council, 1 wish it
o be understood that I do not stand
isra specially as the representative Of
ny city council, though I have had
be pleasure, as an officer of Salt
AXE City, to be associated with the
honorable council of that city for
nearly four yesrE. stand in this
lace, Mr. President, backed by the
ola large and influential a
as that of any other
aember Of this body. Besides
alt Lake. the banner county Of the
srritory. I have the honor, in con
motion with the gentlemen Oh my
ght and left, 10 represent our east /
n neighbor, Summit County, with 6
J wealth of coal, lumber and silver; {
so our neighbor in the west, Tooele,
ith its grain, fruit, lead mines, (
-tesian wells and, some times, cleo g
on frauds and pseudo republican in c
itutions. According to reports re-
emily published, these counties paid a
lring the past year, in territorial and f
,hool taxes, SCI, lila, and all they t
ave received in return is S17, 474.30, l
AVN by their district schools, lesv- f
e a balance of S43, $50 81 for the Q
5neft of ,the territory at large and b
Ie district schools of other counties. S
1e total territorial ard school tax b
r the year 1879 amounted to S149,-
.O.43; of this amount Salt Lake q
ounty pays $50, $1,000, or over one 6
ird of the whole; and as Salt Lake {
ity pays about seven. ninths of the t
xes Of Salt Lake County, her share d
ould amount to S39, 666.36, more or [
ss, or about 26 40 per cent. OF the 8
1tire territorial and school tax of the L
.rritory. This shows clearly what =
of the public burshens are T
orne by Salt Lake City. c
A portion OF the money derived 0
ON the taxes paid by my constitu- '
ats has, session after session, been r
opropristed by the Legislative AS !
mbly to open roads through the c
hiding csnons, dug-wsys over the 8
,gged mountains, and bridges across 1
le trescherous streams of that pO.- ?
on Of the territory represented by 1
le honorable gentleman who first a
opposed this measure, thereby en- ]
bling i,s citizens to travel with q
ut danger to their persons and c
D transport to market their products '
+ fruit, grape juice and silver grind
tones. This is all right; this is as It &
hould be; it is eminently proper that I
be newly-setiled and weaker portions /
{ the territory should be assisted By s
be older and stronger. There are,
owever, Mr.. President, statesmen OF (
road views, who ere opposed, on the a
rounds of what appears to them I
1und state policy, to spending the G
eneral funds of the state for local {
in any particular sec I
on thereof In this connection, l t
lay add that We shall doubtless be t
,ked at this session to appropriate to {
ssist some Of the weaker counties to
rake local improvements for their &
0ecisl good and benefit, which L {
notwithstanding the high state policy {
some statesmen-am disposed to |
1eet in a spirit of liberal statesman
hip; nay, more, in the spirit Of the {
reat Master Statesman, and do by '
hem as We would ike to be done by. ]
Now, NJ. President. a portion OF I
ny constituents who have furnished
o much of the money before referred {
o comes before this honorable body,
nd in order that they may exist and
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