The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-02-15
Thirty-FOnrth Days Proceedings.
COUNCIL.
Saturday, Feb. "A. II am.

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as members of a joint committee {
wait upon Governor Emery, an
n ascertain If he had any communica
q tons to make to the Assembly. Tn
President appointed Messrs. Ghurbe
n and Cluf on the part of the Council
3 as members of such committee.
Also that the House had passed The
bill providing for the establishment
and support of district schools.
The bill relating to estray pounds
reported adversely On by the com,
mittee on judiciary, was taken up,
the report of the committee adopted
and the bill was returned to the
= House.
The bill allowing awards to con-
yicts and committing term OF sentences
Of prisoners, was taken up on its sec
Iond reading, and third reading by its
title, and passed
On motion OF Councillor Thurber,
the oil providing for the establish
ment aud support OF district schools
wac read the first time by its title and
referred to the committee on educa-
ton.
Councillor Game, from the commit
tee on elections, reported back the
bill amending the act providing for
special elections to fill vacancies,
with amendments. Said bill was
taken up on its second reading, and
its third reading by it's title, and sent
to the House for their action thereon.
Communications we're received
from the House, stating that the irri-
CATION bill had been passed, with
amendments; also that the House had
concurred in the Council amend
ments to the bill committing terms Of
sentences Of prisoners.
Councillor Caine, from the commit
tee on Judiciary, reported a bill
amending the act providing the mode
of procedure in criminal cases. The
report was adopted, and the bill laid
on the table to come up in it's order.
a message was received from the
House announcing its concurrence
in the Council amendments to the bill
to bonds of auditor and terri
torisl and county treasurers.
Council Thurber, from the commit
tee appointed TO wait upon Governor
Emery. reported that his excellenCy,
The Governor, deemed it unnecessary,
1t this late date, to forward any
pecial communication to the As
emily, but was ready to cooperate
With the body in all necessary lepis- !
Istion. i
The Council concurred in the
House amendments to the irrigation
)ill and ordered that it be engrossed.
A recess was taken until 2 pm.
ppm. {
The committee on counties reported
| bill amending the bill organizing :
3an Juan County and changing the
of Emery County by adj
ling TO it the portion of San Juan
County rejected by Acting-Goyernor
Thomas. The amendments were
Ldopted and the bill passed by its :
tile and sect to the House for its
A communication was received
rom the House stating that the
jouncil bill apportioning the waters
f Great Salt Lake had been passed
y that body.
The bill amending the act to regu-
4te the mode OF procedure IN Grim
lel cases was read the first time by 1
6 title, read the second time by
and the third time by Its {
tile.
Councillor Smoot, from the COM
nittee on municipal corporations, re-
,orted bill amending the charters of
Incorporated cities, with amendments. q
Passed its second reading by sections.
The noticeable feature is that city r
ounoils of incorporated cities are en-
covered to Assess and collect from
Il males of from q to so years of
ge So per annum or two days labor,
D be utilized under the direction OF
be STREET supervisors; in default of r
isyment said tax may be collected in c
be same manner as provided for COL
Getting the territorial and county G
axes. b
Councillor E. Snow explained that /
f the bill provided for municipal cor {
,orations to collect a poll tax to the C
EXCLUSION of g county poll tax, it L
7ould work hardship in the spsrsely
estled counties where municipal cor
ioIations were distant from each i
theT, as it would leave the county ! i
curt with but little revenue for road
purposes.
Councillor Merrill moved that the t
I'LL be amended by inserting one day 7
o the place of two days, as this, added {
o the two days labor or pay now
assessed by county counts as a poll
ak, would be anple for all road i'm.
in corporate limits and
IN county roads; slso opposed the ]
proposed method of citiea collecting
poll tax. This motion was not car Z
lied. t
Councillor Smoct expressed his
opinion that but one poll tax csn be
collected in one year, and he believed
hat city supervisors could expend
Iuch tax with better results than the
present system OF county road super
lisors handling the means
Councillor Game stated that the
poll tax collected by the county
In Salt Lske CITY was
matter Of Injustice upon its citizen, who
generally deemed 1t a nuisance, "a
little ct 1t Was expended on any OF
the streets of the city. The corpora
ton had graveled the State Road for
many block, at q cost of 81, 900 a |
block, and other roads in this city, |
called state and county roads, were
improved exclusively by this corpora
lion. st. George and Logan might
be living under different circum-
stances, but the living fact in the ex-
perience OF the citizens OF Salt Lake |
City Is that large potion OF the re-
ceipts from poll tax is necessary to pay
the supervisors to compensate them |
for their time and labor in collecting |
it, and hardly anything was expended
in improving the roads.
Pending its third reading, tee bin
went over.
Councillor Wells, from conference
committee on the contempt bill, re
ported that the committee recommend
that the Council recede from their
amendments. Carried.
Councillor Wella, from the commit
tee on enrolment, reported that ths
bill changing the pame OF Christian
sep IN IsrseD Eas ready for the Cow