The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-02-04
THE LEGISLATURE
TWenty-fOurth Session.
Twenty Third Days Proceedings.
COUNCIL.

After the usual announcement
yesterday, that the Council was o2e
and ready for business,
Communications from the Hous
we're received and read: the first On
announcing the passage by that bod,
OF the bill for al act providing TO
eouslizing taxes on transitory herds
and the second, the passage OF the &C
to amend an act establishing dlstIlc
and precinct pounds, and prescribing
regulations for conducting the same
and for disposing Of estTay animals
The first mentioned passed its frat
reading and was referred to the com
mittee on revenue, and the other wal
read the frat time and referred to the
committee on agriculture, trades, etc.
Councillor Thurber, from the COM
mittse on irrigation, reported back
the bill Tor In act condemning l2nds,
with several amendments. Report
received and bill laid on table to come
up in its order.
Councillor E. Snow presented Pc
tition from Royal ]. Cutler and sixty
seven others, citizens of Mount Car
mel and Glendale, Kane county,
praying for the removal OF the county
seat from Toquerville to Kanab, and
setting forth the Disadvantages OF the
former, and advantages of the latter.
The petition was read and referred TO
the committee on counties.
a communication from the House
conveyed the intelligence tothe Coun-
Gil that the representatives had con.
CURED in the Council amendments to
the act comforting exclusive original
jurisdiction on Justices of TIE peace.
The act amending the charter Of
salt Lake City was then taken up on
its third reading, when Councillor
Game submitted e couple Of slight
amendments to the amendments
offered by him on Monday. which |
we're adopted, and the bill was read |
y its title, and go was passed.
4 Eaesssge from the House an
.ounced the concurrence Of that body |
q the Council amendments to the
ct Organizing San Juan County.
The bill for an act 10 provide for
lands for public use was
AIKEN Up, and the amendments pro
osed by the committee on irTiga-
on, which do not touch the LprC-
ration of water, but merely provide
II the right OF way ID municipal or
Their corporations or associations of
ersons for canals, bitches, fumes,
ans or reservoirs. or ether construc-
Ons for irriga!ing or draining, we're
lad and discussed 1T some length
nd adopted, and the bill passed it's
cond reading.
Councillor E. Snow said before tie
il was disposed of, be would ask if
.e Couccil thought, in view of the
;ls Of Congress on the subject, the
ssemhly would be justified in con-
rring the class OF jurisdiction pre-
ded Tor in the bill. He was informed
lat the other councillors were satisfied
! that point. He continued by
ating that the question bad sug-
9sted itself to him on reading letter
ON the prosecuting attorney of
Washington County, one clause of
hich referred to Representative
lery, of New Mexico, petitioning
for a grant of jurisdiction 10
rebate cou,ts in civil and criminal
asses involving all amounts below
1000. He suggested thai some such
measure be taken into consideration
u obtaining for Utah the same iuris-
lotion, and thus save to citizens
specially in the southern country
no reside at great distances from
le district court, vast amount OF
ouble and expense in travelling to
nd from the judicial headquarters.
The bill was read the third time by
s titla and so passed, and was sent to
be house for concurrence.
Minutes read and accepted, end the
ouDcll adjourned until Wednesday,
t 2 O'Clock,