The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-02-06
THE LEGISLATURE.
fWsnty-fourth Session.
Twenty Fifth Days Proceedings.
COUNCIL.

COUNCIL.
The proceedings in the Council
Chamber, Oh Thursday, 9th inst:
Councillor Harrington presented
petition OF Christian P. Christensen
asking the Legislature to change hi
g, name 70 Christian P. Larsen, giving
10 as his reason for desiring the change
B. that in obtaining his naturalization
papers be had followed the old coun
try custom OF taking his fathers
Christian name for his surname. Pc
tition read and referred to committee
. on petitions and memorials.
The same councillor presented bill
to change the name ss above, which
was read, passed It's first reading and
referred to the same committee.
Councillor Harrington, from the
Judiciary committee, reported a sub
stitute bill for the bill for an act to
prohibit and punish the keepers and
others of opium-smokins houses,
: which was read the first and second
E times, passed those readings. after
: slight amending. and was placed on
file to come up in it's order.
A message from the House was
read. informing the Council of the
concurrence OF that body in the
Councils amendments 10 the special
election bill.
A com municAtion from the House
was read, saying that bojy was in
receipt OF g message from the Acting
Governor, with his non-spproval OF
the act organizing San Juan County,
giving as his reason for returning the
bill, that it did not embrace certain
compact and contiguous territory.
Councillor Z. Snow, from the COM
mittee on counties, presented bill
for changing the colnty seat OF Kane
County from Toquervllle TO Kanab,
IN pursuance With instructions TO the
committee on counties, and asked
that il be read and put upon lite
passage. Read first time. The bill,
besides changing the county seat,
makes q new boundary line between
Kane and Washington Counties, in
accordance with the petition read on
Wednesday.
The bill providing for equalizing
taxes on tIaaSitory herds was taken
from the table on its third reading,
and passed is Aird reading by its
title.
Councillor dIuh introduced q bill
recorders OF mining dis {
.ricts to give bonds, which passed its
first reading and Was referred to the /
on mineral resources.
Councillor Barton introduced bill
or an act providing for the health C
md safety of persons employed in I
,oal mines, which was read by its T
tile and referred to the committee on
mineral resources. t
Councillor Csine introduced a bill c
or an act amepdatory OF and sup d
to an act providing for C
Incorporating mining and manufac- s
uring associations. etc., approved
February, 1870. The bill passed its Fl
irst reading and was referred to the Il
committee on general incorpora- f
lions. +
The bill for changing the county
ieat of Kane County was next taken t
from the table, and, after couple OF {
amendments, passed its second read
ing. t
Councillor E. Snow, from the COM L
mittee on counties, reported adversely Q
on the petition of citizens of Piute c
County, asking for the change of the L
seat from junction to Koosh- y
arum. &
A communication from the House p
was received and read stating that that
BODY had passed, with amendments, q
.he bill in relation to guardian and g
ward. The amendments consisted Of q
changes OF the lenses of the VERDE t
''is, " 'has" and "spplies," in sec T
ions IA, 40, 46 and IS to est ALL" T
shall be" and "shall apply" Sec ]
ion SO was also amended so as to read T
three successive weeks in a news b
PAPER having general circulation in
he county, or in such Newspaper as C
nay be specified by the court" The
amendments we're concurred in.
Councillor E. Snow presented a petit
ion signed by 81. s. Eldredge and
Orty- eight others, prominent mer-
hants and citizens of Salt Lake City, o
sking for an appropriation or pre- e
mum of $4,000 for the first 5000 s
pounds OF merchsntable sugar manu- is
actured IN Utah from cane raised IN Il
his territory. Tbs petition set forth o
bat at Gunniton, SAnpete County,
ompany had been organized for the q
of sugar from the a
Early Amber cane, by the
tewart process, a most valuable
discovery. The company had worked
hitherto under many disadvantages, 4
be principal one being the want OF {
efficient capital, but intended, the :
oming season, to put in about 100 S
.cres of cane, and was anxious to c
make success Of the enterprise. s
The petition was accompanied with
ipecimens ofsugsr made by the COM
1any and glucose from the corn
stalks.
Councillor Snow presented, with 81
the first named petition, bill for an s.
act offering a premium for the manu-
fscture OF sugar in the Territory OF :
Utah, which passed its first reading =
and was referrs4 10 the committee on =
agriculture, tra8ee, exc. .
Councillor Wells, chairman of the :
enrolment coHmittee, reported the =
bill to legslLs the execution and =
Of certain deeds, as
hsving been correctly enrolled and
forwarded ID the Governor for his 2p-
proval.
The table being clear, the Council
adjourned till Friday.
HOUSE.