The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-02-24
NEW LAWS.
A List Of the Bills Passed by the
Assembly and Approved
by the Governor.

Y Following is a complete list Of the
L laws passed by the Legislative AZ
s sembly, and approved by the Gov
ernor during the session just closed,
; with the exception of a few now in
the hands of the public printer,
: which could not be obtained yester-
day, owing to the Nel0S Office being
I closed:
: Az Act Prescribing Fees for the
a Secretary of Utah.
=. An Act to Provide for Right OF Way
D for Canals for Salt Lake CITY; this is
the act passed for the securing Of the
right of way for the proposed canal
! for this city.
An Act Empowering Railroad Cor
; poraIions to Deed and Mortgage their
franchises and Property, and Con.
firming such ConYeysnces Here t1fore
Made, and for Other Purposes.
An Act Providing for EQuslizing
Taxes on Transitory Herds.
{ An An Creating Emery County.
An Act for the Protection of Bee
Culture.
An Act Providing for the adjourn
ment o! Courts in Certain Cases; this
is 10 cover tue possibility Of term
lspsing owing to the absence from
the court OF the judge on the first day
OF the term. This bill gives limit
OF five days before it lapses on sc-
count of the absence Of the Judge OF
the district.
An Act Amending Section 1920 of
the Compiled Laws.
An Act Providing for the Organiza
ton of UintAh County, and defining
the Boundaries Thereof.
An Act Amending an Act to Provide
for Special Elections to fill Vacancies,
approved February %, 1878.
An Act apportloning the Waters
and Islands Of Great ga Lake to the
Counties bordering thereon and
extending the Northern Boundaries
of Salt Lake County.
An Act to encourage the Manufac-
tnre of Sugar in the Territory OF Utah;
this act offers a reward OF $1,000 to
any party or parties, who, on or before
the 10Th day of November next, shall
deliver in this city, 1000 pounds of
marketable sugar manufactured in
and from material produced in this
territory.
An Act Changing the Boundaries
of Sappete, Utah and Wasatch
Counties.
An Act to Protect Persons ard
Animals in certain cases.
An Act to Amend an Act Entitled
an Act to Incorporate Ogden City,
approved January 18th, 1861.
An Act Amending an Act Amend
ing the Charters of incorporated
Cities, approved February %, 1878.
An Act in relation to Guardian and
Ward.
An Act Amending an Act to pro-
vide revenue for the Territory OF Utah
and the several Counties thereof,
approved February %, 1873.
An Act Apportioning the Legie-
lative Representation OF the Terri
tory of Utah.
An Act Pertaining to Highways.
An Act 10 Legslize the Execution
and Acknowledgment of Certain
Deeds.
An Act Amending Section 1179 of
the Compiled Laws OF Utah. (Towr-
site Act
An Act Allowing Rewards to Con-.
victs and Committing their Terms of
Sentence for Meritorious Conduct.
An Act in Relation " County and
Probate Courts.
An Act to Provide for Fencing Lots,
Orchards, and Stsckyards in Cities,
Towns and Villages. This requires
persons in such places to enclose their
property with lawful fence and keep |
the same in repair, or they cannot
claim damages for trespass by cattle.
An Act to Punish Persons Entering
Into Railroad Cars, in Certain Cases.
An Act to Establish a Territorial |
Insane Asylum. and to Provide a
Fund Therefor.
An Act Amending the Charter of |
Salt Lake City. This is the act al
lowing Salt Lake City to borrow
S250,000 upon a twC-thirds vote OF
the people.
An Act Amending Certain Acts
for the Preservation of Fish and |
Game.
An Act Providing for the Estab-
lishment and Support of District |
Schools, and for Other Purposes.
An Act to Amend Section 191 of |
the Compiled Laws of Utah.
An Act Providing for Recording
Vested Rights 10 the Use of Water |
and Regulating their Exercise. This |
act is considered one OF the most inn
portsnt passed, and is the result of
the consideration of three sessions. 1t |
is not as it was originally passed, the |
Governor refusing to sign it; many |
sections were stricken out, but it is
still considered a good law.
An Act Providing for the Election |
OF Clerks OF County Courtg.
An Act Defining the First and
Third Judicial Districts of the Terri
tory Of Utah. This is the act that
chops a portion of the Third Judicial
District aud gives it to the First, and
is the matter sought for by Ogden AID
some northern sections.
An Act Making Appropriations for
General Purposes. This is the sppro-
priation for 1880 and 1881, and in re.
gard to jury and witness fees reads
as follows: ITO pay fees of jurors
and witnesses in criminal cases,
$50, 000; Provided, That the above
amount shall be drawn upon vouchers
duly authenticated for services as
jurors in criminal cases only, and for
witnesses for the prosecution only in
such cases"
An Act Amendstory of and Sup
Elemental to Chapter 4, Title II,
Compiled Laws of Utah.
New Goods.