The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-02-10
HOUSE.

)l W u hsah9ot HeSr03OI ElU COt!OCkU
lie Tor DAVIS County, tcF relief on zccoun
&c OF the delinquent territorial tsxes 70
re the gears 1878 and 1879. Read, and
n on motion OF Mr. Fishsr, referred 1
ID tbs COMMITTEES on clsiOs and appro
N prislionE.
10 Messages were received rom To,
70 Council announcing the appointment
y of the special COMMITTEES to consider
II the propriety of establishing q terri
torisl insane asylum, ETC., and the
passage of the Council bill TO amend
section 1874 OF the Compiled Laws oil
2 Utah-being property exempt from
Execution. The bill was read and
put upon It's passage.
Several amendments we're suggested
and discussed by Messrs. Csrriugten,
Penrose and Grover, when the bill
passed.
a message was received from the
lCouRcl announcing the passage,
EWithoat amendment, OF the bin ere
sIipS 6an Juan OEsusy, and the pss-
ssgs Of he bill providing for the
health and salstg OF Psrsoss employed
in coal mines: The Isiter bill, on mo
ton Of Mr.. PrestoR, wss voted to be
referred to the committee on judici-
airy; but motion to reconsider was
made by Mr. Darlington, and it went
TO tae committee on mineralresoUrces.
Mr.. Hatch, chairman of the COM
mi!tee on counties. submitted re-
pOrtrelative to the Council bill for the
removal of the county seat of Kane
County from Toquerville to Kanab,
recommending the passage OF the
came. The report was accepted. and |
the bill read and passed without |
amendment.
Mr.. Murdoch presented q petition |
from 175 citizens of Beaver County, |
asking for an appropriation to assist
in the establishment Of high school
in that county. Read and referred
TO the committee on education.
Mr.. Penrose presented a report
from the committee on petitions and
memorials, relative to the petition to
Congress, asking for a change in the
homestead law snd the desert land
law. The report was favorable as to
the homestead law, but adverse rela-
tvs to the second request, and pre-
sented q memorial to Congress cover
ing the frat part of the petition. The
memorial was read and adopted.
Mr.. Lyman presented q bill for
an act to amend the law in re-
gard to special elections. The bill is
the same as passed before, but re-
turned by the Governor for the ad-
dition of another section providing
that officers chosen shall secure their
commissions within forty days or the
Offices shall be declared vacant. a
section IL now added to toe bill cover
ing the suggestions Of the Governor.
Tbs bill MSS read the first time; the
sscond time BY ita title; tn ird time by
its title, and so passed.
Mr. Lyman, chairman OF the COM
mittee on revenue, presented bill
from the committee for an act dsfin-
ing TIE amount OF the bonds of the
territorial auditor and of the territorial
and county treasurers. The bill was
read the first time; second time by
sections, and some amendments we're
made. Tbs bill Whs than read the
third time by it, title and so passed.
The title Was then amended by strik-!
ing the word territorial out.
The bill amending sections 1903
and l ,692 Of the Compiled Laws, re-
Isting 10 contsmpts aud their punish
ment. made the special order for tC-
day by the action of the House on
Saturday. was then taken from the
table on its second reading by sec
tons. The act limits confinement for
contempt to thirty days, unless the
act, the non-psrformance OF which
creates the contempt, is performed,
and provides that the cause OF COM
mitment shall be specified in the war
rant OF commitment
Mr.. Lyman called att ention to the
fact that the reading of the bill linz
tied the confinement to thirty days
unless the act ia performed, which |
seemed 10 read thsj if one did perform |
the act, be could Be haprisousa 50
or 100 days,
Mr.. McKinnon thought the bill ass
| all right, because 8 person could not |
be confined at sll If the act were per-
formed.
Mr.. Darlington stated that he
thought the inference would be that
the confinement should cease when
the act was performed, but he wanted
Isomething that would cover the
ground where persons were con-
fined for an act that they
could not perform. A certain
Judge, all knew, had confined
him and others twenty-four days be-
cause they did not perform an sct
which it was not in their power to
{ perform, and the Judge knew it. He
wanted something TO cover this.
Mr.. Francis spoke on the subject,
land Mr.. Lyman made motion to
amend BY striking out the words mot
ID exceed" which was carried.
| Pending further discussion. Mr..
lJauues moved that the bill be recon-
mitted to the committee on judiciary,
which was put and carried, and the
bill recommitted.
The Council bill relating TO the
eondemning OF lands Tor public use
: was then taken from the table.
sir. Francis moved that consider a.
ton be deferred until the bill be
printed.
Mr.. Grover stated The Council had
, passed the bill, and he did not think
: it was so long but the members could
: understand il.
J, Mr.. Francis withdrew his motion,
i and the bill va. then read a second
s time By sections. It was slightly
d amended. read by its title, and 81
ss passed.
n A message wEa recai7sd from tn,
is Council, announcing its concurrence
% in the House amendments to tn
Vi Council bill amending section 1444 c
'. the Compiled Lave.
~ Mr.. Lyman introduced a bill
protect the citzsus of Utah from il
.-.,,ote,k Yoracfitinnera of gurpery