The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-02-15
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, Z.
COUNCIL.
Tuesday, February IA, 1882.
2 p. m.

N1A1OA AOil SOlA 0iAO pAoyOL ~ VIZ
chaplain, petition was presented
from a number of citizens in the
City of Washington, Washington
County, asking for an appropriation
of $4,000 to make a new road. or
improve the old one, running over
the Black Ridge, especially in the
vicinity of Grapevine Springs. Re-
TERED to the committee on roads,
bridges and ferries. .....
A petition was presented from
sixty-eight merchants of Salt Lake
City, that G. F. 10, bill to collect
small debts, be passed, which was
read and referred to the committee
on judiciary.
The committee OH claims and APP
preparations reported fayorably on
the petition of w. III. Clark,
Of Sewer County, for reim-
bursement in the sum of S79.4o;
and of F. Kingston, ex-assessor of
Morgan county, for reimbursement
in the sum of $4661, and the
amounts were agreed to be placed
in the appropriation bill. These
sums are for taxes which had been
paid in other counties. consequently
duplicated in the territorial treas
ury.
ffhe committee on municipal cor
porationS and townsites reported
back H. F. 1, granting Incorporated
cities certain powers, with amend
ments. The bill was laid on the
table, to come up in its order.
The committee on agriculture re-
ported back C.. F. Is, bill to restrain
sheep from running at large and
governing the herding of the same,
with amendments. Laid on the
table, to come up in it's order.
The same committee reported
back H. F. Z, relating to encing
lots and gathered crops, without
any amendments, and recommended
its passage. Laid on she table, to
come up in its order.
This committee also reported c..
F. %, in relation to dogs, with
amendments. Laid on the table, to
come up in its order.
The committee on municipal
corporation reported IL. +. So,
amending the charter of Spanish
Fork City, and II. F. Al, changing
the boundaries Of American Fork
City, without amendments also c..
F. Is, incorporating Nephi City,
with several amendments. Laid on
the table to come up in Their ord1r.
The House notified the Council
that it had passed G. F. Is, the bill
designating public holidays, amend
ed. Laid on the table TO come up
in its order.
The committee on judiciary re-
ported that they had enquired into
the reasons given for the family Of
StOnehouse wishing to change the
name to Stone, and recommended
the passage of the bill. Laid on
the table to come up in its order.
Councillor Cuff introduced bill
to provide for licensing peddlerS,
drummers, telegraphing. express
companies, sewing machine agents,
dentists and physicians, outside city
corporations, the net proceeds to g.
into the treasury, for the benefit of
district schools.
The bill provides that county
courts are authorized to license
peddlers at $50 per year, drummers
$50, telegraphers $25, sewing ma
chine companies S25 for each COM
pany represented, dentists SO,
physicians $40; and on stocks up to
$4,000, $40 per year; $4,000, $40;
$4,000, $50; $4,000, $50; $4,000,
SO; $4,000, $50; $4,000, $50; over
$4,000, 500. 1t shall not relate to
licenses for spirituous and other
liquors. All persons refusing to
comply are guilty Of misdemeanor,
aad may be punished by fine of 800
or imprisonment for three months,
but not to exceed twice the amount
Of license he may be subject to.
II. F. l, the bill giving power to
city councils to restrain from run
ming at large swine, horses, cattle,
poultry, and impound them; also to
regulate and provide for the setting
out Of shade trees on public grounds;
to levy and assess city taxes. ETC.,
was recommilted to the committee
on municipal corporations.
G. F. I6, to restrain the running at
large OF herding of sheep within
three miles of settlements, or within
one-half mile ofVany public high
way, or within two miles Of any
dairy, except within the prior pos
session of any owner CT such sheep
was then taken up.
A discussion arose on the defining
of what Should be deemed a settle
ment within the meaning of the act.
1t was feared that the law might be
made too stringent on the sheep
herders, and drive them from the
Territory, and as many individuals
are settling all along the streams
on quarter sections of ground, much
more so than formerly, the facilities
for herding Or watering large herds
of sheep are diminishing, and no
watering place will be left for them.
A settlement or village was not
defined as consisting of any certain
number of fanii4 /, though Coun-
cilor Smoot said sometimes ten
families might apsi.- for a charter
for incorp0ral ion Councillor CluI
said focl1s of sheep have very much
ANNOYED and injured many of his
nv the owners UerSiSt-