The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-02-09
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
COUNCIL.
Wednesday, February s, 1882.

by Councillor E. Snow, from John
NJ. McF arlane and 1872 other citizens
of st. George, asking that $1,000 be
appropriated to repair the road run
ming over the Black Ridge and
make q new road, as the present one
is at many points, and especially at
Grapevine Springs. nearly impassa-
bic. The petition is similar to the
petition of Geo. II. Crosby and S.
H. Pearson, from the same region of
country, on the same subject. Re-
ferred to the committee on roads,
bridges, ferries and canyons.
a petition was presented by
Councillor Game, from Sidney Hue
son and 1877 others, stating that the
custom now is for aldermen and
councillors to be elected on one ticket
by the whole of the voters, and, as
it is believed that that portion of
section of the city charter makes it
obligatory so to do, asks that
the charter be amended and that the
city council be requiem to divide
the city into council districts and
provide for aldermen and council
men being elected in and by each
municipal ward. Referred to the
committee on elections.
The committee on printing re-
ported that thirty copies of the an
swer of the special committee to
those portions of the Governors
message relating to the political
situation and pOlygamy. had been
printed.
A message was received from the
House stating that Messrs. Penrose
and Dalton had been appointed a
committee of conference on the bill
amending section 1883 of the Com
piled Laws.
-Four petitions from 200 citizens of
Iron and Piute Counties were read,
demonstrating against changing the
boundaries of those counties. COun-
cilor Murdoch, who introduced the
petitions, begged leave to withdraw
them and haYe them presented in
the House of Representatives.
Granted.
The committee on municipal cor
perations reported back the bill
changing the boundaries of ToOele
City, and offered a substitute there
for. The substitute bill was read
and adopted. This substitute bill
changes the description Of the bOun-
diaries so as to correspond with the
survey of the land sought to be
known as TOOele City.
C. F. II, to regulate and license
the manufacture and sale Of intOXi-
eating liquors was brought up on
its second reading. when Councillor
Game offered an amendment to pro-
vide that the City of Salt Lake shall
not be required to transfer more
than one-ifth of such fines and for
FIXTURES in the liquor business. He
looked upon the matter, as it stands
in the proposed law, as an injustice
to Salt Lake City. In the session OF
1880 the charter was amended and
the City Council empowered to Dor
row the sum Of $250,000, to bring
water into the city for the benefit
of the citizens, and prov ided that
One-fifth of the entire revenue OF
the city shall be set apart for the
payment of these bonds and the
interest accruing thereon. In the
calculation of the revenue of Salt
Lake City for the payment of this
money to be borrowed, the amount
received from liquor licenses, and
fines was taken into consideration
and the finding of the amount based
upon those figures was the main
factor in this legislation. One-ffth
having been already appropriated 1t
it is not competent for this legisla-
ture to legislate away any more OF
their revenue. If such was done
the credit of the city would be ma
terially affected. These bonds would
deteriorate. It was also unjust to
take funds from a city which was
liable to expenses incurred conSe-
quent upon the sale of liquor and
give them to communities who
being benefited by prohibition OF
the liquor traffic had not these
expenses of restraining and govern
lug the attendant evils and also had
no revenue to put in the territorial
treasury from such source. The
evils entailed upon the people of
this city are known to be costly
while necessarily being borne.
Councillor Thatcher differed with
the previous speaker on the policy
of making the matter special to Salt
Lake, and argued that the city had
been receiving $70o per year for
merly for licenses, they are now en-
powered to collect $1,000 by the bill,
which would not make the net re-
ceipts much of a reduction after
this two-fifths was paid for the ben
eft Of schools.
Councillor Caine said the revenue
on which the sinking fund was
based was predicated on the $1,000
license, which gave an aggregate of
$4,000 revenue from that source.
Councillor E. Snow admitted that
Salt Lake City had its burdens. So
have other cities and counties pos.
sibly in proportion to their revenue
This special legislation is unwise
and if the councillors were sincere
in wishing the changing of the see.
ton he would be in favor of amend.
ing the whole section so that il
should be general and uniform and
not social
| Councillor Thatcher offered al
amendment that One-fOurth Of the