The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-03-05
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.
FIFTY-FIFTH DAY,
COUNCIL.
Saturday, March 4, 1882.

Saturday, March 4, 1882.
10 am.
After roll call and prayer by tn,
chaplain, II. T. 90, concernin;
barbed and other wire fences wa
taken up. This bill requires all per
sons using these fences, to place
SlX-lnch board or a three-inch pol
Just above or below the top wire
and all persons neglecting ~ place
such board or pole shall be liable t
damages sustained by owners o
stock The bill was read and re
forred to the committee on agricul-
ture.
h. F. II, extended the suffrage
to persons above the age Of Il WHO
have declared their intention TO be.
come citizens of the United States
Was read and referred to the com.
mittee on judiciary.
II. +. A, amending certain sec
tons OF The revenue law, giving
details of instruction how assessor
and collectors rolls, warrants, etc,
shall be made. was read and referred
to the committee on revenue.
II. f. so, for changing the name
of Thos. Edmund Genge, of Salt
Lake City, to Thomas Edmund
GaMge, was reid and passed.
II. f. SO, amending section 1905
Complied Laws of Utah, was read
and rejected.
By unanimous con sent, Councillor
Wells, of the JOINT committee on
constitutional convention, reported
that they had care uIiy examined
the matter and reported a resolution
in favor Of holding Il general con-
VentiOn on the 10th OF April for
sending representatives to Washing
ton to ask for statehood for Utah.
The resolution was read and adOp-
ted.
by unanimous consent, Councillor
E. snow, Of the committee Oh MUM
cipal corporation, reported favorably
on the petition Of T. SchOnfeld5 AID
eighty-tWO others, for limiting the
west bOundry Of Salt Lake City to
the JordOn River; also in view, in
the near future, Of the five acre lots
south Of the city being irrigated by
the new canal and the mountain
streams being diverted for use on
the bench land, that the south
boundary line of Salt Lake City, be
the street running west from the
paper mill. Report and recon-
mendation laid on the table.
G. F. %, the Salt Lake City char
ter, was laid over until Monday.
and made special order for the day.
\ message was received stating
that the House did not concur in
the Council amendments to the bill
concerning the Utah reports. i
motion prevailed that The Council
does not Tecede from their amend
mentS to this bill. The House
wants one hundred copies and the
Council twenty-five copies, Of the
Utah reports.
The House did not concur in the
Council amendment to the estray
bill atldrivesIor round-ups for brand
ing the estrayS, and for Tedeeming
them within twelve months. a
motion prevailed that the Council
do not recede from their amend
mentS.
The committee on municipal cor
porations report back II. F, 50, to
incorporate Park City. The pro-
visions for the election of council
men beingl somewhat at variance
with the general election law. The
bill was read and recommitted to
the committee on municipal cor
poratiOns.
II. f. 60, to provide for canceling
warrants and prohibiting treasur-
erS and collectors from discOunting
warrants, was read and referred to
the committe on revenue.
a Joint resolution for the di5tri-
button of the 800 bound copies and
500 unbound of the Compiled
Laws, now in the territorial library,
was read and referred to the COM
mite on library.
Council adjourned until ? pm.
Monday.