The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-03-10

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a beard of equalization, with amend nd
ments.
The committee on roads. bridoo.
and ferries reported back the re1ort
of Emanuel Bagley and Jens fen
son, concerning the expenditure ~
$4,000 on the Salina CANYON ana
Meadow Gulch road, recOmmendinou
that it be adopted. Carried. 8
The committee on judiciary 70
ported back G. F. SO, reo1irinr
clerks of district courts to keen anS
report the attendance roll of inrors
and witnesses, with amendments
H. F. SO, the bill to protect the
maternal rights of married women
concerning their children. which
shall be equal, was taken up and
passed. ~
G. F. 26, to establish and protect
the identity of married women. was
taken up.
Councillor E. Snow suggested that
this bill be attached to II. F. SO and
blend the two bills into one. The
vote for reconsideration having
passed, the latter bill, H. f. go. was
substituted for the Council bill. with
G. f. 20 added, read and passed.
Councillor Thurber referred to the
report of the committee, which said
that all the property rights in the
bill proposed were now legally en-
| joyed by the women of Utah. and he
held that all the rights women
could enjoy were upon the statutes
and well defined in the law. Thew
enjoy the rights Of property owner
ship efOre or after marriage, with
out any limitation or restriction.
they CAN sue or be sued, plead or be
implicated, defend or be defended;
they can participate in the manage
ment of government, voting ~ any
and all elections; ali civil powers If
material and marital rights. An
open letter has been laid upon his
desk, and in it he found sentences
that were not sent to the right legis-
Iature, and he should vote against
the bill.
Councillor Murdoch said the prin-
ciple of the bill is new in the legiS-
latlOn for Utah, neW theory, but
new theories are not necessarily
wrong. 1t is new idea all over
stantly giving way to new ones.
The vital points of the bill are to
guarantee to woman what she
possesses before marriage, to pre-
serve the same identity after as be-
fore marriage, and there is nothing
illiberdl asked for III the bill. In
barbaric ages she was regarded as a
chattel, as property belonging to
man, bat there were other purposes
and aims for women In this age.
Councillor E. Snow stated that the
views and objects Of this bill, as he
and other members of the commit
tee looked upon it, were favorable
to its passage. The Trainer of the
open letter referred to had made a
mistake in classifying the efforts of
this Legislature as being exclusively
dictated by inspiration, but the
friends of the bill believe that it
proposes another right which may
not have been clearly and expressly
defined in legislation; it gives her
rights which have been refused
under the old English common law.
The bill provides for her natural, in
alienable, personal rights against
abuse on the part of her husband,
and he was prepared to stand by the
bill.
The bill passed its third reading.
The committee on enrolment re-
ported that G. F. SO, had been en-
rolled and forwarded to the Gov
ernOr.
The committee on counties re-
ported back G.. F. 20, changing the
boundaries of Kane, Iron and Wash
lngton and creating Snow County,
which was read and the bill passed.
The committee on Judiciary re-
ported back II. F. IS, the bill con-
corning attachments Of the property
Of non-residents, and reported on
the amendments and substitutes adj
versely. Report adopted.
H. F. 30, to appropriate S1OOOOtO
the d. A. 81 VI. Society for the cree
ton of permanent exhibition build
ings, was read and referred to the
committee on trades and agricul-
ture.
Councillor Th1rber asked what
persons form this society, as we hear
nothing of their organization, mem
bership, etc., and he thought 1t
needed reorganization.
Councillor Caine said it was com
posed of hundreds of members and
report was furnished to the House
this session.
II. F. SO, a bill to revise and com
pile the laws of Utah, naming PHI.
Emerson, John I. Game, Samuel r.
Thurman and A. L. Thomas as the
commissioners, apprOpriating 81 900
to pay expenses as far as the money
will go, the balance Of the expenses
to be paid for by the next Legisla-
ture, was read and passed.
a message was received from the
Governor stating thatahe had ap-
proved G. T. SO, the bill designating
legal holidays.
II. f. AZ, for an equalization board,
was amended by the committee by
naming the assessors of Cache,
Weber, Davis, Utah, Sanpete and
Salt Lake counties and the assessor
of Salt Lake City as such board.
The amendment was adopted.