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

Dy Councillors several times, and
Ln os 6naIly killed and buried.
Recess until pm.
p. m.
No quorum being present, The
.-Geant alarms was notified ta
5t nm some members Of the Coun-
H. and request their appearance,
o. thot husiness might be proceeded
. 1 The sergeant returned and
gtated that he could not End any OF
&c members After a few minutes
= quorum was obtained.
message from the House was
road. stating that II. +. So, a bill
making appropriations for general
1mrnoSes, had been passed.
The appropriation bill was read
md referred to the committee on
Claims and appropriations.
Another message from the House
rras read, stating that the House
incurred in some of the Council
omendments to II. T. 81, but Others
of+hpm were nOn-cOncurring The
Tonse also had passed G.. F. 80.
The deficiency bill, as amended by
.ba House. was read, and some
smendments not being agreed to,
come discussion ensued.
Council took recess for joint ses-
After the Joint session dissolved,
tho deficiency bill was agreed to.
The conference committees re-
,o+t nm n. F. 45 was then acted on.
PHI The committee reported G. F. 50
and c. F.37 enrolled and sent to the
A message from the House was
roeeived stating their concurrence
- n F AZ and H. f. SO, and their
ID of memorial to Congress,
" an appropriation Of $4,000 to
. aSSist in defraying the expenses of
revising and compiling the laws OF
Utah Territory; also that the House
bad nassed a Joint resolution abol-
isbinG the office Of Surveyor-General.
The an.-at-arms was directed
to request the presence Of some
members to make quorum.
G.. F. 26, the bill in relation to the
identity of married women was read
as amended by the House, and
passed.
A me sage from the House an
nounced the passage Of II. +. 81,
amending the private incorp ration
act, was read and passed.
A message from the House stated
the passage of a report to pay the
contingent expenses. and to increase
the pay Of the minute clerks.
Councillors Thurber and Cuff Op-
posed enlarging the pay OF the
minute clerk, and the Council votec
against charging their pay.
The Joint resolution abolishine
the office of the surveyor-genera
was read.
Councillor Caine did not think thi:
Assembly, by resolution, can de
Stroy an office created by law, anC
that it was not competent legiSla
ton.
Councillor Wells said that in 1885,
the Office was created, and the orig
inal surveys Of the whole territory
are in the office Of the surveyOr-gen
eral, and those very maps anC
charts are often wanted in defining
metes and bounds in litigation, anc
many other duties required OF the
encouragement, and we ought tC
legislate to build up the Office
rather than to legislate for it:
adjustment. The original surveys
are in use continually foEsettling
the lines of peoples property.
The resolution was rejected.
Recession thirty minutes.
1890 pm.
The Governor returned the gen
eraI liquor bill, with recommends
ton for slight amendment, which
amendment was made and the bill
returned for his approval.
The enrolling committee reported
that c. f. so had been enrolled ant
forwarded to the Governor.
The committee on judiciary re
ported back H. F. rs, in relation t.
fees in criminal cases, faYOrably.
Councillor E. Snow moved tina
when it is impracticable for the de
PENDANT to pay the costs Of the sui
that the territory shall be liable TO
the same.
Councillor Wells was not in faYO
of this great loophOle, and was Il
favor of the bill passing withOu
any amendments at this late date.
The motion was lost and the bill
passed its third reading.
The House notified the COunci
that a resolution had been passe,
asking Congress to apprOpriat
S1oS,00O for the. erection Of publ
buildings.
The appropriation bill was re
ported by the committee. The CON
miJtee raised the suggested $4,000
for the courts to $4,000, and for tn
insane asylum $4,000 instead c
$4,000.
Councillor E. Snow strongly &C
vocated the increase Of the apprC
priation for the courts, showing thu
we have continually to make d,
ficiency appropriations, and also i
this connection jurors and witnesst
have to carry their certificates
their pockets year after year {
hawk them about the streets an
sell them to any bidder who wi
buy them up. Thirty thousand do
lars, he was sorry to say, was not
cent too much for the expenses
our courts, and there VIZ