The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-01-25
UTAH LEGISLATURE.
Twenty-Sixth Session.
COUNCIL.
ELEVENTH DAY.

The Council met at p. n. Presi-
dent Cluf in the chair.
Prayer by the Chaplain.
Minutes Of yesterdays proceed
iugs were read, and there being
no corrections, accepted.
Clerk Stayner read communica-
ton from the House, with an &C
companying resolution, requesting
the Councils concurrence.
Mr.. Hammond moved it's accept
ance. Carried.
The Clerk read House File No. 6,
which the committee had exa mined
and amended, and recommended
it's passage. On motion, it was res
ferred to the committee on judici-
ary.
Mr.. Hammond introduced bill
to amend Section of Chapter % of
the Com piled Laws of Utah.
MIR. Barton moved that the bill be
passed TO its first reading and re-
ferred to the committee on judici-
airy, the main provisions being that
no bills shall be introduced in either
house OF the Legislature after the
first day of March, 1854, without
the consent Of tWo-thirds Of the
mem tiers Of the house in which the
bill is introduced.
Mr.. Grover moved that toe reso-
luton be read the second time and
placed on file.
Clerk Stayner explained that
there was no title to il, and it had
only just been handed in to the
Speaker Of the House, but it was
endorsed, however. concurrent to
the time of introducing bills, by
Thurman-adopted."
Mr.. Grover then moved that it be
passed to its first reading, which
was seconded and carried.
After some remarks between Mr..
Grover and President Cluff as to the
rule governing the first and second
reading Of bills, it was moved tnat
the resolution be laid on the table to
come up in its proper order. Carr
ried.
The Clerk read as follows: Re-
solved, the Council concurring, that
all petitions for changes of name,
presented before March 1st, when
they will be acted upon by the
proper committee, shall be presented
by and in one general bill for pas
sage.
The President explained that rule
so read that every bill presented or
sent for joint resolution shall receive
three readings before it's passage.
The question now was, shall this be
considered and received as a Joint
resolution?
4 Mr.. Page understood the House
tOnly asked the Council to concur, IS
it did not say 'joint."
Mr.. Woolley, did not understand
the word concurrent in rule 80 to
60 to that extent.
Mr.. Page moved that the Council
concur with the House in this reso.
luton.
Mr.. Grant, did not think the
House had the right to make rules
to apply to joint sessions. Last ses
sion there was no such rule Ia the
House.
Mr.. Page expressed himself as to
"a joint and concurrent resolution.
Mr. Grant was not in favor of
reading any resolution three times
in one day.
Clerk S.ayner explained that the
resolution did not say it had been
passed, but simply said it had been
read and adopted.
Mr.. Grover moved that the Coun.
Gil concur with this resolution,
which was seconded by Mr.. Wool
ley. and the motion was carried.
President Cluff announced that
he had received a telegram OF the
death of one of his children this
morning and asked the indulgence
of the Council, to excuse him for
1.-TWO days.
Mr.. Grant moved that the Pres
|ident be excused till Monday at
lo'clock p. m.
The President called Mr.. Wooiley
to the chair and he retired from the
Council.
House file No. &c, a bin to change
the name Of John M. Nevanhurst,
of Summit county, to John NJ.
Hurst, without amendment, as first
Introduced, was taken up.
Il Mr.. Hammond moved thst the
bill be passed to its second reading.
Mr.. Taylor moved that the bill
be referred to the committee on ju-
dietary, as also the former one.
Mr.. Grover reminded Mr.. Taylor
that both had already been referred
to the committee on judiciary, one
with the amendment and the other
without.
i Mr.. Page thought that this bill
should take it's regular course, and
that the resolution that the Council
had just concurred in only pertained
to the future.
Mr.. Hammond moved that this
bill PASS its reading and be placed on
the general file. rhe motion was
seconded ard carried.
Council file No. 6, asking that the
name OF John Conrad Male, Of . tan
county, Utah, he changed to John
| c. Maggie, with provIso, came up.
Mr Rarton moved that the