Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-01-12
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
The Various Committees Appointed
Reading of the Governors
Message.

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terday both houses of the legislator,
proceeded to perfect their organization il
the midst of considerably more freedom
of speech and sharp contention than ha
been witnessed inside the newly-white
washed walls for many long day. The
election of officers resulted as follows in
The Council.
Elias A. Smith, President
| H. NJ Wells, Chief Clerk.
Milando Pratt, Engrossing and Enroll
ing Clerk
J. Golden Kimball, Sergeant-at-Arms
and Doorkeeper.
L. M. Cannon, Messenger.
John Hoagland, Waterman.
Chas. G. Shaw, Chaplain.
The officers were duly sworn, and after
prayer by the Chaplain, Messrs. Grover
and Hammond were appointed a COM
mittee to notify the House of the readi-
ness of the Council in the matter of or
ganization.
On motion the rules of the last session
were adopted for the guidance of the pres
ent Council, after which Messrs. Barton.
Page and Shurtleff were appointed to
confer with similar committee from the
House and wait on his Excellencv Gov
ernor Murray with information that the
Assembly was prepared to receive what
ever communication his Excellency had
to submit.
The motion to elect a Minute Clerk
and an an Usher, at a salary of SIS for the
former and 81 for the latter, resulted in
the choice. of D. L. Halliday for Clerk,
and Alf. Ridges for Usher.
A resolution from the House to print
100 copies of the daily minutes and 200
copies of the list of members, was con-
Cured in; and another, that members be
supplied with four daily papers, or their
equivalent, during the session.
An adjournment was then taken until
to-day at 2 o'clock.
To-DAY's PROCEEDINGS.
At 2 o'clock sharp, President Elias A.
Smith looked up from copy of rules or
something of the kind on which his ewes
had been fixed for some minutes, and in
structed Chief Clerk II. M. Wells to read
the minutes Yesterdays session, which
the Clerk proceeded to do, and after read
ing the minutes, without objections, they
were approved.
Councillor Barton, of the committee
who waited on the Governor, reported |
that his committee had received from |
His Excellency word that he would meet
with the legislative body in Joint session
this afternoon at o'clock.
Hammond moved that the House be
notified that the Council would be pleased
to meet them in joint session at 2:45.
Carried.
After a number of undertone confer
ences with Mayor Sharp, the President
the following Standing Com
mittees of the Council:
Elections-Shurtliff, Grover. TAYLOR.
Barton and Slack.
Judiciary-Grover, Hammond, Sharp.
Francis and Shurtliff.
Claims and Public ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
daybourne and Taylor.
Appropriations = Hammond, Sharp.
futile and Taylor. {
Ways and Means-Sharp, Page and
,uttle. S
Counties-Barton, Slack and Hay
'ourne.
REPRESENTATIVES., Page and Bar
on.
Observation-Disclosures. Page, Sharp,
lack and Shurtliff.
Agriculture-Groyer, Haybourne and
arton. t
Manufactures and Commerce-Tuttle. r
hurtliff and Grover.
Mflltla-Haybourne, Tuttle and Taylor.
Penltentiary and Reform Schools y
lack, Tuttle and Francis. il
Experimentation, Hammond, Hay 7
ourne and Page. =;
Fish and Game-Sharp, futile and O.
rover. ~
Mines and Mining-Slack, Barton, Gro 81
n and Tuttle n r,
Private porations-Francis, Ham n
ond, Sharp and Shurtliff h
Municipal Interpretations and Towns 81
rover Barton, Sharp and Francis. h,
Asylum for Insane-Page, Hammond fo
d Shurtliff. ~ ~
Public Health-Shurtliff, Sharp and bbl
ancis. ~, -.
Rules-Page, Slack and Haybourne. CO
JOINT COMMITTEES. di
Contingent Expenses - Havbourne. re
ancis and Slack. pr
Enrollment-Hammond, Barton and bi
ylor.
'ublic Printing-Taylor, Grover and
ge.
Territorial Library-Tuttle, Hammond
d Haybourne. pr
sharp made motion that the Joint in
mmlttee on Printing be instructed to ms
ain bids on all printing not provided Th
by the Government, the House con-
ring. Carried rec
! resolution from the House, providing as
t the members be supplied with copies /"
he Compiled Laws of Utah for 1875 toc
5, 1880, 1882 and 1884, was received kne
concurred in. tiol
resolution of the same character. 7
mating in the Council. which was sha
1g considered, was withdrawn on mn- oa .,,
of Councillor Taylor. adn
report from the House Committee of /
received stating that the appoint eve
it OF his Excellency Governor Murray OBJ
leet the joint session at 3 O'Clock had hav
made. A resolution from the House his
grating 3 o'clock as the hour for the sub
session was received and adopted. will
he Council then went into recess, SUBJ
to call of the President.
was reported OF good authority this
noon that decision in the famous NJ
on-Beck mining suit would be given at tr;o.
o, at 5o'clock this evening. ''ie'
inst;
The House. 81
ter the election of Mr.. Ritter to the form.
kership, which occupied much OF the Graz a.
noon, the remaining officers were Hva
ed as follows: ~ ~;
100 . w. Hnltney. Acti
rolling and Engrossing Clerk-John som
anIo;n Ia.o.I. mn ing G