The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-02-26
AFTERNOON SESSION.

AFTERNOON SESSION.
The first measure taken up was the
special order of the day. H f. so, the
resurrected board of equalization bill.
once killed in the House but wisely III
troduced again by Mr.. West. After an
hour spent in debating and amending
the bill. the question of its passage
came up. Mr.. Young and Mr.. West
spoke on the right and justice of the
measure, and mentioned the Inequality
which had long prevailed In assessing
property in the different counties. Mr..
| West said he knew of counties where
property had been assessed but one
third of its actual value; he knew coun-
ties where money loaned had bee rs
sessed at soc. on the dollar, and he
knew that there was no such thing as
| uniformity in any of the counties
throughout the Territory.
Mr.. THURMAN said while he was not
entirely i'll opposition to the bill, still
there were reasons why ne could not
vote for it. One was, that the board
was made up of existing Probate
Judges. instead of naming new officers
throughout; another was tnat tits bill
had once fairly been d, bated and
beaten in the House already. If it was
true that there were county courts as-
sessipg property at so per cent. of its
value, and other county courts assess
ing it al 100 per cent, he could only say
the latter sLould not be returned by
their constituents.
Nh. KING took the grsuud that
whereas there were deficiencies in the
bill. he was willing to forego everything
in order TO see measure OF SO much
necessity passed.
Mr.. HATCH moved an amendment by
naming seven persons to be appointed
by the Legislative Assembly. instead Of
the probate judges OF Salt Lake, Utah.
Sanpste, Beaver. Weber and Cache
Counties, as provided in the ill.
Nh. WEST appealed to the friends of
the bill that this was equivalent to
killing it, as il was well known the
Governor would never slgn any mea-
sure taking the apPointYe power out of
his hands.
Nh. THURMAN retorted that the House
did this equally when they named the
Probate judges as members of the board.
The motion to insert Hatch's amend
ment was carried 10. to 8, which augured
i'll for the destiny of the bill.
MR. HAToH made speech against the
bill, in which he stated that in his coun-
ties at least there was no such rascality
or intrigue in the county courts as that
OF undertaking property, and II this
rascdiity existed In any county courts.
they should not be elected 70 their
places.
Ma. VS. saw no need Of The employ
ment OF eaeh terms as raScality OF in
trigue: he simply insisted that there
was ii lack of uniformity III the various
counties.
Amid considerable excitement the
ayes and noes Oc the bill we're called;
the result was ayes-Aadersou Baty,
CLARK. Greer. Howell. Hng. Rider.
Stratford, Smoot, Wool!ey. West and
Y0ung-l2. S0es-Fsrnssorth, Hatch,
Houston. Kimbau. Lund, McCul-
Tough. Mclaughlin. Stuart. Thurber
and Thurtnan-I0; absent Cannon.
The Speaker said IL look Is to-
carry; a member called tor the Speaker
vote. Mr.. Ritter said be bad usually
absta;ped from voting. but IL case of
so much importance he would vote with
the ayes. The bill. therefore. passed.
MR. WEST reported that the Dill incor-
poraing Pleasant Grove had gone 10
the Governor.
The Council message stating that that
BODY Ola not concur IN the amenu-
ments 20 the fish and game bill was re-
ceived, and Messrs. Thurber. Houston
ami Mccullough were appointed COM
mittee on conference.
The mes sage from the Governor.
found in another column was read amid
3 dead silence. i" MEMBER moved that !!
6. We do not concur" (Laughter,9 Mr..
West moved that the House Tepndiare
the iDsiuu ttion against The Probate |
Judge OF this county, but there was no |
second.
The timber bill. the bill 10 lessen the I
terms of CONNECTS. and the University
bill, were received back
from the Coupcil, the amendments con-
CURED in and the bills sent TO the en-
roilment committee, from whom they go
to the Governor.
z. F. 81. bill making slight amend
ment to the private corporation law,
was taken up and passed.
The bill amending the act incorporat-
ing American Fork was ordered printed,
pending its second readings
The bill amending The laW in relation
to licensing liquor sellers was taken up /
and also passed.
The House then adjourned until to-
day at 9.