Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-03-04
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
The Council.

MARCH 3-3 p. m.-The Committee {
Conference on II. +. No. 10, to establis
Reform School, reported an agreemer
&c, 10 on accepting an amendment releasing tn
. Governor and Auditor from giving bond
u to act as members of the Board OF Direct
ors. This and some minor amendment
were adopted.
Mr.. Taylor presented the petition
. Milando Pratt and others, asking pay TO
> clerical services at the session of 1884
Referred without reading.
!. Agreeable to the report of the Com
e mittee on Highways, $4,000 was votet
9 to be placed in the general appropriation
) bill to aid Davis and Weber counties il
} constructing bridge across the Weber
river near Uintah.
, The Committee on Claims and Public
, Accounts reported against appropriating
$4,000 to Auditor Clayton for clerk hire
during the past two years, and 81, 900
for the same for the years 1867. Re-
ferred.
The same committee reported adversely
W blIC PCGlGiOu VI L CtCl GlClS 10, ttchiuS
an appropriation of $120 to pay witness
and mileage fees in the case of Moss
Brothers, convicted of burglary.
H. F. No. 20, regulating the branding,
herding and care of stock, and furnishing
certain ofenses concerning the same,
was passed.
Substitute for G. F. No. SO, amending
section 139, chapter 2, title 4, code of
civil procedure, was passed. The object
of the amendment is to make the salaries
of court reporters employed by the Terri
tory to not exceed $4,000 per annum
drawn from the Territory, but it does not
deprive them of private fees in cases
where their services are not needed by
the Territory.
A recess was then taken for thirty min
utes.
By Mr.. Grover, G. F. No. 80, to pre-
vent the spread of contagious diseases in
stock. Ordered printed.
IL. F. No. 45, amending section 81,
chapter of chapter sc, relative to the
settlement of small estates, was read the
third time and passed. It provides that
where the amount is less than 81 ZOO
publication in newspapers need not occur.
Messrs. Barton, Taylor and Hammond |
were appointed to act under concurrent |
resolution of the House as committee to
consider the various vetoes by the Gov
ernor.
Substitute II. f. No. 81, apportioning
the Legislative repre- sentation, under a
suspension of the rules was read three
times and passed This is the same as
y. f. No. IA, which passed the Council
some time ago and was killed in the
House, then dug up as substitute bill.
During the session recess was taken
three times, and at 4 20 adjourned till 2
p. m. Thursday.
The House.
MARCH 3.-The Judiciary Committee
reported favorably on a new substitute
bill for N. F. No. 40, providing for the !
punishment of sexual crimes. .
The Ways and Means Committee recon-
mended the payment of two-thirds of the
iebt.of Kane county--$7S6. S1-by the Ter
rltory, as Kane county had borne the
expense OF prosecuting cattle thieves for :,
parts of other counties before the bound
try lines were changed. A warm discus
ZION followed, but the report was finally tt
adopted 81
By Mr.. Clark, defining the duties of
ounty courts in reporting on appropri-
tlons made from the Territorial Treasury
or road and bridge purposes. =
BY MIR. King, to prevent the spread OF
and infectious diseases among
omestic animals, and to provide Terri =,
orial veterinarian. M
BY Mr.. Kimball, new bill to prevent !"
ulls running at large in Rich county.
by MIR. Lund, prescribing the punish n
lent for jail-breaking. u
BY MIR. Farnsworth, allowing mineral
Gators to stake out 300 feet on each side
mineral vein and thereby conform to q
re United States law. 4
BY Mr.. Mclaughlin, providing for the
cording of marriages.
BY MIR. Thurber, amending the fish and ~,
me law by closing the duck-killing sea- MI
N on April lst and the spawning season
trout July LIST, instead of June 18th.
BY MIR. Thurber, amending section 27S.
apter ., laws Of 1876, by declaring the In
EFT OF heifer grand larceny and the DIRE
eallng OF sheep or goat petit larceny. me
MIR. Hatch objected to so much work a ma
ing give" to the Committee on Ju- Lo!
'lary, because they would not GET q,
rough in time, and he asked that the Dor
iitla Committee, since thew had 4,
thing to do, be instructed to helm F'ce
en-.
Che Chair suggested that ONLY local
estlons were involved in some of the Il
Is. ~ 'ii'
hr. West offered a resolution to tho 0@
oct that committee of five from the
use and three from the Council be an.
nted to wait on the Governor to con- ~
er the veto messages and to report on
m: Adopted ''0' vi
1. +. No. Is, to lessen the term of i'm. n
'onment OF convicts for good behavior liz
returned by the Governor withont ~
approval. ''
u LIS Excellency's message was referred
the committee OH Penitentiarv and Pai'
orm School with instructions to draft sur
ew bill. " vi '''' II g
ne Council substitute for House files Fera
/; o, 70 and 81, and Council files Nos WI,
20 and 30, amending the code of civil ]. A.
;edure, came up as the special order l. s.
ne day and passed by unanimous Jas.
ne substitute for H. F. No. 57 tho
s!atlve apportionment bill. was mt Buys
! lts passage under suspension of the d doa
and passed, Smoot and Mclaughlin w
lg no. i'ii Mai
+. No: II, amending the charter Of Prom ON
gan City, by prescribing punish =
Ior Migrants, passed without anv IL.
e e Enrolment n Committee, reported VI"
d. +. No. 81, changing the boundary
!, Oh Emery county, had been on.
oval eiiior ior O"pi
adlng the consideration of H. F. TRA