Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-03-06
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
The Council.

MARCH 5, 2 p. MN. Francis pre-
sented the petition of citizens OF Morgan
county, setting forth the virtual abandon
ment of the road through DEVILS Gate,
and asking that that portion OF their
county road down to Uintah be annexed
to Davis county.
Bv Mr.. Hammond-C. F. No. II,
amending the act incorporating Logan
City, changing the boundary lines, and
prescribing the publication of financial
acts of the city. Later the bill passed.
Substitute H. F. No. 40, amending the
incorporation of Cedar City, Iron county,
passed.
Substitute for G. F. No. 8 and H. F.
No. so, amending the incorporation of
Smithfeld, Cache county, passed.
Fl. F. No. 81, the general appropriation
bill, came up on its third reading. When
item nine was reached, appropriating
$4,000 to pay witness fees, Mr.. Sharp
moved to amend by substituting clause
making the appropriation $40, 900 for the
purpose of paying jurors and witnesses
during the years 1867.
Taylor advanced warm and lengthy
argument against the justice and propriety
of appropriating pay for jurors who were
picked up from the worst anti-Mormons
on the street. So far as he was concerned
he would never vote dollar to pay such
Jurors.
Mr. Sharp said the question before |
them was not one OF open venire, but of |
paying jurors. 1 regret as much as any
one the power granted by Congress to
draw one-half the jurors from one-ffth of
the people to sit in judgment on the
other four-ffths; the bills passed and
vetoed were for the selection of jurors,
and not for their payment. I have yet to
learn that the Edmunds law is fair, but
because we are unable to agree with the
Governor is no reason why we should
not appropriate for the payment of Jurors
and witnesses.
Mr.. Grover favored the amendment,
and said it made no difference how much
we may differ with the policy of the
Government, it was the duty of the
Legislature to provide for the payment of
Jurors.
Mr.. Barton opposed the payment of {
urors, saying the people of Utah demand t
he right to select the jurors 6
Mr.. Francis said we must be tried by c
3entiles under the present rulings; that t
his was not fair towards the majority,
hat he was opposed to paying the jurors.
MIR. Hammond was in favor of paying
urors, who, he said, could not afford to
i've their time and expenses; that we Il
AVE shown the Governor our views in n
he bills he has vetoed, but that does not 6
elease us from our duty to provide for :,
he payment of jurors. 3
Mr.. Francis said he was willing to nav tt
lrors if an exception was made of such d
8 are drawn on open venire. e.
MIR. Page said he opposed the motion Il
ecausc he did not wish to assist in plac- al
lg the yoke of bondage any more on the Of
eople; had faith that Congress would tt
OF enact anything one-tenth as unjust as W
done in the District Courts, and was tt
opposed to paying their Jurors. GO
Ihe motion to amend was lost, Grover. NJ
almond, Sharp and futile voting be
# it. re
MIR. Hammond opposed the item appro- .
'latlng $3.50 to Pratt and Spence for
absorbing the constitution and memo -
IL OF the Constitutional Convention. a
Id said all members of that convention Y
IS as much right to be paid; that he y
ould be willing to pay almost ANYTHING
have Utah admitted as State, and
at after that was done all could come in
ID get paid =,
The item was stricken out, as was also NJ
Ne1os' bill for printing same, $6O2. so. "
After a long list of items were added
the Council, the bill was passed, with n
understanding that other items could
added, two of which were passed at
ce, one for $3.50, for Nephi City to paw
I'm for money expended on the Salt =
eek road, and the other for 81 900 to j
Wis county to fix the road through
viPs Gate.
1t 4:SS adjourned till p. m. Saturday. MI