Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-03-09
The House.

MARCH so a. m.-The House bill
making Probate Judges ineligible to seat
IN the Legislature, came up on reconsid
Grafton. ra
Mclaughlin and Thurman supported
the bill. They thought the Judiciary ant
the Legislature should be kept separate
John Q. Cannon opposed the bill, bu
could give no reason for his opposition
except that the Probate Judges were gen
orally among the best men of thei]
counties.
The vote on the passage of the bill was
a tie-10 to 10-and it was therefore lost
Adjourned until p. m.
?, m.-The Territorial Auditor sent
in a communication asking what he
should do with cancelled warrants. for
which he had no room in his office for
storage
Howell and Stewart were appointed
House members of joint committee to
destroy the warrants.
The bill amending the act incorporating
Lehl was passed.
The general appropriation bill was
then taken up. Mr. Greer offered an
amendment, prefaced with preamble.
appropriating 81 1000 to Utah county for
the use of the County Court House by
the District Court, inasmuch as only Ter
ritorial cases had been tried and the
United States Marshal had refused to
pay rent. Referred to Committee on
Claims. T..
MIR. King moved the insertion of an
appropriation OF 81 900 to reimburse Mil
lard county for expenses incurred in send.
ing an officer outside of the Territory
and bringing back thief who had
escaped.
A discussion arose as to the proprietv
OF allowing such claims, and the vote on
the item appropriating $476 to Samuel
Cazler for capturing the Moss brothers
was reconsidered and the item stricken
out Mr.. King withdrew his motion.
AN Item appropriating 81 900 to build
bridge across the Uintah river in Uin-
tab county was added to the bill and tho
Dill was returned to the Council.
Messages from the Governor were 70.
ceiVed vetolng the following bills: H.. F.
NO. 81, transferring part. of Emery
county to San Juan; H. F. No. 90 Tho
Dill incorporating Smithfield CITY: IT. r
No. 63, amending the charter Of OGDEN
City; ii. +. No. 81, the bill for redistri.
buting the legislative districts.
THE JOINT SESSION. )
;. Elias A. Smith, the President of the
Jouncil, took the chair. '
The Joint committee on elections re-
ported that the following officers were
elective by the two Houses
a chancellor, twelve regents and one
reasurer of the University of Deseret q
-errltorial sealer of weights and meas
res three Insane Asylum directors and
warden of the Utah penitentiary.
The following officers were elected IT
chancellor of the University of Deserot t
bishop O. F. Whitney. c
;, Regents = Apostle Heber j. Grant 9
,ider John I. Caine, Apostle John w :
ayior, James Sharp, George J. TAYLOR =
n: John R. Park, William M. Stewart :
Ohm .. Cannon, Elias A. Smith. Don il
arlos Young, W. w. Ritter, A. w. Carlo. c
On. r
ibis. =. Y
territorial Sealer of Weights and Meas O
'es-Nathan Davis. ''' - ''''-'7 b
directors OF the Insane Asylum. T. =
A. d. Holloway and w. N. q
usenberry. 20 s. ~ ~ 81
baty nominated Bishop Kesler as War. Is
N OF the Utah Penitentiary. He said tc
wanted to make an explanation. There Fl
Is some property belonging to the Ter. M
DRY OF Utah'in the penitentiary. II
The House adjourned to 10 O'CLOCK +h;s !! e
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