The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-02-25

military companies. Besides, we had |
good militia organization once, and it was
broken up by members of the same politi-
cal party that is now. trying to resurrect it. |
We have been for several years without
militia and Will be able to struggle along a
little longer.n
GOING AFTER DEAD BEATS.
lowing bill, c. F. 43, providing for
the punishment of persons who shall
fraudulently obtain food, lodging or
other accommodation at any hotel,
inn, boarding or eating house: Sec
ton BE it enacted by the governor and
Legislative Assembly of the territory of
Utah, that any person who shall obtain
food, lodging or any other accommodation
at any hotel, inn, boarding or eating house
with intent to defraud the owners or keep
ers thereof, shall be fined not exceeding
500 or imprisonment in the county jail not
exceeding thirty days or both. Section Q
Proof that lodging, board or other accom-
mediation was obtained by false pretenses
or by false or pretentious show, or pre-
tence of baggage or other property, or that
the person refused or neglected to pay for
such food or other accommodation on de-
mand. or that he absconded without pay
ing or offering to pay for such food, lodging
or other accommodation, or that he
surreptitiously removed or attempted to
remove his baggage, shall be prima facie
proof of the fraudulent intent mentioned
in section 1 of this act, but this act shall
not apply to regular boarders, nor when
there has been an agreement for delay in
payment. Section Sit shall be the duty
of every hotel, inn or boarding house
keeper within this territory to keep copy
of this and the two preceding section,
prin ted lin large, plain English type, upon
the inside entrance door of every public
sleeping room, and no conviction shall be
had under this act until it be made to ap-
pear to the satisfact of the court that
the provisions of this act have been COM
piled with by the person making the COM
plant. Section 4-This act shall take
effect on the first day of May, 1890.
ON LETTERS TEsTAMENTARY.
Mr.. Richards introduced the following
ing: Section BE it enacted by the gov
ernor and Legislative Assembly of Utah
territory, that hereafter no letters tesla
mentary or of administration shall be
granted by any court in this territory
after lapse of five years from the death
| of the testators or intestate, but in case
such testator or intestate shall have died
prior to the passage of this act then such
letters may be granted after the lapse of
five years from such death and within one
year after the passage of this act Section
2-The rights of a purchaser or encum-
brancer of real property in good faith and
for value derived from any person claim
| ing the same by succession, shall be para
mount to the rights of any creditor OF
administrator of the decedent, or exc
cutor of his last will and free from any
heirs for the cost of administration or the
debt of decedent not specially secured by al
circumference of such property unless
letters testamentary or of administration
shall issue within one year after the deatf
of such decedent; but in such case sucf
executor or administrator is hereby giveI
a right of action against any heir so con
veying such real property to such pur
chaser in good faith, for that proportion O
the claim against the estate of such dece
dent and of the cost aud charges of ad
ministration that would otherwise hav,
been chargeable against such heir, inter
est or the real property so conveyed bu
the sum secured in such action should no
exceed the consideration of the valu
thereof received for such conveyance @
circumference, provided that this section
shall not apply to the estate of decedent
dying prior to the passage of this act, i
letters testamentary or of administrator
be issued thereon within one year after tn
approval thereof. Section 3-This &C
shall take effect on its approval.