The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-02-26
Forty-four Days of the Session
Passed.
THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR.
Provisions of the Militia Bill-The Sugar
Bounty Bill-The Liquor Bill Sub
stitute-0ther Matters.


of the business. Speaker Sharp yester-
day called the attention of the committees
to this state of affairs, and suggested that
whatever work they had to do should be at
once looked after in order that there
might be avoided the usual crush of bust
ness during the closing hours. BY con-
current resolution it has been provided
that no bills can be introduced in either
house after the fifty-seventh day of the
session except by two-thirds vote of the
members A hasty canvass among the
members of the House yesterday, devel-
oped the fact that but few, if any more
bills might be expected, and that it was
the intention to rush the work now in
hand through just as fast as possible.
THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR BILL.
Among the important bills lately intro
iuced is the one by Mr.. Pierce creating
public administrators and defining their
duties. 1t is as follows: Section BE it
enacted by the governor and Legislative
Assembly of the territory ofSUtah: That
the governor of the territory shall appoint
in each county a suitable person to be
public administrator, for such county, who
shall hold his Office for two years, and until
his successor shall be appointed and quail
fed. Section 2-In all cases where any
person shall die seized CT any estate within
this territory, or having any right or
interest therein, and shall have no relative
or creditor within this territory who will
administer upon such deceased PERSONS
estate, it shall be the duty of the Judge of
probate, upon the application of any
person interested therein, to commit the
administration of such estate to the pub
lie administrator of the proper county;
and such public administrator may be
made party TO any suit, or proceeding in
law or in equity, and shall to all intents
and purposes be liable as the personal rep
resentative of such deceased person. Sec
lion 3-Each and every public administra-
tor who may at any time be appointed as
Aforesaid, shall. before entering upon the
iuties of his office, take and subscribe the
following oath, to-wit: 81, A B., public
administrator in and for the county of -
- and territory of Utah, do soIemly
swear or affirm that [ will well and truly
perform all such duties as may be required
Of me by law, to the best Of my knowledge
and ability. So help me God' Which said
path shall be taken before the probate Judge
Of the proper county, reduced to writing
and signed by the public administrator, and
filed in the Office of the said probate Judge
Section At shall be the duty of the pro-
bate judge upon granting letters of admin
istration tn public administrators to take
BOND in the same manner as other admins
traitors; and if any public administrator
mall neglect or refuse to take out letters
of administration and give bond as afore-
said, within twenty days after it becomes
his duty to do so, his Office shall be deemed
vacant, and upon the certificate of the pro-
bate judge of that fact, the governor shall
ill such vacancy. Section Sin all cases
where administration shall have been
granted to any public administrator as
aforesaid, and it shall afterwards appear
that there is a widow, or next of kin, or
creditor or creditors of the deceased en-
titled TO the preference of administration by
this act, it shall be the duty of the court
10 revoke the letters granted to such public
Administrator and to grant the same to such
widow, next of kin, creditor or creditors as
shall or may be entitled thereto: provided.
that application shall be made to the pro-
bate court of the proper county by such
uch person or persons, within six months
after the letters shall have been granted to
the public administrator as aforesaid, saw
ing TO such administrator in all cases such
Ium or sums of money as may be due to
him from such estate on account of com
missions and expenses due to and incurred
by him in the management of said estate
Section elf any balance of such mites
sate's estate as may at any time be commit
ted to any public administrator as afore
said, shall remain in the hands OF such ad
Illustrator after all just debts and charges
against such estate shall have been fully
paid, which shall have come to the knowl
,dge Of such public administrator for one
year after the administration of sucf
estate shall have been committed to hin
IS aforesaid, such administrator shall
ause the amount thereof, with the nam,
II the intestate, the time and place of hi.
rher decease, to be published in some one Of
he public newspapers printed in the ter
itory for eight weeks successfully, mott
'ying all persons having claims or demand.
against such estate to exhibit the same
together with the evidence in supper
thereof before the probate court in tn,
proper county within six months after tn,
date of such notice. or that the same shal
be forever barred: and if no such claim bC
presented for payment or distribution
within the said time of six month.
rs aforesaid, such balance shall b,
paid into the public treasury o.
said county, and the county shall bt
Rnswerable for the same, without interest
to the person or persons who shall there
after appear legally entitled to the same
Il any such shall ever appear. Section =
Upon the death of any person intestate no
leaving widow, or next of kin, or cred
itors, within any county in this territory
1t shall and may be lawful for the publ,
administrator of the county wherein sucl
person may have died as aforesaid. OF
wherein the goods and chattels, rights anC
credits of such decedent shall be, in cas-,
such person shall have been non resident
to take such measures as he may deem
proper for the protecting and securing th,
property and effects Of such intestate from
waste or embezzlement, until administra
ton thereon shall be granted to the person
entitled thereto, as aforesaid: the expense
whereof shall be paid to such public ad
ministrator, upon the allowance of tn
county court in preference to all other de
mands against such estate, funeral ex
penses excepted. Section S-Al laws il
conflict with this act are hereby repealed
c THE MILITIA BILL