Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-02
UTAH LEGISLATURE.
COUNCIL
MONDAY AFTERNOON.

hVNbhh At AAfthAfktsHf
Council File No. 10, which was the
bill being considered as We wen, 70
press yesterday, was read, amended
and sent back 10 tho committee. 4.
provides for uniform system OF free
schools throughout the Territory, anu
Ia Intended for a complete law iof the
government OF schools In the lehl-
tory.
Communication were received from
the House stating that G. r. w., rels'
tive to Legitimate children, hau Osen
rejected, and that q. &. II. =, appoint
ing n committee 10 examine the &C,
counts Of the Territorial auditor ana
treasurer had been passed.
Committee on memorials returned
the one asking for tho passage OF inc
Faulkner bill In Congress anu recom'
mendIng its passage. -
This was the majority report anu
Mr.. Baskin gave notice that ne Woull
Tile n minority report. and was granted
time to do NJ. lie will present MS re-
port today. 80
The same committee returned tho
memorial asking for u donation OF
sixty acres OF Fort Douglas reservation
for uni verslty purposes. Report adop'eu
and memorial passed.
@. n. Al, a bill for the relief OF as
soclations, organizations aud corpora
tlons doing business on the building
society plan, n short aynopsis OF when
was given In the NEWS last week, was
the subject for considerable debating
when II came up In the regular order
Mr.. Peters favored the bill nnd
showed how some members OF his
family are being benefited by THESE
associations.
Evans was opposed 10 the passage OF
the bill and asserted that as street rail-
ways are public aids they might Just
n well call for exemption from tax
alton ~ these building societies.
The motion TO strike out the enact.
ing clause was lost, aud the bill passed
by a vote OF s TO 3, Bassin, Evans and
Haynes voting against u.
G. +. ~, giving mayors OF cities OF
the first and second classe. n qualified
veto and for other purposes, came up
and was read this second time.
The section relating 10 the election
Of a'city attorney was stricken out aud
with this amendment the bill passed.
u. n. 10, amending chapter thrve OF
part four Of the Compiled Laws OF
1855, entitled rsilroad companies, was
read a third time and passed. Judge
Baskln voting no.
g. +. 30, providing for the assess
ment OF taxes In Incorporated cities,
was amended 80 M 10 make u operative
January Let, 1893. This Ia Lund's bill
and makes the. county assessors and
collectors do the assessing aud collect
ing In the cities for the cities.
Baskin moved 10 strike out the en-
acting clause, ~ he was opposed TO
having tho county "A Iessors make the
assessment Of town or city property.
lie would favor an amendment making
the city assessor assess the city property
aud turn the roll over 10 the county
collector. Lund stated that the object
Of the bill was 10 regulate the unequal
tiles Of assessing property aud thus do
away with two measures OF value In
some OF this cities In the Territory.
The motion OF Baskln, however, was
lost aud further action was deferred
until Wednesday.
q. =. %, providing for the compila-
ton Of now index Of the Laws Of
Utah, was passed. Evans, Klmbbll
aud Arnett will do the work.
At5.25 pm. Council adjourned.