Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-10-25


she erection ~ building aud arrcH 80 pay
auything prior 60 sixty days after the build
luz T. completed aud, Of course. tho cou-
tractor would have a. AID q price tu com.
pcnsate iof She delay. Al owner might
maha contract with "a msu who ls able 70
glva a bond 20 secure hii against al these
iuus nHd cuuuns cncles. hut only wealthy
CONTRACTOR cuuid dl this. NJ those Who
wonld b. able 10 wait uutii sixty lays after
tho completion " tho hnl'fIug fir payment,
and this would prurtIranr exclude runtfac-
tors Whu are uut mon % wralth. Increase
tho cost ot the building, nod mAke mochan-
les and lal1rers roly on Tow wealthy cuu-
tractor. Tor employment.
The act would perhaps have b1nohtod a
TOW material mon by r0nhuluE their sales to
wealthy contractors but rto g. no good
reason Tor extra protection 70 them AZ the
expense VI tho owner
The act would not only have tied up the
owner until sAty days after the completion
% tho buildluz, but 10 a lien q. then hlvd,
the claimant had year to commence suit.
and II there we're several claims ar any dis
puto about claius ur their property. an In
denultU time after the year must elnpsr be.
fore judgment, aud the Act dld net, In tho
meantime make tho peudoucv ~ the suit a
defense o. the owner against tho c'aiui "
HE Immediate contractor 10 may set IN
tho Judgment obtained by AM suh-con-
tractor aud this Judgment may bo obtained
two ur throo years after tho Cuuuirtiun uf
the building aud aftor the claim In favor Of
thv contractor had been collected, aud
during all this time the property would have
romalugd cucumberod.
THIS vas tile character ~ the act submit
tod " me Tor approval aud which ., spe.
cihcnlly reirrred a. IN the memorial. aud
which ! disapproved.
HsiLwAY cnAHrERs ~ CtTirs
An act wns passed nuthofllinr city Conn
oils to grant franchise. 90 railroads or trniu-
ways over tho streets, alloys and public
places ~ thr tity mr. period ~ huy year.
In Salt Late aud ogden vitio. valuable fran.
chises have been granted in street railways
aud corporation, without any remuneration
81 the city, unlos. II DO the repair uf tho
streets between the traoss and Tor two feet
outside VI The rails la other cities these
franchises, when the growth OF tho city
authorizes Il, resolves "a source ut rcvonuH,
aud ala tho people 10 meeting their public
burdens.
IL occurred % mo that ia franchise was
10 DO granted fur half Rccntufy the risht
should o. reserved TO tho city ~ attach new
conditions NJ the oud u twenty years, aud
the end " each ten years thereafter ~
recommended In tho message returning II 70
tue Legislature
LOGAN CRY WrunreArioS.
ANNN was AN not NAHHNN 10 IlNNN n hWNflAN
case Arising he Logan CNy. 10 Wa Inspired
by tho local Democratic committee. 10
seums that 40 ulortiJu was 90 bH hold Tor
municipal uiiccts. aud tho contest was u
close ous between the twu political parties.
some twonty- ct thltty.nve voters we're
uaturuilsed ON ths last day allowed by law
COT tho registration ~ voters, Tue traln
carry lug thom frum ogden, whore tho dis.
trlct court WIS held, 90 Logan, did not nr.
rive untliGiJl -. uD The registration uficef
closed bis oflco nc D. M. and tho nowly-
made citizens wore thus dUnled the uppor.
tunity ~ register IL happened a consider
able majority of them were Democratic
They appealed through tho Democratic
committee o. tho Legislature. nud tlu Leris-
latutn bcins Democratic. "as the tupro.
sontatlves ~ the people" promptly passed
an act which very clearly came within the
restriction Imposed hy Congress upon special
legislation.
ASSESSMENTS ASD TANrs ~ INCORPORATED
CirtEa
In response 90 very pronounced demand
from the citizens, the Legislature passed an
act with the attention Of simpilfylng the as
sessmont and collection % taxes In tho
citlre Under the system IN force 40 tho
limo tho oct was passed thoto was q County
and cry Assessor. Tho assessment made
by the county officer was the basis II she
Territorial aud county levy, aud tile as-est-
mont by tho CITY Assessor tho basis % tho
city levy. Those officers disagreed very
materially iu tho estimate OF tho values ~
property, the difference sometimes oxcood-
Ing 800 per cent
Tho act whom prevented 10 me was In such
shape that veto could not ho avoided. ny
IT. tetns tho act failed % Include all tho
cltios aud towns which II was tho intontloa
20 cover
By provrf7 IN section tho provisions
rolatlus tD bee. collecting OF taxes was lim-
ltoi 90 ono city. This was manifest
error.
Sections and provide that "a city board
could roylso TERRITORIAL assessment, a
duty which IL imposed by the revenue law
on tho County BOARD OF Equalization.
Section 70 contained An error BY which
two necessary officers were abolished iu-
stead Of tue ono Intended TO DO.
scuooL LAW
a yorY complete aud comprehensive
school not vus passed by the Legislature.
IL did not reach me until near the close OF
the session | returned II, recommending
certain verbal amendments, aud some noe
cssary changes Those were nearly all ae-
eoptcd aud tho act approved.
TuE ELECTION ASn REGisrnArluS ACT.
Tho failure ot tho Governor To approve ian
act authorizing tho rugiltrRtton 81, mud de-
uuing the qualifications N electors and rug p.
ulhtinr the exercise ~ tho elective fran
chisn." i also specifically referred 10 In the
memorial 20 Congress.
Tho memorial rccitos that the Legislature
has earnestly ondohvorod 20 enact Into n
law" an election law. Tho truth is the
Legislature did not earnestly ondeavor u
"cuhct Into law Au election
law. The not did not reach mo until thu
oyoning VI tho niiy-clghth day Of the aes-
slun. II passed. tho Council on tho nfty-
seventh day. aud tho House on tho MY
eighth day. At tho time Il was presented 10
mo thoto was over seventy acts ON my
table awaiting examination, containing over
thtcu hundred and my pages OF manu-
script The records ~ the session will show
that all those acts werD acted upon with tho
exception " three, Tho oct contained pro-
visions radically different FROM the existing
election law IL not only prescribed tho
qualifications of electors and regulated thu
elective franchise, but also regulated tho
manner % holding and conducting pr.
mary meetings Tor nomination Of candi-
dates The not seems 70 have been framed
on tho principle u tho Australian law, 1,
prescribed u cumbersome and expensive
system which would add many thousands Of
dollars TO the present cost 0f conducting
elections. Tho act WAS detective IN many
respects IL provided Zoe annual olen-
tlons, but only biennial registrations.
II provided In section " chapter thu,
There shall bu registration VI voter,
I during the week beginning and Immediately
/ following the hrst Monday Ia Juno. 1893 aud
/ hionulally thercsitrr," aud ia section n
NJ chapter IL WAS provided that "li
shall be- the duty OF the rogistration officer
[ TO visit in persuu or by deputy, every house
/ Ia h,, precinct" ihls Is tho only authority
/ Eivcu In the act ioF tho appointment VI d
l deputy.
la some Of tho precincts Of tho Territory
there are over 1000 yotosi In one thnre /,