Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-01-30
TIE NEW COUNTY.
CONTEST FOR the COUNTY SEAT.
The Bill 10 Lease School Lands. Bills
on Third Reading 10 tho
Council.

Yesterday afternoon The bill creating
Carbon county came up on third
reading. Pigmau offered a substitute
for the FIRST section, whi,l, as origin.
ally drawn, fixed the cianly seat al
Price. The substitute provided that
Pricu should he the county scat tenn.
porarily, but that an election should be-
held to determine lis permanent looa.
ton.
Powers opposed the substitute and
supported the bill az reported by the
committee. He described the rivalry
between Helper AMI Pace, for Tn
county seat aud the advantages Of the
latter. He referred 70 s1mu r,blho.
lions bearing upon tho locality Of
county seats, contained In a Inv Of
Congress, but though. they did not
apply TO counties being nowly created.
TolIon thought the Legislature had
the right 70 hx the scat Of a county
being newly created, anu favored
Price. lie called attention 10 the Law
which allowed tue yoiufa Of the now
county, by an election, to remove the
county fcat, VI a suflciont maj5fity OF
/ them No drsitcd.
Stanford opposed Pigmau's tnbttl.
/ tute, aud favored Price a. 'hn seat oil
the new county. Hatch, member M
the committee on counties, said tho
COMMITTEE had heard many parties
interested, had considered tho nc.
titiOns bearing upon the subject,
and had thoroughly Investigated
the whole matter. At least two mem-
bufa Of the committee hal visited the
propoecd new county, anu were
thoroughly posted regarding n. The
whole committee thought Price the
proper place for the county scat.
Sears said he had seconded the sub.
sti,ute In order that Il might 10 dis
cusHod, but waa willing 10 accept the
report Of the Committee. johnson
favored the substitute, ON the ground
that n majority OF tho voters Of the
new county ought 10 be allowed 10 TX
IT, seat. IL the bill passes On reported
by thu committee, II Will take two.
thitdu vote 10 change this counly seat.
NAfian asked how the creation Of the
new county would cave tho old
county VI Emery, ais how II would
affect tho Territory. Nhai proportion
OF the properly VI Tie present county
OF Emery would BE- taken - the new
county2 Ho cared nothing about the
amendment, but should not vote Tor
thv bill until shown Tue necessity Tor
tho new county.
Mckay, chairman Of the committee
reporting the bill, explained the need
for the new county, aud that the pre-.
sent property In Emery county,
would 10 about equally divided. There
was practically no opposition 10 the new
county, all controversy being confined
70 the location Of the county seat.
NebekoT said there are several counties
having a smaller revenue than that of
Emery cut Ia halyrt, aud Hubbard
read the names Of counties having
smaller revenue than the new one
would have.
PigmAu'a substitute was lost, and the
bill passed the House ty vote OF n 20
., Ngrlau ana Pigman being the mega.
tivcl.
Tho petition introduced In the
HOufu by IOlton this Afternoon, bears
n remarkable numhet Of Glgnalufes,
coverings remarkable extent OF C0un.
try. constdefiun ia subject. IL aslfs 10
hSye a niece ol foat- aigut avs n,iiss
long. leadin. enatUart fTom N,igo,t
nut IN good conditio,. Tn, siyna,
lures are those of T,,id,nts A. Reaysr
GARFIELD, Iron, Waynonnd W.sniny,
TON oountles. and tho nason WIN ne,
Interest in II M 40 wIespT.An I, h..
causB almost the entire traffic OF south
eTn Utah passes over Thai nieca of
road, which crosses a sWampy or
mArshy piece of land. a1l In often the
scene Of mired wagons. IL il scarcely
possibls that there can % obIsotion Ia
uuttiug that piece Of roAi in order.
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Yesterday afternoon hrge number Of
bills passed the alage OF oo5nd reading
and were referred 10 Appropriate com.
mittces. The House erht hour NH
came up on third reading, but final
action was POSTPONED until FrIIav
next ,..,u,-.-
Ino Couneil olli telalhg 70 county
vloIAe, VueiI uepul'', Ha".lesi o'o'i was
uIsvusseui NV sent osGh W Nhe COM
mlue9 WIN lnsuuVlio's 70 correct
hoIno ilhsuAi uoho'ehu''t
Tue piil 10 require no Juuse To
oha'ge tle Jury oe'ole ~ arguments
are ihale was ulsou'ssi anu te-1om-
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