The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-02-25

fully ask that all that part of Mohave
land COcOnino counties. Arizona, lying
north Of the Colorado river, be attach
ed to and become a part of the Terri
tory of Utah.
And your memorialists as in duty
bound viii ever pray.
EXECUTIVE MANSION SITE.
Parsons presented a resolution, read
ing as follows:
Resolved, BY the House, the Council
cOncurring, that a committee of five,
three from the House and two from
the Council. be appointed to confer
with the city council of Salt Lake city
for the transfer of such lot or parcel
of land as may be rendered by said
city and which shall be approved by
said committee for the site of an ex-
ecutive mansion and the committee
shall report to the Assembly
Parsons moved the adoption of the
resolution. as he thought it would be
right for the territory to have such
ground Hatch said he did not con-
slider an executive mansion necessary
at present and when it becomes nee
essary will vote for the purchase of it
by the territory, so that it can hold in
fee simple.
The resolution was adopted.
BRIGHAM YOUNG MONUMENT.
Powers presented the following joint
resolution. CH. ]. r. 10):
Whereas, there has been organized
in this territory an unincorporated as
ISOLATION known and called the Brigham
Young Memorial association; and
Whereas, said association has con-
tracted with c. Z. Dallin, native and
resident of Utah, to construct a mon
ument commemorative the life and SER
vices of said Brigham Young, costing
not less than $4,000, upon which con-
tract the sum of $1,000 has already
been paid by said association: and
Whereas, it is proposed by the as
ISOLATION aforesaid to erect d bronze
statue to the memory of said Brigham
Young; and
Whereas, said Brigham Young was
a pioneer of Utah and the founder of
the state and created the prosperous
cities of this territory, being therefor
worthy TO be remembered by all the
people and his life commemorated as
proposed by the association aforesaid;
therefore, be it
Resolved, by the Governor and Leg
isiative Assembly of the Territory of
Utah, that there be and there is hereby
rendered to the Brigham Young Me-
mortal association, unincorporated a
site upon the capitol grounds in Salt
Lake city for the erection of said mon
ument, such as may be selected by said
association upon which the contem-
plated monument to Brigham Young
may be erected"
Committee on capitol grounds
REVENUE BILL.
At 2:45 the revenue bill was taken UP
and amended and the reading finished
at 4 o'clock.
A fight was brought on by Nebeker
moving that all rules interfering with
q minority member on vote moving
for a reconsideration be suspended so
that he could move to reconsider the
vote by which mortgages We're taken
from the exemption list. The motion
carried by vote of Is to Z. Allen raised
some points of order. however, and
Nebeker found it necessary to make
another motion, to allow him to move
later than the succeeding day and this
motion was lost on the following vote:
Ayes-Dougall, Hatch. Hubbard, Ma
son. Monson, Moore, Nebeker, Powers,
Sears, Stanford, Stoker, Tolton, War
ner Wines. Speaker-14
Noes-Allen, Clark, Wins. Johnson,
Mcbride, Parsons, Pigman, varian-S.
Varian moved to make the territorial
school tax 2 mills Lost on the fol-
lowing vote:
Ayes-Allen. Dougall, Parsons. Pig
man, Powers, Sears, Stanford. varian,
Wines, Speaker-10
Noes-Clark Hatch, Wins, Johnson,
Mason. Mcbride, NIonson, Moore. Neb-
eker, Stoker, Tolton-11
Sears moved to strike out the enact
ing clause of the bill. Warner thought
it joke. but Sears said he would see.
The motion carried on the following
vote:
Ayes = DougaII, Hubbard. WINS,
Mason, Moore, Parsons. Pigman. Pow
ers. Sears. Stanford, Stoker, ToIton,
Varian. Wines Speaker-15.
Naes-Allen, Clark, Johnson, Nc
Bride, Monson. Nebeker. WARNER.
THE BONDING BILL.
Nartan moved the passage of the bill
allowing this city TO bond according to
the act passed by Congress- The bill
was passed unanimously.
4 REVENUE BILL.
Nebeler said that as the revenue bill
had been killed he would like to call
up from the table H. B. So The mo-
ton carried. The bill reads as follows:
Be it enacted by the Governor and
Legislative Assembly of the territory
of Utah.
Sec. l. That section zoos of chapter
XII of the session laws of 1890 is hereby
amended by adding the following:
Sec. 200Sa Provided. however, that
any county court throughout the terri
tory may assess a further tax not to
exceed two mills on the dollar for
special purposes. Said county court,
wherein said special tax is desired to
be levied. shall call a special election
of the taxpayers resident in said
county. Said election shall be held and
conducted in like manner as other
county elections are held Those in
favor of the tax voting yes" those
opposed no" and a majority of all
the votes cast either for or against
shall determine the question. The tax
so levied shall be assessed and collected
in like manner as other county taxes
are assessed and collected.
RECONSIDERATION.
Stanford gave notice that on Mon
day he will move to reconsider the vote
by which Warmers revenue bill was
KILLED.
THE BEET BILL.
Wines called up II. B. 80, to give a
bounty on sugar beets and said he
wanted it disposed of at once WINS
objected to immediate consideration, as
the hour was growing late, and he did
not suppose that the Republicans
wished TO rush matters He moved to
defer consideration until 8 D. M, on
MONDAY. me motlon was lost on a
straight party vote
AS all the members on the Republi-
can side kept as dumb as oysters on
the subject, WINS took the floor, but
yielded long enough for Sears to make
a. motion that the percentage of sue
rose be fixed at u for the year 1894 and
IS per cent. for 1895. The motion car
ried and as no Republican member took
the floor to show why the bill should
pass.
WINS OPENED THE DEBATE
He said the bill proposes a bounty
of so cents per ton for all farmers who
shall raise beets. The question is