The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-03-10

tain animals and birds. approved
March 3, 1888, recommending that it
be passed
Hart moved to reconsider the vote
on Il. b. 140, the coal oil bill" The
motion prevailed. The bill was then
passed.
A communication from the House
announced that that body had passed
r. =. l6S, amending the act authoriz-
ing the sale of university lands The
Dill was read the first and second
times and referred to the committee
on university.
The committee on university and
agricultural college reported c. 3. 81,
regarding the union of the university
and Agricultural college, without any
recommendation
n. B. Isl, to amend chapter So ses-
sion laws of '92, in relation to schools.
was rejected, as it grounds were coy
cred by another bill.
SALE OF UNWHOLESOME MEAT.
II: b. 125, in respect to the prevention
oI the sale of unwholesome or diseased
meat, was read and discussed. The
Dill was amended and passed.
AT p. m. Council took a recess till
2 p. m.
IN THE AFTERNOON.
council reconvened at $50 p. m, all
members being present.
A communication from the House
announced that c. B. LOG. relating to
Inc ENDOWMENT Of the University of
Utah, had been passed.
THE SCHOOL BILL.
Seaman moved that the rules be sus.
pended and H. b 10. substitute for G
O.. ~, amending an act to provide for
q ulliIorm system Of free schools be put
upon lts passage. The motion prevail
ed. The bill was passed by a mani
nous vote The committee on Univer-
slty and Agricultural college reported
h y. l6S, respecting the sale of uni
Versity lands, recommending it's pas
sage.
THE REVENUE BILL.
G.. B. 80, in relation to revenue. was
read.
Booth, of Provo, moved to amend by
making the tax for territorial purposes
~ mills, also making the district
school tax 215 mills. The same amend
ment provided that the section requir-
ing that money loaned, on hand or de-
post, shall be assessed at its legal
value, and the section repeating chan
ter 4S, page 81, session laws of '92.
Seaman regretted that the bill had
not been brought up earlier in the ses-
SION, as 1t should have more attention
lnan IT could receive at this late day
He did not believe the public system OF
the territory is perfect, but its results
are greater than anyone had ever
dreamed OF. You might as well abolish
a system as to make it almost nuga.
tory. He submitted the proposition
that If the tax were reduced from
mills to 21s mills the people would have
10 turn around and make up the hall
mill in some other way. The members
OIL the Council cannot go home to theil
constituents and say: I'VE could moi
praVely face the situation. We have
voted to cripple the public system. .
Such would be a step backward. He
was opposed to the amendment. II
was dangerous proposition and
should not succeed.
Williams said the gentleman thought
this reduction of the tax meant the
overthrow of the free public school
system. The mills school tax is sup
plemented by q local mill tax. We
may assume that mills is the tax fol
school tax. The previous speaker car
say nothing in commentator of the
public school system which will not be
universally assented to, but while we
want schools we want something more
When we consider that nearly four.
fifths of the territorial tax goes fol
CdHHOI
that the proposition to amend is rea-
sonable.
Hart said that the amendment pro-
posed to raise the territorial taxes al
the expense of the schools. It means
that the country districts would have
to make up the amount. He had re.
ceived today a petition from some OF
his constituents protesting against
raising the territorial tax. He OBJ
Jected to the amendment on the
grounds that it would be injustice tc
the country districts.
Lund held that there is no necessity
for division of the taxes. If it is nee.
essary to economic let it be done ir
some other way.
While he would not favor an in.
crease in taxation except as a last re.
sort to save institutions from ruin, he
would rather have the taxes raised
than have this division take place. He
knew the reduction of a half mil
would cripple the school system.
Adams said that for years mills ha6
been assessed for school purposes, ano
adding to this the ? mill local tax, il
had been impossible to keep school ir
some Of the sparsely populated dis
tricts the customary period it had beer
necessary to raise money among the
private patrons of the schools. The
centers Of wealth and the more remote
districts go hand in hand and there
should be no legislation discriminating
between them.
Booth, of Provo, said no one there
was greater friend of free schools
than himself but he was convinced
that this would work no injury to the
schools.
Eldredge said the proposition t.
switch y mill from the territorial ta1
to the school tax met his appreciation
as the wisest measure under the cir.
cumstanceS.
The amendment prevailed and the
bin was passed as amended, by q
vote of 8 to 4, Adams, Hart, Seaman
and Lund voting against the measure
COLLECTION OF TAXES.
c. B. 1OS. to amend chapter 81. SEES
sion laws of Utah 1892, and sections g
OIL, 2,G32 and 1904 of the complied laws
of Utah, 'SS, in relation to the collec.
ton of taxes was returned by the
House with certain amendments. The
Council concurred in the House amend.
ments and the bill was passed.
FROM THE GOVERNOR.
The Governor notified the Council
that he had signed the bill for an act
to validate and make admissible in ev.
idence certain deeds and other instru.
ments affecting title to real estate
heretofore recorded wherein the same
are effectively executed except a:
against subsequent purchasers, incum
brances or assignees.
Also an act amending section 1, chap
ter 65,, session laws of 1892. Filed.
FROM THE HOUSE.
A communication from the House
notified the Council that it had passed
H B. Ill for an act providing for &
new section of the code of civil pro
ceedure, providing for appeals from
justice courts to the district courts
and that H B. 161 had been amended
according to the recommendation of thC
Governor. The Council concurred il