The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-03
The Proceedings.

The convention was compelled yes
terANs; 10 wait until 9:25 for quorum.
The Nsoll call then showed only fifty
seven members present. Delegate
F1ancis. OF Morgan. offered the open
ing prayer.
BY 9:45 the preliminaries were dis
posed of and the convention resolved
itself into committee of the whole,
with Eichnor in the chair.
The article on miscellaneous was
taken up and Allen. of Piute, opened
the ball by moving that section l be
stricken out. The section provides
that $500 of such personal property as
r1ay be provided by law shall be eX-
enlpt from execution on debt. Such a
protest was raised that Allen, in self
defense, withdrew the motion.
Exeln ption of Homestead.
There was a fight on section >, pro-
ss1ing for the exemption Of home
Eteads Of 40 acres or town lots of not
more than the value OF $1,000 for each
head of a family. Chichester moved to
strike this CUT, saying it is much less
liberal than the present territorial
laws, which provides that there shall
be certain exemptions for the nus
band. wife and each child.
Hart favored striking out the sec
tion, saying it might be good for
Michigan, but conditions are different
jn Utah. He favored an exemption of
value instead of an exemption of spe-
cific property under which man might
be forced to choose between necessary
pieces of farm and city property.
Kearns appealed for protection to
the poor man which would be afforded
% he section.
Not Broad Enough.
Greer agreed with Hart. saying the
-,rovisioa is not as broad as the pres
emf law. The provision would wipe
k,ut The right of liens for all those who
Snished materials or labor for build
~ the home.
Evans. OF Utah, offered an amend
ment giving each head of a family
homestead Of the value of 81, 500. This
woul. allow the inclusion of both town
lots and farm property if they should
not reach that value.
Greer offered the following substitute
for the section: "A homestead, as pro-
vided by law, shall be exempt from
forced sale under any process of law
and shall not be alienated without the
Joint consent of husband and wife,
when that relation exists; b;'t no prop
erty shall be exempt from sale for
taxes or for the payment of obliga-
fions contracted for the purchase Of
said premises or for the erection Of
improvements thereon"
Richards argued that the most
equitable system is the one which is
ADAPTED to the size OF d family, allow
ing each member of the family some
certain amount
Both amendments of Evans, Of Utah,
and Greer were lost.
yarian Against Permanent Provision
>x-arian said there should be no at
ter~pt 10 fix an amount, but the mat
Ter should be~left for the Legislature to
fix according to the peculiar conditions
which may confront it from time to
time. Therefore he moved to s2bsti-
tute, THE Legislature shall provice by
law Tor the selection, by heads of
families, and exemption Of homesteads
from sale on execution"
NThoresen moved 10 amend the Sec
ton so it would allow exemption to
any kind OF real estate to the value Of /
81 500. He said this would meet all !
needs, as it would not limit the debtor
to either farm or city property.
Hart approved Varian's substitute |
and said Thoreseh did not meet his
Mikes Men Extravaganza.
Murdoch, of Beaver. argued against
large exemptions, saying that there is |
a large class of men who will |
not pay their debts and these are |
protected by such provisions Men are
made more extravagant. When they |
are protected they are likely to run |
into debt.
Goodwin argued for exemptions of
the property of poor men.
Hammond, of San Juan, favored ex- |
cmptions. He said the constant men
ace OF. Dave Day nd his Indians max
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