Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-05-02

Tho roll was called at 1926, fifty.
stvou mUmhufs responding TO tuuir
unmts. Prayer was offered by Dele
gate FranClF, " Morgan. Yesterdays
Journal was read By Minute CLERK
Rbpp. Atv.ij tho preliminary busi-
noes had buuu disposed Of aud Child
ostOr called attention TO the following
communication ON which he said tue
committee named desired information
nj tie earliest possible gate:
Your committee on cugrlssmout and
enrolment, uuling nothing iu tho rulos
prescribing the number OF copies " tho
4 Consultation tu DO prepared Tor tho Wig.
nature ~ tho delegates, respectfully ask
Instructions "a, tuliuws
10 How many copies OF tho Coustitu-
ton shall DO prepared Tor signature Of
delegates
.2 shall al orsnid coplo, DO wrll.en
pen aud Ink copies, ur may any OF thom
De iu typoNritugF
The president announced that tho
committee ON rules and methods OF
procedure would report on the question
Withoutuuuucos-ary delay.
1uE Last ARTICLE.
The Convention here resolved Itself
Into the committee Of tho whole,
Lighu0r Ia the chair, ~ consider the
article on schedule, future amend
munIs aud mlsCgllsuU0us-tho last On
the calendar.
Allen, % Piutr, moved O. strike out
section / providing that "thu purs0nnl
property Of every resident M this
state, 10 consist o. such property only
Nh shell be designated by law, snhll DO
exempted 10 the amount Of not Ices
!hun i've hundred dUllaTs, from sale on
execution W other final process Of any
court, Issued Tor the collection " any
debt contracted Ai,cT the adoption VI
tins { Hsliluti1n.'
JUDGE COOLEY DREW m.
Tho motion to strike out aroused tho
opposition VI members who knew most
about thr subject Roberts y0luu-
t.uTuI tue Illumination, IA the absence
ci the chairman u tue committee. that
JIjge Cooley, the noted American
iuu1l, had no, only drawn tho section
sought 10 bo stricken out but that he
WIS the author " the ouiirc article.
Malg auY added that the provisions Ia
the Haca4u had worked most success
'Illy iu tlo slate a Michigan, Tor
which II was atO drawn by Judge
Cooley,
After some further discussion the
gentleman from Pluto Withdrew bis
molten,
There WIS q warm and wordy contest
over the following exemption pT0yl-
sion;
Livery homestead % not exceeding
forty acres Of land Hui tho dwelling
90 be selected by the owners thereof,
aud not Included In any town Mat,
city or village; 0t Instead Thereof, at tue
option Of tue owner, any lot Ia any
city village, or recorded town plat,
ar such parts Of l1tB A. shall he equal
thereto, and the dwelling house thereon
AMI sappuTfcusnCus,oW owl ned and ucuu.
pied by any resident 81 the state; NOS
exceeding In value fifteen hundred
d0llafB, shall be- exempt from forced
sale on execution or any other final
process from court, Tor any debt con.
tr,Clrd after the adoption VI This Con.
l,llutOB, such exemption snail not
extend 20 any mortgage thereon, law.
fully ublaiuvd; but such mortgage or
other alienation OF sucn lauu by the
owner thereof n % married mgu, shall
mt be- valid without tho signature OF
his wife 30 the same
Chldostur strongly assaulted the pro.
vision and moved 10 strike Gus the
whole Hrcti0u as quoted,
Hart said tba, conditions were 90
vastly different IN this Territory from
what they were m Michigan thHt tue
same ru.u would not apply. Had Judge
Cooley, wise ami able constitutional
Iewytr that he was, drawn au aruuls
specially Tor Utah, he thought Il
would have been Of entirely different
wording lie was IN favor VI liking
exemption by value. The present law
on that question was "a good oue ami
lConllnu.a ON Pnae Eipsl