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

the provisions for general elections or
even years. some discussion was in
dulged in as to whether there should
be a three or five year term. During
this discussion Charley Crane sat lis
tening with interest but keeping ST
lent. Of course. he was gratified wher
1T was decided that the first term
should end on the first Monday in Jan
uary. 1901. This, of course. applies as
we'll to the other members of the exc
cutive department..
May Have Separate Election.
On motion of Thurman the conven-
ton went partly back on its work OF
Tuesday. and determined that NUM-
cipal and school elections might be
LETT separate from the general elections
if the legislature should see fit to make
such provision
Van Horn. in accordance with a no
tice of the day before. moved to recon-
slider the vote whereby the territorial
law against polygamy was made valid.
Van Horn. however. had overlooked
one thing. While he was present and
voted on the section yet he was not
present on the final vote on the article
on schedule. Therefore, he was ruled
out of order. He appealed. but his ap-
peal was sat down on. He only stayed
few moments afterwards. as ne
out.
The convention. at 4:S0, went into
committee of the whole. and took up
the article on miscellaneous.
No Releasing From Taxes.
Eichnor ruled one after another of
Murdock's sections out of order. as
well as one offered by Cannon. as fol-
lows:
Sec. = No county shall be released
or discharged from its or their proper
tionate share of taxes to be levied for
state purposes, nor shall Communication
for such taxes be authorized in any
form whatever"
The committee of the whole then
arose and. under suspension of the
rules, the convention took UP the ar
ticle on miscellaneous for third read
ing.
Reducing the Limit.
Chidester moved that 800 instead OF
$500 be the limit of personal property
exempted from execution for debt The
amount as in the section. he said, was
too great in the case Of an unmarried
man.
Thoresen-I deny that. In this day
and age a young man must have at
least $500 to get married. Girls won't
have him if he has only 500. Qaugh-
ter).
Call-Send your young men to Boun-
tiful and We'll fix them. Naughter).
Boyer moved the amount be $500 and
Greer that it be $500. Chidester's and
Boyer's motions were defeated and
Creer's was passed by a vote of SO TO
n.
On motion of WINS this exemption
was made inapplicable to taxes due
and owing"
On motion of Chidester the words
until otherwise provided by law" was,
TO use President Smiths language
IN motion of Roberts the whole section
was stricken out.
EIdredge Makes Another Trial.
Eldredge moved the following sub
;titute:
Section 3 To all heads of families
here shall be an exemption in lands
md improvements thereon consisting
n value of not less than $1,000 and If
such head of family be married, a
urther sum of $500 for the wife and
$50 for each minor child. which shall |
De exempt from forced sale on eXecu-
ion or any other final process from a
'ourt. for any debt contracted after +
he adoption of this constitution. Such /
shall not extend to any |
mortgage thereon, lawfully obtained:
# such land by the owner thereof. If /
married man, shall not be valid with
ut the signature of his wife TO the |
anne. But no property shall be ex
mpt from. tax sale"
Roberts-What kind of heads of
antilles are those who are not mar
led? Oaughter.
Eldredge's substitute and a motion
o strike out Varian's section were
9th defeated.
1.-THE Chair is Mixed"
Then came another lively circus,
uring which President Smith said.
nd, with profuse apologies, said he
,ould introduce something which had
cen voted down several times.
Varian (sharply)-What is it? State
our question and then speak.
lam est is this: 1.-The necessary
light of way for tunnels, fumes, pipe
mes, roads and ditches,. as a means
D the development of the mineral and
resources of the state. is
James was here interrupted by a
earty laugh, coming from all sides
the house. The subject was
amiliar.
james Knocked Out Again.
declared a public USE" conAs
nued James. land subject to the con-
'ol and regulation of the state" He
as ruled out Of order, however, and
is protest was silenced.
Cannon again offered his section on
of taxes, given above,
ut he was ruled out of order
Some further attempts to amend
ere made and after all were defeated
Y vote or ruling. the debate was shut /
L and the article was passed by q
ote Of IS to 5, Kerr, Maloney, Page, ]
horesen and Thurman voting no"
Maloney Calls Dooly Impudenr.
While the roll call was proceeding !
aloney answered to his name by ask {
e to be excused, saying:
when a banker writes an impudent !
tier and the convention follows his
dding. 1 don't want to vote for the !
rticle." {
Maloney had reference to a letter !
ON j. e. Dooly which had been sent
several members of the convention.
characterized the article on miscel-
mple and out of place in the sconsti- q
Ition.' He said he particularly OBJ |
cted to the provision that a wife $
ust sign with a husband. because i
his is subject to all the objections OF $
e dover right. Men from other i
ates become residents of Utah; claim
be unmarried and, after buying and
ling land, wife, real or pretended,
rms up and the transfer becomes alb
lutely void, not even good for the {
e of the vendor. This system will
prolific of blackmail and. like ali
recorded public liens, opposed to
Iblic policy" The convention had
lowed out the suggestions of the I
ter and hence the objection of Ma 8
!.