The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-13
mittee on labor.
The Executive.


Low. of Cache offered a proposition on
the executive In this he provides that
the executive shall consist of the gov
ernor, secretary OF state, state auditor,
superintendent of public instru ion. each
to hold four years. the governor and at
torney general to be elected for two years
on the first state election, the others for
the fuu term Lieutenant-goVernor is in
useless The qualifications for Office are
dlstlncdvely masculine. Each must have
resided in the state three years. The
thirty years old; the others Twenty-Five
The governor. secretary of state and at
torney-general constitute the board of
pardons- There are the usual veto uro-
visions and also new feature In that
he may disapprove OF specific items of
an appropriation bill and let the rest 90
tn sne ssavf n92ss %th Of
The secretary of state shall act as govern
or in case of absence or vacancy The
governor, secretary of state. attorney
salary, the treasurer 81 600 and the super
intendent of public instruction S.500 m
til otherwise provided by law. This shall
be IN full as compensation for labor and
all fees must be turned into the treasury.
Committee on executive.
Probate Courts.
Gibbs introduced proposition provid-
Ing that probate courts should be courts
of record and should have original jurs-
diction in all matters of probate Settle
nnents of estates of deceased persons and
appointment of guardians; also iurisdic-
ton to hear and determine all civil cases.
where eTcd the d th or daage cs s does
and concurrent jurisdiction with Justices
Of the peace in criminal cases.
Chichester, offered proposition for
amendment to the constitution in which
the usual procedure is laid down for both
amendments and other conventions. Com
mittee on amendment.
Territorial Proceedings.
Greer introduced proposition giving
the. territorial buildings to the state and
the premises. 1t is also provided that the
legislature shall have no power to change
the seat of state government or location
of public institutions, except under gen
eral laws and by consent or Uno people
black Lists.
Evans of Weber. offered three resolu-
-.Resolved, That the exchange OF
black lists between corporations snail
be prohibited"
levied and collected by. general laws and
for public purposes only. They shall be
uniform upon the same class Of subjects
t Wi5nR 5ne reFr tho AK i'S 'l e ~
d-"Resolved, That no appropria-
ton shall be made for charitable, indus
trial, educational or benevolent purposes
to any person, corporation or community
not under the absolute control or the
state, nor to any denominations or sec
tartan institution or ASSOCIATION.
Wards of the County
| Maloney. of Weber, fathered a PROPOSE
ton providing that the legislature shali
| make it obligatory on every county to
support all infrm, sick and disabled pau
! pers residing within its limits; PROVIDED
| that in every municipal corporation in a
J county said corporation shall support It's
| own infirm, sick and disabled paupers.
On Education.
Kerr, of Cache, offered a proposition on
! education, which is quite comprehensive
| It provides for the gratuitous, uniform
! system of education of all persons be-
/ tween the ages of and q years. One OF
! school district at least six months In
| every year. The system will include pri-
mary and grammar schools. kindergar-
tens in cities of over 10000 population anc
| high schools and night schools wherever
! the school authorities shall decide to es-
tabIish them. The whole revenue from
the school fund. however. is to be applied
to kindergartenS. primary and grammar
schools. which are the only ones thai
shall be free. All funds from schoo
lands and moneys paid for exemption
from military duty are to constitute the
school fund. The legislature must raise
any additional funds for keeping w
schools the necessary six months. Chill
wears between and IA years of age. Al
institutions of higher education are TO b.
concentrated in the University of Utah
located at one place General supervision
of the puhlic schools is vested in stat
board Of education. consisting of the stat
| Superintendent the regents of the uni
versity. This board of regents shall con
sist of twelve MEMBERSHIP state super