The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-15

Over Committee Reports.
| A bill introduced in the lower house
of the legislature yesterday by Rep
resentative Monson gives the members
of that body another measure to con-
slider ON the subject of the fire and
police commission. The bill was draft
ed by Judge Powers, and was offered
to the house to substitute. if passed,
the present law which was also, as is
well known, conceived by Judge Pow
ers. The new bill embodies those
changes in the old law which the au-
thor suggested to the committee ON
municipal corporations at it's meeting
Wednesday night
The only other house bill introduced
yesterday was one by Mr.. Howard,
which was intended for law to pro-
hibit prize fighting 1t was drafted
after the law recently passed by con-
gress on the same subject for Arizona.
The bill, however, will not become a
law in Utah as its consideration was
Indefinitely postponed after the second
reading.
The house session, though it lasted
until nearly 6 o'clock, was almost
wholly wasted in wrangle which oc-
CURED as to the proper course to be
pursued in considering committee re
ports. The result was that no bills
were passed and but three measures
We're prepared for final action. They
were S. B. No 4 appropriat1ng money
for the school for the deaf and dumb
and providing for the management
thereof; S. j. r. No 8, approprlating
money for the purchase of dockets and
books for county courts, and H. B.
No. "A, relative to the sale of adulter-
ated dairy products.
The reading of the governors mes
sage on the financial condition of the
state was the only other matter of
Importance to engage the attention of
the house which adjourned to meet
today.
THE PROCEEDINGS.
At the opening of the session the speak
err signed H. B. No 66, relating to the
time of exemption under sale for tax
es; H. 3. No. 81. requiring suits to be
fled in the county in which intended
to be tried, and S. B. No. A, provid-
ing for seals for county courts, etc.
Claims We're presented by Mr.. Ca
Zier in favor of Herbert Burton, Mesh
ach Pitt, J. F. Wright, D. NJ. Miller,
Thomas Vickers, z. H. Sparks and
William Cole, Of Juab county. for $12
each for services rendered in United
States court as witnesses; by Mr.. b.
litho in favor of Sheriff Coons, of Sc
vier county, for s62 for services in
criminal cases.
Mr.. Thorn presented a petition
signed by sixty-nine citizens of Utah
county asking the passage of S. B. No.
%, the same being the proposed cleo
ton law.
FROM THE BARRIERS.
Mr.. Ferguson, of Salt Lake. pre-
scented a, petition signed by twenty six
hotel keepers and BARRIERS. asking that
the action be reconsidered by which
H 3. SO failed to pass. The bill was
intended to allow barber shops to open
Sundays.
Senate communications announced
the rejection of H. B No. 26, to protect |
laboring men in their right to belong |
to labor organizations; and the pass
age of senate bills 46, so, 81 and IS,
substitute for S. B. No. Is and S. ].
R. No. 5.
REPORTS.
The house took the whole of the next
hour in trying to determine in what !
manner it would consider the reports |
Of committees. When that order of |
business was reached, Mr.. Ferguson, !
of Salt Lake, moved the adoption of |
the report on S. B. No. 4, appropriat- |
ing $4,000 for the school for deaf and |
dumb to meet deficiencies and run |
the school until the regular appropri- !
alton bill is passed. Upon the sugges-
ton of Mr.. Critchlow, the report of |
the educational committee on the same |
bill, the measure providing as it did |
for the whole system of government |
of the school, was taken up in connec-
ton with the report of the appropria- |
tons committee. The point upon |
which the house hung and which con-
Sumed so much time in discussion, |
was whether the whole bill should be !
considered in connection with the re- |
ports, or whether the recommendations |
of the committee should be considered |
alone. Mr.. Nebeker of Rich was op- |
posed to consuming SO much time as
would be necessary to consider the |
whole bill; besides, it was not the |
proper time for such consideration |
which should be had on third reading |
when the bill could be amended either |
before the house or by going into COM |
mlttee of the whole. Mr.. Cazier moved |
the house go into committee of the |
NnOlCJ WHICH ulOllOl Was 10 blame Tor |
still further delay because of the ar
guments it brought forth on the neces- |
sity of such a course. Nearly every !
body had something to say, and time |
was slipping rapidly away and DR..
Condor had absorbed his share of it. |
Mr.. Gibson, who has been laying for !
the doctor since he wanted to put bells |
on Uintah county bees the other day.
arose as the gentleman took his seat |
after the second or third time he had |
spoken, and remarked that time was |
flying and, he thought, absorbing the |
time of the house with useless talk, was |
quite as much out of place as printing |
useless bills. The members laughed |
at the doctors expense. The previous !
question was immediately moved and |
put. The house declined to go into |
COMMITTEES of the whole and the bill |
was taken up for consideration of the
house, section by section, in connec- /
ton with the committee reports.
FROM THE GOVERNOR.
Before beginning the consideration Of
the measure the ST eaker informed the |
house of the receipt of a communion
ton from the governor and directed |
the clerk to read the message of his
excellency, which appears in another
column.
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
Following the reading the house
spent a couple of hours in perfecting
the bill to its satisfaction. S. ]. r,