Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-03-25
HADBUSINESS TODAY
Senate POndsrlg What 10 Do With
a Governors Veto.
BILL FIXING TAX RATE FOR 1896.



when It went into se,si1u this morn.
inu. There was the regular routine Of
committee reports on various measures
Ia process Of lsglslnlive incubatiou,a and
the further matter " special interest In
the judiciary committees report on the
Governors veto Of =. -. 81. regarding
court stenographefs, which recon-.
meuied the passage Of tho bill over
the Governors veto. Then there were
new bills Of Importance introduced.
The fifsl Item VI business aIuf read
iug the Journal was the submission Of
several claims by Sutherland aui War.
uer which were sent % tho commit.
tee on claims, without reading.
IRRIGATION NAIlEuh
Tho committee on agriculture and
irrigation made a report on 4. IS. no,
relating to drainage districts, the nc.
quiremeut Of capal-, ETC., recon.
mending H. psssngo with smenim -nls.
REGISTRATION And ELECTION Hills.
ChlIsslct.ot the elections committee,
submittod two reports, one signed by
himself a. chairman VI the committee,
In behalf of n majority, ami by himself
nH the minority VI the committee, on
5. Is. 81, In relation o. registration.
The majority report recommended
amendments.
Tue minority report objected TO the
payment u registration UtllCufs by the
c1uutigs, taking the ground that the
state should pay them.
iuc elections committee also re-
ported on s.B. 100, relating 10 elections
IN ciues, recommending that 10 10 not
pHss, since lie vital provision hal been
adopted ~ measure already passed,
mnEing municipal elections come IN
May. The report was adopted.
INSURANCE. BILL.
Tho Judiciary committee reported on
=. B, 80, the insurance blll, rtsuntlug
~ substitute I'M therefor, recommend.
ing In passage.
Tue substitute II much shorter than
the original hill. II requires state
| tax Oi one ami Oue-half per cent on the
/ gross receipts Of all iESufAnce com,
! paniei; that each compAi y shall make
an annual statement " It, business,
! and submit the report Of tie previous
| cslendar year on March /; that by ths
| 10Th VI March The company shall pay
tue tax Imposed; that c0mpAui,g which
have paid n tax on their capital stock to
the State fhAil be entitled to a rebate Of
one pvr cent; tint the cumIAny
failing 10 comply with the law l. IiabIe
tYA rre OF 500 for ench day after 30
days, ana TO have liz license revoked,
auJ IL prohibited from doing business
until Il COMPLIES with the law.
The bill passed second reading aud
was ordered printed.
sHEmFF, ASSESSOR AND coRoNEr.
Tue judiciary committee reported In
favor ut the passago with Amendments
OfS, b. llB, providing that ia certain
cssrs the assessor should perform the
duties Of sheriff
Also thag S. B. lis, Abollshing the
office Of coroner after Jan. 1, 1891, DO
passed.
rOLYGAMous CuLDRES
TIE Judiciary committee recon.
mUnded tire passage, with amendments,
OF =. Is, 100, lrgitimAtiug pulygamous
children born pflot 10 Jau. I, 1896,
THR sTESouRAPHER BILL vErO.
The Judiciary committee presented
the following report on the Governors
veto Of the court ttrnOgfaphef's bill:
Nit. Presideul-Enut COMMITTEES on
Judiciary, ~ whom was referred ). Is.
No. 81. an act providing Tor the en-.
ploymeal Of photographers Of c0ufts,
etc., Ms returned by the Governor
without bic approval, together with HE
message accompanying the same, have
had tbs same uudor consideration and
recommend Ihstit he passed, uotWith.
standing the objection u the Governor.
THIS bill was given very careful cOu.
alteration by tue Judiciary committee
before It was finally reported 10 tue
senate. II was thiti substitute upon
tnis subject, lhe judiciary committee
found it practically impossible 10 pro-
vide n system ~ when Btenogaphefs
should bs public on GERS, because lhore
was absolutely no experience from
which the salary and compensation Of
stenogTAphefs could be fixed. Tue com.
mittee believed and sIill believes that 10
make court steuOgtaphcfs public IN.
GERS, aud thereby uec0ssitate the pay.
mrut Of fixed ana definite salaries 10
them would be 10 Involve the State IN
very large expenditures for which
there would he no return, The bcst
system IN one by which tbs office viii
be made sell-suppoTling, aud for which
the Htate viii not be Responsible except
10 tbs extent OF Ia own WORK IN GRIM
lnal cases. This the bill Ia question no
sought 10 do, IL 10 objected by the
| GOysTnCE
]. That the bill Violates the spirit
OF this Constitution in that II does not
make the slunugtapheT public officer.
/ Your committee fails To see how this
| can be true. The Constitution simply
| provides that officers suall DO paid
| liked AMI definite salaries, Tut this bill
make the stenOgtaphcT not an officer,
bus an employee His relation IL Il
| contract one, aud no therefore does not
come within the mrguiug " the Con.
sutuliOu. THIS position ID fully borne
| out by the decision Of the supreme
| court Of the United State m the Case
| OF Hall vi Wisconsin, lO3 u. 3, O.. In
/ that case the legislature VI Wisconsin
had passed an act 90 provide Tor cor.
tain surveys In the state, to o msIe
| by commissioners, The act required
tue governor to make written con.
tract with each commissioner, nul
declared that the contract should eN.
| pTessly pTOvihB Tor the CJmpuu,atiOn
1 OF each commissioner NJ certain