The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-01

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able sum of the peoples money, offers
an excuse for other persons, firms and
corporations to demand a portion of
the public funds for their private uses
and tends to increase the burdens of
taxation and keep the tax levy at the
highest limit fixed by the constitution.
| Seventh-The bill contains a proviso
that this bounty is not to be paid for
two years. In our opinion, this legis-
lature has no right to make appropri-
atoms for 1898, as two other legisla-
lures will have been elected before the
end of that year, and we, of this legis-
lature, cannot foresee the ability or in
clination of the people to pay bounties
upon this particular kind of root at
that time.
NJ. NJ. WARNER,
NOBLE WARRUM, JR.
Mr.. Warner moved to adopt the
minority report.
Booth amended by making it the ma
jority report.
Chidester made the point that
Booths motion was out of order.
Jones and Allison took the same
ground as Chichester.
The chair decided the point not well
taken.
Mr. Booth called attention to the fact
that the Democrats were not in accord
with the minority of two years ago.
Are you going to vote for this bill?'
asked Warner
yes"
Il call attention to the fact that a
few days ago the senator said, when
the sericulture bill was up, he would
vote for no more bounty bills. would
like TO have him show some consist
ency.''
But the bill does not take effect for
two years" pleaded Booth: and the
next legislature may repeal the law"
Then what will we who have en-
gagged in the industry do?" asked
Snow.
oh, you will have your canaigre."
THAT is getting the root under false
pretense, and 1 object" said Warner.
The report of the committee was
then adopted.
Ayes-Allison, Booth, Candland,
Chichester, Driscon, Glen Miller, R. G.
Miller, Sutherland, Zundel, Mr.. Presi-
dent-10. Noes-ChaInbers Evans,
Jones, Mckay, Warner, Warrum, Snow
-?
Jones and Mckay, Republicans,
voted with the Democrats.
GOVERNOR ovERRULED.
The house notified the senate of hav-
ing passed senate bill 81 over the veto
of the governor; also house bill 121, re-
lating to the incorporation of uni
versities.
ANOTHER VETO.
The governor sent down the follow
ing veto of the Mercur incorpora ton
bill:
State of Utah, Executive Office, Salt
Lake City, March 81, 1896.
To the President and Gentlemen of
the Senate:
l herewith return, without nv ap-
proval, senate bill No. III, to amend
general section 1713 S. 4, Vol 1, COM
piled laws of Utah, 1888, relating to in
corporation of cities.
The bill provides in effect that at
elections where a vote is taken to de-
termine whether or not a proposed
city shall be incorporated, and for the
election of the first municipal officers,
If voters are otherwise qualified, they
need not be registered. If registration
is a proper safeguard to preserve the
purity of the ballot in all other cleo
lions, l am unable to see why it is
not proper safeguard in elections to
determine the question of incorpora-
ton. If 1t is proper safeguard that
electors shall be registered before be-
ing allowed to vote for municipal Off
GERS after incorporation, in my opinion
IT Is no less proper safeguard before
incorporation. It is held by those in
favor OF the bill that the law now in
force providing that qualified voters
within the limits sought to be incor-
porated shall be entitled to vote does
not necessarily mean registered voters.
and that therefore this bill has been
passed to make it perfectly clear that
voters need not be registered If the
bill made it perfectly clear that the
voters must be registered it would
have my approval. Very respectfully.
HEBER NJ. WELLS,
Governor
The veto was referred to the COM
mittee on judiciary.
FORT CAMERON LANDS.
House joint memorial No. 4. asking
for the Fort Cameron reservation for
a state normal school, was reported
from the educational committee with
out recommendation.
Snow moved to suspend the rules and
pass the memorial and Cannon left
THE chair to speak against it.
He spoke.
Snow then withdrew his motion and
the memorial will come up today.
GREAT SEAL.
House bill No. 1874, pelating to the
great seal, passed three readings and
was adopted.
ELECTIONS BILL.
Senate bill No. 102 the elections bill.
as amended by the house, was then
taken up. All amendments were con-
CURED in save one, the fixing of time
for holding elections in cities, which
was changed bV fihe hO11Se IN conform
to the present law.
Glen Miller. Snow and Sutherland
were appointed a conference commit
tee.
CAREY LAND GRANT.
Senate bill No. 1O7. the bill accepting
1.-THE provisions of the Carey land grant
as passed by the house, was read first
and second times.
COUNTIES BILL.
The long counties bill. which was
drawn by the county attorney of this
loailiwick, was partially read during the
afternoon. Warner caught one gem
during the reading. 1t was TO the eff
feet that ANY officer fraudulently and
wrongfully performing a duty should
forfeit the sum of $780," The senator
from Utah county gravely inquired If
anyone ever heard of a man per
forming a duty wrongfully," empha-
sizing the word performing
After everyone had enjoyed a good
laugh over The matter, the same was
corrected. to the intense satisfaction
of the author of the bill, who was pres
ent during the reading, an interested
spectator.
The senate adjourned ait Gas until
$3.50. this morning.