The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-17
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PROBATE PROCEDURE.
Senate bill 104, an act regulating
probate procedure and providing for
the appointment of administrators,
was called up.
The bill provides that trust COM
/ panies might be appointed as admins
traitors. To this Mr.. Evans objected,
and moved to strike out. He saw no
reason why a corporation should be
permitted to act
Replying Mr.. Sutherland declared it
most novel proposition. Trust and
guarantee companies were created for
just such purposes.
After some debate the motion to
strike out prevailed. Ayes 8, mays 8.
Glen Miller gave notice Of recon
sideration today.
Several senators objected but a mo-
ton to postpone final action prevailed.
THE SALARY BILL.
Senate bill 1OS, the salary bill, was
then taken UP.
Booth moved to increase the salary
of the clerk of the supreme court from
$500 to 81, 500. Mr.. Booth explained
that the deputy clerk must be en-
ployed and paid by the chief. The
| deputy must be a competent steno-
grapher and typewriter and one can
not be obtained for less than 5000 per
year. In addition the clerk must per-
! form the duties of statistician and
librarian. No man can perform these
duties for the salary fixed in the bill.
Jones supported Booths amendment
as did Glen Miller.
Evans opposed the motion because
the clerk can get help, pay for it at the
rate of $50 per month and have $1,000
per year left. The farmers have
hard time raising their taxes and
salaries ought to be cut down to a
figure commensurate with existing
conditions. One thousand eight hun
dred will purchase more today than
$500 would five years ago. This
salary is more than the governor gets
Mr.. Sutherland thought the clerk of
the supreme court should be a COM
petent man and such a person could
not be obtained at less than $100 per
month. The law compels the clerk to
employ competent stenographer. A
competent stenographer cannot be Sc
cured for less than SIS per month. A
salary of 81 800 would be a niggardly
one.
Chichester favored low salaries but
did not think because Utah county
farmers were unsuccessful, as stated
by Evans, that everybody's salary
should be cut down. If Utah county
is a failure lit should be annexed to
some other county," Oaughter) He
would, however, move an amendment
of 81, 100.
The amendment prevailed, Evans
voting no.
GOVERNORS SALARY.
Glen Miller moved the salary of the
governor be fixed at $1,000.
Sutherland amended by striking out
the governor, secretary of state, audi
tor, treasurer and attorney-generala and
superintendent of public instruction
from the bill. He believed the salaries
of all were too low but favored leaving
the matter until the next session of the
legislature, when it can be adjusted
Glen Miller thought the salary of the
governor too low and should be made
equal to that of district Judge at
least. The demands upon him in a
social way were such as to necessitate
almost constant expense.
Evans argued long and earnestly
against the change suggested and
quoted copiously from the constitution
to show that the salary could not be
changed.
Mr.. Sutherland contended that the
salaries of the state officers could be
AAASo ny liAC l0SlSIdlUIG UuI COulQ
change them during the term of any
officer after once fixed, and that the
constitution so read and intended
The amendment of Mr.. Sutherland
was agreed to but the question will be
raised today once more.
Mr.. Warrum then moved to exclude
supreme court justices and judges of
the district courts.
snow arose with an amendment
placing the mileage of the last named
at 10 cents which was declared out of
order until Mr. Warrum's amendment
was disposed Of
Warrum's amendment prevailed and
SHOWS proposition was also adopted.
MI. Booth offered an amendment
reading Each member of the state
board of equalization s."
This amendment will be discussed
and the amount of compensation fixed
later on
COUNTY CLASSIFICATION.
Mr.. Booth called attention to The fact
tnat under the classification of the bill
mere would be no counties of the sec
o ei class- The section classified coun-
ties on a report of 1895 only. The bill was
thereupon amended to conform to the
senator's idea and counties will be classi-
he'd according to valuation.
MI. sutherland then proposed an
amendment classifying all counties in
the state and declared if it passed he
would offer another amendment fixing
the salary OF every officer in the state.
Mr.. Sutherland's amendment CLASHES
counties as provided in the bill but
after the fourth class created other
classes down to fifteen, and provided sal
aries for each.
Mr.. Sutherland explained that mas
much as the state paid one-half of the
salary of the sheriff attorney and as
SCISSOR, the burdens would be light. The
assessor in some cases and the clerk and
recorder in others, will still further re-
Guce.
Snow declared the plan impracticable.
Although it appears that revenues will
be increased, there are expenses which
will still be incurred and which in the
very nature of things, cannot be over
looked. The bill would never pass the
house, as amended by Mr.. Sutherland. 1t
is well to permit the county commits
sioners to fix the compensation. If any
changes are to be made, classify the
counties and fix the maximum and give
the county boards some discretion
Mr.. Jones SAID the Classifying of coun-
ties is impracticable and cannot be done
Several counties had been classified in
committee, and the members who had
appeared were at such variance that
they could not get together. In some
eases the variation was high as $1,000.
Jones did not believe in the state pay
ing any salary of any county, because it
was wrong.
Candland did not object to fixing the
salary of Salt Lake county officers if
Salt Lakers wanted him to, but he did
object to Salt Lake men going to San