The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-10

represented ogden and he represented
the taxpaying classes in advocating
the bill. Asked by Mr. Harris to name
4 one taxpayer who favored the meas
ure, DR.. Condor replied that he disliked
to mention names on the floor but
would crafty the gentleman. Fred j.
/ 1keisel was one of the largest taxpayers
of Ogden and he had told DR.. Condor
! to do all in his power to secure the !
/ passage of the bill
Mr.. Nye made another ardent appeal
/ for the bill without the amendment, 4
Mr.. Stevens following against it unless
the taxpayers were to say whether they
wanted it or not
Mr.. Harris volunteered to change the
amount of tax levy allowed by his
amendment from one-ffth of mill to
one-half of mill and demanded the
ayes and nays, the vote resulted, ayes
p. nays 1S Mr.. Lewis moved the pre-
vious question on the final passage OF !
| the bill. The motion prevailed when I
/ Mr.. Harris stated that he would be
! compelled to vote against the measure
in its present form. He said that II
DR.. Condor voted for the BILL when ne
went home and faced his constituents,
he would have to come back and per
form one of his acrobatic feats, refer
ring to the doctors DISPOSITION TO
change his opinion on various measures !
which has formed the occasion for
more than one passage at arms. DR..
Condor was not in the least disconcert- |
ed. for as he stated, he has the cour
! age to change when he finds himself |
in the wrong.
THE BILL PASSES.
The ayes and nays were then called
on final passage, resulting:
Ayes-Beard, Bolitho, Condor, Curtis,
Critchlow. Cushing. Cazier, Ferguson
OF Salt Lake. Ferguson of Carbon,
Lewis, Morrison, Morrill,, Nye, Raddatz,
Robinson, Shafer, SeVy, Smoot Taylor,
Thompson of Sanpete, Thompson of
Willard, Wilson and Mr.. Speaker-total,
%.
Nays-Bernhisel Clark, Egan, Gibbs,
Gibson, Harris, Howard, Larsen, Low
cry, Lennon, Maughn, Mansfield, Neb-
eker of Salt Lake, Nebeker of Rich,
Stevens, Snedeker and Sorensen-total
II.
The vote was the same as that taken
on Mr. Harris amendment, except that
Mr.. Bolitho voted in favor of the
amendment. Mr.. Harris tried to change
his vote after the result was announc-
ed, but was not allowed to do so, when
he gave notice that someone would
move to reconsider, that being the pur-
pose for which he wished to change.
S. B. No. 8, the fire and police bill,
came up as the second special order,
but was laid over as a special order for
today to give way to the bills on third
reading.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
M. Raard presented Fl b No. AZ
Prohibiting the adulteration of candy
by the use of terra alba baroyta tale
CIR other ingredients deleterious to
health in the manufacture thereof.
Mr.. Nye introduced. by request, H.
B. No. las, amending the compiled laws
in relation to fire insurance companies.
The same gentleman presented H. B.
No. 149-Amending the compiled laws
in relation to HE insurance companies. /
The bills We're read first and second
times and referred
RECOMMITTED
The order of third reading being
reached, H. B. No. 196 was taken up.
The bill provides that mayors of cities
of the third class may, in case of ne
cessity, sit as justices of the peace pro
TEN. Some of the gentlemen represent
ing such cities opposed having the
mayor act in such "a capacity, but de-
string more than one justice of the
peace provided for, asked the recon-
initial of the bill, which was agreed to.
BOARD OF LABOR CANCELLATIONS.
S. B. No. 40. creating a state board
of labor arbitration and Cancellation,
was passed, ayes %, nays 4, absent Il, /
Messrs. Bernhisel. Sorensen, Thompson
of Sanpete and Thompson of Willard
voting in the negative. The bill was
ND
under stress of strong opposition to
its passage.
FAILED AGAIN.
Substitute for H. B. No 80 and S. B. I
No. 81 was next on the list. There was
mo oratorical opposition to the bill, but
it lost upon the roll call being ordered.
ayes Is, nays %, absent Z. The bill had
been once defeated, and reconsidered. /
Mr.. Critchlow served notice that he
would again move to reconsider, having
during the vote changed his vote from
aye to nay for that purpose. The
measure does away with the president
of the council and makes the mayor
the presiding officer; extends quail
fed veto to mayors of cities of the third
class and gives mayors of all cities
the power to veto an appropriation pro-
vision of an ordinance without vetoing
the whole ordinance.
A communication from the senate an /
nounced the senate's concurrence in
house amendments TO S. B. No. so,
relative to the duties of the state treas |
urer.
EMPOWERING CITIES TO BOND.
Substitute for H. B. No. %, was the
next bill up. It empowers cities to call
an election for the purpose of submit
ting a proposition to bond for public
improvements, upon petition of fifty
taxpayers of cities OF the third class.
500 in cities of the second class and
1000 in first class cities. The only pro-
vision in this latter connection in the
bill as it came up. was one requiring
at least twenty-five taxpayers to petit
ton before such an election should be
ordered.
A motion by Mr.. Howard making it
majority was lost when another
amendment to increase the number to
fifty carried.
Mr.. Gibson spoke in opposition to the
measure He was opposed to bonding
or going into debt in any form. He
had never found it necessary and did
not agree with the gentlemen who ar
gued it was a necessary evil, "even if
it is" said he, 80 is hell and want
to keep away from it as hong as pos
sible"
Harris then offered the amendment,
which was adopted, fixing the number
Of necessary petitioners as stated. The