The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-15


Robinson moved the adoption of the
report, but the speaker ruled thal nc
signed by the residents and taxpayers
praying for the action for the reasons
that they are cut off from commun-
ication with the citizens and courts
! of Arizona except by a difficult route
| through the wild country OF the MAYA
| 10 and Apache Indians; that lney or
but four miles from Utah ana neSlL
her protection. Arizona offers no pro
lection from the lawlessness OF des-
perate men who make the Indian coun-
try a refuge; that the prosecution "
lawlessness devolves upon Titan 10 the
detriment of property owners OF Tue
counties; that the herds ana !iochS "
the region are owned mostly IN O'ean'
and that therefore the citizens desire
the benefit arising from the tunas oe-
rived from taxation.
NEW BILLS.
The following bills were presented
on first reading:
EXEMPTIONS
H. B. No. % by Mansfield of wayne,
revising and amending Sectlon o4zs
| (S. 569) of the compiled laws OF Otah.
1883, providing for the exemption VI
homesteads and personal property from
Section of the law is arheAueu ny
adding:
Provided, that if Judgment dehtor
be the head of a family, consisting OF
five or more members, there should ne
! a further exemption of two COWS and
their second calves"
Section II is amended by the lnser-
ton of the following:
Exemption of a homestead consist
lands NAV be in one or more pieces
in different localities of the same
county in which the judgment debtor
resides. or in different counties of the
state. together with the appurtenances
and improvements thereon not exceed
ing in value the sum of $l,5OO, for the
judgment debtor, and the further sum
of $500 for his wife and $25O Tor each
other member of his family. Such eX-
emptions shall continue after the death
of the judgment debtor for the benefit
of the wife or minor children surViv-
ing. or in case the wife is the judgment
debtor, and the husband or minor
children are not seized of any real
estate of the value in the aggregate of
81 900, then such exemption shall con-
tinue until the death of the husband.
or in case the husband dies before the
youngest child of such family is
tWenty-one (2D years of age, then
such exemption shall continue until
such youngest child shall become
twenty-one (20 years of age. In case
the husband or wife desert his or her
family, the exemption shall continue
in favor of the one occupying the prem
ises as a resident. When a homestead
of a judgment debtor is conveyed by
the owner thereof, such conveyance
shall not subject the premises to any
lien or incumberance to which it would
not be subject in the hands of such
owner; and the proceeds thereof, to
the amount Of the exemption existing
a t the time of the sale, shall be exempt
from execution, or process, for one
year after the receipt thereof by the
person entitled to the exemption, and
if re-invested in a homestead, the new
homestead shall be entitled to the
same exemption as the original home
stead. Whenever building, ex-
empted as a homestead, is insured in
favor of the person entitled to the ex-
emption, and loss occurs, emitting
such person to the insurance, such in
surance money shall be exempt to the
same extent as the building would
have been had it not been DESTROYED.
In case the water used by the judg-
ment debtor, or any member of his
family, for domestic or irrigation DUR
poses has been conveyed to a private
corporation, Incorporated for irrigation
purposes, or to a corporation incorpor-
ated under an act compiling the laws
receive only was in order and that to
adopt required a suspension of the
rules. No motion to that end was
heard and the report was accordingly
received and laid over for future ac-
lion
SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF.
An invitation to the legislature to
attend an exhibition of the School for
the Deaf, on Friday evening, was read
and filed.
The committee on enrolment re-
ported that # had transmitted H C.
R. No. 4 to the governor Tor approval.
The resolution authorizes the COVER
nor to appoint messenger at a salary
of So per day.
FOR ANNEXATION.
Robinson of Kane presented H. J. M.
No. 1, praying congress to annex to
Utah those portions of Coconino and
Mohave counties, Arizona territory,
lying north Of the Colorado river The
memorial sets forth as the reasons for
such annexation the fact that the Col
orado river forms an impossible bar
rier between these portions of the
counties named and their main bodies.
and the further one that the residents
and taxpayers desire to be annexed. To
the memorial are attached petitions
relating to the Incorporation Of irriga-
ton companies, by deed of trust, and
the judgment debtor owns such stock
or interest in such interpretations or
companies then such stock or inter-
est or both shall be exempt from
execution against the judgment debtor,
to the same extent as though such
water and water right, and the means
of conveying the same was held by the
judgment debtor as appurtenant to
the land or property on which it is
used. Provided, that such stock or in
terest shall not be exempt from assess
ment or sale by such private incor-
porations or irrigation companies, nor
from levy and sale on a judgment
against such interpretations or COM
panies. If the homestead selected by
the judgment debtor is of greater
value than is exempted under this sec
ton, and if it consist of two or more
separate pieces of land and appurten-
ances, neither of which is of the value
of the amount of the exemption. it
shall be optional with the Judgment
debtor which piece or pieces of land
he will select and retain in full and
winch piece OF pieces snail be parti-
toned or sold and receive the value
of the remainder of the homestead in
money, as provided in this section. If
the debtor SO elect, the homestead may
be sold as other lands are sold on
execution, and. after paying the judg-
ment debtor the value of the home
stead, the balance of the money shall
be applied on the Judgment, provided.
that the homestead shall not be sold
If the officer do not receive a bid for a
greater amount than the value of the
homestead exempted in this section if
the exempted lands or improvements