The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-26
COMMITTEE REPORTS.

COMMITTEE REPORTS.
The following reports of committees
| were made.
Irriga ton and Agriculture-F'avor-
able report on senate bill 10 providing
for the establishing of drainage dis
! tricts.
Elections-Rejecting senate bill 106,
providing for the time of holding cleo
tons, this matter having been covered
in senate bill 102.
Judiciary-Reporting substitutes for
the insurance bill; favorable action on
senate bill 119, providing that in GER
tain cases the assessor shall perform
! the duties of sheriff; senate bill abol
| ishing the Office of coroner; senate
bill 12O, legitimating issue of polyga-
nous and bigamous marriages.
THE REGISTRATION BILL.
Senate bill 2, the registration law,
over which there has been squabble
for some. days because of an attempt to
place the power of appointments of
registrars in the hands of the COVER
nor came up OH a majority report and
a minority by Chichester.
The majority report was agreed to
by all except the dissenting members
and is as appended.
1t shall be the duty of the board of
( equity COMMISSIONERS IL dppOlllC do
registration agent for each precinct
person who, at the time of the ap-
pontment. belongs to the political
party which cast the highest number of
votes for governor at the election next
preceding the appointment of such reg
istration agent, and in cases where the
registration precincts have been alter
ed since such election, the appointment
shall be made as follows:
FjrSt-W here two or moro pIoptjOu
precincts have been created out of a
single election precinct, each registra-
ton agent shall be q member of the
political party which cast the highest
number of votes for governor in such
single election precinct at the preceding
election.
oecond-Where an election precinct is
created by combining two or more of
the Darts of two or more election pre-
cinctS with a part or parts of one or
more election precincts, then such reg
istration agent shall be a member of
the political party which cast the high
est number of votes for governor in the
precinct which either in whole or in
part forms the major part of such new
ly created precinct.
Third-The true intent and meaning
of the provisions of this act with ref
erence to the appointment of registra-
ton agents, is that the registration
agent in each precinct shall belong to
the political party which, at the pre-
ceding election, cast the highest num-
Der OF votes for governor in the terri
tory forming the election precinct at
the time of the appointment
Mr.. Chichester dissanted because if
placed the expense on the counties
when the same should be borne by the
state. He took occasion to declare in
loud and vigorous tones that Snow had
gone back on him in abandoning his
position taken at an earlier day. and
after leading everyone present to be-
lieve he was going to move to adopt
his suggestions, withdrew them and
the majority report was taken up
Mr.. Evans opposed the report of the
majority. 1t forced the appointment OF
registrars into politics in this that il
prescribes a political qualifica ton. He
did not understand this change OF
front.
Chidester declared the bill as amend.
ed represented the position taken by
the minority Of the senate when it was
proposed to place the power of ap-
pointment in the hands of the gov
ernor. If the minority was not salts
fed with this change, he believed moth
ing could be done to satisfy them. This
bill reaches every precinct in the state
Where the precinct is Democratic a
| HlS1uDeT VI Ultt poLl'lJ VIII SeINe, WILtIt
the opposite is the case, Republicans
will act. If there was anything. in the
first argument against the bill, there
can be nothing said now.
Sutherland spoke in favor of the
measure declaring it the nearest APP.
= proach to local self-government at
tempted. 1t gave Democrats a chance
in counties which are Republican and
Republicans chance in Democratic
precincts.
) Mr. Warrum of the minority declar-
, ed in favor of the bin as amended
and said Mr.. Evans views were not
, his own.
Mr.. Cannon further amended the bN
by providing that the majority party
} in each precinct shall submit a list
of at least three names to the board
of county commissioners and from such
list the appointment shall be made.
This was adopted and the bill passed
to second reading.
CORONER ABOLISHED.
8. B. No. lis, providing for the abol
ishment of the office of coroner, passed
under Suspension of the rules
LEGITIMATING CHILDREN.
s. B. No. 100, legitimating childrel
of pblygamous and bfgamous marriage
; passed third reading and will b
voted upon this morning
3 DRAINAGE DISTRICTS.
s. B. No. no, providing for the ere
alton of drainage districts, was on sec
ond reading at the hour of adjourn
ment.
f STATE BOARD OF LABOR.
. The governor announced his approx
. all of S B. No. 70, creating a state
: board of labor.
PAH-UTE INDIANS.
! H. j. NJ. No 2, relating to the Pah
Ute Indians in San Juan county, cam
, down from the house and wa
q passed.
, FISH AND GAME LAW.
The house announced the passage o
= H B. No. SO, the fish and game law
The senate adjourned until thi
n morning at 10 o'clock.
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