The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-25

resumed operations yesterday Will oil
unusual number of vacant seats, the
occupants of which had been previous
ly excused to attend to personal bust
ness. Their absence, however, did not
operate as a deterrent to a lively SEES
sion which was predicted for the day in
these columns yesterday. the subject
for which being among those therein
enumerated.
Considerable business was transact
ed, but the feature of the day was the
action taken on H B. No. sc. the meat
inspection bill. When the special or
der was reached, for which the bill had
been set, country and city lines were
once more drawn and repetition OF
Fridays controversy ensued.
Whether Intentionally or otherwise,
the attitude of the country members
on the bill, which was originally in
tended to prevent the sale of impure
meats, was one calculated, had they
been successful, to rob the bill of its
provisions as safeguard to the meat
consumers of cities, in favor OF throw
ing open the city markets for the ben
eft of the farming communities.
1t is not supposed that such was the
intention of the representatives OF farm
ing constituencies but that was the et-
feet of the stand they took.
The controversy was warm at times
but while some spirited raileries We're
INDUCED in and it was clear case of
country VS.. city, still the debate did not
develop the same bitterness which
characterized some of the remarks on
Friday. The city members eventually
carried the day by securing the adop
ton of an amendment to enable cities
to direct the inspection of meats to
be offered for sale within their limits.
The bill to validate county warrants
issued IN excess of the debt limit came
up but was again laid over and the bill
to appropriate money for the nlainten-
ance of the reform school, asked by
the board of directors, failed of pass
age, there not being a sufficient num-
Der present to pass the emergency
clause.
The house was asked through the
governor, who submitted the CORE
spondence therein. to memorabilia con-
gress to give support to the interna-
tfonal exposition proposed to be held at
Omaha in 1885,
THE PROCEEDINGS.
Mr.. Mansfield presented a petition.
numerously signed by citizens of
Wayne county, asking for the passage
of H. 3. No. 8, which provides a means
Of changing county boundaries.
Mr.. Larsen presented a petition
signed by forty-two residents of Utah
county, protesting against the passage
of the land bill as it had been printed.
Among other suggestions the petition
ers offer is one that the disposition of
public lands be left to the county
courts.
The Judiciary committee returned H
B. No. a. MI. Bolitho's bill to validate
county warrants, recommending its
passage. the committee having found
the warrants involved to have been
issued for value received.
NEW BILLS.
On introduction and first reading
these bills were presented and on Sec
ond reading referred.
H B. No. 126, by Condon-Incorpor-
ating the State School for the Blind
and providing for its government. The
bill puts into effect section 10, article
10 of the constitution. The School for
the Blind is made a body corporate
and is placed under the management
of the board of trustees of the School
for the Deaf and Dumb, and all the
provisions of the law governing that
school apply when not inconsistent
with this act.
H. B. No 127, by Notwithstanding
for Judgment upon failure to answer
and to repeal section 3345 of the code
of civil procedure. The principal fea-
lures of the bill are changes in exist
ing statutes to empower clerks of
courts to enter judgment in all ordi-
nary cases and to provide for refer
ence to a commissioner or judge pro-
tempore to hear testimony.
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assignments for the benefit of cred
ttors. The bill is designed ITO abolish
preferred creditors and provides that
unless a creditor files his statement
within thirty days after assignment
he cannot do so thereafter unless he
can prove he did not receive the no.
tice for which provision is made in
time to enable him to do so within
that time
H b No 100, by Taylor Reforming
the manner of commencing civil ac-
tons and to repeal sections 1902. 1908,
1904, 3205 and 1907 of the existing code,
the object being to simplify the man
ner of procedure.
s. B. No rs, by Sutherland-Defin-
ing the duties of the state auditor.
s. B. No. 70, by Sutherland-In rela-
ton to the heritahle right of the issue
Of polygamous marriages.
THREE SPECIAL ORDERS.
Three special orders were ON the
calendar for this time, 2 O'Clock, and
substitute for H. B. No. %, the first.
was taken UP. The bill provides that
cities and towns may incur Indebted
ness by bonding, for public improve
ments, to the extent Of per cent of
the assessed valuation. The bill has
been up repeatedly, and as many
times laid over to be perfected, but it
did not meet the ideas of a number of
the members even yet, so was finally
recommitted. The chief objections
were that the provisions with refer
ence to the powers reposed in city
councils were too indefinite and the
per cent of Indebtedness permitted to
be incurred was too great.
TO ENFORCE MEAT INSPECTION.
H. B. No. Sc, Mr.. Monson's bill for
more adequate meat inspection, an
other of the many times delayed meas
ures, was next on the list of special
orders. It had not developed before
just what prompted the great urgency
of some of the members to get the bill
through without delay, and no more
had it cropped up wherein lay the rea-
son for the strong objection which
from time to time forced the bill over.
1t was not long yesterday, however.
before the cat was out of the bag, and
the loosening of the "puckering
string" which released the aforesaid
feline was the means of precipitating
another warm controversy between
country and city members. The secret
of the whole thing was this: The rural
members wanted the cities to accept
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