The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-05
the rules and passed. The resolution

the rules and passed. The resolution
provides:
That the state board of examiners
be authorized and empowered to en-
ploy two expert accountants for such
length of time as it may be, in the
judgment of the board, necessary to
make proper and complete auditing
of the books and accounts of the terri
torial and state institutions and Off
GERS. The experts to report to the
board and the board is authorized to
certify to the state auditor the neces-
Sary compensation and expenses n
CURED in making the said examination
and the auditor to draw his warrant
upon the state treasurer for the
amount so certified.
The house received from the senate
S. c. r. No. 9, extending the thanks
OF the legislature to H. E. Edwards and
Z. M. Jackson, for the services in fur
n1Shing design for a great seal. The
rules were suspended and the resolu-
ton read and passed unanimously.
INSANE ASYLUM BILL.
Mr.. Shoots bill providing for the
management of the insane asylum, be-
ing no 176, was finally taken up after
having been carried along for two days
as special order and being from time
to time postponed to give way to other
urgent matters The bill was read the
third time and with slight amendments
was passed
The bill makes the necessary
changes to meet the changes in the
court system; the constitutional pro-
vision making the governor, auditor
and treasurer the asylum commission
is enacted; makes the tenure of Office
OF the secretary, treasurer and medical
superintendent and assistant physician
during the pleasure of the board; pro
VldeS for the commitment and care
of the criminal insane under indict-
ment, and for their return after reason
being restored. In other respects the
bill complies with the present law.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT BILL DE-
FERRED.
Mr.. Howard called up his bill, No.
1913, relating to the law on capital pun
ishment The bill had been previously
recommitted per an amendment to
cover the cases of death sentence now
pending which had been made and
the bin returned TO the house. Upon
the reading of the amendment being
had, Mr.. Nye suggested that in the
light of the fact that an error in the
law would permit the criminals to
escape who are now under sentence,
the bill had better go to the judiciary
to make assurance doubly sure The
bill was so referred.
FOR ADDITIONAL FEES.
S. B. No. 1S1. providing for additional
fees for the secretary of state in GER
tain cases, was taken up, read the
third time and passed.
The senate amendments to Mr.. Nyes
insurance bill the house concurred in,
together with those to Mr. Beard S
coal inspection bill.
The senate bill authorizing the levy
of an S-mill tax for the purposes of the
state, was called up for final action
Mr.. Gibson moved TO amend by re-
ducing the levy to 61s mills While
the motion was pending the bill was
ordered temporarily laid aside.
The speaker, upon hearing of the
defeat of his normal school bill, called
Mr.. Bolitho to the chair and deserted
to go downstairs and see about it.
TOOK UP SALARIES.
Mr.. Bolitho from the chair suggested
that the salaries bill be proceeded
with, and the bill was taken up. In
it's form at this time the bill provided
for fixing arbitrarily the salaries of
the commissioners of the various
counties which for this purpose were
ctdSSlleQ lulO AllGeH GLASSES OIL cOuu-
ties. The members proceeded once
more to amend this schedule of COM
missioners' salaries and had reached
the end when Mr.. Harris offered an
amendment to fix maximum salary
for county commissioners and allow
them to fix their own salary within
that amount.
Mr. Cushing raised point of order
that such a proposition had been once
l1f oI,o -, l,O1 I,o n
ment in order
After the oft-repeated wrangle on
this point had been once more re-
peated the amendment carried.
Mr.. Nye's amendment carried to re-
| quire the salaries to be fixed thirty
days after the passage of the bill.
Either the fact that the
Harris amendment on the sched-
ule had to be. gone all over again,
or the new arrangement or else q.