The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-02
INTEREST ON WARRANTS.

/
Two reports were made by the COM
mfttee on claims and appropriations on
/ house bill 122, Morrison's bill providing
/ for interest on warrants. The majority
/ recommended the bill pass. The re-
! port of the minority reads as follows:
For many years since the establish
( ment of the territory these warrants
have been taken without interest. They
1 are mainly given for services, and not
wfthstanding the price of every kind
of service has decreased SO per cent in
/ the past five years. the same amount
! is paid by the state as at that time;
as consequence the recipients of
! these warrants are receiving from 20
to SO per cent more than formerly. To
voluntarily add interest to these war
rants at time when the state
is in the greatest distress, and when
the warrants are worth more in pur-
chasing commodities than at any time
in forty years is, in our opinion. unwise
and unjust to the citizens who must
pay these debts. If the voluntary add
ing of interest is contemplated it should
at least be left until such time as
the state has the current revenues to
meet its pressing necessities.
GLEN MILLER.
r. c. CHAMBERS.
This report was laid over until the
Dill comes up.
COUNTIES BILL.
Consideration of the counties bill was
then resumed
Senator Allison made an effort to
strike out the clause providing for a
matron for county jails saying that in
counties where the population was
small and the taxes light, the expense
would be too great.
The proposition to strike out failed.
Another debate was had when the
hours for officers was reached. Mr..
Warner wanted them reduced from 8
to o'clock, which was opposed by Mr..
Glen Miller and Jones, who declared
that the hours were already short
enough, especially on Saturdays, when
there was a great deal of business to
be done.
Warner called attention to the fact
that in the outside counties long hours
were not necessary and that it was not
right to compel officials, who received
but small pay, to remain in their offices
all of the time.
The changes suggested by Warner
were made to apply to counties having
a population of less than 10000.
Mr. Booth offered an amendment to
that portion of the bill relating to the
duties of sheriff in cases where levies
are to be made as follows
Provided that the sheriff shall not
be required to levy upon or sell any
property until a written request there
for shall be made and delivered to Such
sheriff signed by the party requesting
such levy or sale, or by his attorney or
duly authorized agent, particularly de-
scribing the property so to be levied
upon or sold; and if there be any ques-
70 hot
subject to such levy or sale, the sheriff
shall not be required to make such levy
or sale under such or any writ or pro-
cess until the party requesting such levy
or sale shall have filed or caused to
be filed with the court or the clerk
thereof issuing such writ or process.
an undertaking with sufficient sureties,
to be approved by such court or the
clerk thereof, for the payment of all
damages which may arise by reason of
such levy or sale. After such bond shall
have been filed and approved, and upon
filing said written request with such
court or the clerk thereof, as above pro-
vided. the sheriff shall be relieved and
discharged from all claim or liability
for damage by reason of such levy or
sale: and any person injured by such
levy or sale may have his action against
the person requesting such levy or sale,
and may in such action proceed directly
against the person executing such BOND.
Sutherland opposed the amendment,
saying it was an unheard Of PROPOSE
ton. The law protects the sheriff al
ready.
Booth replied that the salary of the
sheriff had been fixed so low that he
could not afford to take chances on
making a sale and that it was very dit
ficult to secure bonds.
The amendment was killed.
When that part of the bill relating to
fees was taken up Mr.. Allison moved
to strike out the $3.50 fee for recording
marriage licenses and make the sum
IS Snow objected and said it was tax
ing advantage of a mans weakness, to
which Allison replied that 1t was an
'infant industry and ought to be pro-
tected. The motion failed to pass.
The bill passed to second reading and
went over until today.
sEMI-cENTENNIAL.
The committee on claims and appro-
priations made another report on the
council resolution for a semi-centennial
reiterating the former report which was
also postponed.
COURT APPEALS.
Senate bill $50 relating to appeals
from the district to the supreme court
passed second reading; as also did
senate bill 131, providing for fees for
the secretary of state in certain cases.
INTEREST ON WARRANTS.
House bill 122, the measure providing
for interest on warrants. came up on
the minority report of Messrs. Cham
bers and Miller. The majority report
was adopted whereat Warner moved
to strike out the enacting clause, which
failed.
Mr.. Sutherland moved to strike out
the word EIGHT" relating to interest
and inserting the word zone" Cand-
land amended by making it six
After some debate the matter went
over until today.
FORT CAMERON LANDS.
House joint memorial No. 4, asking
congress to provide for a donation of
the lands of Fort Cameron to the state
for a reform school, was called up but
postponed pending action on the bill.
THEY PROTEST.
The university officers do not like
the reports of the experts" who were
appointed to audit the books of state
institutions The following correspon-
dence was introduced by the chairman
of the claims committee:
Salt Lake City, March 80 1896.
Hon. w. D. Candland, Chairman Sem
ate Committee on Appropriations
and Claims, Utah Legislatures:
Sir:-My attention has been called to
the report made to the chairman of the
committee on claims of the state senate
and of the house by Messrs. Anderson
and Marsh, auditors. In my opinion