The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-05

rather got the country meinpSIS oh eHS
hip and by clever ruse put it beyond
the power of large percentage of the
members to get rid of an amendment
which met with no sympathy from
them. However, he had been beaten,
together with Mr.. Stevens, on Friday
and when he was beaten he quit and
would now support the bill because
it was necessary
Mr.. Cazier thought snap judgment
had been taken on the undiciplined
by the better parliamentarians, in the
manner in which the vexing amend
ment had been acted upon. This
pleased the gentlemen alluded to who
laughingly informed the gentleman he
was correct and wondered why he had
not found it out before.
Mr.. Howard said the bill had
been under construction for two
months, and had been considered for
ten days. There was. therefore, no
room for the charge that the bill had
been forced. Why said he, "the gen.
tlemen have had time to commit it to
memory if they had wished"
The motion to reconsider prevailed
and the bill was again passed, this
time by a majority sufficient to put
the emergency clause into effect. This
was the vote:
THE COUNTIES BILL.
Messrs. Morrill,. Ferguson of Salt
Lake and Mansfield, the house con-
ferees on the counties bill, reported
the salaries of county assessors,
treasurers and attorneys, the counties
to pay sheriffs and clerks. and the old
territorial sheriff's fee bill to remain
in force. This agreement of the con-
ference committee did not please Mr.
Mansfield who only concurred as a
matter of expediency.
These were the features of the bill
over which the greatest difference of
opinion existed between the two
houses. The remaining amendments
were read, the house concurring in
some and declining to concur in
others, the consideration lasting till
the noon hour at which time the bill
was put over till afternoon.
Mr.. Nye offered a resolution which
was adopted, authorizing the engros-
sing committee to appoint such addi-
tional clerical assistance as necessary
at $3.50 per day.
Recess was then taken till o'clock
AFTERNOON SESSION.
At the opening of the afternoon ses-
sion the counties bill was again taken
up and Messrs. Morrill,, Critchlow and
Smoot were named as the house con-
ferees of conference committee to
adjust the remaining differences on the
counties bill, the report of the former
conference committee being laid on the
table pending the report of this COM
mlhtee being returned.
Mr.. Monson was given consent to
introduce a bill, being No. 1S1. The
bill proposes to appropriate $23, 454. So to
defray territorial registration expenses
for 1895, as follows:
For compensation of county
registrars Observation-Disclosures 1917 40
For compensation of deputy
registrars Observation-Disclosures. 1857 Is
For compensation of judges of
election $3.50 So
For compensation of canvass
ing board. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 10 90
The bill was read first and second
times under suspension of the rules
ard referred to the claims committee
The speaker signed S. ]. r. No. Z,
providing for a commission to report
to the next session a new land trans
D. D. DTONlQlQR
for attorneys fees in actions on me-
chanics' liens
The house concurred in senate
amendments to H. B. No 3, and H. B.
No. 167.
The senate notified the house by COM
munication of its refusal to pass the
private colleges bill, H. B. No 121,
over the governors veto, and that H.
B. No. 50, Raddatz's mining bill, had
been rejected; also H. B. No. 175,
amending the liquor license law; also
the speakers normal school bill; also
H. 3. No. 169. 10 amend indictments
Secretary of State Hammond return
ed as allowed by the board Of examin-
ers the claim of A. Milton Musser for
$50, and of Cache county for $247.95.
SOME SLACK BOOKKEEPING.
Mr. Morrison submitted the report
of the special examiners appointed to
investigate accounts of state institu-
tons, with reference to the accounts
of the state reform school. The report
shows, if nothing more, a reprehensi-
bic manner of keeping books. 1t reads:
I'VE found the books not balanced,
and could only take off the trial ball
ance as per the entries on those books.
We beg to call your attention to the
fact that the trial balance shows the
amount of $34, 1854 due to that institu-
ton from sundry accounts and indi-
viduals; whereas, from the informa-
ton received from those who were in a
position to know the institution really
is in debt to the various individuals
mentioned on the trial balance.
MIR. H. H. Rolapp, the late secre-
| tary of the reform school, and the one
who kept the books, is at present in
! - he fsl1Sf r11in N
of the books and accounts could give
no information as to why the books
were not balanced, or the credit side
| of the various accounts written up, al
though some of the accounts have been
running a year.
1--WE could not find the late secre-
tary's bank book, and was refused per-
mission to check his bank account by
! the Utah Loan and Trust company
with whom Mr.. Rolapp banked his
money.
Mr.. Barton, of the Utah Loan and
Trust company, explained that Mr.
Rolapp kept no bank book, but thai
the Utah Loan and Trust company
! simply made him an annual statemen
of his account, which statement We
could not find.
I'VE also wish to state that terrific
rial warrants sent to the reform scnoo
by the auditor are turned over to vari
Gus parties and a cheek given to then
with the warrant for 10 per cent IL
addition to the face of the warrants
For instance, if a warrant is Tor $1,000
the party gets the warrant and a chect
also for 500 for discount. The check:
used for disbursements are called b!
the late secretary, on his books, sec
retary's warrants, although they arr