The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-19

senate look q rest until o CLOCK.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Upon reconvening, Senator Booth
called for the regular order and the
secretary read a communication
from the house returning senate
bill IA substitute for IAN act
for the organization Of the supreme
court, fixing the terms thereof and pro-
viding for the appointment of a clerk,
deputy clerk and bailiffs and defining
their duties and fixing their salaries p"
This bin was amended and passed
the house. The major portion of the
changes were OF a minor character but
some very important alterations were
noted
For instance in section the follow
ing was added; Where a decision in a
cause is rendered during a recess of
the court and the opinion signed by
the judges or a majority of them,
shall have been filed with the clerk,
it shall operate as the judgment of the
court. The clerk shall give notice to
the respective parties and the time for
fling a petition for rehearing shall
date from the time of such notice;
provided, that the same may be ex-
tended by any justice for cause
shown
Section was. amended by striking
out the amount of salary to be paid
the clerk and inserting such salary as
may hereafter be provided by law"
Section II, which provided for fee
of SO for admission to the bar of the
supreme court, was amended to read
$25.
In the same section. the clause pro
viding for the payment of Is per cent
of all fees for the benefit Of the law
library was stricken out.
The section requiring the attendance
Of the sheriff of Salt Lake county was
also expunged.
Senator Booth moved the senate con-
cur in all amendments save those
referring to the attendance of sherltts
and the changing of fees and DISPOSE
ton Of the same.
Mr.. Booth, in support of this motion,
said he did not deem it wise to com
pei the attendance of sheriffs from all
over the state. as the change made by
the house provided. 1t would be a
good thing to have the law read that
their Services were at the command
of the court, but there was no need
of the attendance. In relation to the
other matter that of raising. the fee
for the admission of attorneys, he
thought the figure made by the house
an outrageous one. It would result
in cutting down the revenue, instead
of increasing it.
Senator Jones offered an amendment
by moving to refer the bill to the COM
mittee on judiciary for a revision, but
afterwards withdrew it on the state
ment that the committee mentioned
had done all the work on the matter
it deemed necessary, and did not care
to go any further.
Booths motion prevailed.
The senator then offered a motion
for the appointment of a conference
committee of three from each house,
and included in the same a provision
that the house be notified of this action
at once. together with the statement
that the senate refused to concur in
the amendments of the house.
Upon a suggestion by Sutherland,
the first portion of the motion was
Withdrawn and the senate merely
notified the house of the failure of its
amendments to pass
TO ELECT SENATORS.
House Joint resolution No. 1. sub
stitute for senate joint resolution No.
l, providing for the manner of electing
senators was called UP by Senator
Sutherland and concurred in. In order
that the people may know just how a
United States senator is selected, the
resolution is herewith appended:
Resolved. that at 2:30 o'clock D. m.
on the second Tuesday after the meet
ing and organiza ton of the state leg
islature. viz, January q. 1896, on that
day each house shall openly, by a viva
voce vote of each member present.
name two persons for senators in con-
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of the persons so voted for who receive
a majority of the whole number of
votes cast IN each house shall be en-
tered on the journal Of that house by
the secretary and chief clerk respect
lively. If either house fails to give
such majority to any or either person
on that day the fact shall be entered
on the journal At Il o'clock noon on
the day following, viz: Wednesday,
January % 1896. the members of the
two houses shall convene in joint as
sembly in the chamber of the house of
representatives. and the journal of
each house shall then be read. and if
the same person or persons shall have
received a majority Of all the votes in
each house such person or persons
shall be declared duly elected senator
or senators: but if neither Of the same
persons has received q majority of the
votes in each house. the joint assembly
shall proceed to choose, by a viva voce
vote of each member present. two per-
sons for senator. and any person re-
ceiving a majority of all the votes Of
the joint assembly-the majority of all
the members elected to both houses
being present and voting-Shall be de-
clared duly elected. If no person re-
ceiYes such majority on the first day
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sembly shall meet at u O'clock noon
Of each succeeding day during the ses-
sion of the legislature and shall take
at least one vote until the senators
are elected. If. on the first day CTues-
day. one person receives a majority
of the votes in each house, and no
other person has received a majority
OF the votes in each house,
the joint assembly shall on We'd
nesday, the twenty-second day of
January, 1896, proceed to choose by
viva Voce vote of each member or mem.
bers present, one person for senator
and the person who receives a major
ity of all votes of the assembly-a ma
jority of all the members elected tc
both houses being present and voting
shall be declared duly elected. If nc
person receives such majority on The
first day, the joint assembly shall meet
at y o'clock noon of each succeeding
day during the session of the legisla.
ture and shall take at least one vote
until the senators are elected.
That in the sessions in joint assem-
bly, of the two houses of this legisla-
ture, the president of the senate and
speaker Of the house shall jointly pre-
side. The secretary of the senate anc
chief clerk OF the house shall keep g
record of all proceedings, and, wher
a roll call is required, each shall cal
the roll of the house of which he OF
she is secretary or chief clerk respec
lively.
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