The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-29
RAILROAD BILL KILLEI

lutlon, being II. j. r. No. Z.
RAILROAD BILL KILLED.
The house adopted the minority re-
port on the Morrison railroad bill, re-
lating to coal and ore rates,
recommending the non-passage of
the bill. The adverse report on the Bo-
itho railroad bill No. III was also
adopted. This is the last of the rail-
road rate bills pending.
The consideration of the favorable re-
port on H. B. No. 103. the educational
bill, was pending when the noon recess
was taken.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Consideration of the report on the ed
ucational bill was resumed. After
spending three hours reading amend
ments the further reading was dispens-
ed with, the committee report adopted
and the bill filed for third reading.
GOVERNOR APPROVED.
A communication from the governor
apprised the house of approval of Fl.
B. No. 147 to prevent the adulteration
of candy and H. B. No. 115, the far
mers' institute bill.
FOR STATE OFFICES.
Mr.. Bolitho presented communica-
ton from the county commissioners in
forming the house that offices for the
state officers will be furnished in the
joint building at $4,000 per annum
Referred To the appropriations commit
! tee.
THE SALARIES BILL.
Consideration of the general salaries
bill was again taken up.
Thompson of Willard, moved to re-
duce the salary of the coal mine in
speclor from $1,000 to $1,000 The mo-
| tiosc carried, Beard making a vigorous
protest against it,
Mr.. Raddatz moved an amendment to
the committee bill in relation to the
eleventh class of counties, by making
1t include counties having an assessed
valuation of more than $1,300,000 and
less than S2,000G0j. Tooele, Sewer and
Willard were the counties affected.
The motion was agreed to.
DIR. Condor wanted the Office of fruit
tree inspector included in the bill to
correspond with the horticultural bill
already passed. He accordingly so
moved to make the salary attached
5000 per annum. The motion failed on
division IA TO Is and Mr. Morrison re-
newed the motion making the COM
pensation $780, the motion also failing.
Gushing once more moved the Office
at salary of 5000. but gave way 20
MIR. Lewis who moved to create the
| office leaving the salary blank This
motion carried Is to Is, the chair voting
in the affirmative to decide the motion.
Then Mr.. Lewis moved to fill the
blank by inserting $500, the motion
losing 10 to IL. DR.. Condor gave no
tee of motion to reconsider.
Harris moved to change the maxi
mum salary of surveyors of third class
counties from $100 to $500. Only Weber
being affected, the motion was agryed
to-
Thorn moved to reduce the maximum
salary OF commissioners of fourth class
counties from $500 to $500
Mr.. Lennon stated that Utah county
was the only one affected, and that
ne did not consider $500 exorbitant for
the service rendered.
Mr.. Thorn replied that he had in
formation at hand which convinced
MIN $500 was quite sufficient. The Of
nee with 5000 as salary attached was
snap. The motion to cut prevailed
After some discussion as > the hest
manner of considering the bill it was
oecided TO pass temporarily the salary
provisions, CHER prov 4Sicns of the hin
beng taken up.
Inc speaker was called away to at
tend to private business and Mr.
n
preside. ~
MI Critchlow's motion prevailed to
strike out section 10, that provision
allowing commissioners to annoinf
deputies for county officers whose
salary was deemed insufficient.
section IL, providing for consolidat
ing ofnces, was stricken out, as was
sectlon III, which was done away with
IN erect by Mr.. Critchlow's amend
.ment.
Mr.. Larsen moved to reconsider the
vote by which Mr.. Thorn's motion pre-
vailed to cut salaries of commissioners
of fourth-class counties. The motion
carried and the salary of $500 rein
serted
Mr.. Monson was given consent to
change the salary of surveyors of the
eighth class counties to 500.
Mr.. Sevy was given consent to have
salaries of officers of the fourteenth
class counties fixed as follows: Sher
ifs and clerks, $3.50; treasurer, $3.50.
Mr.. Howard moved to cut commits
sioners of twelfth-class counties from
$500 to $780, The motion went by con-
sent.
Mr.. Nye moved to let the bill go over
until Monday in the interest of bills
on third reading. The motion carried
TO ISSUE BONDS.
S. B. No. is, authorizing the is
suance of state bonds to refund bonds
already issued, was at the head of the
bills on third reading. 1t was read
and then recommitted upon Messrs.
Critchlow and Smoot raising some
question as to its comprehensiveness.
THE LIVE STOCK BILL.
Mr. Heiner's bill No 144, prescribing
rules and regulations for driving,
branding, herding and managing stock, |
was next on the calendar.
Mr.. Gibson moved to re-comnit, but
the m5sion lost and the consideration
Mr.. Sevy moved to amend by reouir-
Ing bills of sale to be given in the
of stock, the object being to
assist in experimenting cattle thieves.
Mr. Andrus opposed the motion. IT
was impossible, he said. to give a bill
of sale for a large band of cattle and
describe each animal and the brand on I
1t would assist in the prosecution of
stock thieves, since in all the convic-
tons he had ever seen, the criminal
had had a bill of sale
Mr. Clark entertained the same ideas |
Mr.. Critchlow took occasion to say he
thought this was good time to i'm |
press upon the cattle and other stock
men the absurdity of leaving on the |
statute hooks a provision making the
stealing of one head of stock a felony
by a year in the pentten-
larry. No jury would ever convict I'M
Ter such circumstances, which ex
planned why cattle thieves were so sell
lom convicted. If the punishment were
made to fit the crime convictions could
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