Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-02-21
LEGISLATIVE WORK.
rsOlutIon for Celebrating Utah S
Ssml.Ctnttunlal In 1897,
ABOUT INDIAN RESERVATIONS.
The Fee on Capital stock Of Ineorpor.
ators-Polygam Children
1hs Batber's Bill.
THE SENATE.


The first business after reading the
Journal was listening to . communloa-
tioa from the House, Annou nclng the
passage Of II. b, 20, In relation TO at.
tornsy's fees In suits for wages, II. II.
10, the antitrust bill, ana $. d. ~,
duties Of attorney general.
A petition was received from citl.
sens VI Utah county, and was referred
10 the claimn committee.
COMMITTEE IMPORTS
The enrolling and engtossing com.
mliteo reported correctly enrolled the
bills relating to libel and 10 county
prosecuting attorneys.
Tue committee on counties and
municipal corporations reported a
subslituto for \. Il. 81, providing
that certain sections OF the municipal
incorpoTations act be made APP
pllusbls to cities OF the third CHASE, thus
greatly enlafging the powers Of city
councils In said cities, and recon-.
mended Its passage.
INDIAN REsERvATiONs.
Booth introduced Senate Concurrent
Resolution 4, calling attention 10 the
fact that tho law relating 10 the hllot-
ment OF lands In the UncompAhgfe
ami Uintah Indian reservations had
not been compiled with, AMI providing
that n copy Of the resolution 10 for.
wafdeI 10 tho secretary OF tho IN.
terror. by request, the resolution was
referred 10 the judiciary committee.
SECRETARY ~ STATE.
s. Il. 81, dullUs q tho secretary OF
State, sas again taken up, ana con.
sidered. Several amendments were
made, one being that the provision by
which the HocfetAfy's salary was re-.
duced was stricken out.
1he rules were suspended, and the
bill taken up ON thru time.
Booth moved ila p1stponement I'll
next Monday, 60 give time ~ learn
something regarding the 80 cent fee on
interpretations. He said this provision
would prohibit mining, according to
the view OF many PERSONS.
The motion prevailed.
PoLYOAMous CHILDREN.
\. u. 40, relating to tho hstitable
rights OF polygamaus children, which
affects only a few cases where tue
courts OF tho Territory enormously
held that certain palygamous children
could not Inherit prvpt riy, was taken
up. The United States Supreme court
mad Ovsrruled the Territorial courts,
and certain rights Of appeal had
lapsed because OF the local COURTS 90.
lion. This bill revived those rights,
aud made effective the provisions OF
the Esmundr.Tuckerl law, NJ intorpfe.
tel by the u. b. Supreme court, In
certain csses.
The bill was passed without opposl-
tion.
STATE AUDITOR.
u. Il. 10, duties Of State auditor, read |
the second time aud died.
On motion the stAle auditor bill was
read third time. amended, anu passed,
by q vote Of IA too.
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
y. Il, 40, duties Of attorney general, |
ha amended by the House, was taken |
up, aud the amendments, with the ex-
ception u that requiring the attorney |
general to attsnd nil the courts OF the |
United States and one other minor |
amendment, were concurrtd In. II |
was regarded ns a physical impossibil-
ity for the attorney 10 got TO all u. |
b. courts. Besides the attorney geo.
eTNl could not be asked on his salary TO |
10 to the U. y. Supreme court or courts
IN various states. IL was enough 10 |
40 TO Federal courts In tho Blalo and |
the Slate courts.
Sutherland, Booth and Warner were
appointed conference committee.
AGAINST cIoARETTRs
Allison got In body blow at the
cigarette smokers today by Introducing
bill for an act to prohibit the manu-.
fscluTe and sale OF cigarettes. IL was
referred TO the committee on Judiciary.
BECAME LAW.
Communication were received from
the GovsfL.>T announcing executive
approval OF the following:
4. Il. 4, school for the deaf and
dumb.
&. u. 90, criminal prosecutions by In.
formation,
Il Il. 40, defining fellow servants.
b. u, b3, certificates on bonds.
SECOND READINGS.
The second reading OF Senate bills
was In progress when the news went to
press.
Tnn HOUSE
One petition and one claim preceded