The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-10

Yesterdays session of the senate was
a very busy one and in it's nature was
quite important. There were several
measures introduced and several con-
sidered and acted upon, all of import
ance. The salary bill which appears
nearly verbatim is one which will
command a great deal of attention at
the hands Of the various county Off
Gals, in this and other counties, mas
much as it directly affects them. The
people too, will read the measure with
interest as it provides for the disposal
of the money they pay in for taxes.
Cost of serving jury venires and sub
poenas will be materially reduced, if
the measure introduced by the COM
mfttee on judiciary yesterday becomes
a law, the measure providing for the
use of the mails at ten cents per use,
instead Of sending an officer out after
the man at the rate of twenty cents
per mile mileage.
Sutherlands bill defining certain pro-
bate practices is in accordance with
the needs of the courts.
Booth presented a bill which will re-
suit in a great deal of opposition, in
asmuch as it legislates all city Off
GERS out of office and provides for a
new election this fall, in. cities of the
first and second class. There will be
considerable opposition to this meas
ure.
Mr. Candland struck a popular chord
when he presented a resolution prohib-
iting the introduction of bills after the
seventy-fifth day of the session except
by consent of two-thirds of the men,
bers of each.
GOVERNOR APPROVES.
At the opening of the senate Jester-
day the following message from the
governor was received:
State of Utah, Executive Office, Salt
Lake City. March 8, 1896
To the President and Gentlemen of the
Senate:
1 have the honor to inform you that
1 have this day approved and filed
with the secretary of state S. B. No. 79,
entitled:
can act relative to the heritable
rights of the issue of polygamous mar
riages.'
1 understand that the purpose of this
act is to re-enact and make clear the
laws already in operation, and that it
entities the issue of polygamous mar
riages, born previous to March 8, 1888,
to inherit or to be entitled to any dis
tributive share in the estate of the
father of such issue. believe that this
legislation is proper and right and it
appears to me, in view of the fact
that conditions which called forth
congressional legislation on this sub
ject are settled and that the past has
been condoned; that it would be in the
interest of public policy and for the
welfare of the state TO remove what
ever ban may exist against the issue
of polygamouS marriages, up to one
year succeeding the date of the am
nesty proclamation of the president:
or, what would be better in my judg-
ment, up to the date of the admis-
sion of the state. 1 am convinced that
such legislation would not only be in
the interest of the state, but the chill
dren themselves affected thereby
would be better citizens in the knowl-
edge that they are entitled to all the
legal rights and privileges of their fell
lows.
Legislators will not forget that while
the manifesto was final with the great
majority of the people, it signaled the
immediate surrender of what had for
a lifetime been held as a vital re-
1igious sacrament, and some hearts
cannot change in a day. Very respect
fully, HEBER NJ. WELLS,
Governor.
Mr.. Sutherland moved the reference
of the message to the judiciary COM
mittee, which was agreed toy
SALARY BILL.
The special committee on salaries in
accordance with instructions of the
senate, reported the following salary
measure, without recommendations
Senate bill No. 103 by salary commit
tee, an act to provide for fixing the
salaries and compensation of state and
county officers.
The bill fixes the salaries of the state
officers as follows:
Governor, $1,000; secretary of state,
S2,000 auditor, S1,500; treasurer, $1,000;
Encouragement, $1,000; superintendent
of public instruction, S1,500; fish and
game commissioner, $500; justices of
the supreme court, each. $4,000; clerk
of the supreme court and ex-officio Ii
brarian and statistician, $1,S00; district
judges, each, $4,000; adjutant-g
$500; two land commissioners, each,
$1,000; coal mine inspector, -.
These salaries are payable quarterly.
SALARIES OF COUNTY OFFICERS.
For the purpose of regulating the
compensa ton and salaries of all coun-
ty officers not otherwise provided for,
the counties of this state are classified