The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-28

prevail senate bill No 9. IAN act pro
viding for deputy state treasurer.
This bill is passed as an emergenc!
measure I am unable to ascertain
that any emergency for such deputy
exists, and think consideration of the
subject may safely wait until the mat
ter of clerical assistance for the vari
Gus state officers may be reached il
the regular routine
SUPREME COURT VETO.
To the President and Gentlemen of the
! Senate:
! l herewith return without my ap-
prevail senate joint resolution No.
providing that the first term of the
supreme court shall convene on Mon
day, January 20, 1896, or as soon
thereafter as said court may determine
etc. The resolution is deficient in thai
it has no title and does not provide
that it shall take effect from and after
its approval
PETITIONS.
Senate petition No. IA by Allison, and
senate petition Is by Candland, from
constituents living on school lands
praying for relief. were read and re-
ferred to the committee on public
lands.
CLAIMS REFERRED.
Senator Candland of the committee
on claims reported senate petitions l
5. 6 and s with the recommendation
they be referred to the state board oil
examiners, which was adopted.
HOUSE BILL NO. 5.
The house informed the senate of the
veto of house bill 5, an act relating tc
fees charged by and salaries paid stats
and county officers.
BILLS PRESENTED.
The following bills were introduced
and referred to the several committees
NOTARIES PUBLIC
Senate bill 81, by Sutherland, for an
act authorizing the governor to appoint
notaries public, confirming appoint
ments heretofore made and validating
official acts under such appointments
The bill provides that the governor
may appoint one or more notarleS IN
each of the counties, whose terms
shall be two years; that all appoint
ments of notaries public heretofore
made by the governor of the state are
confirmed and all acts performed by
them are valid.
ANTITRUST BILL.
Senate bill 30, by Sutherland, for an
act carrying into effect the provisions
of section 20, article u, constitution
and providing for the punishment OF
persons, co-partnerships, associations
and corporations forming pools, trusts
combinations and cOnspiracies to effect
or control the price, or limit or lessen
the production, manufacture, consump-
ton, use or sale of any article of COM
co., n he
soil; to provide punishment for the Vio-
lation of the same, means for the sup
preston of such evils and remedies for
persons injured thereby.
The bill forbids any combination, as
provided in the title, entering into any
pool, trust, agreement, combination OF
confederation to fix the price on any
article or commodity, or to fix the
limit of production of any product.
1t makes unlawful the issuing or
owning of trust certificates or to COM
bine for the purpose of placing the
control or mana cement of the product
or output of any concern, corporation,
or association in the hands of any trus-
tee or trustees with the intent to limit
the production or fix the price.
Violation of this provision is punish
able by a fine of not less than $500 nor
more than $1,000 for the first offense;
not less than 81 600 nor more than s., 600
for the second offense; not less than
$4,000 nor more than $4,000 for the
third and for subsequent violations
$500
Any president, manager or director
or other officer. agent or receiver of
any firm, corporation or association
guilty of violation of the act shall
be fined nuot less than 5000 nor more
than $1,000 or imprisonment for a term
not to exceed one year or by both fine
and Imprisonment.
Any contract or agreement in viola
ton Of any section of this act shall
be absolutely void.
Any purchaser Of an article or COM
modify from any person or corpora
ton transacting business contrary to
any provisions Of the preceding sec
lions shall be liable for the payment
Of such article or commodity and may
plead this act in defense
Any corporation violating the pro-
visions of this act forfeits the rights
and its corporate existence ceases at
once. 1t is made the duty of the secre-
tary of state, upon receiving notice of
such violation TO give the firm of
which complaint has been made thirty
days notice and state that unless they
shall withdraw from and sever all con-
AANCNAC4A
shall forfeit. Unless this is complied
with a certified statement of the facts
shall be filed by the secretary in the
Office Of the attorney general who shall
direct the county attorney to COM
mence action.
The trial shall be had by jury and
upon conviction the secretary of state
shall publish in four newspapers the
result
CIVIL ACTIONS.
Senate bill No. SO, by Jones: can act
amending sections 1850 and 1855. com
piled laws Of 1885" The first amend
ment makes the section read: eff any
action be commenced within due time,
and a judgment thereon be reversed
or if the plaintiff fail in such action
otherwise than upon the merits. and
the time limited for the same shall
have expired, the plaintiff-of. if he
die, and the cause of action survive.
his representa- tives-may commence a.
new action within one year after the
reversal or failure"
Section as amended makes the
reading Of section 1855 of the laws
read: I'm any case founded on con-
tract, when any part of the principal
or interest shall have been paid, or an
acknowledgement of an existing La
bility, debt or claim. or any promise
to pay the same, shall have been made,
an action may be brought in such case
within the period prescribed for the
same after such payment, acknowl-
edgement or promise, must be in writ
ing, signed by the party to be charged
thereby. When right of action is
barred by the provisions of any sta
tute it shall be unavailable either as a
cause of acton or ground of defense"
Sections $3.50 and 3165 are repealed.
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