Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-02-25


Viding fJt the removal Of public Ufii.
GERS Otherwise than by Impeachment,
were reported by the same committee
with n recOmmen Iation that the bill
DO passed, aud the report was adopted,
Senate bill 10, providing for : State
blafd OF examiners, was reported back
lavofably, with amendments, by the
judiciary committee, and the report
algpted ny the House.
Inc municipal corporations commit.
tee reported back House bill 90 aud
Senate bill sS, giving mayors VI cite.
OF tbs hfst and eeooud class veto
pOwefH The committee recommended
the rejection Of both bills anu fiered
substitute therefor. MIR. Nys asked
That confederation OF the report DO de.
feffed until the substitute was printed
anu II was 70 ordered.
The same committee reported favor.
ably on Senate bill 8S, authorizing
cities and precincts 10 establish free
Pablo libraries and reading rooms. Tue
COMMITTEES offered several amend.
menis, with which the blll's passage
was recommended.
Senate bill 10, making q special up.
proptlatlon OF $40, 900 for the Univef.
sity Of Utah, was favorAbly reported
upon by the com nittes u1 appr0pria-
tons ana the report was adopted.
The Committee on memorials 10.
commended the passage Of Senate
Joint memorial 3, asking Congress 10
pass the House resolution 275s, estab.
fishing the metric system. The re-.
port was aiopte1.
The manufactures and commerce
committee presented n majority report
On House bill %, providing u bounty
on canaigre, recommend M it, patsag Q
a. amended by tue COMMITTEES. A M.
jorliy report was amended by the com.
mittee. A minority report was pre-.
senteI b. Messrs. Smoot and Murdoch
feoommel ding that the bill DO not
passed. Mr.. Cazlrr moved that both
reports be referred To the committee on
appropriation, and the bill aud report
were 90 disposed OF fer this present.
IHE COUNTY WARRANTS.
Il now being $3.50, tho time set for
the special order, House bill %, by
MI. Bolltho, 10 valiiate all county
warrants outstanding and issued DO.
fore January 4, 1896, In excess OF the
legal Jsbt limit, the author VI The bill
called II up.
MIR. MOrrlson'a amendment 10 the
OH was read. IL provided that any
taxpayer OF the county, As well ~ the
county Itself. may enter protest aud
contest the payment Of any such waf-
tani-upon any grounds EXCEPT that Of
legal excess.
The amendment was lost by y vote
Of IL 10 q.
by Mt. Stevens, an amendment was
offered anu read, providing that none
OF the excess warrants be paid, after
valuation thereof by this act, until all
other warrants or claims are satisfied.
Mr. Nye asked the object Of the
amendment.
Stevens said that personally no pre-
furfed that the present Legislature
would have nothing to do with this
matter, but II these warrants were to
be validated now, he wanted the oil.
ready valid warrants paid first.
MIR. Nys said the bill ~ II stands at
present covered the case thoroughly
and provided for the payment
Of the warrants In the order OF
their registration. II this Amendment
were adopted II would lot the bars
down for.litlgation because OF the two
conflicting points. According 10 the
amendment OF MI. Stevens, n working
man who had recently earned u war
rant would receive bis pay months be-
lore The man would who had earned
his money mere than year ago. de
reoited the case OF q former jsnitor Of the
JOINT puiluing VINO had SoOO In
unpaid county warrants the iast OF
when was Issued IN December, 1879,
ana VINO, unuer MT. stevenss amsnh'
ment WouIu not tsoeiNo MS money I'M
til more recent claims had been salts
NED he hopea 'he Anenumeni
Wonlu 90 ueleateu'
MI. emooi had hoped that The lu'
dietary committee would nave
given some hght on Tue SUD
cot OF warrants that were
morally most entitled 10 payment.
Many poor Notkingmeh were
without thelt money ana while be
realized that passage OF INC Diil would
practically oountenanoe fraud In puo-
lie once, the TACT ihAl so many lono-
cent sufferers Wouiu result from re-
lection oil me ollI' ne wouIu Win re.
iuo'hnce vote IoI lts passage WITHOUT
mi. oteVehss amehuheh,,
mf' conuon uiu NOV uesIto 70 DC cons
siueteu an actooAl' no hAu spoken
against the thessuIo 'ne otnet Jay, Out
no desired now 70 sec 'ho Dill pass
without the amendment
MT. uhfHb moNou 'ne previous ques-
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