The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-18

the mileage at 10 cents per mile each
i way, and fixing the board at one en-
I ployer, one employee and a third per-
son who is neither
The vote was: Ayes-Allson, Booth,
Candland, Chichester, Driscoll, Evans,
Jones, Mckay, Miller r. G., Miller
Glen, Warrum. Snow Sutherland Zun
del, Mr.. President-15. Absent-Barnes,
Chambers. Warner.
HAS SIGNED THE BILL
The announcement of the signing of
| senate bill "A by the governor, being
the act for providing seals for district
and county clerks, was made by the
/ house.
THAT SHEEP LAW
Senate bill u, the hoo-doo of the
upper house, was the special order yes
terday. 1t is the Dill for the proven
ton Of disease among sheep and after
being batted from the committee to
the senate and from the senate to the
committee as many times as there are
units in its title. came UP yesterday on
special order.
Snow moved to strike out the enact
ing clause which provoked lengthy
discussion, led by Candland. who de-
livered a dissertation on sheep scab
and sheep scab inspectors lasting for
a whole lot of time. The senator de-
clared the old law was such that
sheep couldn't keep healthy if he
wanted to. The address was replete
with the physiological terms Of sheep
nomenclature and when finished was
so heartily endorsed by Booth that
he declared he now knew all about
sheep and would vote aye.
Mckay favored the bill and made
few remarks in its favor while Chides-
ter and Snow antagoniZed it as being
antagonistfc to the interests of the
frontier counties. The non-sheep pro-
ducing members said nothing pro or
con; they could not.
Debate became to profuse that Evans
moved to postpone for week which
lost by a vote of to Z.
The motion to strike out the enact
ing clause was Withdrawn and an
other motion made to postpone the
bill one week made by Mr.. Snow.
The motion prevailed.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
Senate bill So, providing for the cleo
ton of presidential electors, then
passed.
COURT STENOGRAPHERS.
Senate bill No. 1. substitute for an
act providing for the appointment of
court stenographers, defining their
duties, providing for their salaries and
fixing fees to be charged, came up on
third reading.
Sutherland stated that he had ar
rived at the conclusion that stenoS-
raphers were state officers and as such
would be entitled to a fixed and de-
finite salary from the state. This was
not a condition to be desired. The
judiciary committee was not satisfied
with the condition of affairs and be-
Iieved law could be enacted by
which the Judge of the district court
could employ by contract and thus
avoid making stenographers state Of
f1cers. He asked that the bill be re-
committed which was done.
WITNESSES IN PROBATE
Senate bill 81. an act relating to
witnesses in estates, came up on third
reading and Booth Immediately moved
to strike out the enacting clause,
claiming the bill was a defective one
and one easily evaded. The bill was
an exact copy of the old law with one
exception. and that exception is fatal
to the purpose for which the bill is
drawn. The bill provides that no per-
son can act as such witness who was
interested in the contract made with
a deceased person but there is nothing
therein contained which will prevent a
man selling his contract to a friend
for nominal consideration and be-
coming d competent witness for his
friend.
Sutherland argued in favor Of the
bill There was no law so rigid that
it could not be evaded. But in this in
stance the provisions are correct. He
cited several instances where the old
law worked an Injustice and urged
that the law should not apply further
than to bar only those who are directly
interested
Replying, Booth said If Sutherland's
position was correct there would be
absolutely no protection to the estates
of deceased, incompetent or insane per-
sons The man who is dead or in
competent is unable to testify and the
interested party should also be de-
barred and the party making the
transfer ought to be incompetent.
Allison held that the statute was en-
tireIy too broad. Under its provisions
endorsers upon check, which might
have passed through a dozen hands
could be debarred. The same condi-
ton applies to real estate transac-
ton. While witnesses might not have
a dollars worth of interest in the ac-
ton. by reason of a former connec-
ton they would be forbidden to testify
to the truth.
The motion to strike out failed and
the bill passed.
SENATE ROUTINE.
Prayer was offered by Senator Nc
Kav.
The reading of the journal was fol-
lowed by the reading of several COM
munications from the house announc-
ing the signing by the speaker of the
house of the following measures: SEN
ate bill No. 81, house bin No. 1O7 and
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