The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-01

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as practicable be kept, etc" Second. ii
IS principle Of law that Legislative
enactments are to be construed to-
| Setner as a Whole, so as to harmonic
! me various sectlons and arrive at the
! evident Intent. and not by individual
/ sections Standing alone"
Your committee suggests that the
I section be amended so as TO give the
/ BOARD discretion in the matter feeling
! that they will discover from experience
/ what is for the best interest Of the
/ state and the prisoners.
Section so provides that the warden
may offer a reward OF $50 for the ap-
! lTehe1si0n Of escaped convicts. and
that II may be laised to $500 with the
consent Of the board. The governor
| objects to this section on the ground
TAFT the power to offer rewards should
p Ut be given to the executive and the
| prison management too. We suggest
/ that portion of the section referring to
the power to give 2 reward of $500 be
stricken out. but are unanimously of
! the opinion that the warden should be
/ given the power to offer a reward of
500. The people as a rule. do not eX-
ert themselves to assist officers when
there is nothing in it for themselves.
Especially is it liable to be so since
! the CoughliT. and George event. all
their claims for assisting officers hav-
ing been refused.
IN reference to the governors objec-
ton to section 81. we think that he
looks at the matter (of paying the
prisoners on their discharge a small
amount Of money, or clothes. or a
ticket, as the warden may deem besD
from "A different standpoint than did
the legislature il passing the bill.
Your committee is strongly of the opin-
ION that the matter of paying these
gratuities should be left to the prison
management in the manner provided.
being, as they are. best able to judge of
tae merits of individual cases. The
English officials, in reporting the rea-
sons for the great decrease in crime in
that country. give. as one of them, the
assistance rendered released persons by
prisoners aid societies. to which the
government largely contributes.
Your committee. in first reporting
the bill, and the legislature in passing
it, aimed to carry out this purpose in
a small way by allowing the board to
decrease the amount of the gratuity in
their discretion, in proper cases. AS to
creating dissatisfaction or causing
complaint. your committee fails to see
how it can. No released prisoner is
allowed to visit the prison. all letters
are inspected before going in, and the
prisoner on his discharge has no OPP
portunity to see the others, nor they
him. Even if they did. we fail to see
why the prisoners should concern
themselves with the action of the
board, who act entirely in their own
discretion.
The report was read and adopted
and the bill placed on final passage
without remarks and with a unan-
imous vote.
AGAIN DEFERRED.
Consideration of the governors veto
Of II. B. 121 and S. B. No. 81, which
were a special order for this time, was
laid over till 2:90.
SCHOOL BILL PASSED.
The educational bill was then called
up and passed without incident; ayes,
SO; nays, 4; absent, s. Messrs. Gibson,
Howard, Larsen and Maughn voted
against the measure.
RECONSTRUCTED AND AMENDED.
Mr.. Taylor's motion to reconsider the
vote by which H 3. No. 167 was
passed, to provide for the removal of
the reform school, carried, and the bill
was then amended to include a pro-
vision for moving the school for the
deaf and dumb and the school for the
blind, the bill then being passed with
out division.
SALARIES BILL RECoMMITTED.
S. B. No. los, the salary bill. was the
next subject
Mr.. Mansfield offered an amendment
which was adopted TO make the bill
conform to the counties bill in regard
to county officers salaries, requiring
counties to pay all county officers ex-
cept one-half of that Of the attorney.
treasurer, assessor and clerk, and the
salary Of the superintendent OF schools,
who is to be paid out of the school
fund.
To obtain the sentiment of the house
on the subject, Mr.. Morrison moved
that only the salaries of county com
missioners be fixed, the compensation
OF other county officers to be left to
their discretion. Mr.. Morrison said in
support of the motion that to classify
according to valuation and
fixing salaries upon ratio of their
wealth would be sure to work a wrong
TO some sections.
Mr.. Clark was in favor of the motion
and was succeeded by Mr.. Stevens.
The latter believed the legislature was
ii duty bound to fix the salaries Of
county officers. But if You won't do
that" he said, at least fix maxi
mum, and give the people a chance. /
don't believe we should shirk this i'm
portant duty
Mr.. Robinson had been recorder of
Kane county and had made the
sum of $39 per annum as
compensation for his services. The
county courts could, in his opinion. be
trusted.
Mr.. Stevens renewed his objection.
He deprecated that a gentleman had /
circulated petition on the floor dur !
ing the morning and had lobhied for |
just such a motion
Mr. Morrison inquired if that was |
against the rules.
Mr. Stevens thought not. but that |
It was not fair.
was the gentleman at the caucus
asst night?" asked MIR. Morrison.
Mr.. Stevens smiled family and re-
Piled he had been a few minutes ana
sat down while the whole RepubIican
9lde laughed, indicating that the line
j acton had practically been settled
ar. Raddatz contended that the c~a1-
aries should be fixed.
MI. Mcnson stated that his nosi+ior
cad always been in favor of the NTo,-
rlson resolution.
ar: Lewis moved to amend the mo-
Aon by excluding counties of the first
second and third class.
Mr.. Mansfield said: at seems the
gentlemen from the larger counties are
AFRAID 20 trust their commissioners. /
Nlsh to say the people of our county
sand ready to trust their commission
Dr. Condor produced laugh by say
hS: Permit me- to say that the coun-
y the gentleman represents has very
title TO trust her officials with
me previous question being ordered,