The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-05

RELATING TO ASSIGNMENTS.

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House bill 1O6, by Shepard, relating to
assignments, came up as the special
order and Shepard explained its pro-
visions. 1t did not change the present
law, he said, except to place the matter
under certain conditions, in the hands
OF the court. Il also required the as
signee to give bonds, and provided that
any exceptions could be filed with the
Court without the expense Of attach
ment suits. The assignee could be re-
moved by the court. under certain con-
ditions.
The bill was passed by vote of %
ayes.
House bill 13S, by the house judiciary
committee. came up on third reading.
II relates to practice and procedure in
The supreme court and Shepard ex-
planned that IL abolished abstracts,
useless expense. There was as much
red tale connected with the supreme
court &C Utah as with the supreme
court Of the United States. The bill
also required the court to hear oral
arguments. 90 minutes on each side,
on rehearings.
The bill was passed by a vote of 80.
BRANCH NORMAL SCHOOL.
Senate bill so, providing for the loca-
ton of p branch normal school in
southern Utah, was taken up. 1t
creates commission, consisting of
DR.. Park, President Talmage of the
University Of Utah. and DR.. Carl G.
Maeser, to select a site for such school.
such selection TO be confined to Beaver
and Iron counties. The bill appro-
PIRATES $4,000 for the maintenance of
the school Cor the years 1888
Dufhn explained the bill and urged
tina it be passed. as the young people
or southern Utah were deprived of
educational advantages by reason of
the great distance from the higher in
situations OF learning
The bill was further SUPPORTED by
Kimball of Cache and Dotson, and
passed by vote CT sc 10 l.
House bill lbs, by Gibson. prohibiting
the sale of intoxicants within ten miles
of an Indian reservation, except in in |
corporaued cities and towns, was passed
by vote OF 81.
The railroad bill was called up as
the special order. and Sloan offered an
amendment, striking out section %. (
prohibiting determinations in freight /
rates, Which led to another discussion /
of the rights % the railroads and the I
rights of the people.
The amendment was supported by (
Sloan, Kenner. O'Brien. Mrs. La ,
Barthe, Bennion. Roylance and others.
Roylance. BenniCn and O'Brien hay
ing opposed ii on the preceding day.
Wilson and Ra--.
THOMSON IS SARCASTIC.
Thomson offered. as an amendment
to the amendment, the section of the
code prohibiting determinations and
providing maximum rates. He sar-
castically referred TO the love feast
at the Manitou.' at which prominent
railroad officials met the members Of
the railroad committee, and thought
it was now bearing fruit The rail-
roads, he declared. had always dis
eliminated against the interests of the
people of Utah The members from
Utah county were charged more for
their coal than were the people OF San 2
pete, although they We're within an
easier haul of the mines, simply be-
cause the railroad company desired to
crush out the coal industry of San
pete county, and coal was hauled into
Sanpete during the summer cheaper
than during the winter, in order to IN
dersell the product of Sanpete mines
that were marketed by team. 1t was
the same with the fruit industry. APP !
pies were hauled FROM California TO =
Omaha for SI25 per car, while the rate
from Provo TO Omaha was S75 per car
The representatives of the people in
the legislature, he declared. should try ]
to maintain and defend the rights of ]
the people. {
Wilson expressed surprise over the g
sudden change of heart shown bv !
OBrien and .sRoylance- The constitu- ,
ton Of the state prohibited the very is
thing that certain members now pro-
posed to permit, but those who ex- Z
pected to receive special privileges, and \
those who were possibly receiving
special privileges, could not be ex-
pected to oppose determinations. . :
Ray related his own. melancholy ex-
Derience with a carload of grain He I
vas given one rate and his competitor
Was given another, with the result that