The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-09
In the House.

Yesterdays session of the lower
house was of just 40 minutes duration
and was productive of nothing except
a large installment of new bills. The
committees have much work before
them and an early adjournment was
taken to enable them to go into ses-
Won.
The special order of the day was
Shepards bill to regulate the recording
of title notes and evidences OF condI-
tiOnal sale. but on Mr.. ShepardS re-
quest, the bill was referred back to the
judiciary committee. He explained
that there was some opposition TO the
measure from members of the judi
ciary committee who were absent when
favorable action was taken on it, and
several interested parties also desired
to be heard.
Mr.. Lennon and N. c. Sorensen pre-
scented petitions from Black Edawk war
veterans in Utah and Sanpete counties.
asking that congress be memoralized
for compensation for their services.
NEW BILLS.
The following bills were introduced
and referred TO appropriate commit
tees:
By Mr.. Shepard, house bill No 60,
authorizing the secretary OF state to
purchase and distribute 20 complete
sets OF the reports of the supreme
court of the territory of Utah, and pro-
viding for their distribution. One set
is to be delivered TO each county clerk,
except the clerk of Salt Lake county,
who is to receive three, one TO each
supreme court judge, one to each dis
trict judge and to the attorney general
but they shall remain the property of
the state.
SCHOOL BOOKS.
BY MI Gibson, house bill No. 81, to
provide for the purchase and distri-
button of text books for the district
schools. 1t provides that the state
board of education shall purchase all
text books used in the district schools
and distribute them to the districts at
actual cost, expense of carriage added.
Books shall be distributed gratuitously
at the expense of the state, TO all chill
dren whose parents are INDECENT.
TO BENEFIT COAL MINERS.
By Mr.. Calls, house bill No. 60, pro-
viding for the weighing of all coal at
the mines. Each miners car is to be
weighed separately, before the coal is
dumped, at mines where the miners
are paid by weight. The measure is
introduced in the interest of the coal
miners, as at some of the mines the
coal is not weighed until it reaches the
market, which may in some cases re-
suit in loss 10 the miner. At many of
the large mines the method proposed
by the bill has been adopted.
By Mr. Wilson, house bill No. 63. to
amend sections 4 and and to repeal
sections 5, 6, and Il of an act en-
titled AN act to secure to ranchmen,
tavern keepers and other persons liens
on personal property" The purpose
Of the bill is to reduce the cost of sale
Of personal property under lien. Itpro-
vides that if any charges for which a /
lien is given be not paid within 30
days after due, the person to whom
such lien is given may. after giving
ten days notice, sell such property at /
public sale.
ADMISSION OF ATTORNEYS.
BY Mr. Wilson, house bill No. 81, pro-
Viding for the admission of persons TO |
practice law in the state of Utah. No !
person shall be permitted TO practice /
as an attorney or counselor-at-law in |
any action in which he is not a party |
interested, without having previously |
obtained a license for that purpose |
from the supreme court. No person /
shall be refused d license on account of :
sex Every applicant for admission /
must produce satisfactory testimonials /
that he or she is a citizen of the United /
States; is OF good moral character and |
over ri years of age; is a regular grad
late lIODl SOlllC iCHuldOlC ldM StltOOIs
requiring at least an attendance of two
full school years before graduation, or
has spent two years in the study of
law. either in a, law school or a law
Office The applicant must undergo a
strict examination in open court, upon
the science and practice of law, which
must be conducted in person by at
least two members of the supreme
court The examination may be dis
pensed with in the case of any person
admitted TO practice in the supreme
court of any other state or territory
which requires the same qualifications
as this state.
Br. Mr. n. C. Sorensen, house bill No
SIS, amending the act relating to the
time and manner of redemption from
tax sales. It reduces the period of re-
demDtion from tax sales from four
years to two years, leaving it the same
as before the passage of the act of 1896.
TAX SALES.
BY Mr.. n. C. Sorensen, house bill No.