The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-20
MoNsoN WANTS THEIR POWERS
CURTAILED.
Debate on the Bill For Funding
Debts-Senate Refuses to Concur
in House Observation-Disclosures
Chambers Will Entertain the Ida
no Legislature All Alone-other
Business of the Senate.

winter, which was fought so vigorously
| by those who believed it to be need
less expense. This bill, however. diff
fers from the other in this, that 1t pro-
vides that within 80 days after the pas
sage of the act, the Beaver stake
academy shall vest in the state the title
to the building and the block of ground
upon which il stands, with the condl-
ton that the property shall revert to the
donor in case the state shall fail to
maintain a school there for one year.
| The school is TO be considered a por-
ton of the state normal school and is
to be under control of the regents OF
the university. The measure was re-
ferred to the committe on education
and will be reported back within the
next few days. 1t is not believed there
will be the opposition there was to the
bill presented last winter.
CITY POLICE JUSTICES.
Senator Monson presented a bill pro-
viding that the power of the city JUS
tees of the peace shall be curtailed,
by limiting them to cases of violation
of the city ordinances and town by
laws, which, if passed, will confine
them to city cases pure and simple.
The bill went TO the committee on jul
dietary. This measure is designed to
keep the city justices confined in their
own proper sphere and give the civil
business which they manage to accu-
mulate, to the regular elected justices
of the peace in the precincts.
FUNDING DEBTS.
There was but one debate of conse-
quence in the senate yesterday and to
an ordinary observer that would have
seemed unimportant. although con-
siderable weight attached to the same.
1t came up on the bill introduced by Mr..
Hamer, providing that citiec, towns.
school boards and school districts may
fund the Indebtedness existing at the
time Utah was admitted as state.
The bill, as originally introduced,
provided that counties should have the
right to refund, but upon debate the
word counties" was eliminated from
the bill. This was done after consider
able discussion, many of the. senators
evincing a disposition to avoid Civ
ing the right to issue bonds, and the
bill was virtually passed, but was laid
on the table for one day by consent. 1t
was taken from the table yesterday
and again considered. The bill as pre-
scented reads: AN act permitting cities,
towns, school boards, and school dis
tricts to fund the floating Indebtedness
existing at the time Utah was admitted
at a state"
Section l. That all cities, towns,
school boards and school districts that
had a floating Indebtedness at the time
Utah was admitted as a state. are
hereby authorized to borrow ali amount
of money equal to the amount of such
floating Indebtedness, in addition to the
limit of Indebtedness now provided by
law.
Sec. 2. All money so borrowed shall
be applied on the payment of the pres
ent floating Indebtedness: and no bond
or note issued by any city, town, school
board or school district. upon which
such money shall be borrowed, shall be
sold for less than its face value to-
gether with accrued interest at the date
of such sale.
Sec. 8. This act shall take effect upon
approval.
When the subject came up yesterday
the senate decided to eliminate the
words in the first section lin addition
to the limit of Indebtedness now pro-
vided by law" The second section was
also changed by striking out present
floating and inserting the word
SUCH" and there is where the trouble
began.
Mr.. Game thought there was a mig
ger in the woodpile," and that the bill
was not a necessary one. While not
exactly opposed to it on the principle
that it was bad measure, he did not
see the use of the measure at this
time. and thought advantage could be
taken of it to the disadvantage of the
taxpayers. He would like to have ac-
ton postponed until he could have
time to investigate the case and see if
the measure was one which would be
acceptable to his constituents.
Mr. Harbour did not see the use of
the measure and argued that it was
merely increasing the time for the
payment of the obligations.
Finally Snow offered a motion re-
committing the bill to the committee
on judiciary.
The measure is said by those who
favor it, to be a good one, and one
which, if passed, would save the
county of Weber some $4,000 per year
in interest. inasmuch as it would give
them a chance to retire a lot of old
warrants which are floating around
and pay only 5 per cent on the indebt-
edness which is now costing them 8
ing the taxpayers who have warrants
which are discounted from II to Is per
cent.
DIDN'T CONCUR.
A message came down from the
uOuSe ANNOUNCING the passage OIL the
bill introduced by Mrs. Cannon, provid-
ing for the compulsory education of
deaf mute and blind children, with
The amendments con-
sisted of inserting a hyphen between
the words deaf and ''mutes." Mr..
Smoot called attention to the fact that
a child might be a mute and able to
hear, and might be deaf and able to
talk, and that this amendment of the
bill would deprive them of the right
to go to the school. He proposed the
senate refuse to concur in the amend
ments offered.
After some explanation of the mat
ter, Mr.. Caine moved the senate re-
fuse to concur and the motion pre-
vailed and a conference committee. of
which Mrs. Cannon is the chairman,
was appointed to meet with like COM
mittee from the house and discuss the
matter.
IDAHO LEGISLATURE.
Senator Chambers is not going to Lo-
gan today. He is going to entertain
the Idaho legislature. Attention was
called to the fact in the morning hours
that the Idaho solons were coming
down, and Mr.. Hamer, the chairman of
the special committee appointed on !
Thursday to consider the matter,
arose and stated that they had noti-
fed the members of the visiting con- |
Iingent that the Legislature had made |
to go to Logan and that |
hey would be pleased to entertain |
hem on Monday. He moved, as the |
sense of the committee, that a special |