The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-27


visions for the manner of conducting
the balloting when such machines are
used.
Thomson introduced house bill No.
! 129. fixing the denomination of city,
county, state and district bonds at $40
+ and $40, one-half of the issue to be of
each denomination.
O'Brien introduced house bill No. 100,
requiring railroad companies TO fence
! their tracks. provide necessary cattle
guards at public crossings and other
places and requiring all persons and
corporations to post notices of descrip-
| ton and number of stock killed and
| injured by engines or cars, and pro-
viding a penalty for violation of such
provisions.
O'Brien introduced house bill No.
49, requiring companies, corporations
and associations to pay their en-
ployees in full for services performed
on or before the 18th day of the month
for the previous month, and requiring
such companies TO pay discharged en-
ployees in full for services within five
days of the demand for such pay.
Maxfield introduced house bill No.
1872. appropriating $1,000 for a road in
the eastern part of Wayne county.
TO REPEAL THE FIRE AND PO-
LICE LAW.
Wilson introduced house bill No. 1873.
repeating the fire and police commits
sion law 1t provides that in all cities
of II, 900 or more inhabitants the mayor
shall have power to appoint, with the
consent of the council. the chief and
all subordinate officers, members and
employees of both police and fire de-
partments, and to remove the same
without charges, hearing or trial. The
city council shall have power to pro-
vide for the organization and support
of fire and police departments, to fix
the salaries and prescribe the dEties
of officers and members of the depart
ments.
Shepard introduced house bill No.
1874, limiting the liability of municipal
corporations for damages arising from
negligence in certain cases. 1t pro-
vides that whenever a municipal cor
poration shall be liable to an action for
damages by reason of the wrongful
act. negligence or carelessness of any
other person or corporation, such other
person or corporation shall also be
liable for damages and shall be Joined
with the municipal corporation in any
suit for damages. When judgment is
obtained the execution shall first be
enforced against the other defendants
and shall not be collected from the
municipal corporation unless the other
defendants are insolvent. No munich
pal corporation shall be liable for dam
ages resulting from snow or ice upon
the sidewalks.
D. S. Cook introduced house bill No.
1876, appropriating $500 for opening
roads between Cache and Rich coun-
ties.
Sloan introduced house bill No. 1876,
increasing certain fees of county sher
ifs.
TO REIMBURSE THE CIVIC FED
GRAFTON,
Sloan introduced house bill No. 1877,
by request. authorizing Salt Lake
county to reimburse the Civic Fed
Grafton of Salt Lake City" for expenses
incurred in the aid of the prosecution
of the persons charged with bribery
in connection with the construction and
furnishing of the joint city and county
building in Salt Lake City. The board
of county commissioners is authorized
to appropriate to the civic federation
the amount expended by it.
Two memorials to congress were in
troduced. both dealing with the same
subject, by Wilson and O'Brien, pro-
testing against the passage of the
Sherman bill relating TO ticket brok-
ers.
STATE TO PAY DEFENDANTS
COSTS.
House bill No. IS, by Martin, provid-
ing for the payment by the state of
the expense zof all criminal prosecu-
tions, when the defendant is acquitted
or is inSolvent came up on third read |
ing and was the subject of contention |
throughout the remainder of the after
noon
Wilson took the floor in opposition to
., TO
provisions OF the present statutes, I'M
der which the bulk of the expenses of |
criminal prosecutions are paid by the |
state. This bill applied to all cases /
before justices of the peace and in all |
other courts, and would increase the /
criminal expenses in the state at least
% per cent, without increasing the eff
fciency OF the prosecutions. If there /
was any justification whatever for the |
bill it should not apply to justices of
the .eace.
Murdoch offered an amendment. re-
the bill to cases in the dis
trict courts, which was adopted.
O'Brien still opposed the bill, believ-
ing il would lead to reckless exDendi-
lures in criminal prosecutions. Under
the present laws, the county attorneys
are responsible for the bringing of
prosecutions, and if they in
cur any unnecessary expense the COM
missioners will soon call halt.
Shepard expressed the belief that
such a measure would bankrupt any
state There would be no protection
to the state treasury. Anyone could
bring these prosecutions and the state
would be compelled to pay the ex-
penses. He directed attention to a
pending bill, providing that all fines
and forfeitures be paid into the county
trea SjrrieS and if both Of these hills
we're passed. all the fines and forfeit
Tres from criminal prosecutions would
20 TO the county and all the expenses
would be paid by the state.
Sloan favored the general purpose of
he bill and thought it was unfair to
assume that the county officers would
-ob the state because they had an OBJ
to do so. 1t was the duty of
he state to see that the laws were en-
orced and criminals punished.
Hardy offered two amendments, re-
iucing the proportion of expense to be
,aid by the state, and Murdoch offered
In amendment with the same end in
'iew The substitute was adopted and
1ardy's amendments rejected.
Thoreson thought the outside coun-
les were too honest to rob the state
reasury. The main question was
whether the criminals should be pros
cuted at all.
Taylor expressed the opinion that the
ill had now been amended into such
hape that its original purpose had
,een destroyed, and he therefore
moved to strike out the enacting
lause.
Roylance advanced the proposition
hat few of the serious crimes were
ommitted in the cities, and that was
Why the city members were opposed to