The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-28

stop the butchery of men. women and
children. and the further exhibition of
the carnival of blood now being en-
acted on that island.
And Your memorialists will ever
pray"
Mr.. President" said Rideout. eff
had my way | would put a bombsheil
near the White House and shake UP
that hardshelled old was about TO
say Democrat. but ! will nor
L object to this sort CT language
said Mr. Game. MIR. Cleveland is pres
ident of the United States''
L don't care if ne is retorted Ride
out He is not above criticism
I ask that this memorial be made
the special order for Monday at 4
O'clock said Mr. Evans
Il object to any special order" said
Mr.. Game.
Mr. Evans request was agreed to and
the senate took recess until S o'clock.
THE EVENING SESSION.
At the evening session Senator
Aquila Nebeker introduced senate bill
56, TO enable counties. cities or towns
TO use pateuted automatic voting or
ballot machines. The bill was intro
duced by request. It empowers boards
OF county commissioners. city councils
or town boards TO provide for the use
of voting machines for all elections. All
elections at which such machines are
used must be held under regulations
prescribed in the bill. provided that no
machine NOT patented in this country
shall be used. A voting machine is de-
fined 10 be an automatic voting or bal
lot machine. which registers, records
and counts all votes for each candidate
or question TO be voted or balloted
upon. The machine authorized by the
bill must have register compartment,
register tapes or mechanical counters,
key-levers or push rods and record
sheets. The ballots, tabulated lists of
offices and nominees are SO arranged
that they agree with the numbers on
the keys in the same line. instruction
cards are also provided for, to direct
the voter how TO manipulate the ma
chine. The machine must also provide
for voting an entire party ticket by
pressing single kew.
A RAILWAY BILL.
Senator Hamer introduced senate bill
81. 1t provides that every railroad cor
poration owning or operating a rail-
road in this state shall be liable for
all damages sustained by any agent or
servant thereof by reason of the negli-
gence OF any other agent or servant
thereof, without contributory negii-
gence on his part, when sustained
within this state; and no contract, rule
or regulation between such agent or
servant shall impair or diminish such
liability.
GIFT LEGACIES.
The ways and means committee,
through Senator Snow, chairman. re
ported a substitute for senate bills 3
and SO, on the taxing of gift legacies
and succession taxes. The substitute.
which is senate bill 50. provides that
all property passing by viii or the in
terstate laws, when the owner has been
a resident of the state or if non
resident when the property is located
in the state, shall ne subject to a tax
as provided in the bill. In case prop
erty passes to father. husband, mother, !
wife, child, brother sister. wife or
widow of a son or the husband of &
daughter, or of any adopted child. or
to any lineal descendant. in every
such case the rate of tax shall &c |
81 on every 500 of the market value |
Of the property; provided the tax is
levied only on the amount received b. /
such person in excess of $1,000. In all |
other cases the tax is made S. on each |
800 of the market value OF the prop /
erty. Estates valued at less than $500 /
shall not be taxed. All estates shall I
be appraised Immediately after the 7
Z
become due and payable AT once. IL
not paid within IS months 70 per cent /
interest attaches and a discount OF
per cent is made if paid within six
months. Administrators are charged |
with the duty of deducting the tax be-
fore delivering any legacies or property /
subject to the tax. In cases of I'M /
certainty the courts may appoint ap- /
praisers, upon whose report the court .
shall assess and fix the market value I
Of the property. Nalfeasance by ap- /
praisers is made a felony. The county
-reasurers shall collect and pay to the
state treasurer all taxes due and pay
able undeI :'lis act.
EDUCATIONAL BILL
Senate bill So, the educational bill. !
was then taken uD. The measure is 7
1 lengthy one, covering 81 pages.