The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-07

Every justice of the peace who files
in his office any complaint. or allows q
civil action to be commenced in his
court, without the fees are paid there
FOR in advance, except in cases permit
ted by the statutes, is guilty of a mis-
demeanor.
This act shall take effect upon APP
prevail
THE STATE PRISON.
The next bill is as follows:
That sections 10 and 40. chapter
LXXAI, laws of Utah 1885, be and the
same are hereby amended so as 10
read:
There shall be paid monthly at the
Office OF the prison, TO the officers
thereof the following salaries: To the
warden, SIS; 10 the deputy warden, sos;
TO the clerk, $65; 10 the physician, a
sum not exceeding $15, nor less than
$50; to the matron, $25; to each of the
keepers and guards, $780, as the board
( in its discretion may deem for the best
interests of the prison: and to all other
/ employees of the prison shall be paid
such compensation, within the limits
above fixed, as the board may deem
/ just, reasonable, and shall direct; pro-
vided, that any individual salary may
{ be increased beyond the limit named in
/ the preceding clause, by the approval
( of the governor. The warden SHALL in
! addition to his salary, be allowed the
use Of house, fuel, lights, and provi-
sions for his family and for guests who
visit him on business connected with
the prison, and any officer may, in the
/ discretion of the board, be allowed the
use of a house or an apartment free
/ OF rent. No officer or other person en-
ployed in or about a prison shall be
permitted to receive in any way per-
quisites, emoluments, or supplies for
inns golf &c fer, f1xr y he
other than the compensation allowed
by law. The board may, if it shall
deem it for the interest or the prison,
require the keepers, guards, and sucn
of the employees as it may designate,
TO be lodged and messed or boarded IN
the prison; and for that purpose may
furnish lodging rooms in a plain ane
substantial manner, and supply provi-
sions from the prison stock, which shall
be cooked and prepared by the labor of
convicts, and served at such time, and
on such terms, and in such place as the
board may direct.
The warden may, in his discretion,
require sufficient number of such of
the employees and who are not en-
gagged on active duty TO remain within
the prison grounds, TO insure the safety
of the prisoners and subject to be called
on emergency duty: but no guard or
other employee as hereinbefore in this
section described, snail be required
within the limits of the prison grounds
more than 16 hours per day. The sew
eral keepers and guards are hereby
expressly charged with all the duties
and responsibilities of jailors.- 1t shall
be the duty of guards, keepers and
other employees of the state prison to
faithfully enforce all rules and regu-
lations of the board relative to their
respective duties. Any guard, keeper,
or oh ..f +a+o
who shall knowingly violate any rule
or regulation adopted by the board, or
who shall violate any of the provisions
of this chapter, or who shall neglect
to perform the duties required of him
by the rules and regulations of the
prison or by the provisions of this
chapter, shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor, and upon conviction thereof,
may be punished by a fine not ex-
ceeding $1,000, or by Imprisonment in
the state prison for a period not eX-
ceeding three years, or by both such
fine and imprisonment. in the discre-
ton of the court. The warden or
deputy warden may punish convicts
for misconduct in such manner and |
under such regulations as shall be
adopted by the board; provided, that
punishment by showering with cold
water or whipping with the lash on
the bare body shall in no case be al |
lowed. The warden or deputy warden |
the next day after inflicting punish |
ment upon any convict shall enter in a
book, to be kept for that purpose, a !
written memorandum thereof, signed |
by him, the offense committed and the |
time and extent Of the punishment in |
fiicted; but in no case shall any pun !
ishment be brutal or inhuman, and |
no corporal punishment shall be in |
hicted without the presence of the |
prison physician.
This act shall take effect upon ap-
prevail
TAX FOR TEXT BOOKS.
Senate bill II was introduced by SEN
ator Johnson 1t authorizes counties /
to levy an annual tax. not exceeding |
one mill on the dollar of assessed val |
uation, for the purchase of text books /
and supplies for the use of the district
schools of the county; provided. that |
no such tax shall be levied in first 1
and second class cities. The funds /
thus derived are to be expended by I
the county commissioners in conjunc-
ton with the county superintendent of (
schools, and the text books purchased t
shall be such as are selected by the /
state text book convention. and such /
others as are necessary. 1t is virtually
a free text book bill for the benefit of /
the country districts.
JUAB AND UTAH COUNTIES.
Senator SIaoot introduced senate bill /
p. to attach part Of Juab county to
Utah county The bill provides that
all that portion of Juab county be-
ginning at the intersection OF the line
between sections l and , township 10
south range west, and the summit
of the range between Cedar and East
Tintic valley. thence along said inter-
section with the south line of township
II south, range west, thence along
said south line west to the southwest
corner of section sc. township II south,
range 3 west. thence north along the
west line of the last tier of sections of
township II south, range 8 west, and
township 10 south, range 3 west to the
place of beginning; that all the tract
embraced within these boundaries is
detached from Juab county and at
tached TO Titan county. The act is to
be submitted to the electors of the
two counties for adoption or rejection
at the November election.
Johnson introduced a measure per-
the boards OF county commits
sioners to levy taxes for the purchase
Of school books and supplies for the
schools.
4 message was received from the
governor announcing his approval of
the memorial asking for the election of
United States senators by a direct
vote of the people.
Also that he had approved the me-
mortal asking that congress intervene
in the Cuban matter and protect
American citizens.