The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-17

covered and much transacted tending
to a cleaning up of matters demanding
attention.
OMAHANS COMING.
The governor called the attention of
the senate 60 the fact that delegation
from Omaha will be here tomorrow
and desires to present its views to the
legislature on the subject of the Trans
Mississippi exposition. The executive
calls attention to the fact that the
state of Colorado and Wyoming have
given them a hearing and asked that a
similar courtesy be extended by this.
1t was decided to meet in joint ses-
sion on Thursday evening.
WANT A BANKRUPT LAW.
The following. from the board of
trade of Dallas, Tex, was received and
referred to the committee on federal
relations.
Dallas, Tex, Jan. Z.
To the President of the Senate, Salt
Lake City, Utah:
Dear Sir:-This board has been i'm
pressed with the vital importance of
the ge of a bankrupt bill, and
has been in actual communication with
like commercial bodies over the coun-
try, with the view of speeding the pass
age of some just and equitable bill.
We find a general concensus of opinion
that such bill is a necessity, and
many commercial bodies have memoir
ialized congress praying its passage,
forwarding petitions, similar sub
stantially to the one enclosed from the
Milwaukee chamber of commerce.
The deplorable condition of finan-
cial slavery resting upon thousands of
our fellow men, the loss to the state
.
cruelty of forever keeping such men
in bondage. forcibly suggests to all
men having in their hearts charity and
kindness for the long suffering men
and their families, and that relief
should be granted.
In view of this condition of affairs
and of the Incompatible beneficence
of a bankrupt bill, we venture to in
woke your aid, and that of the body over
which you preside, in speeding the pass
age of such a bill through the senate
of the United States. The BILL as you
know, has passed the house, and is
now on the senate's calendar. awaiting
its action. AS there remains only some
40 days of the present session we
beg to suggest that the passage by
your body of joint resolution invok-
ing immediate action on the part of
the United States senate would be most
desirable. Such a resolution will be
promptly introduced and passed by our
legislature. Very respectfully
LEO WOLFSON.
Secretary.
The Milwaukee petition referred to
is simply a resolution of the chamber
of commerce urging the passage of the
Torrey bankruptcy bill.
Among the routine business of the
day was the presentation of a claim,
by Mr.. Munson, of Anthem Anderson,
for clerk hire engaged while attending
to matters connected with university
and school lands in the county of
Cache, which was referred to the state
board of examiners.
BLACK HAWK VETO AGAIN.
Mr. Evans presented another petition
from veterans of the Black Hawk war,
asking the legislature to memorable
the congress of the United States to
recompense them for services rendered
and losses sustained, which followed
the balance of the requests of similar
nature, which have been hitherto in
troduced, and were sent to the COM
mittee on federal relations.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
There was a whole lot of work done
in the way of committee reports. The
first one which came in was a favor
able action on house bill No 45, by
Mr.. Wilson, providing for the drawing
and Summoning of grand and petit
jurors, giving each judge power to
jurors for his own court, which
was passed under the order and sent
back to the house.
Senate bill 80, an act providing for
similar authority, was killed, there be-
ing no need of the same.
Senate joint resolution No. 3, by the
committee on judiciary, was passed
during the session, the same reading:
BE it resolved by the Legislature of
the state of Utah:
Section THAT section 6, article 10. |
of the constitution be so amended as
to read as follows:
% Section Elm cities of the first and |
second class the public school system |
shall be controlled by the board of |
education of such cities separate and |
apart from the counties in which said /
cities are located
The resolution was passed without |
a dissenting vote
Kenner's bill, amending section 1854 |
Of chapter of the laws of Utah, which |
was passed by the house on Monday, |
was taken up and passed without |
amendment. This is the law regulating !
over which the lower house !
has expended so much time. 1t went |
through the senate without any argu-
nent.
JUDGES OF ELECTION.
Senate bill IA, which provided for the
of judges Of election and
their compensation, was killed by re-
port of the committee on judiciary, the
same subject being fully covered in the
'eport of the code commission. Similar
action was had on senate bill IS, pro-
7iding for the filing of statements of
by candidates at elections, for
he same reason.
In this connection the title relating
o elections was presented as a sepa-
ate bill, the committee desiring the
same to be considered and passed as an
act. The bill is in sub
stance the report of the commission,
With the alterations noted in yester-
lays issue of The Herald and was
cad three times and passed.
The president of the senate signed
senate bill Il, the act authorizing
boards of education in cities of the
irst and second class and trustees of
school districts to submit to the quail
led electors a proposition to incur in
lebtedness in addition to the taxes for
he current year, for the support and
of schools, and the same
vas sent to the house.
Under the head of introduction of
bills. Mr.. Hamer presented a bill per-
hitting cities, towns and counties,
chool boards and school trustees to
und the floating debt existing at the
ime Utah was a state, which was re-
erred to the committee on judiciary.
The reading of the code commissions
eport yesterday was brief and required
tut little time. The changes noted