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

A bill for the relief of the outside
counties at the expense of the state
was warmly debated in the house
throughout the afternoon, and, in &C
cordance with a time honored custom
in such cases, the country members
and the city members were arrayed
against each other. AS originally in
troduced by Martin, the measure sad
died upon the state the expense of all
criminal prosecutions when the defend
ant was insolVent or which resulted in
acquittal, but, before fully realizing
the effect of its action, the house
adopted amendments that greatly re-
! duce the states share of the expense.
The house also adopted Perkins bill
permitting poor persons to institute
and prosecute actions in the courts.
Yesterday was the last day for the
introduction of bills, and just an even
dozen new measures were offered to
the house. Among them was an i'm
portant bill by Wilson, repeating the
fire and police commission law and
restoring those departments to the old
status, as it existed prior to the pas
sage of the present law.
THE PROCEEDINGS.
Martin presented a petition from citi-
zens of San Juan county, in support of
| the bill introduced by their representa-
tive, appropriating $4,000 for improve
ment of the highway between Moab
and Monticello. 1t is represented that
the mining interests of that region are
attracting great attention and Colorado
business men are doing all they can
to draw the trade away from Salt Lake
City. If the trade is retained by Utah
the road to the nearest railroad sta
ton in this state must be improved.
| 1t is further represented that the
county has been handicapped by per-
sistent efforts to turn it into an In
dian reservation, otherwise it would
be able to pay for these improvements.
n. G. Sorensen presented petitions
from citizens of Sanpete county, ask
ing that Congress be memOrialized TO
suspend prosecution for cutting gov
eminent timber for building purposes.
So long as railroad companies were al
lowed to cut young and growing tim
Der for ties without hindrance the peo-
pie should be permitted to cut timber
to furnish part of the lumber necessary
to the development of the country.
Dotson presented a petition from
citizens of Beaver county, protesting
against the setting apart of the east
ern part of the county as a park, as
prayed by a petition now being circu-
lated.
House bill No 50, providing for the
weighing of coal at mines. was re-
ceived from the senate, with amend
ments. The house refused to concur
in these amendments and conference
committee was appointed. consisting
of Calls, Sloan and Martin.
PROVIDES $4,000 FOR THE JUDI
LEE.
The special committee on semi-cen-
tennial celebration reported a joint
resolution, making full provision for
the pioneer pubilee. 1t provides for the
appointment, by the governor, of five
additional members of the commission.
The commission shall fix the time and
place for holding the celebration during
all the week commencing July 10. and
ending July "a, provided the celebration
shall be held on one day of the week
at Provo and one day at Ogden, if
each of those cities or the citizens
thereof, pays all of the expenses con-
nected with the celebration in such
city, together with the cost of moving
all articles connected with the celebra-
ton to such city and back to Salt
Lake. Notice of intention to hold the
celebration at either Ogden or Provo
shall be served on the semi-centennial
July 19.
The sum of $4,000 is appropriated to |
defray the expenses of the commission |
and to aid in the celebration, but por-
ton of this sum shall be expended |
under the direction of persons selected |
by the governor, one from each county
except Salt Lake, for the purpose of |
representing such counties in the cele- |
bration. Apportionment is made |
among the various counties as follows:
Beaver, Grand. Iron. Kane, Morgan, /
Rich, Wasatch, Wayne. Carbon,
Emery, Garfield. Piute. San Juan,
Uintah and Washington, 5000 each:
Cache. Davis. Sanpete, Summit, Box
Elder and Juab, $500 each; Utah. 5000;
Weber, 500.
At Chairman Sloan's request the
resolution was referred back to the
celebration committee
The forestry committee recommended
the passage of Bennion's bill for the
protection of balsam and pine trees.
MARRIAGE BILL AMENDED.
The governor notified the house that
he had vetoed house bill No. 81, Ken
ner's marriage bill, for the reason that,
in his opinion, the title was defective,
in that it did not clearly express the
subjects of legislation, as required by
the constitution.
Kenner did not think the governors
objections were well founded. but in
order to avoid all controversy he Of
fered an amendment to the title, cover
ing the subject more fully and meeting
the governors objections.
O'Brien raised the point of order that
a vetoed bill was dead and could not
be amended, but the point was over
ruled and Kenner's amendment was
ADOPTED. the Dill was then passed
by a vote of % to IS.
The following bills were introduced,
read twice and referred:
Thoreson introduced house bill No.
rs, to enable counties, cities or towns
20 use patent automatic voting or bal