The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-14

provide 2 competent clerk Tor tnlS COM
r,:ttee. and declared that without such
assistance the committee could not prop
erly handle the vast amount of important
business referred to it.
The incident occurred during the mid
die of the afternoon session. Shepard
called up his motion, authorizing the
speaker to appoint a clerk for the
Judiciary committee, which had been laid
over from a preceding day.
Thoreson, 4 member of the judiciary
committee could see no necessity for such
a clerk.
COMMITTEE CLERKS.
Shepard declared that it was notorious
that the committee clerks of the house
and senate, and he excepted none, were
Incompetent to perform the work re-
CURED by the judiciary committee. It
was necessary to redraft many bills en-
tire and to redraft sections of others,
aid none of the present clerks could DO
this or other work necessary to be done.
and the members had not sufficient time
to do it. He thought lawyer should be
employed and believed one could be Sc
cured for not to exceed 81 per day.
A long discussion, ensued. Thomson
thought. if the present clerks were in
competent, they should be discharged.
Robinson held that this work was ex-
actly what the members were elected 10
do and expected to do. Bennion favored
tie motion and Sloan opposed it. The
motion was lost.
Thereupon, with some asperity of
tone, Shepard said: Il ask the chair
a member of the judiciary committee
KENNER RAPS SHEPARD.
And as another member of the COM
mittee," exclaimed Kenner, Il do not be-
l-e-e there is any member of the
judiciary committee who has not done
three times as much work as Mr.. Shop
ard
RESIGNS AS CHAIRMAN.
The speaker took no notice of the af-
speakers desk a formal resignation.
Speaker Perkins had taken no action last
evening.
The judiciary committee is of more i'm
portance than any other, particularly
during this session. owing to the report
OF the code commission.
The house passed two bills during the
four hours session, and there was less
debate than on the preceding day, be-
cause there were fewer members present
SCHOOL FUNDS.
Senate bill No. II was taken up as the
Special order The measure authorizes
boards of education in cities OF .he first
and second class, and trustees OF school
districts, to submit to qualified electors
lie proposition to incur Indebtedness IN
addition TO the school taxes for he cur
rent year.
Several amendments were recommended
t. the house education committee, the
most important being the STRIKING out
LON section t. of the following: ANY
.ntormalities in conducting such election
sail not invalidate the same II IL shall
haze been otherwise legaliy conducted
These amendments were adopted.
The bill provided that notice of such
election should be given by publication IN
:. newspaper of the county, shoulQ there
he one, and by posting notices Tor ten
d.Ss in three places.
authorizing the trustees to give such
notice, eltner by posting notices or oy
publication in newspaper, at their as
cretion- He explained tnat many people
IN the country districts aid not take the
local papers and the trustees should not
be required TO publish notices in papers
OF small circulation After some DIS
cussion his amendment was rejected.
SLeoard offered an amendment, re-
curing the publication to be i'll paper
.ublisned in the district, when any was
published in the district. This was
adopted.
An amendment by Roylance requiring
tho trustees to state in their notice OF,
election for what purpose the indebted
ness was TO be incurred was ADOPTED
A lengthy and tedious discussion en-
sued as TO how the publication OF the
notice should be provided Tor, each mem
Der showing a different understanding
or the provisions OF the measure, ana
what It should provide
Tnorsen favored the paper of general
circulation" in the district, but Robson
objected TO patronizing the salt Lake
papers for an election IN Kane county.
Bennion thought II might be advisable
to give the country papers the preference
although some OF them did not amount
to "a row of pins, and cited the news
papers of Murray and Sandy as examples.
BACK TO THE STARTING POINT.
After much further discussion of this
vital issue, the previous question was de-
Cd nd M
ing amendments and suggestions were re-
jected. but the house reconsloered all
that mad been done, rejected the amend
mentS previously adopted ana, at
O o'clock, found itself at the exact point
from which it had started at the be-
ginning of the session.
MANY members were still cropping in
IGNORANCE and misunderstanding of the
provisions of the measure, and to make
II more easily understood, the education
committee made a slight transportation OF
language. The bill was then passed in
the form recommended by the education
committee, its consideration having con-
Sumed two hours -
F'orshee presented a Blavk :. Hawk
veteran petition, asking for COMPENSATION
from congress. -.
each member to submit suggestions as 10
the proper maximum salaries for county
officers in each county, to aid in the con-
sideration of two bills on this subject
The public health committee recon-
mended the re1eCIlOn OF the ciSdTelle DILL
the subject being covered by the code re-
port, and it was rejected.
INCOME lax
The WAYS and means committee recon-
mended the passage of Kenners income
tax and inheritance tax bill, with section
3 stricken out. This section related to
the distribution of revenues derived from
liquor licenses. The same committee pre-
scented favorable reports on kenners
pawn brokers' bill and Cooks bill relat-
ing to the assessment of railroad lands
II also advised the rejection of the bin
for the appointment of a sealer
OF weights and measures, as it was COW
cred by the code.
Mr. D. s. Cook introduced house bill
No So to equalize the benefits derived
from taxation of railroads. The state
board of equalization is empowered and
directed to assess all railroads and roll
ing stock and collect the same as other
taxes are collected and divide it among
the counties, according TO assessed vaiua-
ton.
RAILWAY PASSES.
The following resolution, offered by
Thomson. gave the house a tired feeling:
Whereas, The Union Pacific and d. &
r. G. railroads have issued passes to the
members of this Legislature.
Resolved. That where such passes have
been used to travel to or from this house,
or otherwise. wherein this state allows
therefor. that moneys allowed
for such mileage be and is hereby re-
turned TO the state.
A. p. Sorensen landed on the PROPOSE
ton with both feet and objected to it5
further consideration. Shepard moved
that it be referred 10 the board of
pardons, but it was eventually tabled.
Thomson accepting the result with beam
ing and benign satisfaction.
BLACK HAWK WAR VETS.
Gibson introduced a memorial to con-
in IN q RllHk