The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-26

iting stay of execution of Judgment in
election contests; amendments in fee
bills; providing for a state board Of
health, and prescribing the powers Of
local boards; additional provisions con-
/ corning highways; providing for the Sc
lection and recording OF hOmesteads,
: giving to married women full contract
ual and property rights, and making
them equally liable for the maintenance
of the family; providing for a state
! engineer, for the measurement of water,
and for the recording of water rights;
the enlargement of jury lists and pro-
viding for the selection of jurors byE
commissioners; granting greater powersN
to eourts-martial; changes in the min
ing law and aDOlishing the office OF [
district mining recorder: amendment
of school law, including provisions forf
/ the establishment of high schools out
side of cities, and for the establish
ment of parental schools" providing
for the employment of convicts; a gen
eral act on official bonds; changes in Z
the law relating to real estate; amend
/ ment of the law of taxation including
a provision that the state board OF
( equalization shall not assess railroads
and other corporations doing business
wholly within one county; providing for i
/ the registry of births and deaths. abOl
ishing dover, and giving to a surviving
wife one-third interest in fee of alll
realty of which her husband was seized
during the cOverture; changes in the.
/ law of succession; general provisions
concerning state institutions providing
for deputy state officers; changing thea
manner of commencing civil actions
/ providing for reply to cOunterclaim:
other changes in pleadings; the addi-
ton of chapter on punishment;
+ amendment of the law concerning.
| trials, and a change in the manner of
| charging juries; notifications of the'
law concerning exceptions, new trials|
and appeals; providing for the punish.
ment of contempts before other than.
/ judicial officers; additional provisional
concerning the foreclosure of mort
cages; amendment of the law concerns,
ing forcible entry and detainer; amend-
ment of the law of eminent domain:
additional provisions on quo war
| ranto; changes in procedure in justices.
courts; simplihcatiOn of probate proceed
ure and important amendments there-l
to, including the provision that probate|
I orders and DEGREES shall import abSo-
/ lutte verify; pTH iding forms of probates
notices; prescribing a uniform lengthi
/ of time for publication; provisions con-
corning the selling, mortgaging andS
| leasing Of property of decedent andi
\ other estates; providing for the deter
penal code, and numerous amendmentsI
/ to the code of criminal procedure.
PROSECUTING DEPARTMENT.
Waldemar Van Colt. one of the ablestl
lawyers at this bar, was elected county,
! attorney of Salt Lake county in the'
fall of 1895, and during the year has.
attended to the prosecution of crimi-I
nails and other business incidental to-
the office, with great ability and vigor-
His assistants are Graham F. Putnamt
] and Ray Van Colt, both rising young|
attorneys, who take part in the prose-'
| cutionS in court and render valuable
assistance to the chief. In many casess
Mr.. Putnam is leading prosecutor and.
( Mr.. Ray Van Colt attends to prelimi-'
nary hearings and other matters in the
4 justices courts.
About 100 cases came up for trial in
1897 in the criminal division of thel
Third district court and a good per-
centage of convictions were obtained.
THE sHERIFF'S OFFICE
The sheriff is an important part OF
the machinery of the courts. The pres
ent incumbent, Thomas P. Lewis, wasl
elected to the Office OF sheriff of SaltI
I Lake county in November, 1896. andE
assumed the position at the beginning
of the present year, since which timed
the department and all things pertain
/ ing thereto have been conducted satis-s
/ factorily. Joseph U. Eldredge is chief
/ deputy; Andrew j. Burt has charge of
the criminal department, and J. 81
| Timmony and Boman Cannon attend
exclusively to civil business. The other'
deputies in this city, including COURT
bailifS, are Messrs. Gulbransen, Will
son, Mcclellan, Levey and Barnett
stenographer and typewriter, Miss|
/ Clara Ferguson.
STATE BAR ASSOCIATION.
The State Bar association is an inn
portant adjunct to the local bar mostI
| Of the leading attorneys being members'
of it, and the state association is af-
| fliated with the National Bar associa-,
| ton. 1t holds its annual meetings inI
| January of each year. at which papers'
are read and local subjects discussed. j
/ The last session was held on Jan. Ill
and Il, 1897, and the next session wild
begin on Jan. 10 next, when Important
subjects will be discussed. The PRESENT.
officers are Charles S. Varian, presi-|
dent; Judges Charles H. Hart, II. HI
| ROlapp, Ogden Hiles, W. n. Dusen-I
berry, e. V. Higgins, William McCarty,
Jacob Johnson, vice presidents; Cles-'
son S. Kinney, secretary; z. D. Lee,
treasurer; James H. MoyIe, John NJ.
Zane, Andrew Howat. P. L. Williams,
e. NJ. Allison, executive council; ]. AL
Williams, A. T. Schroeder, H. E. Booth,
committee on grievance; John W. judd,
P. L. Williams, John NJ. Zane, dele-I
gates to the American Bar association
for 1897.