The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-11

new resolution covering the latte
amendment, and Kenner's amendment
increasing the exemption to $500. wal
| adopted.
The resolution received but &c votes
and it required 80 TO carry it. Before
the result was announced there wa:
some skirmishing for absent members
and enough were finally dragged ii
to raise the vote TO 90. Mrs. Anderson
had been engaged in earnest mission
airy work on Wilson, who had voted
no, and he now announced that he
changed his vote to aye The ar
nouncement was greeted with applause
and laughter.
INJURIES TO EMPLOYEES.
House bill No. 14O, by the labor COM
mittee, was taken up and passed. This
bill contains the same provisions con-
corning the liability of railroad cor
porations for injuries to employees as
the new section inserted in the code,
over which the two houses have been
at Ioggerheads. On its passage the
vote was as follows:
Yeas-Ars. Anderson, Calls, S. N.
Cook, Greer. Dotson, Duffin, Green
wood, Hardy, Hopkins, o. G. Kimball,
Joseph Kimball, Lund, Mangan, Mar
tin, Maxfield, Mckay. O'Brien, Oveson,
Price, Ray, Shepard, Stewart, Sloan,
n. c. Sorensen, Taylor, Thomson, Will
son, Perldns-2S.
Nays-Gibson, Kenner, Lennon,
Roylance, A. P. Sorensen-5.
FORECLOSURE.
House bill No. 81, providing for the
foreclosure of trust deeds in the courts,
rejected by the house several days ago,
was called up by Shepard, author of
the measure, who had given notice OF
reconsideration at the time of its re-
lection.
Under suspension of the rules the
vote was reconsidered. Speaker Per
kins called Taylor to the chair and
spoke in support of the bill.
Wilson sarcastically suggested that
Shepard and the rest of the lawyers be
heard from. The bill, he declared,
would simply compel more people to
employ lawyers. There were TWO and
a quarter million dollars loaned out in
this state on trust deeds, and this bill
would affect all of these loans and
throw the foreclosures into the courts.
1t was not fair nor d just bill.
Shepard denied the charge that it
was a lawyers bill, but declared it was
in the interest of the debtor class. 1t
simply gave the same time for redemp-
ton under a trust deed as under
mortgage, and would not apply to ex-
listing loans.
~
The bill was passed by a vote of 25
to S, Wilson voting aye and giving no
tice of a motion to reconsider.
Robinson drew attention to the rule
excluding all motions to reconsider af-
ter the day preceding the last day of
the session, and Wilson gave up the
fight.
BOARD OF CONTROL.
rrto oo,,,roi++aa on vows and means
presented majority and minority re-
ports on Senate Bill No. SO, creating Z
board of control for the government OF
all state institutions. The majority re-
port recommended the passage OF the
bill and the minoritT consisting OF
Wilson. Shepard and Robinson, recon-
mended its rejection.
Kenrer opposed the bill. He thought
the educational and the penal institu-
tons should be completely separated.
This was the opinion of DR.. Talmage
and other educators.
Cook of Box Elder thought the alfal-
IA members should sit down on TINS
to give all the offices to Salt
Lake, Weber, Cache and Utah counties
Thorensen supported the bill and |
Sloan and Duffin opposed it. Hardy !
thought the proposition was in the in
terest of economy. Roylance also sup |
ported the bill and declared the DOM |
nant political party in the state should |
have some voice in the management of |
he state institutions. Bennion opposed |
he proposed change, but favored two
boards.
The minority report was adopted by |
vote CT y 10 10 and the bill was
killed.
FIRE AND POLICE.
Else Bill 1873. by Wilson. repeating
ne fire and police commission law and
providing for the organization of fire
md police departments by the mayor |
and city council, was taken up and
Ootson moved to substitute Senate Bill
Z, on the same subject.
Wilson spoke against the senate bill,
which applied only to Salt Lake City
md was introduced by a man who
lever lived in the city and knew moth
ng of the conditions here. 1t provided
or a commission to be appointed by
he city council. the worst method that
.Culd be devised.
O'Brien opposed the senate bill or
my other proposition to amend the
resent law He wanted to see it re-
,eaIed and the fire and police depart
nents placed under the direct control
f the mayor and city council.
Sloan said the senate bill was intro
uced by a Utah county senator, while
SUBJECT
oncerned Salt Lake City.
Dotson's motion was defeated and
consideration of the house bill pro-
eeded.
Kenner offered an amendment, strik-
ag out the clause giving the mayor
over to remove officers and members
f the department without charges or
rial.
Wilson offered an amendment. pro-
iding for the removal of subordinates
My upon the recommendation Of the
hiefs Of the departments. One trouble
I this city, he explained, had been
hat after it got man who was in
mcient it could not get rid of him.
he law should be so fixed as to give
he chiefs the power to remove the
Sloan and Romney opposed both
mendments and the latter spoke
gainst the bill II was a man
over proposition. He did not believe
le commission should be abolished.
Dresser opposed the amendment and
'Ots0n opposed the bill.
The Wilson amendment was rejected
nd the Kenner amendment was also
oted down. Il
Many other amendments were offered
lcluding one by Wilson, leaving the
over of removal in the hands Of the {
ayor, subject TO approval of the fire
nd police committee of the city coun-
l. This was rejected.
During the discussion Kenner moved
strike out the enacting clause, but !
2 was the only member who voted for
le motion. {
Sloan believed that to the victor be-
nged the spoils, and if the Republi- I
ms could carry the city he wanted :
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