The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-21

AT q meeting OF the state bar as
ISOLATION of Utah. held on Feb. s. 1897
Hon. Charles S. Varian, the president
was authorized to appoint a committee
of two to prepare certain amendments
to the constitution and confer with
members of the legislature in relation
to the adoption thereof. In pursuance
of this authority Mr.. Varian appointed
Messrs. F. S. Richards and w. II. Dick
| son to prepare the desired amendments
and on Wednesday these gentlemen
| appeared before the joint judiciary
committee of the legislature n ex-
planned the effect of the amendments,
which are as follows:
The following proposition to amend
the constitution of the state OF Utan
is hereby submitted to the qualhec
electors of the state for their approval
or rejection, namely: That section y
article s be amended so that the same
shall read as follows: Section 8. From
all final judgments of the district
courts, and from such orders and IN
terlocutory DEGREES of said courts as
may be provided by law, there shall
be a right of appeal to the supreme
court. The appeal shall be upon the
record made in the court below, ana
under such regulations as may DC
pTONlu6Q DI law III CQOANS ~
appeal may be on questions OF both
law and fact; in cases at law the ap-
peal shall be on questions of law
alone. Appeals shall also lie from the
orders and DEGREES of the court in the
administration of decedent estates, n
in cases of guardianship, as shall be
provided by law. Appeals shall also
lie from the final judgment or Justices
of the peace in civil and crlmlnal
cases to the district courts on both
questions OF law and fact, with such
limitations and restrictions as shall be
provided by law; and the decision OF
the district courts on such appeals
shall be final. except in cases involving
the validity or constitutionality OF q
statute.
The following proposition to amend
the constitution of h state of Utah
is hereby submitted to the qualified
electors of the state for their approval
or rejection, namely: That section y,
article 6. be amended so that the same
read as follows: Section p. The
enacting clause of every law shall be:
Be it enacted by the legislature or
the state of Utah. and no bill or joint
resolution shall be passed except with
the assent of a majority of all the
members elected to each house OF the
legislature. and after it has been e
three times. unless in case OF emer-
gency. two-thirds of the house where
such bill may be pending shall deem
it expedient to dispense with some of
such readings, but the reading OF a
bill by sections, on it's inal passage,
shall in no case be dispensed with.
The vote upon the final passage of all
bills shall be by yeas and nays; and
law shall be revised or hen by
reference to its title only; but the act
as revised. or section as amended, shall
be re-enacted and published at
9aThe following proposition to amend
constitution of the state of Utah
is hereby submitted to the qualified
of the state for their approval
Or rejection. namely: That article o be
amended by adding thereto an addi-
tionaI section that shall read as fol-
Section 80. Every bill and joint
resolution signed by the presiding Of
of each house Of the legislature,
IS provided in section "a of this article.
signed by the governor or passed
both houses over his objections, as
provided in section s. article Z, of this
constitution, and deposited in the Of
ice of the secretary of state, shall, in
LII courts, be taken and treated as COLI
elusive evidence of it's due enactment
authenticity"
The purpose and effect of these
amendments would be to extend the
light of appeal from district courts TO
he supreme court to cases of tenn
,orary injunctions and other similar
.lecrees and introductory orders; to
)ermit the legislature, in case of emer-
,ency, to dispense with the first or sec
md reading of a bill, and to make
he signature of the presiding officer
# each house, the approval of the
and the filing with the sec
of state conclusive evidence of
due enactment of bills and joint
esolutions.