The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-17
Dual System Of Keeping Location
Records Proposed.
REVIVAL OF DISTRICTS
HOUSE PASSES A BILL TO Salts
Fly ALL INTERESTS.
University Removal Bill Passed In
the House Four Other Bills
Passed and Six Up For Rejection
Message From the Governor-Lo-
gan and Salt Lake Petitions.

BY a frequent resort to a call for the
previous question, interminable debates
We're cut off in the house Of representa-
tives yesterday, thus permitting the
accomplishment of a large volume Of
business, much of it of an important
nature. Seven bills were passed. sew
eral more advanced to third reading,
and half dozen measures were either
killed or given a brief respite from the
death blow. The most important ac-
tons in the house yesterday were the
passage Of the university removal Dill
and the proposed new mining record
law.
House bill No "a, by Wheeler. was.
under suspension of the rules, passed
by an almost unanimous vote of the
thirty-three members present 1t is OF
the same purDOrt as w. q. NebekerS
senate bill. and aims to re-create the
district mining record law, which was
repealed two years ago. and also to
continue the present system of keep
ing mining location and assessment
work records in the offices OF county
recorders. Provision is made in the bill
for reorgaDiZing the old districts and
the creation of new ones beyond a limit
Of ten miles from county seats. The
old records are to be copied at the eX-
pense of the state ana :he county, ana
the original records are to he returned
20 the district recorders. In other re-
sDects the bill is essentially the same
as the present law.
The only stumbling block was section
8, pertaining to the copying and
return OF district records, but repre-
sentatives Lloyd, Law, Parry, O'Neil,
Wheeler and Murdoch convinced ReD-
resentatives Mansfield, Richards and
Fisher that the proposed law, including
section S, is just such d measure as the
mining claimowners desired.
Representative Richards endeavored
to have the final vote deferred till Tues
day, so he could have opportunity to
hear of criticisms of the bill from his
constituents, but at last he yielded to
the majority. on the passage of the
bill, Representative Fishers vote was
the only negative.
House bill No. ia, by Cummings, q.
substitute for senate bill No. 16 and
house bill No. AZ, was taken up as a
special order ana passed by an affirm
ative vote of Al, four members being
absent The new bill provides for the
removal of the University of Utah to
the site coded from the Fort Douglas
military reservation, the erection Of
new buildings at a cost of $500, 900 and
the sale of the present university site
and buildings to repay the loan of $780,
600 from the university permanent land
fund, the balance of money TO be eX-
pended TO be met by a direct appropri-
alton.
There was but little discussion during
the consideration Of the bill, the mat
tiers involved having been fully ex-
planned on two former occasions. Rep
resentative Mansfield voted for the bill
at ha co hi
al of the. proposed conversion of the
university's permanently invested land
funds. After the passage of the sub
sutute bill it was Immediately trans
mitted TO the senate.
PASSAGE OF OTHER BILLS.
House bill No. 81. which was passed
on Wednesday, was called up by Rep
Tesentative Lloyd for reconsideration. |
An amendment proposed by him TO
require city auditors to publish an |
nually, IN connection with other data /
a statement Of municipal expenditures 1
IN warrants, according to departments, |
instead OF by accounts, was agreed to- |
after which the bill was repassed.
House bills Nos 50, 20 and -, by Nc /
Quarrie, We're called up and passed I
over the objections Of Representatives /
n. J. Harris, Jackson, Johnson and |
Smith. The bills propose to leave it to /
the discretion of the judges of the dis /
trict courts whether notice of hearing
petitions in preliminary and intermedi- /
ate proceedings pertaining to estates
and guardianships shall be given to in
parties, in addition TO mailing
notices, either by publication in a news
paper or by posting copies of the orig
inal notice in at least three conSpicu-
Gus places.
The author of the bills and his sup
purters cOntended that the amendment !
giving the option of method of notice
was in the interest Of impecuniOus es-
tates in the remote counties. while the
opponents urged that posting of no
tees impaired no notice whatever.
House bill No. Il. by Stewart. to re-
peal the law which prohibits justices
and constables from acting as agent
collector or attorney for another in any
If the petty courts besides their own,
vas passed, only Representative Han
zen, Lloyd and Mansfield voting against
I. The author of the bill explained that
he measure was in the interest Of JUS
ices and conssables in the remote
counties, who attend to collections for
;reditors residing in the metropolis.
CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS.
The committee on judiciary recon-
mend passage of house bill No. 6S. by
I. !
riding for the recovery OF attorneys
ees by the successful party in the
foreclosure of a mechanics lien. Filed
The same committee recommended
,assage of n substitute for senate bin
SO. ., by Evans, relating 10 service of
from justices courts Filed
The committee on federal relations
nd memorials to congress recommend
d passage of house joint memorial No ,,
Nv TpohinGnu vino IN =.
EIDE to Utah that part Of Arizona ly- 9
ng north of the Colorado river Filed .
Five hundred copies of house bill No.
90. the proposed new school law, We're
rdeped printed. the surplus number to
e used for distribution among county
uperintendents and trustees of district
choOis, by representative in their re-
pective constituencies.
The engrOssed copy III house bill No.
), by Parry, to reimburse citizens Of
ron county for money expended in
qupping and maintaining the south
IN branch normal school, was signed
V the speaker and the chief clerk and
transmitted TO the senate for signature.
A communication from the governor
nnounced his approval Of house joint
memorial No. 4, praying congress TO
reate a new judicial circuit for the
FOUNTAIN states. said district TO be
nown as the Tenth judicial circuit of
ne United States.
Reporting upon the petition of land
Vners under The Logan and Richmond
anal for an appropriation Of $1,000 TO
for damages alleged to
ave been done said canal by seeDaEe
ater from the agricultural college
nm. causing landslides along the
mai flume. the state board OF exam
srs submitted that under the present
Nv tf1e. state Is not legally liable for