The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-04
Plenty of Business Done In the
House Yesterday Afternoon.
AGREE ON FISH AND GAME
MORNING DEVOTED TO DISTRICT
ATTORNEY BILL.
Governor Approves the Mining Rec
ord and Work Bills-Salt Palace
and Fair Appropriation-The' Lo-
gan Damage Claim - Nine Bills
Passed and More On the Way.


entirely absorbed by the consideration
of Clyde's house bill No. "A, which pro-
posed to create the Office Of district
attorney for each judicial district in
the state The author of the bill and
Representatives Robinson, Redd. Rich
ards and others explained the need of
enacting the measure. 1t was stated
that in the outlying counties public
prosecutors of the skill and tact re-
quired to successfully cope with attor-
neys whom the thrifty cattle and rheep
rustlers employ to defend them are the
exception and not the rule. The only
remedy seemed to be in the passage OF
the bill or a similar measure.
The bill proposed that the governor
should appoint the district attorneys,
whose term of Office would be till Jan.
1, 1900, the attorneys to be thereafter
elective for d term of four years and
their salaries to be charge upon the
state.
Representatives Lloyd and Lapish
were among those who opposed the
plan of placing u partisan political
advantage, the appointing power, with
the governor. They preferred that the
bill should go into effect at the next
general election, but this idea met with
defeat.
Since the more populous districts of
the state have COUNTY attorneys of
standing and ability and are in no
need of district prosecutors, Farr
offered an amendment making the bill
applicable to only the Fourth, Fifth,
Sixth and Seventh judicial districts.
Richards amended the motion to read
that the governor shall appoint the dis
trict attorneys for the respective dis
tricts when the county commissioners
thereof request, and n. j. Harris
ed, authorizing gubernatorial action
whenever it appears necessary for the
public good, until the offices are filled
by election. by tie vote of 10 to 10,
The substitute was lost.
At the afternoon session Cook offered
a substitute bill. which provided that
district judges should appoint district
attorneys whenever it was deemed ne
cessary for the prosecution of crimi-
nal cases, but the new bill was almost
Immediately withdrawn.
Then johnson moved to strike out
the enacting clause. The motion was
lost. The Farr amendment making the
bill applicable to all the judicial dis
tricts except the First, Second and
Third. was stricken out, leaving the
bill in its original state. 1t was then
recommitted to the judiciary commit
tee for redrafting.
SENATE BILLS REFERRED.
The following bills were received
from the senate and referred to the ap-
propriate committees:
Senate bill No. SO, by Smoot, to pro-
vide for the release of the inchoate or
statutory rights of insane wives in the
real estate of their husbands. )
Senate bill No. So. by Thomas, for
the purchase of Wilson's state table.
Senate bill No. SO. by Evans, the pro-
posed law redefining the duties and
powers of the state board of land COM
missioners.
Consent was asked but refused, for
the introduction of two bills. One was
offered by Farr, by request, to transfer
the duties of state sealer of weights
and measures from the state auditor to
some other official, whose Office was to
be created. The other bill denied adj
mission was offered by Fisher, by re-
quest of Stewart to amend the law
relating to the appointment of court
stenoSraphers. However, this bill was
introduced at the afternoon assembly.
At 11:50 the house recessed till 2
,. m.
LONG AFTERNOON SESSION.
On reconvening at 2:15, after dispos-
ing of Clyde's district attorney bill, a
report was received from the committee
on claims and public accounts on the
petition OF the landowners under the
Logan ana Richmond canal, for an ap-
preparation of $1,000 as compensation
for losses sustained by reason Of seep-
age water from the agricultural college
farm washing out the side hill and de-
stroyinS petitioners canal fiume. The
report stated that a subcommittee had
visited the ground and found the allie
cations in the petition to be true, and
the committee recommended that the
sum claimed he appropriated in full
satisfaction from the state for all dam
ages, past and prospective. The report
was referred to the committee on rev.
enues and appropriations
Representative johnson obtained con-
sent to introduce house bill No. 179,
from the judiciary committee. to amend
sections 721 to 72S of the revised stat
utes, relating to the employment of
district courts. The bill was ordered
printed
GOVERNOR APPROVES TWO BILLS
A communication from the governor
announced his approval of house bill
No. "a, the new district and county min
ing record law, and house bill No. 142,
repeating section 1,499 of the revised
statutes. which required the doing of
$50 worth of work on q mining claim
within ninety days from date of posting
notice of location.
Engrossed copies of house bill No S.
70 exempt cities of the third class from
the requirement TO publish ordinances
in local newspapers before same shall
become effective. and house bill No. SO,
TO appropriate 81 900 to j. w. Allen in
recognition of his services in the pur-
suit and capture Of the SpringYille
bank robbers. We're signed by the
speaker and chief clerk. and transmit
ted 10 the senate for signatures.
FISH AND GAME MEASURES.
The conference committee on senate
bill No. 46 recommended that the house
recede from all its amendments to the
fish and game bill, the senate commit
tee having made some concessions. The
committees report was adopted, except
as 10 the Recommendation for recession
on the house amendment reducing the
annual salary of the state commissioner
from 81 900 to 5000, and also the amend
rnent to section 10. permitting the talk
ing of elk, deer, antelope or mountain
sheep for public or private parks for
propagation AS to these two remain
ing points in contention, the house COM
rnittee was directed to request further
conference with the senate committee.
After the lapse of half an hour or SO,
The committee again reported to the
house that the senate conferees declin-
ed to yield an inch. A motion to in
struct the committee was lost, and the
conferees went at il again. Suisse
quently the committee ieoorted that
the senate would concede a salary of
$500 to the state fish and game COM
missioner IL the house would recede
from it's amendment to section 10. This
was ae~eed to by the house.
Consideration was then given 10 sem
ate bill No. AZ. by Evans. TO establish a
state fish hatchery. A motion to refer
the bill to the committee on revenues