The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-09

land belongs. Committee on judiciary.
House bill No. SO, by Shepard, amend
ing section 3,49S of the revised statutes
relating to foreclosure of mortgages
and trust deeds. The bill proposes TO
make deeds of trust foreclosable only
! by due process of law, as mortgages are
foreclosed, by providing that no real es-
tate or personal property shall be sold
to enforce the payment OF any money
or TO compel the performance of any
contract or agreement in writing, in Sc
curity for which said property may
have been mortgaged, conveyed or as
signed, except in pursuance of a judg-
ment, order or decree of court of
competent jurisdiction. Judiciary COM
mittee.
House bill No. "a, by Shepard, for an
act relating to negotiable Instruments.
being an act to establish a law uni
form with the laws of other states ON
that subject" The bill is voluminous,
containing fifteen closely printed pages.
1t is copy of the draft adopted by the
American Bar association and exactly
similar to a general law on the subject
enacted by the states of New York
Connecticut, Colorado, Florida, Mary
land, Virginia. Massachusetts. Califor-
MA and seven other commemorative.
The bill was referred to the Judiciary
committee
House joint resolution No. Z. by Shep-
ard, proposing to amend section 9, ar
ucie 8, Of the constitution, SO that the
same shall read: The supreme and
district courts shall have such appel
late jurisdiction as may be provided by
law, provided that from all final judg-
me1ts OF the district courts there shall
be right of appeal to the supreme
court"
The resolution was referred to the
committee on judiciary.
REJECTION OF MEASURES.
The judiciary committee recommend
ed rejection of house concurrent reso-
luton No. 3, by Robertson, proposing
an amendment to the constitution so
that taxes of INDECENT poor persons may
be reglirren, for the reason that house
joint resolution No. 1, by Sorenson,
which was recommended for passage,
more fully covers the subject Adopted.
The same committee recommended re-
lection of house bill No 3S, by Wheeler,
Tor the relief of certain claimants to
town lots in Eureka townsite, on the
ground that the proposed legislation
would be unconstitutional. Adopted.
Further consideration of house bill
NO. 40, by Cummings, providing for the
establishment of the university on the
Fort Douglas site, was postponed until
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be the special order for the day.
The committee on education recon-
mended passage of house bill No. 20,
by Holmgren, for an act to establish a
six months special course of studies at
the agricultural college during the win
ter months. Filed
The same committee recommended
passage of house bill No 81, by Stewart,
to repeal subdivision of section 231 of
the revised statutes, requiring city aud
itors to publish detailed lists of war
rants issued each year. Filed.
On recommendation of the judiciary
committee. house bill No So, by Ben
Mon, the local option liquor license
was referred to the committee
on public health
Representative Smith, for the special
appointed to investigate the
Tribune's legislative printing contract,
asked for and was granted until today
TO submit a report