The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-13
MILEAGE OF JUDGES
Draw Money From State and
Ride on Passes.
SENATE CORRECTS EVIL
BONDS OF STATE OFFICIALS
NOT APPROVED.

That the state treasurer is paying
mileage to district court judges who
ride on passes was the charge made
on the floor of the senate yesterday
and it had the effect of putting to sleep
a bill designed to increase the mileage
allowance of the judges from TO 10
cents This, and the revelation that
three state officials, the auditor, treas
urer and attorney general. are holding
office under bonds that nave not been
officially approved, furnished topics for
discussion in the senate. The latter
feature of the session came up in what
was to have been the final CONSIDER
alton of Mr.. Howell's bill, No. 30, pro-
viding for the approval of the bonds
of certain state officers for which no
provisions are made in existing laws.
The measure is made to apply to OFF,
GERS elected last November. It was re-
ported favorably by the judiciary COM
mittee and recommended for passage.
Defects in the Laws.
Mr.. Howell explained that owing to
defects in the law even while Titan was
a territory, no one is authorized 10 pass
uDon the surety furnished by the audi
tor attorney general or treasurer-the
bond of the latter is $3.50, 000-and these
officers in the past have been IN Oftlce
without having their bonds approved
HowelTs measure designates the gov
ernor as the authority who shall pass
upon these bonds in the future.
Too Much Power.
F[ieseI suggested that it would be
lodging too much power in the COVER
nor. He said that it should be vested
in a board consisting of the governor
secretary of state and attorney general.
II rnH 04Tf
ure would place the attorney general OF
the state in the position of judge OF his
own surety. But Mr.. Kiesel persisted
that the governor should not have alb
solGte power in the matter.
For" said he, while have perfect
confidence in our present governor the
time may come when we will have one
who is not so good. Just for example,
take the case of Governor Wells. In
private life he is the cashier of bank.
The banks furnish bonds Ihat Is
merely an illustration, and while the
fact that our executive is banker
might qualify him in some respects 1t
would disGualify him in others.F 1t
was also suggested that the governor
himself might be required to give
bonds KieseI moved that the measure
be recommitted, but subsequently with
drew his motion to allow the measure
to come up as the regular order OF
business Thursday.
Mileage of Judges.
Tt was senate bill 46 that brought
the shortcomings of the district court
judges into the light Of criticism. The
bill. which was introduced by Senator
Alder, and purposed an amendment TO
the present law by changing the mile
age allowance for necessary travel
from s to 10 cents, was reported by
the judiciary committee, with recon-
mendation that it be not passed
Mr.. Lawrence, a member of the com
mittee, announced that the committee
meeting had disclosed the fact that
some of the judges do their travelling on
free passes, and are still collecting
mileage from the state. This, he said,
had been explained by Senator Howell
in committee, and this was bad enough,
he thought, without making it cents.
worse"
What ought to be done, he said. was
to pass a law allowing the magistrates
to put in a claim for their actual tray
cling expenses and no more HoWel
said that those were hi sentiments,
and suggested that substitute bill
ought to be introduced covering these
shortcomings in the law.
Instead of killing the bill. however,
by adopting the committees report, the
senate referred it to the committee on
salaries on a motion of Mr.. Smoot, who
said that the committee would take
care of it in connection with other
bills bearing on the salaries OF public
Off1CiaIs-tWO house bills-WhiCh are
now under consideration
Beet Sugar Pipe Lines.
House bill 80, after being amended
in the senate, was passed. The bill
provides protection for beet sugar
manufacturers by extending the exer-
else of the right of eminent domain to
pipe lines used in conducting liquids in
connection with beet sugar manufac-
ture- The senate amendment further
extends this protection to electric pow
CT plants 1t was passed unanimously.
President Evans signed senate bill
No. %, by Johnson. The judiciary COM
mittee recommended house bill So for
passage and the report was adopted.
The senate voted to accept an invi-
tatiOn rendered by the Y. NJ. G. A. to
attend an exhibition OF gymnastics to-
night The invitation was signed by
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