The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-03
QUESTION
BEFORE SENATE
Supreme Court Judges Get No
Increase.
HOUSE BILL KILLED
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS SAL
ARIES REDUCED.

terday afternoon, and in the two hours /
and half they were in session they /
rushed business at a rapid rate. The I
most important action was the passage I
Of Alder's bill. Classifying the district |
attorneys and fixing their salaries.
The proposition to make the pay of |
the attorney for the Third district |
$1,000, instead of $4,000 per year, met |
with vigorous opposition. Senator
Lawrence was opposed to the whole
bill. on the ground that another legis- |
lature will have a chance to pass on |
the questions involved, but he was
specially against the salary reduction |
Allison thought the salaries were en-
tirely too high at present in consider
alton of the work involved. He pointed
to the fact THAI the public prosecutor in
the Third district gets as much as the
justices of the supreme court, and still
has unlimited opportunities to practice
his profession. Neither should the Sec
Ond district attorney draw $1,000, for
the same reasons
Lawrence's $1,000 amendment was
lost, and so was his amendment to fix
the pay of attorneys of the second
class at GOO yearly. Then Senator
Thomas moved to strike out the enact
ing clause, but this proposition was
voted down, and the bill was passed as
reported by the committee. There were
IL ayes ana noes, ana 8TSSlQ6nL
Evans called attention to the fact that
the measure had not received enough
votes to carry the emergency clause
which it contained. He was given leave
by unanimous consent to change his
vote on the bill from no to aye, and
at the same time gave notice that he
would move a reconsideration.
School Taxes.
special order for yesterday was the
of M
by Love. The first provides that cities
of the first and second classes shall re-
ceive their proportion of the school per
capita before a distribution is made to
the county schools. 1t passed without
argument. No. 68 brought on consider
able talk. The difference of opinion lay
principally in the fact that the measure
gave the county commissioners author
ity to levy taxes for city schools.
Senator Smoot thought the bill was
in conflict with the constitution, be-
cause il did not provide for the repeal
of other sections of the statutes at
variance with the proposed law. Sena.-
tor Allison objected to the commission
ers levying the school tax, for the rea-
son that the boards of education.
knowing the needs of the schools, were
| best qualified to perform this duty
The bills were prepared by the state
superintendent of public instruction
and handed to me-" said Senator Love.
And he is a youag man, without eX-
! perience," said Senator SmoOt.
When the roll was called every SEN
| ator present voted for the bill.
Salary Bills Killed.
Reports of committees occupied much
| of the senate'S time. The first that
came in was from the committee on
/ salaries on senate bill 62, which pro-
posed to raise the pay of members of
| the state board of equalization from
1 $500 to 81, 600 per year. The report was
/ adverse, and Senator Thomas objected
/ TO it, He declared that it was incOn-
| sistent TO pay the board of equalization
such small salaries, for its work was
of vital importance.
| Senator Alder figured that a great
( many citizens had made application for
/ places on the board at $500 per year.
! There was plenty of material to select
/ from, and he could see no object in
raising the pay. Senator Smoot moved
that the bill be re-referred to the COM
mittee, with Instructions to report on
/ ali the salary bills at the same time.
This motion was lost, and the report,
which killed the bill, was adopted
| Another salary bill which met the
/ same fate was house bill No. 2, raising
! the pay Of the justices OF the supreme
| court from $4,000 to $4,000 annually. The
| adverse report on the measure was
| adopted unanimously.
other bills killed by unfavorable re-
ports from committees were senate
I q.
senate bill rs. relating to notice to
creditors; senate bill 81, to eliminate
the clause requiring persons 20 pay
4 taxes seven years in order to acquire
property by adverse possession; senate
bill 81, relating to costs on appeal from
justice courts. senate bill As, relating to
mileage of district judges; senate bills
"a and 80, relating to the taxing Of
transient herds.
There were favorable reports on SEN
ate bill a. providing for the establish
ment of a state board of labor. arbi-
tratiOn and cancellations. senate bill 81.
relating to the partial distribution OF
estates of decedentS; senate bill 50, re-
lieving the state of the necessity of
paying one-half the salaries of county
attorneys; senate bill 81, relating to
parties to civil actions; senate bill SO,
relating to proceedings by and against
corporations: senate bill Y, relating to
travelling expenses of district judges;
house bill 26, relating to special ven
Tres; house bill 14T, giving cities power
to grant land to railroads for union
depot sites and other purposes.
Communications were received from
the house announcing the passage of
house bills 157. 15S, 159 and $50. provid-
ing for the establishment of city courts
in cities of the first class; 115 and 116.
to enable San Juan county to be an
nexed to Grand; house bill 129, to pro-
vide for the Incorporation Of churches
and other religious organizations.
6l11S
Bills were introduced as follows:
Nos. 80, &C. 81 and 9S, by Allison, by re-
quest. These bills are patterned after
Benner X. Smiths measures which
have passed the house, to provide for
the establishment of a city court in
cities of the first class. The difference
is that the Allison measures extend the
city court features to second class cit
/ ties abolishing police justices and 9TH
er magistrates. and fixing their duties
on one city Judge
No. 80, by the committee on livestock,
as a substitute for Nos. "a and 80. The
bill amends the present law so that
on presentation OF certificate that
ne has paid taxes in one county, the
owner of a transient flock or herd may
be exempted from paying taxes in an
other county.
No. 100, by Tanner. by request To
codify and revise certain railroad laws
providing for the formation of railroad
corporations for the purpose of pur-
chasing owning, controlling and &C
curing other lines. authorizing the is
suance of stock end bonds and making
deeds of trust and mortgages and de-
fining certain rights and powers OF
such corporations
No. 101, by Lawrence. Providing 2
penalty of confinement in the peniten-
tiary for from one to ten years and a
fine of not 10 exceed SO, 600 for Secre-