The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-24
GOVERNOR APPROVES
MANY. MEASURES
San Juan and Grand Counties
May Consolidate.
PLAN OF PROCEDURE
BILL PROTECTING BOTTLES AND
BARRELS.

a number of bills, but the Salt Lake
school tax bill was not among them.
he has promised to act upon this
measure Monday. among those ap-
proved yesterday are the two measures
which allow a consolidation of San
Juan and Grand counties. The final
decision as to the union now, lies with
the voters of the two counties.
The consolidation proect was
fathered and pushed in the legislature
by Bishop Redd Of Bluff, representa-
tive tor san Juan county. For some
time San Juan county has been hav-
ing a hard row to hoe. 1t is beSet by
the outlaws of Robbers Roost, and
there are only lS4 voters in the entire
county to support county govern
/ ment. Last year all that could De
raised by taxation was s. 800, and when
il came to paying salaries for all the
( county officials and the other expenses
the treasury was more than depleted,
there being heavy deficit 30 the plan
tor a union was evolved. Inc appro-
priaUon bill carries a wedding present
of IS 900 to san Juan county TO help
pay ou it's debts before going into we'd
lock while the road and bridge Dill,
which is also in the governors hands,
gives it 81 900 for roads Consequently
ii both these bills are approved, the
to union with a present OF $4,000.
The first of the two bills providing
for the consolidation makes general
provisions for the mode of annexation
OF one county TO anther. The Gecnd
authorize san Juan and Grand cOun-
Ties 70 unite if the voters of both coun-
ties so decide.
Under the terms of the acts, a ma
jority of the legal voters of one county
must petition the county boards of
no fnr n1i ia n
county boards must then submit the
question TO the voters of each county
at the general election at the succeed
ing November. If there is no general
election, special election must be
called II a majority of the voters in
each county decides for consolidation,
! ;he governor must issue a proclama ton
to take effect the first Monday of the
succeeding January, declaring the two
counties united. The county which an
nexes the other assumes all liabilities,
and all court cases and other business
are transferred to the annexing county
as if they had originated there.
It is understood that the people of
| Grand county are Favorable to the
| plan. Representative Mohr of that
| county said recently that all his in
formation was TO that effect. and the
union will therefore probably take
4 place next January. The new county
/ of Grand will comprise about one
To Protect Trade Marks.
The governor signed yesterday the
! Hewlett bill protecting marks and
brands on bottles, barrels, etc. and
| breaking up traffic in empty bottles
/ that are stamped. This act provides
| Tor the registry OF trade marks with
| the county clerk, and then says of the
( various receptacies thus stamped or
marked:
81 sboll -, ,,,,1,,,,-e,,1 e.. 49, ..
! or persons, without the written con
/ sent of the owner or owners thereof
1 to use, sell, dispose of, buy or traffic
/ in, or TO wilfully break, destroy or
/ otherwise injure any such barrels,
kegs, casks. boxes. fountains. tanks
! syphons, BOTTLES, jugs or other vessels
! or any of such tools, implements or
apparatus, or to Wilfully mar or erase
any such names, brands. marks or
other designations so appearing there
! on, or to fill any sue hbarrels, kegs,
casks boxes, fountains, tanks. sy-
/ phons, bottles, jugs or other vessels
/ with other beverages, medicines. com
pounds or substances whatever"
The act will take effect May % and
! any person having articles in his pos
/ session in violation of the act may
avoid penalties by offering, within
thirty days from yesterday, to turn
over all such articles to the rightful
/ owner on payment by the latter of the
deposit the owner received when he
parted with possession
. Other Bills Approved.
Governor Wells signed a number of
other bills yesterday, as follows:
! House bill 123. by Smith. requiring
/ the state board of equalization to keep
! two sets of books.
/ House bill $50, by Kelly, providing
/ that the four members who. with the
/ county superintendent of schools, con-
! stitute the county board of school ex-
| aminers, shall be appointed by the
| county commissioners.
/ House bill 1855, by Langton, providing
/ that n written or printed notice of
i hearing may be sent to parties inter
ested instead of requiring the clerk to
send COMES of the order for "A hearing
| House dill 230 by Axton, providing
that where two or more parties are
/ interested in property sold for taxes,
any one may redeem his share.
/ House bill ia, by Smith, providing
/ that where probate notices are to be
/ posted instead of published they must
/ be posted in at least three public
/ places. of which one shall be the
county court house.
House bill 153, by HOlzheimer. allow
| ing school trustees to levy tax to re-
| fund taxes uniawfully collected.
Senate bill ia by the committee on
railroads. extending from fifty to a
hundred years the time for which city
councils may grant franchises for de-