The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-01
SEEK TO REBUKE
ABSENT MEMBERS
Representatives Taks to Task
Colleagues Who Are Away.
SIX BILLS ARE PASSED
FOUR RELATE TO CHANGES IN
LEGAL PRACTICE.

Those virtuous members of the
house who attended the forenoon ses-
sion of the house yesterday-and there
were thirty of demonstrated out 20
rebuke the absentees and 20 say mean
things about them. Early in the day
Wilson introduced a resolution that nc
members be excused IN the future with
out excellent cause, and that any mem
Der falling to attend be cited to the
bar for contempt. He made a personal
attack on Dr.. Condor. Fishburn
moved to lay the resolution on the table
and this was done
AT the close OF the forenoon. how
ever, another member brought the sub
ject up. and It was considered. About
noon il developed that DR.. Condor,
who was singled out the previous even.
ing to be made an example. had left
"a few minutes before without getting
himself excused. Hamlin and one or
two others had done likewise. Stew
art explained that Dr. Condor had left
10 take q train in order 10 make ar
engagements for the visit of the menu
bers 20 the Industrial school today, and
had left word asking that he be eX-
cused Evans and Wilson objected TO
his being excused. Child. without men
tioning any name, declared that VIII
son, who talked so much about los
ing time. was the cause of losing more
time than any ten other members OF
the house.
Hull Critieises Condor.
Speaker Hull criticised his former IL
val for the speakership because he had
not personally asked to be excused,
and Watts said some more on the same
: lines. j. y. Johnson moved that DR..
Condor be excused, and this motion
carried
The alleged Insult" from The house
TO the senate was tossed back by the
senate yesterday, and the house
promptly kicked ii over to the table,
there to remain.
Early in the morning a communica-
ton from the senate was read esking
for another conference on passing
Whitmores senate bills, 3 and 8, relat-
ing to the taxation of lands bought
from the state under contract.
Il don't like the action of some Of
the senators on this matter" declared
Stewart. Il move that the eommunica-
ton be laid on the table"
And it was. by a vote Of II to IA.
Six Bills Passed.
Six bills, none Of them of great i'm
pOrtance, We're passed by the house at
the morning session yesterday. Four
of them were introduced by Senator
/ Lawrence and related TO legal prac-
tice, three applying 20 the city courts
The measures passed were as follows:
Senate bill IS, by Lawrence. by re-
quest, relating to the form Of eXcep-
tions on appeal.
Senate bill 102, by Lawrence, provid-
ing that city court Writs shall be
| served by the sheriff. (Lee gave no.
tice of a motion to reconslder)
Senate bill i03. by Lawrence, author
I izing a city court seal.
Senate bin l0l, by Lawrence, by re
quest. prescribing the manner for be-
ginning actions I'm city courts.
Senate bill 12l, by Williams. forbid
ding the establishment of pest houses
I near public roads or streams.
When Barber's senate bin ia, Vall-
dating marriage licenses issued by dis
trio tcOurt clerks, came up, the mem
beTs could not quite see what 1t all
meant
Numbers Of county clerks have per
formed marriages because Of their &c
F elesiastical positions explained Col
ton. "and this has led other county
clerks to think that they can perform
marriages. The result has been many
illegal marriages. which this bin pro-
poses to legaliZe."
The house could not see that the bill
did what it purported 10 do, and it was
recOmmitted.
Later Spry had it called back. He
stated Senator Barber explained TO him
that in Cache county marriage licenses
had been issued by the district court
clerk under misrepresentation. The bill
was simply to validate these licenses
and marriages. Cotton said the judi
ciary committee had been misinformed