Nephi, the county seat. line south-westerly to the upper Bluff Rocks at the south end of Cedar Ridge, thence southerly to the northern end of Cedar Ridge; thence southerly to the northern boundary line of Millard County, connecting with said line at a point due east of the dugway over the Sevier hill, is hereby made and named Juab County; with the county seat at Nephi. Approved March 6, 1888. Members of where ected; AN ACT Fixing the Time for Electing the Members of SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah: That the members of the Legislative Assembly of this Territory shall be elected in their respective disterm of entice. tricts at the general election in August, in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and biennially thereafter, and their terms of office shall be two years. Sessions, when and where held Privileged from arrest, except. SEC. 2. The sessions of the Legislative Assembly shall be held at the City Hall in Salt Lake City, or at such other place in said city as the Legislative Assembly in joint session shall designate, and shall commence at two o'clock p. m. on the second Monday of January next after the election of the members thereof. SEC. 3. The members of the Legislative Assembly shall be privileged from arrest and summons during the sessions thereof or during the time of their going to and returning from said sessions, except for felony; and no suit at law against any member shall be prosecuted during said sessions. SEC. 4. Nothing in this act shall be construed to change or effect the terms of office of the members of the present Legislative Assembly. SEC. 5. Sections eight, nine, ten, twelve and thirteen of the Compiled Laws, and Chapter XXII of the Laws of 1880, and all laws in conflict herewith, are hereby repealed. This act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved March 6, 1888. CHAPTER XXXI. PAYMENT OF JURORS. A RESOLUTION Providing for the Payment of Jurors in Civil Cases for the Years 1882 and 1883. WHEREAS, By an act of the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah, entitled "An Act Providing for the Payment of Jurors," Approved March 9th, 1882, provision was made for the payment of Jurors in civil and criminal cases for the years 1882 and 1883, and WHEREAS, By an act entitled "An Act Making Appropriations for General Purposes," approved March 13th, 1884, Section eight of said act makes appropriation to pay deficiency of witnesses in criminal cases and jurors in criminal cases for 1882 and 1883, as reported by the Auditor of Public Accounts, and WHEREAS, Said report of said Auditor included deficiency of jurors' fees in civil cases for the years 1882 and 1883, and WHEREAS, Said section eight of said act of March 13th, 1874, does not authorize the said Auditor to pay certificates for services in civil cases, and WHEREAS, The said Auditor has reported to this Legislative Assembly, that said jury certificates in civil cases have not been paid, and that the means to pay the same was appropriated by said act of March 13th, 1884, and is still on hand, therefore Be it Resolved by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah: That the Auditor of Public Accounts be and is hereby authorized and instructed to pay the certificates issued to jurors in civil cases for the years 1882 and 1883, not heretofore paid by him. Approved March 7th, 1888. CHAPTER XXXII. SALE OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS. AN ACT Amending Chapter XXVIII, Laws of the Territory of Utah, 1886, entitled "An Act Licensing and Regulating the Manufacture and Sale of Intoxicating Liquors." SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah: That Punishment. Section 6, Chapter XXVIII, of "An Act Licensing and Regulating the Manufacture and Sale of Intoxicating Liquors," approved March 11th, 1886, be and the same is hereby amended, by adding to said Act the following: "And shall be punished by a fine in any sum less than three hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court." SEC. 2. That Section 6, Chapter XXVIII, of an Act Licensing and Regulating the Manufacture and Sale of Intoxicating Liquors, approved March 9th, 1882, be and the same is hereby repealed. Approved March 7th, 1888. CHAPTER XXXIII. EQUALIZATION OF TAXES. AN ACT Providing for the Equalization of Territorial and Territorial School Taxes. tion. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah: That Board, dura a Territorial Board of Equalization of Assessment of Territorial and Territorial School Taxes is hereby created for the years 1888 and 1889. qualification. SEC. 2. Said Board of Equalization shall con- Number and sist of seven persons, all of whom shall be elected by the joint vote of the present Legislative Assembly; Provided, that not 'more than one member shall be elected from any county except Salt Lake county, which shall be entitled to two members. Each member of said Board shall take and subscribe the oath of office, which shall be filed with the Auditor of Public Accounts. When and meet. Quorum, chairman, SEC. 3. Said Board of Equalization shall meet at the office of the Territorial Auditor of where shall Public Accounts, in Salt Lake City, at 12 o'clock secretary. noon, on the third Monday in June of each year, and a majority of said Board shall constitute a quorum to do business. At the first meeting of said Board a chairman and a secretary shall be appointed from their number. County clerk's SEC. 4. The county clerk of each county in this Territory shall, on or before the third Monday in June of each year, prepare and forward to the Auditor of Public Accounts, for the use of duty. the Board of Equalization, a copy of sufficient number of pages from the county assessment roll of his county to show at least two pages of the assessment of property in each precinct of his county. Said Board of Equalization is authorized to call upon the county clerk of any county for a copy of any further portion of the assessment roll of such county whenever they may deem it Power of Board necessary, and the county clerk so requested, County court. shall immediately prepare a copy of the pages of said assessment roll designated by said Board, to which shall be attached his certificate of the correctness of said copy, and transmit the same to said Board. Said Board, in the performance of its duty, may visit any part of the Territory; and shall also have power to administer oaths by its chairman or secretary, to summon to its aid the assessor of any county, or any other person, and examine him or them under oath, and also examine said copies of the assessment roll in order to ascertain the actual and the assessed values of taxable property, both real and personal, comparing one county with another. SEC. 5. Said Board shall make such changes Power of Board in the assessed valuation of the different classes of property, in any county, by increasing or decreasing the same such per cent, as may be necessary to equalize the assessment of such county with the assessment of other counties; Provided, That the county court of any county in which it is proposed to increase the assessed valuation, shall have not less than ten days notice to appear by representative and resist such increase. Final. Report of SEC. 6. The action of said Board of Equalization on the assessed valuation of the property in any county of this Territory for the said years 1888 and 1889 shall be final. The said Board shall finish its labors and file a full and complete report of all the changes made by it with the Auditor of Public Accounts on or before the first day of August of each year, and immediately thereafter the secretary thereof shall give notice to the County Court of each county of the action of said Board affecting such county. SEC. 7. On receipt of said notice of the action of the Board of Equalization, each County County clerk's Court shall cause said notice to be entered upon duty. |