CHAPTER 3. BIENNIAL REPORT STATE BOARD OF HORTICULTURE. HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 2, Authorizing the State Board of Examiners to Procure the Printing of Additional Copies of the Biennial Report of the State Board of Horticulture. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Utah: Additional Copies Report Board of Horticulture. That the state board of examiners be and hereby are authorized to procure the printing of two thousand copies of the biennial report of the Utah state board of horticulture for 1897-1898 in addition to the number authorized by law. Approved January 27, 1899. CHAPTER 4. BRANCH NORMAL SCHOOL. AN ACT Providing for Use of Money Heretofore Appropriated for Branch Normal School, for Its Maintenance and Furnishings, Reimbursement of Those Persons Furnishing and Maintaining Such School Heretofore, and Reimbursement for Heating Plant in Such School and Appropriation for that Purpose. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Utah: SECTION 1. Appropriation Maintaining and Furnishing Branch Normal School. Regents Authorized to Repay Money Advanced. There is hereby appropriated so much as remains unexpended of the $15,000.00 appropriated in section 6, page 42, of the laws of Utah, 1897, for the purpose of maintaining and furnishing the branch normal school for the years 1897-1898, 1898-1899, and the regents of the university of Utah are hereby authorized and directed to ascertain the amount advanced by different persons for that purpose and to repay the same at once with interest from the time such money was advanced until repaid at the rate of six per cent per annum. Sec. 2. Appropriation for Steam Heating Plant. There is hereby appropriated $6,000.00 or so much thereof as may be necessary for the purpose of paying for the steam heating plant installed in the branch normal school and the regents of the university of Utah are hereby authorized and directed to ascertain the amount that has been so advanced and to repay the same, together with interest from the time the same was advanced until repaid at the rate of six per cent per annum. Sec. 3. All laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Approved February 17, 1899. CHAPTER 5. REMOVAL OF UNIVERSITY. AN ACT Providing for the Removal of the University of Utah, to, and Its Establishment on, the Site Granted by Congress, the Raising, Appropriation and Expenditure of Necessary Money for that Purpose, the Partial Conversion of the University of Utah Permanent Land Fund into Cash, Loan Thereof, and Method of Repaying the Same, Conveyance to State of Premises now Owned and Occupied by the University of Utah and Conversion of Same. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Utah: SECTION 1. Regents Authorized to Establish University on Premises Granted by Congress. The regents of the university of Utah are hereby authorized and directed to expend two hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to plat the grounds, procure plans, erect necessary buildings, equip and furnish the same, and to do all other acts and things necessary to establish the university of Utah on those certain premises granted by the congress of the United States to the university of Utah, which premises are east of and adjacent to Salt Lake City, Utah. Sec. 2. Land Commissioners to Convert Land Fund into Cash. The state board of land commissioners or its successors is hereby authorized and directed to speedily convert sufficient investments of the university of Utah permanent land fund into cash, and at once to pay the same, as well as all cash on hand or that may hereafter be received, belonging to such fund, to the regents of the university of Utah, until such payments equal one hundred thousand dollars. Sec. 3. Loan Only. To be Repaid. Whenever money is paid from said university of Utah permanent land fund, as herein provided, is an investment thereof, and a loan only, to be repaid as specified in this act. Sec. 4. Regents to Deliver Obligations to Land Commissioners. Whenever money is paid to the regents of the university of Utah from the university of Utah permanent land fund, as herein provided, then the university of Utah, by its acting chairman and acting secretary, shall execute and deliver to the state board of land commissioners, or its successors, the following obligations, correctly and appropriately filling the blanks, to-wit: $ On or before Salt Lake City, Utah, the state of Utah promises to pay to the state board of land commissioners, or its successors, or such officer as may be designated by law, -dollars, for the benefit of the university of Utah permanent land fund, together with interest from date until paid, at five per cent per annum, interest payable January 1st and July 1st of each year. State of Utah, Sec. 5. When Payable. In executing such obligations the sums first aggregating twelve thousand five hundred dollars shall be made payable on or before January 1st, 1902. The next sums aggregating twelve thousand five hundred dollars shall be made payable on or before January 1st, 1903, and so on, making each payment for twelve thousand five hundred dollars, payable one year later than the preceding payment; and the state treasurer and state auditor are hereby authorized and directed to pay the principal and interest of such obligations as they mature, and money is hereby appropriated for that purpose. Sec. 6. Lands and Buildings to be Conveyed to State and Sold. As soon as the university of Utah is permanently located on the site granted by congress, the lands and buildings now owned and occupied by the university of Utah for educational purposes, shall be duly conveyed to the state of Utah; and thereupon the state board of land commissioners, or its successors, shall take charge and possession thereof and manage the same to the best advantage, until such premises can be advantageously sold or otherwise disposed of; if such premises can be advantageously sold then the state board of land commissioners, or its successors, is hereby authorized and directed to sell the same in such manner as shall in its judgment be to the best interest of the state, and the proceeds thereof shall be credited on the obligations herein mentioned, until the same are fully paid. Sec. 7. Appropriation. There is hereby appropriated one hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to effectuate the purposes mentioned in section 1, of this act; not to exceed fifty thousand dollars thereof may be drawn by the regents of the university of Utah at such times as they may deem proper during or after the year 1899, and not to exceed fifty thousand dollars may be drawn by the regents of the university of Utah at such times as they may deem proper during or after the year 1900; and the state treasurer and the state auditor are hereby authorized and directed to issue and pay warrants for such one hundred thousand dollars as herein specified. Sec. 8. All officers, so far as pertains to their respective official duties, are hereby empowered with the necessary authority to carry out the provisions of this act, and are hereby directed so to do. Sec. 9. All laws in conflict herewith shall not be construed to prevent the carrying out of the provisions of this act. Sec. 10. This act shall take effect upon approval. CHAPTER 6. EXECUTIONS. AN ACT to Amend Section 3232 of the Revised Statutes of Utah, 1898, Relating to Executions. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Utah: SECTION 1. That section 3232 of the Revised Statutes of Utah, 1898, be amended to read as follows: Sec. 3232. Execution May Issue at Any Time Within Eight Years. The party in whose favor judgment is given, may, at any time within eight years after the entry thereof, have a writ of execution issued for its enforcement. Approved March 2, 1899. CHAPTER 7. REVISED STATUTES. AN ACT Approving, Legalizing and Adopting the Revised Statutes of Utah, 1898. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Utah: SECTION 1. Revised Statutes Adopted. That the Revised Statutes of Utah, 1898, as prepared, compiled and printed by the code commissioners pursuant to chapter 22 of the session laws of 1897, passed at the second regular session, are hereby approved, legalized and adopted. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect upon approval. CHAPTER 8. TEMPORARY STATE LOANS. AN ACT Authorizing the State Board of Loan Commissioners to Make Temporary Loans for the State, and Appropriating Money for the Payment of the Interest of the Same. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Utah: SECTION 1. Board of Loan Commissioners Authorized to Borrow Money. That the state board of loan commissioners, whenever there are no available funds in the state treasury with which to pay warrants drawn on the treasurer, are authorized to borrow money for the state, at such rate of interest as they may agree upon, provided that such interest shall not exceed the rate of six per cent per annum, and to execute promissory notes in the name of the state for such loans, provided that no such loans shall be for a longer period than until the first day of January next following the date of the loan. All moneys borrowed under the provisions of this act shall be paid into the state treasury upon the delivery of the note made for such loan. Sec. 2. Requisition on Auditor. Whenever any loan made under the provisions of this act is about to mature, the state board of loan commissioners must make a requisition upon the state auditor for warrants to pay such loan and interest and the auditor must thereupon draw his warrants in favor of the lender for the amounts stated in the requisition and must take up and cancel such promissory notes and file the same in his office. Sec. 3. Appropriation. The sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated annually to pay interest on money borrowed under the provisions of this act. Approved March 2, 1899. CHAPTER 9. SALE OF REAL ESTATE OF DECEDENT. AN ACT to Amend Section 3889, Chapter 10, Title 74, of the Revised Statutes of the State of Utah, Relating to Sales, Mortgages and Leases. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Utah: Section 3889 of chapter 10, title 74, of the Revised Statutes of the state of Utah, 1898, is hereby amended to read as follows: Order for Hearing. Notice. Such petitions must be filed and an order thereupon made directing all persons interested in the estate to appear before the court at a time and place specified to show cause why an order should not be granted to sell such real estate of the decedent as is necessary or advantageous. Notice of such hearing shall be given by publication, or by posting as the court may direct, and by mailing of notices to the heirs, and to the executor or administrator if he is not the petitioner. Approved March 2, 1899. |