Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-04-09
QUE .IIprR,t,, cry sOLoNs

were brushing the cobWebs from
their giant intellects ami studying
up the laws and ordinances bv
which 'hey should be governed.
1t would De well for them also not
to exhibit in their public transac-
tons, party bias Of sufiicientstrength
to nauseate all honest citizens.
1t viii also be healthful for Them
to observe the ruu Of their own
business and rot keep on reueatiag
the esregious hlunder Of doing
something at one session and its
opposite u the next. This Is un.
par3cnai le, and if lis not STONED.
sharp stick VII he pointed toward
them.
As an instance Of the peculiarly
last alluded to, II might be stated
that ut a former meeting OF the
COncil n committee, in report. rec.
commended that all fruit stands be
removed from tneFublie streets. The
report was adopted vi hJut dissent,
and it is to oe PRESUMED that the
official boon made short work Of
the uaiortIuste taorougl fare fruit
erers. At lat nights session an
application for permission to estab-
iissh . stand on oneof the streetsiwas
presented. Tha Council was On the
point Of granting the prayer OF the
petition, when the adopted com
mittee report suddenly dawnei UPON
oneof the soloRs. The result was
that the action OF adoption Of the
report was smashed and the appIi-
cation for street standroom grauted.
This fast ana loose, now you 90
and now you dOn'l, way OF transact
ing business is not a feature TO create
an impression favorable to the acu-
men Of die city fathers.
Last night 4 protest was intro
ducei from the eighth school dis
trict against an assessment Of water
tax, aud some other act Of that
kind, that had been planted against
lis property. The subject was re-
ferrej 10 2 committee.
SomebOiy in that august body
ought to have been sufficiently in
formed 10 have obvfated the neoes-
sity for this releneuce, by pointing
to the ordinance bearing on The sub
ject. On page 2J4 OF the revised or
dinances appears the following IN
der the third division Of exemptions
from taxation:
Properly owned nv this city, by
Salt lake County. by Utah Territor V,
by any school district, or by any rehg-
ious, educational or other association
or corporation and used for school
purposes"
Besides the foregoing, the Terrific
rial statute on the subject covers the
ground. Division three Of section =
Of the law on revenue licenses
makes the following exemptions
Property owned by this Territory
or by any county, city. or school dis
trict."
Granting the Liberal Bandv
the privilege Of holding Sunday
night concerts and to charge adulis-
sion TO the same. was either an ex-
hioidon or ignorance or the result
Of reckless indifference III relation
to law, which this bend was given
the liberty to violate. The Council.
on the very frs concert held under
the invalid permit viii lie goyticeps
cTiD1i,Sis- Ignorance Of the law is
not legal justification for an
ofense against It, and surely it
would bea thin apology for body
Of lawmakers. The Council should
make themselves familiar with the
following section OF the ordinance
in relation % Public Oaenses:s'
Sec q. Any person who shall be
convicted Of skating. hunting. fishing
or any kind Of sporting, or who shall
keep open any bar, shop. store. or any
other place to cary on any kind Of
business or omp,meat, or ubo shall
ParticiPdteu any kind Of pubic amuse-
E1eH', OK unnecessary business OF
labor, within the limits OF said CITY.
on the first day q inc week, common
" called Sunday, shall be liable to a
fine IN any sum not exceeding one
hundred dollars. or 20 Imprisonment
not exceeding three months. OF to
both fac and Imprisonment"
The following See. $3.50 in III
Compiled Laws OF Utah, is also
against the grant or permit accorded
the, 'LibeT7sl' Band to hold sunday
night concerts:
every person who performs any
unnecessary labor, or does any IN
necessary business on sunday, j. gull
" Of a Inisdemcano-. and shall be
fined in any SUN nos exceeding TWEEN
ty-dve dollars"
An ordinance was, Jast night, in
troducei, whose purpose was TO per
nit the holding Of SuEday concerts.
Councillor w. f. James objected to
it on the ground that it was not
desirable 10 "let down the bars.v II
would be somewhat difficult TO ex-
plain how such n permit as that
given the "Liberal'' Band could he
granted aud the bars be kept up.
That action by the Council makes a
large hole in the hedge, AMI
was done not only without
authority Of law, but in the teeth Of
Territorial statute and city ordi-
nance.
Neither general innovations upon
the Sabbath nor special permits are
acceptable to the sentiment Of the
great majority Of the citizens.
This "Libsrsi'' deal by a ''Liberal''
Council with a "Liberai'' Band Is
highly improper from every stand
point.
AUTOCRATTC SUPPRESSION.