The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-21
JUAB PROTESTS.
Further Action Against the Proposed Mutila-
tion Of the County.


ton Of the County.
Pursuant to adjournment of the mass
meeting of the citizens of Juab county
called to protest against the division of our
county's present boundary line, large
number of representative men met in the
county court house Tuesday evening.
Secretary Clinton being absent W. j.
Sherman was elected to fill the vacancy
glance at the reSolute countenances
around him told The HERALD representa-
tive that everyone present was there to
protest with big P. After the reading of
the minutes of the previous meeting, j. R.
Hickman, for the committee on petitions,
reported 275 signatures from Nephi citi-
zens alone, this being the only pre-
cinct from which returns had been
received. Other members said that petit
lions were being industriously circulated
In other precincts and that In all probaDil-
ity 80 per cent. of the adult male popula-
ton of Juab county would be enrolled
within few days.
Chairman Charles Sperry announced
that the county court would be in session
that evening and thought it would DE wise
to cooperate with it in order to insure a
more complete canvass of the county. Said
he was in favor of seeing that the business
III.
Henry Adams said that in consideration
of the meeting of the county court, he would
move that committee of three be appointed
to walt upon that body and inform it of the
action already taken and ascertain what
measures it proposed adopting to defeat the
proposed legislation. Carried
The chair appointed Henry Adams, J. A.
Hyde and j. Il. Hickman as members of
said committee.
AT this inncture communicates, f,or,
Hon. A. McCuistion was handed In by
Judge Foote and read by the secretary.
| The letter was mainly devoted to
INQUIRY CONCERNING THE FEELINGS
of the people in regard to the bill intro
duced by MIR. Pierce.
Judge Foote was called for and responded
in a few well chosen words, saying, among
other things. that the county court would
do its duty in the matter as representative
of the taxpayers of this vigorous Young
commonwealth.
The committee on petitions was con-
tinued on motion of Henry Adams. Chair
man Sperry sprung the question of revenue
for bearing expenses of committeeman.
and asked if IL was necessary to take I'D a
collection.
Postmaster Witbeck, the Watchdog of
the treasury, exploded a bombshell bv
solemnly assuring the meeting that he was
'of the opinion tnat the county court
should make an appropriation to cover all
expenses of these com mittees'
On motion of j. r. Hickman, the com
mittee OF three elected at a previous meet
ing to present our county's protest to the
legislature was increased from three to
five members j. A. Hyde and John Wit
beck being the two selected.
COUNTY COURT PROCEEDINGS
After the usual preliminaries the follow
ing resolution was unanimously adoptep.
Whereas, There is now pending before the
Utah legislature bill, the nature of which is
20 detach and segeregate the west end of Juab
comfy;
Therefore, we, the county court of Juat
county, most emphatically and earnestly pro
test against any piece, parcel or portion of Juat
county being taken away from Juao county.
Following is the list of taxable property
in that portion of Juab county proposed tc
be cut off from the west end, as presented
to the court: