The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-01-30

The bill introduced by Hatch for the
creation of Carbon county, passed the
House Yesterday in the following form,
A Piu for an Act Creating the County OF
Carbon. Prescribing Its Boundaries anu
Appointing County Officers.
BE it enacted by the Governor and Leg.
islative Assembly of the Territory OF
Utah.
Sec. l. That all that portion of the
county of Emery in the Territory OF
Utah. lying north of the third standard
paraIIel south, is hereby made ana
named Carbon county, with the county
seat at Price, and said county is here
nv attached to and made a part OF the
First Judicial District of Utah Terri
tory.
Sec. .. Causes of action, criminal or
civil now pending in any court which
have arisen within the territory De
scribed shall be tried and determined
regardless of the creation OF CARBON
county. and any cause of acton now
accrued or criminal offense comm Lieu
before the passage of this act Wltnln
the territory forming Carbon county
where proceedings have not been cora-
menced at the time OF the passage
of this act shall be tried and deter
mined in the First Judicial district, eA-
cent cases cognizable in justices courts,
which cases shall be tried in said Car
bon county.
ing said county the following ofncerS
are hereby appointed; Henry @. Ma
this. of Price. Robert A. Snyder, OF
Wellington. and Oliver G. kimbaAis OF
Schofield, selectmen. Said officers snail
take the oath of Office prescribed by
law and give bonds in such penal
amounts as required by law. They
shall hold said offices until the next
general election in 1894, and until their
SUCCESSORS are elected and qualined
They shall commence the duueS OIL
their offices Immediately upon QuallIy-
ing and they shall, on or before the
first Monday in May, 1894, meet and
organize and appoint such officers as
are necessary for the complete organl-
cation of the county, and the tran
sacticn of all business matters therein
who shall, before entering upon the
duties of their office, qualify as the
law directs. The county court OF said
county shall prescribe the boundaries
of precincts and school districts and
exercise all powers and perform all acts
as by law provided.
SEE. 1. All taxable property within
said Carbon county shall be assessed
by the assessor thereof ana all prop
er-tv within said county that may nave
been assessed by the assessor of Emery
county for the year 1894, shall, at the
meeting of the board Of equlizauon OF
said Emery. county, be stricken from
the assessment roll.
Sec 8. This act shall take effect on
its approval.
fered an amendment asking that the
county seat be not fixed at Price but
that the county be allowed to vote
on the proposition. To this the reply
was given that Price is the most sutta-
bic city for the county seat, as II is
incorporated and no other place in the
district is and it was also said that
the voters of the county can change
the location of the county seat when
ever they choose. One or two mem
bers, however, stated that the only way
to change the location would be to
drum up a tWo-thirds vote and held
that the people should not be denied
the right to choose.
From the statements made by the
committee il appears that the revenue
of the present county will be about
equally divided under the dismember-
Tlent and the population also. It is al
legged that after the division both coun-
ties viii have greater revenues than
at least seven Of the other counties IN
the trritory.
While arguing the matter Hatch made
one of the most curious statements
that have been made in this LegiSla-
ture He said that the committee or
counties understood a monster peti-
ton was being circulated in what
would be left of Emery county, argu-
ing against the change. but the com.
naittee reported the bill because thai
protest did not reach here at the eX
pecued time. The committee was asked
il it realized that there are forty days
left of the session.