Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-09-21

1HE CITY ELECTION

ALfMEAAhN
b.,e 70 aIon 10 that In case no elso-
MY .p,,y Ulcers is held on tue iue,.
uon o. ~ alter the bfst Monuay ~
ly ~, of this year, the pr.sen.
Nfslurfes, s will hold their .inoes
= NV Nh January LIST, 1851 80 IN,
t.i he Offices We hcta, ua ~, a
p,,l.iufe Of the state shan p.o I'd
election TO flil such uIiiees, s IT,
laI lection should bo 'hau anu Wv
W. c,,,. 4 led, pursuant to sueh iss
I'VE ssu siselIon Of city oiiicers shall be
4 lavender next the onloeis
hslI LA tnelr respective ofhces UNIV
w 5 NV, UI,reislaiuTc, at its nist sos.
the 81 pfovlde for the election OF
sen ,iesrs. uand fix the time LOT Tue
city o 'uee en.nt aud duration OF tholf
toulln u :, and elections shall bs mao puI'
isin 10 sach action Of the state Leg
slAlufe.
c. .. vARiAs,
,..v.,o acknowledge the receipt OF
l,,,munication VI the l3tn inst,
yoo..,,rv me 10 give an opinion upon
isqun,s',,sn ri holdiug an election for
W. e,ral officers In November Of
,bs tTesent year,
'"t ave given the matter such exam.
,..,den aud dellteratlon A. the lin ted
,.-a Al my disposal permitted, anu
nwlth submit my conclusions. rhe
n,,ta.i chattor OF the city provided
Wt,hs holiipg VI the municipal cleo
Ian on the god Monday In February,
.,mmsnclng IN 1851, and on that day
slsnulally thereafter. by the general
.r, snpfoyed March sth, 1883, entitled
IAN &C., proyiding for the ineotpofa-
80 "a cille,,D the charter OF existing
w. ~. Including Salt l. Ike CITY, were
~ .ome particulars amendej. Clnes
M a regulation OF twenty thousand
', r,o,e insabIlauts, were defined ns
~. AZ the first class. IL was enacted
M Tho elective officers Of tho city
'ssaiI nod thuir ell ies for two years,
"a until their tuccessore were cluoie o
"a oual ile1. No change WIS made
in he time Tor holding municipal
.,setions In ls0a, mn act entitled
aAn act In relation 10 elections and
t,frs NJ tfiice, btcane law. LuH
hw watgsuoral, and IL ovidt nj de-
,lsuuAstO provide efmahon ~ Tor 'hc
,rsstAliln In alteinai ynatH, OF inun'-
risal and scn0oi elections, nud these
n, ibs Legislative Assembly, from
Territorial, counly and pFeainns cleo
tons
nsxt alter the frst Monday IN NDyem.
bet. 1879, anu nniAlly thereafter, D.
general election lOr territorial and pre-
sinet and county tiiictto should be
held, which onircu SHOULD qualify and
auums the duties u yin cs GA tAv iing
dAy OF January, neat succeeding the
election, Tue leimf Of The then IN
eumbsnis we're limited 10 the let Day
OF January, 1895, ~ ~ 10 give effect 10
the act.
IL was likewise provided that city,
town, vlllpEe anu school elections
should be hello On rlil TUESDAY la
Novembsf, 1872, with an exception
NJ 10 cities which all have huli AT
election 10 1892, aud plof o. May 3lst
u that yesi; hu1 that tue tili scfa nv
elected should hold their g. UrcgIvo
Offices until ia uary lit, 1894, and
until their successors should uo elected
aud quAlll o.. TIE act tuUn poo eds
to declare tlat GU the Tuesday next
Ailsilhe hist Monday D. Novomb' Il,
lsslAnd biennally thereafter, tho city,
bvB, villa and school o.ocu1us
should be held, anu that the tiiicors
elected should qualify anu enter uprn
their duties Of oilice on !he frat day
Of January next SUCCEEDING their
election, and continue In otiico for two
yufs, etc. Specific rtpsal ,hen maize
9ilil providing iOT the holding VI
elections or fixing the tenure Of IN Gee,
Otherwise than as provided by this act.
Here then we have the scheme Of the
tgl,atufe clearlyset forth. Territorial.
county and precinct elections are 10 he
held IN even mum eted years. Muni-
elpAl and school elections, Bnd those
of members NJ the legislature are TO 10
htli In the cd numbered years. An
elections tsays 'pecial, which We are
mol eonsiderlng) In any year, are TO be
held on tue same gay.
II there were nothing more In the
law than | have. Indicated, tho ques-
ton would seem TO DO free from doUni.
Certainly the intent Of the lesisla.
llie IL as clear NJ the language en-.
playedlls unamhig uouA anu Ineligible.
But In section 0 OF the act this prOvi-
sion 10 found; "Noihing In this act
shall apply to cities OF the metropolitan
class" THIS pfovlso seems TO have
nothing 10 take hold OF. There were
and ate no cities in the Territory be.
longlng 10 a "metropolitan clgtH.v The
legislature has designated cities Of the
Inst second and third Glasses, but the
"msltofolitsn class" IL not known Ia
out lsglslAtiOn. In one sense, being
hs chief or mother city, anu ths cap
al wlthpl, OF the Territory, Sal, Lake
Wy Ia metropolitan, but there IL ADd
eau DO no distinctive class OF olt "a
lnoSn ~ metropolitan, except as arbi-
Matily ~ designated by legislation.
he use Of this peculiar expression In
,hls act Ia explained by reference to the
hghlAllve proceedings for that session.
BILL known As q. u. No. 20 WAS
Rnalng aud subsequently passed, but
was vetoed by the governor. This bill
vas entitled Gan act providing
let the Incorporation and govern.
mtnl u metropolitan citisf,D and
designated all cities having n pOpula-
noh Of forty thousand inhabitants OF
mere, Az the cities OF the "MotrOpol' :
mn cla,s." While this bill was pend
ins before the legislature, the govern r
n,s'eined TO the council for amendmr /
" r. No. 2, being the act IN relaIi, n
weleclions and tenure OF Office, now
uauef confederation, and recommend
"a That amendment be made TO sector
'oui AFTER the word "rerritory" by Ia.
,sIung except cities OF the metropoll-
IN IN Glaze" He said, that loo other
.ll pending q. +. No. 25i providing
~, lhe government Of metropolitan
e,ns.' contained election provisions In