The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-14

If all county officials in the state are
of the same mind as are some of those
OF this county, the revenue of the sew
eral subdivisions, and of the state too,
for that matter. will not be greatly in
creased by the deposit of fees collected
since the admission as state, up to the
time the revenue bill went into effect.
1t has been rumored for some time
that certain of the officials of the county
We're not going to turn in the fees coll
lected in the interval between the date
OF ADMISSION and the time the governor
signed the bill alluded to and inquiry
yesterday confirmed the rumor.
county Clerk Stanton says he shall not
turn IN what he has taken in, unless the
legal tribunals of the state declare he
snail. He holds that the law was not
retroactive in its effect, and that it does
not govern until after its passage. He has
secured Waldemar Van Colt as his coun-
sci, and that gentleman is engaged in
preparing an opinion on the subject. AL
ready he has told his client that the fees
are ms, IN the light shed by the authori-
tles' Dut the written opinion is not yet
IN possession of the clerk
Mr.. Stanton said yesterday: at shall
not turn over these fees until [ am com
PEELED so TO do by the courts l do not
believe the law can be made retroactive
and my counsel is of the same opinion.
the same position as | am and has Sc
cured the services of John NJ Zane, who
will conduct his case. 1 understand the
sheriff is in the same fight with US, but
as to who his counsel is or are, I can
not say at this time"
How much 9 these fees amount to?
L cannot say at his time. After l have
paid all my help, and it is numerous as
you can see, perhaps the balance will
amount to $1,000 or $l,700. 1t may be more
or may be less. / have not the figures
ready at this time
Mr.. Crismon was not ready to talk
He said he had mot exactly made up
his mind what he was going to do" The
manner in which he said this, however,
was indicative of something lurking be-
hind the mere words.
The sheriff did not care TO talk either
He said he had not made ue his mind
to do any talking yet. But he would not
deny that he was going to make a legal
fight on the matter of the fees, which
he says are very far short of what the
people expect they are. Business has been
dull for some time and the festive deputy
has done nothing of consequence for sew
eral weeks.
The fees collected by the county clerk
in his county office would go to the
in over the counter of the district court,
with the exception of the jury fees
would go to the treasury of the state.
The fees of the sheriff and county re-
corder, if turned in to the county would
make quite an amount, in fair business
times.
The action of these officers will be
watched by every officer of like rank
in the state. If they succeed in retaining
what they have collected, the officials in
the outside counties, of course will retain
their perquisites. And all these monies,
totalled up will amount to a good sized
figure. The outcome of the matter will be
watched with great interest.
County Treasurer Lynn said yesterday,
that up to date he had not received a
cent OF course he will make demand
for the money in a short time and it
will be refused. Then he will apply for
a writ of mandate and upon the perma-
nency of the same rests the result.