Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-01-18
HALLS OF JUSTICE.
EaldamuS Proceedings Against Salt
Lake County.
wHIrTRMORE SAYS IT Is BROKE.
Admits tho Obligations, hut Cannot
Pay Without Remedial Legislation
Old officials 10 Blame.

Judges Iowat aud Young we're very
bu'y today IN herring and setting
cases. The most important matter per.
haps was the mandamus proceedings
before tho former, instituted by OK.
Territorial Auditor John 7. Csine. on
behalf Of the county CLERKS to issue u
warrant for the amount Of Territorial
and Territorial school taxes derived
ifom the sale Of property since 1898.
Attorney General Bishop and Judge
Judd appeared In behalf Of the people
and County Attorney whlttomore was
present TOT the purpose Of representing
the county. The latter comedies that
tie money collected on redeemed
property is Justly due to tho Territory
and sohools, bat maintains that II 10
bankrupt and cannot Of this time pay
its debts, or this portion Of them With
out remedial legislation, so.Aethlng
that 10 expected from tho state sOlona
before their final adjournment. To
other allegations OF the mandamus
| proceedings the county demuTs aud
says that the unfortunate condition Of
anairs was brought about by spendthfiii
| uthcials OF a previous administration.
fhe title OF the case Ia the Territory OF
Utah upon the relation OF John 7.
CAine, auditor OF public accounts, W.
| J, q. McNally, A. b. Geddsp, &. II.
Roberts and Martin Christopheuou.
The plaintiff alleges that no was
| auditor Of the accounts Of the Territory;
that according 10 the report OF Fred j.
Leonaf1, collector for Salt Lake
county, made to tho aiilAnl for the
year 1898, there was due to. the Terri
tory Of Utah on lands sold for taxos anu
bid Oh to tho probate Judge Of saiJ
county, tho sum OF ss,75i.06: that OF
said tum there was due Tor Territorial
district school taxes IS, 252. 81, and that
there was due TO said Territory
| that OF said sum OF s5,T5s06,
u Salt Lake on redemption OF lands
% sold aud bid of to the probate Judge
Of said county, the sum OF 50, i3LSO;
that on the 27.h OF May, 1880, the
afilant by mis- attorney, Judge Judd,
appearoi before the oouuiy court to re-
fer said matters TO the clerks Of said
court with directions TO reports
| Flrst-How much th9re Is due,tolhe Ter
| ritoryon account OF thesaloa OF real estate
and the purchase Of The same by the pro-
bate Judge for 1913 for Territorial district
| school aud Territorial general taxes.
Second-liow much OF said real estate
| so sold to tho county had been redeemed
aud tho proportion OF redemption money
| thereof paid to the county, due 10 tho
Territory on account OF Territorial dis
tTict school aud Territorial general taxes
IL In further shown that on the litL
OF December, 1895, the Afilant, by
his attorney, acting for the Territory,
aud &. q. Whittemote for the county,
filed with tue clerk OF said county
court a stipulation whefoin 1t was
shown that during 1898 various lands
Ia Salt Lake county wer. sold for taxes
aud hid OIL 10 the probate Judge; that
| tho proportion of l1errltsrial district
school taxes for which said lands were
sold, amou at to S., 252. ~. ami tho pro-
portion OF Territorial taxes Tor which
the said lands were sold amounted TO
t3,50l.6i, u total OF sS,75A00; that a
large paTt Of the land. NO sold mad been
redeemed; that Of tho amount paid for
redemption, s4,7l4l0 was the proper
ton paid GA socOunt Of Territorial
school and Territorial tax; that no part
OF said amount received for the TO.
demption VI Territorial echool and Ter-
rilorial tax has ovsr boeu paid TO tho
Territory or any one for II.