The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-28
Labor Men Make Appeal to
County Commissioners.
WANT LAW APPLIED
REQUEST Is REFERRED TO THE
COUNTY ATTORNEY.

instead of resigning his Office as he
intended to do and recommending Ma
honri Spencer to the county commits
sioners for appointment as his sue
cessor, Ira Bennion, constable of North
Jordan precinct (Taylorsville) yester-
day sent to the county board a COM
munication stating that he had ap-
pointed Mr.. Spencer as his successor.
For the very good legal reason that
the constable has no authority to ap-
point a successor, the commissioners
merely filed the certificate of appoint
ment and directed that the clerk notify
Constable Bennion of the procedure
necessary in the premises.
Request of Labor Men.
With this unusual matter out of the
way, the next in order for the unusual
was petition from the Utah Fedora
ZION OF Labor asking that the board
make ready to comply with the state
law with reference to eight hours con-
shutting days labor for all public
work, by making the statute applicable
to all departments of the county gov
eminent and also by incorporating in
all future contracts TO which the coun-
~ becomes a party the provisions OF
the eight-hour law as a condition to
be faithfully observed by all persons
working under such contracts.
The request bore the signature of
Arthur Graham, the federation presi-
dent, who expects to get the nominal
ton on the Republican ticket for the
office of county clerk. 1t was given re-
spectful consideration by reference to
the committee on buildings and
grounds, with directions to confer with
the county attorney on the question OF
expediency in following the law, if il
| is deemed to be obligatory
! The balance of the boards time was
chiefly taken up with the consideration
of matters pertaining to the county's
| highways needing improvements
The Albion Mining company and nu-
| merOus persons engaged directly OF
| indirectly in mining up near Alta, pc
| titioned for the repair of Little Cotton
wood canyon so that Ore-hauling may
proceed with less difficulty and at not
! so great expense.
This petition was referred to the
| committee on roads and bridges with
power to act, the same reference thai
was ordered for the petition of tax
! payers for the opening of Fifth street
| from Thirteenth to Fourteenth South
Rock Company's Petition.
In the matter of the petition of the
| Washington Rock company for the re-
| establishment of the section corners
near the cOmpany's quarry in the east
| mountains, the county attorney rem
/ dered an opinion to the effect that the
petition could be granted if the peti-
| toner paid the cost. The question was
| referred 20 the committee on roads and
] bridges.
! A proposition was received from the
! Utah Light & Power company to eX-
tend the lighting system TO the county
! infirmary on condition that the county
| advance the cost fixed at S210, in con
| sideratiOn of which the company would
I furnish free light until the end of this
year, thereafter the county to pay a
| the rate of Is cents an hour on a meter
/ basis for a two years contract. The
proposition was referred to the infirm-
| airy committee.
| The county surveyors plats of the
new survey of Bingham townsite, plat.
/ I and j. were approved.