Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-23
Two More Weddings Occur There
Among Salt Lake and
Outside Parties.
MARRYING WILL CONTINUE.
Commissioners Resolutions TO the Cen
traIy Notwithstanding Clerk
And Sheriff 60 On Record.
lsnecial to the "News. ~

Pennington, Aug. 99.-The resolu-
ton passed BY the board of commits
sioners Of Davis county to the con-
trary notwithstanding, marriage H.
censes apparently will continue to be
issued from the office of the county
clerk and marriages accordingly VIII
continue to be solemnized Just where
and when wished by the applicants for
permission to wed. If Pennington
has been "Gretna Green" In the past
II shah be none the less so in the
future. and no resolution Of the board
OF commissioners can alter the situa-
ton.
As an evidence that those who are
directly responsible for the issuing OF
wedding permits and the performing
of marriage ceremonies, are not to be
deferred by the resolution of Wednes-
day. let it be stated that Yesterday
two couples were wed at the county
courthouse here. The contracting
parties were Claude Kaye of Salt LAX
City and Frances Yohst of Denver;
Eleven j. Stewart and Lena Hinck-
ley OF salt Lake.
THE RESOLUTIONS.
The resolutions passed by the board
We're as follows:
Resolutions by the board of county
commissioners of Davis county. state
OF Utah. Being the lawful custodians
OF the courthouse and appurtenances
thereto and also of the supervision oil
all county officers therein, and In
matter having been duly considered
by the members of the board. and 1t
appearing that strong conservative
public opinion demands such action,
il is therefore hereby resolved ana
ordered by the said board OF county
commissioners that no marriage or
marriages shall hereafter be solemn
ICED in the county courthouse of Davis
county, state of Utah, nor in any OF
the offices therein, nor in. around or
upon the premises thereof, by any
PERSON or persons, except the same
shall be solemnized by the judge or
Judges of the district or supreme court,
1t is further resolved that the present
county clerk be and Is hereby COM
mended for the course he has pursued
in not allowing marriages to be SOL
emnlzed in his office.
TT is also ordered that these re-
solutions be spread upon the record of
the meetings of this board, and that
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issue in the Davis County Clipper, du-
ly attested by the county clerk Dat
ed this 21st day of August, A D.,
1907"
REPUDIATES COMMENTATOR.
Henry w. Stable is county clerk, the
person commended In the resolu-
tons, and that gentleman repudiates
in the most forceful manner the com
mendation so gratuitiously showered
upon him. and considers mat he is IN
no wise deserving of the special mem
ton. as he Is not at all In harmony
with the views of the commissioners,
as expressed In the resolutions.
On the contrary, MIR. Stable stands
squarely against the action Of the
board, and he is backed by George H.
Pack, deputy clerk, James Ware, sher-
if, Warren w. Rose, chief deputy sher-
if, and other county officials
These men declare that they are at
least somewhat acquainted with tho
statutes governing the issuance of mar
riage licenses and tho solmnization OF
marriage contracts, and also with the
rights of citizens relative to these sub
jects, and maintain that they do not
propose to be dictated to by any board
or set of men, contrary to the privil-
eyes accorded officials in other coun-
ties. Tho commissioners, Il is claim
ed, have with them only one official,
william II. Streeper, Jr., county at
torney, and the abolition of Farming
ton as n so-called "Gretna Green" is
said to be some of the efforts" OF the
last named gentleman. There viii be
no cessation of marriages at the Davis
county courthouse, 30 long as appli-
cations are made for permits and the
benefit OF clergy.