BARRED H HOLDING MUNICIPAL OFFICES Attorney-General Breeden Says Employees of Corporations Are Not Eligible. According to an opinion rendered by Al-torncy-Gonpral Hrei'den, an employee of a corporation receiving a franchise from a municipality and doing business under and by virtue thereof, is Ineligible to occupy and hold the office of City councilman In such municipality. Tho opinion was written writ-ten yesterday in response to an Inquiry from District Attorney Ilnlverson of Ogden. Og-den. The full text of the opinion follows: Text of Opinion. "The Coaatltutlon of tills Stnlo provl-ea Hint no oftlciT, ompliiyc", attorney or nnnl f any corporation, company or asaoclntlon !olnc lHiiliic.ua unilor, or by virtue of nny inimlclpal cl'flrtor or finncblfe, shall be c-lliTllilc or :oi-niltto1 to bold nny inunlclpiil offlcp. la Hie municipality grunting nuch chui-ki chui-ki or franchise." nrtlclu i;. foction 17. I'onstltuilon St:ito of Utuh. Thcio can bo no mliunu'di'stnnfllng of tlio moaning and Intent of iIiIh Consttltutlonnl provision. pro-vision. It Is nppurent that the pnrioso of tho fmmois of thn ('onktltntlon wa to prc-iiit prc-iiit any perHjn Interested In any prlvllugo 01 franchise granted by munlplm)ltlog from holding any position under audi niunlclpaltty which would In nny degree Klve thein imwor to boncllt themiolvpa or the coriwrallon by which Ihcy might be employed to tho possible Injury of mk-Ii municipality. Prohibited by Constitution. There can be mo doubt but that tlio uslns of tho stici.is and overmen of tlio municipality by tlio railroad corporation you rfor to In ilr.lng huslni'ps under nnd by virtue of a fran-chlHC fran-chlHC granted by such municipality ns con-uniplatcd con-uniplatcd by the Constitution, neither cmi l hero bo nny doubt but that belnc a member of tho City Council of such municipality Ix holding K'icb an ofllcc as contemplated by the Cnnnlliutlon. and bv It mohlbltr-ri. I deem It nece-nary to further claboralo ujion this qustlcn ami In harmony with tho f'-roKolnif lows von nro ndvlactl that In my i pinion an omployoo of u coriwrallon lecclv-Ini; lecclv-Ini; a franchise from a municipality nnd doing do-ing business under and by Irtuo thereof In Ineligible lo occuny and hold the ofllcc of Clly Councilman In xucli munl'Ipallty.