Show OP LA ZT T the county prosecuting attorney gathers his hia thomas hatchet h and goes on the war path A y he proceeds to the wigwam wig of the county commissioners and raises their scalp ra in answering the letter of the county selectmen estment I 1 shall do so ao in all fairness and candor freely stating the fact ns as they exist and I 1 ull mill ende endeavor avor not to mislead or to quote repealed repe alad law but refer them to laws touching the matter in contro veny in the first place the law of 1888 sec 2027 2024 1 which you have quoted so co freely waa amended in 1890 and I 1 copied it in my first letter to you you which plainly de d fines your duties as a board of eq equalization and your ref ference to the laws lawa of 1892 chap 98 has bm no DO hearing on tw in fact is ir and not to the point 1 it nt at issue for it is in an act for the assessment and collection of taxes talesin tax esin I 1 i n incorporated cities towns and villages the question is does doea the county court have power to raise and lower the entire assessment roll of it the county and it if so where is the lav aa instructing ilem to perform this duty the tawa laws of 1892 chap 23 creat creating inq a territorial berril board of equalize equalization stion defines their duties and powers thus section 7 said board is authorized to change the assessed value of anny nind or aclus clus of property in any county in the A and may raise or ower the value thie of when it appears 1 l necessary to madd said 0 values conform to law it raises or lowers the entire assessed values of any county can anything be found in the I 1 lawthan law that akes your powers equa equal 1 or instructs you as a county board of equalization to per form the like duties does docs the law clothe you with like authority I 1 section 9 said isaid territorial board shall have power either cither as a board or by committee to visit or confer with the county courts and county assessors but no order raising or lowering the entire as sea jesment ament of anny county shall b be in made unless the county has been visited by the board era cra cum committed mitte thereof conss con consing ng of a ma arity of the board has nuy uch such a board visited this county I 1 has any such coin committee where then do you get your law for raising raisin gand and lowering the en the tax list has the tax payers of uintah county turned out ilen en mass and deluged you with complaints compelling you to sit for six long tedious days to still faither deplete the emaciated revenues of the treasury or do N ou wish to usurp the office of assessor and collector as you have attempted to do that of bupt supt of schools anti and colinta pros atty laws las of 1890 page 52 section reads the assessor and collector shall ie be liable on his official bond for all taxes on property pro pirty within or known to the assessor to he be assessable within the county which through his hia wilful failure or neglect is ii or which has been by him wilif willfully ully assessed at ls las the fhe cash value what is the matter with his hia valued what doe docs I 1 th this is county pay the assessor for W what hata should hould yo you bi bc e paid for attending to the assessor and collector ri buti bui desso kicsa and aad does doe ha h no not t re receive e elve 12 1 2 per percent ceni jbf attending to his como come I 1 now c onless that you are arc a little previous and have ISU bit off a little more than you can V mastic masti enle e I 1 now let me get down to your kind and ana paternal considerations for one who is all fht but gone fone a little astray I 1 quote from frol your letter I 1 iliad had you worked in harmony with your I brother officers you would not have been called upon to resign your office by the co countes atys citizens what work in harmony with tho the county court ami smile ie and approve nay may applaud their malicious expenditure of the peoples people mony without regard to law or common respect Is this ahat abat you mean anea by harmony then any aay for me that I 1 am not in ft t let me adduce a few facts item to 0 angell architect for plans and specifications for co jail I 1 where is this thia jail still on paper could ones father have harmonized item to john pope for convicting don 11 huntingdon and Tou Broeck 00 allowed loed al who ever heard tell of a sheriff con convicting anyone before the county is is out more on those these cases cace could ones mother have harmonized harmonize dt t item to john pope for capturing enoch davis and for taking him to pen allowed this should be for not capturing him could ones anelis uncle c le have harmonized atty zane says the district court hore ut tit silt judge judg zane sitting has ag ruled that the espen expense sea 8 for arrest arresting ng cri minnIs in cases against territorial laws should be paid by the territory and cot by the counties counti cs I 1 know of no DO other decision on this subject and under this ruling you TOU are arc right in n objecting to the allowance of this claim against the county the other from walter murphy Ir says 1 will endeavor to answer your question int an afi arrest it is cpr camy my opinion a pirt part of a criminal prosecution prost cution even abo made in advance of ofa a complaint filed third dist cond has decided that hat counties are BO not liable fr costs and of crim criminal I 1 prosecutions under see bee 2 of the poland bill they ey are payable out of the tei ri adrial treasury salt lake co does not pay any budi casts 11 ja 2 fiand poland bill age reads thua and tho the costs and expenses of all prosecutions for against 0 any law of the territorial legislature ture shall bo be paid out of ibe be treasury or of the territory ri tory thee were road read to county court also 12 2 in poland bill lut but tit no attention wits way paid to my protect nor the law or authorities but tho billj were allowed it in full aut didiog they aire not properly prop eily itemized child co lil ottea relations or friends hurn harmonize ionize viat that day a petition was circulated by the sheriff lIno no doubt by order af f the 3 men afraid that somo of tho ih counties count iea revenues revenue a should get away ind sixteen names wore were secured asking bov to my rei resignation ignation citizens Citi zons of uintah co coa I 1 asle ask you yon to examine these canico note who it waa that presented this petition could anyone but ft a county selectman have harmonized when this board of selectmen camo into nto power ower there waa over oner 1000 in taw treasury the county free of debt the taus for 1891 mingin co for sanitary fund and nearly 1000 to road jund from froin territorial appropriation licenses licensee fines etc which raised the revenue a to something over for their and expenditure alaan it IC lias has melted away until the board has hat to borrow from take road and sanitary fund in order to pay county war and their choir own tes ees v v look around this thia valley plemo please and where are the evidences evid encee of a pon wl pre the monuments 00 elegant buildings bun Duil dings and nd improvement tha chafe t denote denoto thrift and a wige and econe expenditure of the county cash Is chero un an nece fit fora county official woj thy the aamot name what bridges and broadis havo have been built and im proved can one be pointed out of 0 general benefit true there has haa been over appropriated for a bridge and a road to the mountains go ask the the hottest honest yeumen yeomen who travel it and learn for yourselves what a uni universal vertal benefit this road ia to the traveling public already sonic avien ty citizens have clubbed together and intend to brush tho the old road b dry fork and up berig creek what of our brilliant brilli aut county board what ure are they doing oh ditting U a a board of equalization six or alvea days daye where other countice count iee do the eandi business in one raising and lowering the entire tax list of tha county except on complaints heaping up the en on the people na if we were ing a resil reil estate boom usurp burping lug the tb office of and col collector lentor hearing petitions petition cutting out dams and turning tho water lydting certificates for to water right to witter water diiullo disallowing o mg coroners bills tax constituting conati jno A blythe tile the king a committee of ono one to oni cin ploy council to gt them out of difficulties and otherwise exposing their ignorance by baking tho the governor Go vornor t to revoke a commission s I 1 quote from lottor letter had you attended to your duty by being preset in attendance on tho county court os its legal advisor pou would not have como in contact with tho high wall wag you of 4 concluded next wools Wc |