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Show LOCAL CKNSUM ENUMERATION. The News is greatly exorcised over the action of tho city council in providing provid-ing for an enumeration of the inhabitants inhabi-tants of Salt hake. It says: Under the auspice and at the expense of the general government, the inhabitants of this city will be counted next month. Why. then, should the city council, appoint enumerators to do the wuiie thing at substantially the samo time la it nocessaiy to check the government's govern-ment's count? Cannot United States census marshals be rolled upon to give correct Hgurcs? Tho News is referred to section 14 of an act providing for tho incorporation of cities, page G2 of "the revised ordinances. ordin-ances. This section, artiong other things, provides that "the municipal authorities of any city in this territory are hereby authorized to appoint commissioners com-missioners to take the census of such city before any municipal election," etc., for certain purposes, which are stated in the act. As this has ucver been done, the. council is only acting in 'accordance with law, and doing nothing improper |