Salt Lake Herald | 1899-09-06 | Page 5 | News from over the State

NEWS FROM OVER THE STATE I S MAY REDEEM lANDS Davis County Commissioners Concession Con-cession to Union Pacific Special l Correspondence l FarmlngrtonxSept 5The county commissioners com-missioners today 1 considered the application applica-tion t of the Union Pacific Railroad company com-pany fqr thin privilege of redeeming us property In Davis county from tax sales made f pr dejinquent taxes of 1S97 and 1S9S delinquent of The company has made no payments 01 taxes < since 1S3S and all of the lands granted to them by the government that are situated In Davis county are ga oy the county under tax sales The company refuses to acknowledge the sales for ae llnquency and the proposition made b > It was to pay the original taxes and S percent per-cent interest from Nov 15 1557 the frm the an opinion on county attorney gave question to the effect that the sales were InValid because the property was held o > government receivers at the time they govermet were and hence he recommended the terms offered by the rail accepting tens ofered t This the commissioners decided road people cmmission en the company will be so clUed to do and wi notitlea H J Sheffield jr was today appointed registration agent for district No 2 or relstrton who Kaysxille In place tf O A Williams place b was js i disqualified and George Coombs Ited No like position in district Appointed to a L Farmington lke fill the vacancy caused by the removal of James C Coombs John JL Cole of Syracuse was awarded the contract for painting the court house his bid c ntrct being very much the lowest of the four received His price was 5liO rec lvCl Cen in road of opening the rad The matter mater ot from highway No 3 east tervllle precinct tervle Cent rvic Coop to the east line to referrea of the townsite entry was referel Commissioner Holbrook The usual list of claims was allowed The lst I weeks and the board then adjourned for two