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Show THE KEY TURNED. Will Judge McKean have the Kindness to step in through the Open Door ? Salt Lake County invites him to a front seat. The daily Herald of Wednesday morning showed how the so-called "dead lock" in matters judicial could be promptly removed under the authority of an act of Congress and a Territorial statute.and intimated intim-ated that it was understood the county coun-ty court for Salt Lake county, was moving in the matter. That body has acted, and here is the result: Tb'iritoryof Utah, 1 Cuuuty of Salt Like ' At a session of the County Court of Salt Lake County held at the Court House in Salt Lake City on the 11th (ly of March. lfc74, present E.Smith, Probate Judge, Lsanc M. Stewart, Reuben Miller, and E. Malm Weilcr. selectmen, D. Bod: ho! f. county clerk, the following order, among other matters was made "Whereas, by nn act of Congress entitled, 'An aci in relation to courts, aud the holding of the terms thereof in the several Territoriesin the United States,' approved June 14th, 18"8, Statutes at Large, vol. 11. page tf66 it is provi.ltd, 'That the Judges of the Supreme Court of each Territory of the United Slates are hereby authorized au-thorized to hold court within their respective districts, in the counties wherein, by the laws of said Territor-ies, Territor-ies, courts have been or may ba established estab-lished for the purpose of hearing and determining all matters and causes, except those in which the United States is a party: Provided, that the expenses thereof shall be paid by the Territory, or by the counties in which said courts may be held, and the United Un-ited States shall in no case be chargeable charge-able therewith: and "Whereas, in pursuance of said law of Congress, the Legislative Assembly Assem-bly of the Territory of Utah, by an act passed January 21, 1S59, Laws of Utah, chapter 35, section 14, page 70, has provided that 'a District Court ia hereby empowered to sit in the county seat of my county within its district, 'o try casus arising at Biich county, whenever the County Court of said county shall make provision to defray the expenses of said District Court;' and j "Whereas, it appears that a large amount of business is now aud has i been ponding in the District Court i for the Third Judicial district of said Territory; i "Therefore it is heroby ordered by the County Court of Salt Lake County, Coun-ty, Territory of Utah, that the sum of live thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be aud is hereby appropriated out of any honey in the County Troasury to pay the proper legal expenses of holding a District Court in and for said County. Territory of Utah, ) ' County of Salt Lake. J a,s" I, the undersigned, county clerk for Salt Lake county. Territory aforesaid, afore-said, do hereby certify that tne foregoing fore-going is a true copy of an order ol said county court, made and ontered on the -11th day of March, A. D., 1874, as appears of recOixl in my oifice. ' In witness whereof - 1 ( I hereunto set my hand ana ' -j atlix tho seal ol the county court for Salt Lake county, at my office in Salt Lake City, thio LiLhday i Muroh, A.lj. 1874. D, BOCXHUl.T, ;. County clerk ol Salt, Lake county. Aa we understand the matter, the courts t'jius provided for are not dis trict .courts, nor are- the judges presiding pre-siding district judges; but they are courts held by the justices of the Supreme Su-preme Court of tne Territory, in and tor the several counties. Tho business busi-ness to be brought before tho court lor this county will belong to Salt Lake county alone; and when that is disposed of, his honor may hold court respectively iu Tooele, Davis, Morgan, Mor-gan, Summit, Weber, Box Elder, Cache and Rich, iu any order he aud ! the cou nty courts may agree upon; I always providing that these other counties mako the requisite provision. ! Why has this not been done before.' Mainly, we think, because the Cuiei Justice does not desire to hold court, if he did, there is not a shadow of . doubt that ( the United States Supreme Court decisions in the Euglebrecht and Snow cases 'gives him the power to do so. And, while it was hoped that he might take ?piue retroactive ..step, or that relief would ba obtained as a result oi the last session of the Legislature, the Oou'nty'Courts waited, hoping for the tlegit,imatij business of the CDurta to proceed; the Probate Courts meanwhile mean-while sitting and adjudicating under the authority cdnterred upon them by iaw.. But the' determination of his honor, and the , absolute veto power wielded with the otneacy of a well-sharpened well-sharpened scalping knife by the Governor, Gov-ernor, have .prevented the realization of these desires; and tho County Court uiakestheprovision required hy law for the Chief Justice to hold court in the county, where no techuical objection can be raised against the executive-olncer.no executive-olncer.no one ever having questioned-the questioned-the legal authority of the sherifi of a county. Will bis honor hold court for Salt 'Lake County? We would like to iippeso, but doubt if ho will.. And nbould he not, will it not be plain who 1 it iB, and what it is, that prevents the courts running fn Utah? |