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Show TllK COURTS. Money Needed to Keen tlii'in ( Open. Wo publish betow ft petition which wjj brim; circulated yesterday. Many of th'i city intirohanU, mem hers of tho bar, mine owners and bmiiKss men i;tnrilly have signed it, and others will hare tho opportunity of! affixing thpir signature to tho rioni-; nient. It is on of the few petitions to oongroM from Utah, which Iho poo-! plo of all classes can sign; and no' man of influence, should fail to unite in this prayer for relief. Utah knows what It is to ha without courts. She has suffered too much from that tiauae. We cannot well allbrd to havo our law courts again closed; yet such will inevitably soon bo the casr, unless money to pay absolute exponsra is speedily forthcoming. Tho chaining chain-ing up of justice in years past, ban lumbered tho thin! district calendar, witlv ft load that will require mouths to get from under; and every stop I n$o of the courts piles higher th mountain of litigation. When thtvto 1 cases were allowed to accumulate, it , was not through lack of fnuuU to pay expenses, but by the "unal- i loyed cussed ness" of judges who 1 refused to open tho courts and: administer the laws. Happily difler-j ent material composes the Utah I judiciary ot to-day. We now have I judges who arc not only willing, but auxious and able to work. They; ought not to be tie.! down, and it is not right that litigants be made to 1 sutler. We hopo that congress will j answer tho earnest prayer of the people: To the Semite ami Ifottse of ICepre-stntAtivts ICepre-stntAtivts in Congress, nsseutNed : The undersigned citizeus of Utah, engaged in timing, smelting, milling, merchandising, and other industrial and commercial pursuits, respeeitully and earnestly represent that under existing laws there arc no funds pro-1 vided tor defraying tho expenses of the courts of this territory. The legislature, at its last session, appropriated appro-priated the suni of J 11,000 annually !or two years, for lit payment ol clerks' fees, jurors and witnesses in criminal cases onlv, to be pa:d on accounts stated, audited and passed by a territorial auditor; leaving wholly unprovided all the expense of arresting, maintaining, subsisting and guarding prisoners, summoning jurors and the payment of tho same in civil (X-i-os ; also the expense ot providing building for holdinn aXirL-, fuel, lights, stationery and incidental in-cidental expenses. Neither have any funds been appropriate! for the sub- sis tenet, clothing, guarding or care of, the convicts in tue penitentiary; tiiu -1 having the whole department of justice in the territory entirely power-: less to administer the laws for w.intof funds to pay the absolute and necessary neces-sary expenses thereof. A large amount of litigation has accumulated in the courts, and many important cases remain on the docket to be tried, involving titles to valuable mines and other properly, and it is of vast importance to the material interests and growth of the i territory and prosperity of the people, j that the courts Bhould bo held regu-1 larly, and rights determined; that titles may be secured and the pro- taction which the laws should aflbrd j i!ArntPfd otherwise canital will be I driven away which is now seeking in- j vestment in mines and the develop-j ment of the country. Unless con- ; gress appropriates the necessary funds to sustain the courts they will have to . close with all these cases now pending pend-ing undetermined. Criminals cannot ! be arrested, tried or punished, and j the result will be law, without the i means or power to enforce it, which will have a blighting efleet on all the business and development ot the country. We therefore humbly pray that your honorable body will make such appropriation for the purpose aforesaid afore-said as you may in your wisdom deem just and proper; and we will forever pray, etc. |