Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-07-09 | Page 22 | Records of Passes Filed by Railroads

RECORDS OF PASSES FILED BY RAILROADS Statements from the railroad companies of the state as to the annual passes and other forms of free, transportation issued are now being filed with the public utilities utili-ties commission of Utah. The state law-permits, law-permits, but does not compel, issuance of tiasses to public officials in the performance per-formance of their duties. The law also permits the issuance of pusses to employees nnd to members of their familios. It requires that passes be issued to members of the public utilities commission of Utah and the employees of tho commission, and this has been interpreted inter-preted to include the attorney general of Utah and his assistants, who are ex officio of-ficio a itonicys for the commission. In Sa:t Lake the Utah Light At Traction company com-pany has also issued passes to members of the detective force of the police department. de-partment. About the or.'.y stale officials to obtain passes ;s such, outside of the utilities commission, are an occasional gain" warden, war-den, who may obtain a pass when going on fish-planting trips, the railroad holding hold-ing that good fishing in the Utah streams directly increase thcr business.