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Show Tlin I'EOI'LCJHSr hELl' bfllMi aesUrdsy Mr. S H. J J Smith, of the Tenth Wi-d, was before Justice Laney on a charge of -violating the ordinance in relatiua to the keeping of cows and swine, within Salt Lake City, whieii was passed Augu't 20lh of the present year. Section one of Hie ordinance in question reads as follow That no person or n-rsona shall keop ur cause to bekeiit more than tbrea o vs aud no wmo within that portion of Silt L3ke City lmnnd-1 as follows On tho north by ioicnth orth Street, on thosonth by Mnth bocth Street, 03 the east by the Rter-vation, Rter-vation, on tlis westjiy Sixth Wast Strest." Judge Iisofborough, defendants counsel, took the grtK.nl that the ordinance Is inxahJ, one of bis points being that it mate the keeping of swine ixhu-pulsory ixhu-pulsory upon uverj resiJent of a prescribed dltriei of SaltLake City, "without respect to age, tex or pre lous condition of servitude. ' The staleuiei t of thu attorney U literally correct. Tj jrove this elearlv let the readi r of section one stale out tho woil, "more than three cow " Theu rca 1 Tliat no person or persaus shall 1 eepor caju to be kept no s Ine w ithin that portion por-tion of Salt l.ke City 'etc. Should the coarts bold the ordinance to bo val'd each piracuiar inuabitant of the prescribed district ual letter -ee to it that he is not fojnd with ' no swine" on lus premises. Th ordinance ordi-nance Is pena', r nd the ralo is to conrtruelawfofthalkiiid strictly in eoa'ormity w.tli its exact language. Tills ordinance is another evidence evi-dence of the acumen of the "Liberal "Lib-eral ' Oity Co inclL JJut perhais they have not i-een it, and an excuse ex-cuse may I12 made far the. niaibrs on tliat ground It is. ujt the uui-ve'sal uui-ve'sal chni of that body lo read, or liai teal to tliem the ordlnan that are p. tented Sot their i-ceptance ai.d action. There is the '-sner ordfnance"' for instance. Tho formality for-mality of reading it was dispensed withall that the Council had to do with it wasJo'otciniorof It as they were ordered. Terhaps, after all, the reading of the M.wer ordinance ordin-ance which involves aa enormoas expenditure of public funds was needle. This is a feature of the '.Liberal" rule allot that part voting vot-ing as they are ordered which rnu-t bcdispcn-ed-witb. Itjsamonaceto the Republic aud tho American people do not propose to stand it. Wc say to them, unless jou come out fromuuder the rule and dictatorship dictator-ship of a gang of men wlioe conduct con-duct is inimical to the interests of this jGovernment, your property rigbti will be jeopardized ind Uie ballot will be stricken from your alien hands. |