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Show tiii: tin t.w i.vsr. j In I.-a-al trtiMinilt Miili rl rJaj ' Aflrrno in an I Ihe t 41 Vnlimltlrd. After tli Nkvvs limit gone to (Tin on ITueadsy afternoon, the laeaof Hiram Johiisou vs. Ilio Cily Uumicll of Halt Lake mum mi. Mr.Vmlun i petted fur Iheplalntlirahd Mr. J. I.. Havrllni t.ir (liedefenda&l. Thlsscllou watoroui;ul btheilslnllrTtoliive the city couti. ell restrained from tusking llir no- poselreduotliuofSlper itnt. on Urn I valuallou of rani etlite on Ihe groun I Ihtlsucli Rctlan woiill he au unjust llsrrlmlnatloii ageluatlho owners of pergonal prorty. Attorney Varuu in la brief Arju-inentla Arju-inentla opening, and Attorney Haw. llnarrpllnJ lliattlia rnturn to tho will iifnrtlorarl showed that upward of I'M complaints against Ihe valuation of lei I istauihal Iwu filed with tuo i Itr council. Aflrr considering these, Mr. Young olTrred a reeolu-(Ian reeolu-(Ian tusking a tolucllon of SI prt 1 1 lit on imle.ls.to. lleiontciiilol Ihat 'Ini simply Iroughl too ruluilldii iluwntoafalris.li valuation, anil mil not such a discrimination amlnal nolhir cts.a of laiycii m would Ulituiu the uniformity ol the mw ImeitL The council, after invcatlsatloD, tsncludod tl.nl the DM who touiplain-d touiplain-d were esi.ssed loo blah. Isil no iiUhir, relatively, thau till other of theiain. clau. rills lielnir, true, the nutation waa wbal coillJ trio laiard tlo to niu.eiFiB tho taxes ami at Ilia anno tlina reserve the unlformlly of Ilio aniiiintnt. Tbo only action to take waitlist which ha I Iwn taken. There was nothing In tba ricoril toshow that the hoard had ll jt acted la the spirit of the law And within thu iower conferred con-ferred uinn llmni by It. It was trti , tialthat tin board ehuiil I elerclee a rsvlwry iwwer over tha assessor, In older that In it I v lilU'.lit bo ilona. Mr. llawllni illeil a hint Hat of Aulliotlllts In support of hli pjsltlon In rloaln. I Attorney Varlan antwere.1 that tba ecord must anilrmallvely show lha JurlMllctloii. When tha board acted r upon tha roiu lajnls lirfuro it, tlirro wat iiolhlni maio for It to do. II Mopiedlultsloiltliiiate work and entiled en-tiled uuthe domain if bunitfotnba, iiu.; wllha series of "whereases" ro. solved that Mperrcul, cftli.l.e. on really should Ik taken tft". Where waa their authority for this? Tha Iward bad Jurisdiction of lha aaeeee. iui nt rotli for one purpose only, whloh wu to hear romlilnui. wjiere wai thera any evidence that lha iropirly vaa Maiiel M per rent, to hlghf The law contenitated a full IneeetN uatlnn if valuation, and In thoati eennofanyfradulent lotered on the tart of thu auMMor, Ihooourtioould lint Interfere. The ImaM wa really a lOdtt of review, but It wm not to a tiiou audi raei. If there wero no fiiplalntaandno apreaU, tin re Wat nolhln; lor II tu act Mpun. It nevtr ufti u.cnJeil tocouferuflii the tiody lha povier of nuking Minieiiui. That would mako It a court of nrljlnl Jiiate! of appellate Jurisdiction. Ita lower weru put lu motion by complaint com-plaint ani Ita action muil bo lu tha i,iiiroofrelow. After counpvl on ellhir eldo bal ii la I tiumerout oiMltloiial uuthorltliii, thaoiurt look the matter uudtr RdTlM frii'a above report waa unavoidably crowded out of our etirdaya Imuo.) |
