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Show THCM.'n luriiuN l.wc. Wc have received tho auncxid communication com-munication from Vernal, Uintah county, an I aotwer aa rnjueatol le-catiio le-catiio the queationa propiuudod maylti of Intertit In other cuunllet bctldca Ulnlahi hhlur Dturet A'curr. Tbero haa leon much dltctittlon ancl dltlurenco nf opinion In thla county, over Ibe election tawlhat moat Important, though very amblgunut, atauilo paaMHl bythnlitt Legl.latlveboilylrutah The following oplnloua aro held by tho bett lufornieil men of Iheoountyi 1. That all county and preclnrt oftlcera are to I oelecled In November next and to enter iifHin tbelr dutlea of otSco January lit, 1111. eiccpt attotHir and collector' who hold until Juno, 2. That all eoonty and prevlnct oftlcora aro to bo elected hi -N'ovcmbor next, but thott only, to enter Into the dutlea of office January let, ltt-3, who would have been elected under tho old law. Tho olhera to tako oltlce Jaouarv lat, lsH, thua obviating nn olection (county) lu " trd That only Ihoto who would havo l-een elected tin ler the old atatute aro to bo oloctod In November litvt, the olhera tol-oetoete-lln trt, hutlu Not ember tn-attadot tn-attadot Augiivt. "lth -That Ihero la no general election In '1)3, but that cleetlont for county, re-clmtand re-clmtand Tcrritorltl otllcera are to be held biennially. "I hold to tho flrtt opinion for county and precinct ollh-era, and that lhoIglt-lalUemeiiibtrainutt lhoIglt-lalUemeiiibtrainutt bo elcotod In o vembcr, 'lit. "Wo with to remove our euunty tent In '03. Our probate Judge hoUlt, I am Informed, the 'fourth' opinion horetn eat forth, aud aaya that wo cannot move the county aeat In 'ol, beiaute thcro la uo general electlnu for that year. "Will yon kindly expreaa through tho columnt of tho IS me your-Siewaonthe tlecllon law at It now ttan It, and oblige oura, etc., II H. Cm tnt," Wo undentand the law oa followa: A general election la to bo held ou the Turaday next after tbo flrtt Monday Mon-day In November 159.'. Thla It for the election of ilecllve territorial, county and 1 reclncl ofllci rt, but not for mem-bert mem-bert of the Lcgiilaturo. Tho ofUceti elect will enter upon their dutlea Jan, lit, lb91, atiJ contlnua In olllce two yeara and until their aucceatora are elected and qualified, hut uo longer. An exception It mide aa to tho county LcltecUir, whoto term of ofllco ronimencee la June luatcad of January. Tbo official terma of pretent Incumbenta la vxteulei'to, or ex-lint, ex-lint, aa thecate may be, on Jan. lit, HD.1. Tberu will bo no geutral election alter November UK, until November 1S0I. The olection to he held In Novem-tier, Novem-tier, 1601, It for city, towu, village and achool dlttrlct oftlcert and for mem-bert mem-bert of tho Legltlature, but for no other otllcera. The election for city, town, village and achool dlttrlct iMcire In 1802 It detlgmd for that year only nml to till the gap till the election of 1S93, which la to be biennial bienni-al thereafter. The law In relation to the retnova of county tettt require votoa ou tho quiatlon toboukinata general election. elec-tion. Therefore uttUai a vote la taken on the removal of the county acat of Uintah county In November, i8D2, It caunot bo taken until November, 1601. ltut thn time of removal may Iw lu 1683, If the vote taken at tho general elettlon In 1802 to detcrmtuea. Careful examination of thu law, wo think, will ebow that our vlewa of Ita loj'iott are correct and that tbero It no ambiguity about Ita pnvltlort. Ily taking Immediate alepa ull Ulftlcully atout tha county teat may be avoided, tbo elrctlon can take place next November No-vember and thu removal lu J603, If to dttlrad. |
