Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-12-15 | Page 2 | Utah Projects May be Okehed

UTAH AH PROJECTS MAY BE Court Decision Seen as Opening Opening Opening Open Open- ing Way to New Works Favor Favorable action by the public works administration on in projects in 75 Utah municipalities was expected Friday as a result of or the supreme court decision upholding constitutionality of the Granger bill municipalities to exceed the constitutional limit on bonded debts Meanwhile legal minds at the capItol capitol cap- cap Itol hal pointed to a dissenting opinion in the decision written by Chief Justice Justice Jus Jus- tice D D. N. N and concurred in by Justice Ephraim Hanson I This opinion while dissenting from the majority actually contained provisions provisions pro visions in favor of or the Ogden and Santaquin water cases which were ruled against by the majority opinion opinion ion although the latter upheld the I Granger bill bUl The dissenting opinion held that II the question was not nol the constitutionality constitutionality of the bill biB but whether issuance issuance is is- III of bonds as proposed by Ogden Ogden Og Og- den and Santaquin would create an unlawful debt The opinion held these bonds I would not create a debt and held that writs of ot prohibition against issuing the bonds should have been dismissed dis dis- missed The majority opinion granted grant grant- ant ed cd permanent writs of prohibition