Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-02-08 | Page 13 | County Heads End Annual State Parley

COUNTY HEADS END ANNUAL STATE PARLEY Harold Wallace Salt salt Lake Prosecutor Named fit President I County officers ot of Utah FrI Friday a con eluded their twelfth annual comen after electing officers to direct r l the work they have ha outlined for thc the j coming year It i Harold E. E Wallace Wallac Salt Lake count coun fr t r t ly ty attorney was named president o othe ot of the state association of count county of 1 Other officers elected were J. J W W. Gillman Giliman of Orem vice president and andI I Elva A. A Wilkinson of Ogden secretary secre tary and treasurer Mr Gillman I. I Is chairman of the Utah county count board of commissioners J I and Mr Wilkinson Is count county recorder r of Weber count county t L Pledge Plede Aid f Sheriffs and county attorneys o or of orI I Utah pledged the unlimited support and efforts of their offices in an ef er fort t to cut the traffic toll of Utah j I I Legislation will not make Utah I highways safer if the drivers are no not notS notI S I f educated to operate their vehicles N safely safey and sanely Sheriff S. S Grant Gran Youn Young of Salt Lake county told the divisional meeting of attorneys and i sheriffs all traffic accidents are arc unnecessary unnecessary un necessary Sheriff Young declared f Legislation alone will not remedy 1 t th the condition Drivers must be im r pressed p ed with the fundamental ele dc 1 I of ot traffic control that they l drive to suit conditions of ot th the t road d over which the they are traveling I Little Danger Dang 1 Sheriff Sheriff Young pointed out that i ithe If the road surface was straight free tree of ol i r other vehicles or persons and an ani i i automobile bile is in good mechanical t condition there was little danger in traveling at a comparatively high crate rate of speed c i. i But on cit city streets where there 1 i are ire persons afoot and many automo automo- bile or where the road is not conducive con con- to high speed or where the t road is winding extreme caution fc should hould be exercised ed by every driver t he said Sheriff Young highly commended ti the drive of or The T Telegram legram to educate Utah drivers driver to drive according to f the situation l 1 The sheriffs and attorneys also i II agreed greed to ask the Utah attorney general general gen- gen eral that more consideration be bei i given to juvenile court practices in smaller and arid less thickly populated counties counti in the the- state stole z-errell z H. H Adams Salt Lake county county county coun coun- ty auditor was 35 elected president o of ofa ofa a permanent group formed b by audi audio clerk tar section of or the a association William J J. J Korth Salt Lake county clerk was named vice president The Thc section Mr Ad Adams reads beads will cill uk sk enactment of ot legislation th that lt will ill better apportion the cost of assessing rand fend and collecting t taxes Elimination of ol publication of oC detailed county expenses ex ex- ex pens tenses also will be sought sough S Seek ek Uniform Scales A need for increasing count county recorders recorders recorder's recorders recorder's re re- corders corder's fees Cees was stressed during a meeting of or that section Jessie Evans Evans Ev Ev- Ev- Ev ans aWl Salt Lake county recorder presided pre sided and was named chairman of a permanent committee which will seek eck uniform fee scales for all coun coun- tI ties es Details of n a proposed constitutional amendment that would exempt Utah hom homes home's s of 2000 2000 assessed valuation was explained to the tax asse assessors assessor ors or's group by iby R R. E. E Hammond of the state tax 1 commission t Count County treasurers during durin a meeting meeting meet meet- ling ing pre presided over o by J. J R. R Jar Jarvis vis Salt SaIl Lake count county treasurer discussed th the general tax situation County commissioners agreed greed to leek requirements of the law that any Rny delinquency of more mor than 2 2150 0 must be investigated b by the state tax tu x commission They declared the amount should be increased to because the they were more familiar V with th local conditions and could r better consideration lUon to the thc mailer maller delinquencies Explain Bill BUI County surveyors heard F. F H. H Richardson Salt Lake county con con con- suItIng engineer explain the thc bl bill l before before be be- fore the thc twenty first Utah legisla ture that would require all engi engl- and surveyors practicing In Inthe the thc state to be licensed The group also adopted a resolutIon tIon urging new surveys ur of county They also want their title changed from county surveyor to that of county engineer t. t f During the thc noon luncheon meet- meet ling nl ng of the association the thc delegates the convention heard tive Sam Barn F Ft Kieter Kiefer CD D D- Salt Lake r talk I C County commIssioners adopted res res- res asking that state tax lax com com- operations i m in counties b be cur cur- leaving property tax assessments assess assess- menu ments and collections entirely to counties and opposing changes chang in the gasoline caroline tax laws fc i I NEW PRESIDENT t f L il Harold E E. E Wallace