Show I TEST STARTED ON WATER ACT Supreme Cou Court t Rule RuI Sought by y Provo Special to The Telegram PROVO April 9 The 9 The cit city government govern govern- ment meat today moved for a friendly test in the state stale supreme court of conJ con constitutionality o of bf- the metropolitan Water waler water wa wa- ter ler district act passed by the 1935 legislature The cit city commission passed an ordinance ordinance or or- calling an election June 18 to determine whether Provo shall join in a water district and directed Fred Evans cit city recorder to publish the ordinance according to lo law Mr Evans then Ihen refused to lo publish the ordinance on grounds that forma forma- lion tion of ol a district would be unconstitutional thus taking the first step toward a test The Thc next step will be for City Attorney Attorney At At- torney Raymond Holbrook to file filc suit in the thc high court to force the recorder to publish the ordinance hus thus obtaining a ruling on the water act acL Action of ol Mr Holbrook awaits decision de de- de by the city commission whether er a motion by the thc commissioners Continued on Pace Face e two Iwa TEST STARTED ON WATER ACT Continued from Page Fate One for tor the attorney to proceed is Li necessary sary The ordinance may not become effective cf d- ef- ef until published The ordinance approved the InItial initia ordinance which became effective on April 3 as the first firt step toward formin forming form form- ormin orm- orm in ing a district Polls will be bc open from 7 a a. a m. m to 7 p. p m nu m. the election ordinance said The live five municipal war wards s at lit Provo will erve as lotS voUn voting districts wi with polling places and judges as follows District 1 I Maeser 1 school chool I Leo o Thurman Thurman Thur- Thur man Ralph Elliott and Mrs Otto Birk district 2 Franklin school Elwood El EI wood Cater Mrs Marie Homer and Walter Waiter district 3 3 Dixon junior hl high h school Robert Boswell Eldon Lewis and Michael district 4 4 Parker school Mrs John Boyd Harry Butler and Dwight Billings Bill Bm ings district 5 Farrer junior lug high school Henry Enst East Ella Edwards and md Anna Coleman The question on the ballot wJ will vIll be Shall the territory embraced within with with- in the corporate boundaries of ot th the city of or Provo be become ome a part of th the metropolitan w wa water a t e r district o of oC Provo The ordinance was signed slimed by Com missioner James E. E Snyder as acting mayor in the absence of ot Ma Mayor or A A. O O. Smoot who is ill Ill and b by Commissioner Commis Walter P. P Whitehead OREM OREM Discussion Discussion regarding possibility pos of ot Orem joining a metropolitan tan water district to subscribe to water wa ter from the Deer creek project will willbe willbe be held April 15 by the town board Ma Mayor or I I. I J J. Burr Durr said Tuesday The board Monday night authorized author authorized the town attorney A. A H H. Christensen Chris Chris- to make a more thorough study of at Orem's possible relation to the matter and to report at the April 15 meeting A call has been beep made for forbIds forbids forbids bids to be opened April 18 on the new P PV W V A water vater main replacement project Work is expected to begin immediately after acter bids bid arc opened Joseph Rowley Roley wr appointed timekeeper timekeeper time time- ke keeper per on town F FEn E R B A projects to replace Wilford Hurst who Li is ill |