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Show CAPITOL PR03E PLEA DIRECTED TOGRAND.JURY Evidence Called for to Substantiate Allegations Presentation of tangible evidence to proper authorities will be necessary neces-sary for a grand jury lnvestlgstion of the legislature and state departments depart-ments of government. Attorney General Joseph Ches said Saturday, His statement was in acknowledgment acknowledg-ment of a resolution from the Price chamber of commerce, demanding a grand Jury Investigation if the committee authorised by, the last legislature to investigate the state government is without power to act. "If the Price chamber of commerce, com-merce, the mayor or anyone else has tangible evidence to justify ej grand Jury Investigation," he said, "it Is their duty to bring It to the attention of authorities in the judicial judi-cial district in which the violations occur. Procedure Outlined The law outlines definite procedure pro-cedure for presentation of such evidence to a grand jury." . This means that should the Price group persist in Its demands, it must present evidence to a judge in the Third judicial district. In which the seat of government is located, before a grand jury can start an investigation. The legislative Investigating committee. com-mittee. Mr. Ches eald, Is a dead issue. is-sue. He explained its authority expired ex-pired on June 1. Mr. Ches said he had heard rumors ru-mors of Irregularities, much the samo rumors which caused the legislature to delegate authority for aa Investigation, but said he was in possession of no tangible evidence evi-dence which would warrant action by him. He said anyone, either private cltlsea or a publle official, from the governor down, could start a grand jury investigation by presentation of any evidence of a tangible nature. na-ture. Blood Is Absent Governor Henry H. Blood, to whom the Price group also addressed ad-dressed the resolution, was out of the city Saturday. No action bad been reported by any of the civic groups to which the. Pcice chamber of commerce had appealed. ap-pealed. The Associated Civic Cluoe) of Southern Utah, In their monthly meeting at Beaver Saturday, were to be presented with the resolution. . |