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Show j' , ! County of Daggett May Die m m m m m m m m People Tire of Government Expense :s m m m m mm m Looking About for Relief DAtSfJKTT county may disappear from the map of I'tah and be tnMde a pint of Summit county, according to gossip about the mpitol. The 4.r.7 pctnona In Dagcett county have discovered. It ; la said, thut while It la a real nice thing to have a county of their own. the exicne of keeping up a county government, partlcu- --tarty -when there are ao-few persona to bear the burden, la not Just what thi-y thought It would ha when their county waa created In 1K17. 1 While the constitution provides for the form of county govern ment and the miinner nd method of creating a new county, there la no i.ieclfic provNIon for Its dlaaolutlon. However, article II of the . ..iisi iui-ni. alil.h iirnvirt.-s ft.runlf"rm county government, may- furnish tn-.iiia to uisttoie the cotporitlion ofa county, aa HeaveS the ourstlon to the legislature, which Iwidy may by general lawa provide fur . precinct und township organization, aa alao county crguniluttion. Il la declared thai under this provision of the con- -stilut-on the legislature may tliesolve the organization of a county. The question la to be presented to the legislature at lt coming acsslon. Oaggett county waa created out of t'lnta county, and the reason assigned for Ita creation waa that the range of mountaina which lay between that section of the county and the county aeat at Vernal waa impassable fur practically ten montha in the year. aYi that the rentdtnta had to make a long detour over Into Wyoming, thence. Into I'tah and then intu Colorado to reach the city of Vernal. In view of this the leKlnlature pattaed a law which enabled the organisation of the county. |