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Show SALT LAKE LOSES TO COUilTY; CASE IS APPEALED Detention Homes for Girls and Boys Soon Hay Be Abolished. By a derlalon rendered this morning hy Judge M. U Httchle In tha diatrlct .ourt. Ha.lt Iake City loses tha first round Its till with Holt Lake county over the fiueetlon ea to whtt h shall stand the ex-penna ex-penna of inalntalnhig ' the county detention deten-tion home fur wavward boys and a. It la. Judge Hlt'hle overmlea the demurrer entered en-tered by the city to the suit brought by ttie county to rolle't $4M.0g as the city's ahar f tha f IS 1 2. The will he appealed tu the nu preitie ioiirt at once, no mm to ae lire a rniel ortlnhm In lime to p4rnilt of art (amendment to the d'-teiillou home lw irfMe the preeeiit legtlature Ljoiii n In overruling the demurrer. J mice Ftttrhle aava: "The i-onplitullomil guca-tlona guca-tlona Involved In thla nin are Intricate and romp lei. 1 ahould he much hettcr aetlaned If lime stiff Led tu ronalder them more carefully, but for reaeuna Htated In the artfumetH and tom-urred In by otineel fur hith part lea, a prompt derlalon de-rlalon a greatly dealred In order tltst It rxlble the aitpreme court mav paaa uhui the iuetton before the legislitture ad-)mirna. ad-)mirna. In view of thh fa ft. 1 feel Jo-tided Jo-tided In reeling my deHnlon uMn the firtnrtple that the trial court ought not Ightly to declare an act of the l-glala-ture unconatllutlnnai. and If there 1 grave doubt concerning the conatltutlnn Illy of a atalute, the trial court should leave that queethm lo the final determination deter-mination of the aupreme court. "The demurrer will, therefore, be overruled." over-ruled." The L'ltv demurred on tha ground that to tax the city for the coet of the detention de-tention homes which" are under the aole direction of the county government mounted to taxation without representation. represen-tation. Should tha supreme court And In favor of the city, It la probable that tha detention de-tention homea will be abollehed by the county until proper arrangementa can be made for their aupport. |