| Show THE FRIEND OF OFt t i THE PEOPLE n. n Utah July Jub 20 20 1914 To tl the e Friend of the People Salt Lake Telegram Could the late ruling on the poll tax apply in a Q lIko Ilko manner to the fishing license Is Ia there a it 6 set t rule for det determining when a of oC tho law w is a criminal ac act and and when an offense I think thank you oU for our your kindness I A AN ODEN SUBSCRIBER Th Tile Ja law assessing a fishing license i inot Is not In the tame amo n ns the law which provides Cor for a poll pon ta tac The latter Is lii clean clearly afi ue against only The fish sh sh end and me fJ law Jaw makes j it unlawful tul for foran an any apy p person to fish Osh without a license In Ina Inn a n subsequent provision of oC this 11 law there I II IKa n a schedule o 0 of prices s for or this thia license Tl s schedule fixes the price for male persona per per- sona S only oni nl and omits to fix a 0 price for females However ver as the first mentioned mentioned men men- provision makes It unla unlawful to fish V without a 0 license and as there Is no tX express reu provision directing that a be issued free tree to a female It might bo be contended with UI some force that thero thera 1 Is I no discrimination Then too as aa It teems seems to ue us there Is la a difference nce In the principle Involved in tho the two laws The H- H cens Is Ia exacted d only from those who de desire de de- sire alre to fish whereas the road poll tax tac Is assessed regardless of oC whether the taxpayer taxpayer tax tax- payer desires to use or actually uses the road It might be contended that the purpose to discriminate Is clear In that o price 1 is III fixed for tor a license to a female so that either Pho phe is not entitled to a l license at atall atall atall all or 01 must have ha It H free of ot charge Also It may be contended that the law Is uncertain uncertain un un- certain In this particular and therefore void old On the other hand hond It It ma may be ar- ar that since unquestionably a female in is a entitled to flab and since In that be behal behalf be- be half hal she must have ha a license that the of officers or- or In charge chame of the enforcement of the Uw w may apply to her the schedule fixed for tor males Also Abo It ml may be contended contend that nine this is cl clearly a Jl license enso and not a a. tax that the validity thereof Is not af affected af- af by discrimination Whether the law assessing this fishing fiBbing license Is ii unconstitutional would therefore probably have to be decided aa as an In Independent Inde Inde- e. e pendent question and yet et the Ufe decision of the poll tax case cue might have e a bearing in I construing and determining the validity of ot the fishing licence law Ill This latter law appears to be bt so so wholesome that we entirely approve of oC It and we would not therefore give he an any encouragement to an attack upon It The Th second question is somewhat nite nile As a a. rule only those acts nets are arc criminal crim crim- inal which have been denounced as os such mien either by statute or ordinance consequently conse I fluently to determine whether a 1 particular act or OJ th the thes violation HI of an any law Is 15 a public pub Ito lic offense ortense the city and count county ordinances nances and state statutes must be re referred TC- TC to Unless the act Is 19 there thero d defined ned as asa a crime or unless a a. penalty is fixed forthe for tor tha the doing of or a particular act ordinarily you ou ar aro ro safe S Jn cof clu concluding ng that the same is J. not a crime TELEGRAM 1 LEGAL D DEPARTMENT Woods Wood Cross Cres Utah July IS 15 1914 Friend of or the Peo People le Evening Tele Telegram m I What hat part of a first estate does a widow receive where she remarries remarries remarries' the second time Both deceased husbands hu bande have ha left lett real estate and property but no will There ar are heirs to both estates estate Yours respectfully o. o A. A J. J Sections Section 2826 and 2828 in substance award to a 0 widow regardless of her subsequent subsequent subsequent sub sub- sequent marriage to another person a third one Interest In her deceased husbands husband's husbands husband's hus bus bands band's estate Including third one-third In value ahle of ot an any ny real property possessed by the husband hus bus I band during the marriage c. c provided she doesn't have e this last mentioned Interest In n an any of oC such real estate to which she hu has las b by deed or or otherwise relinquished her er rights Provided Pro n also 11 o. o she he might have nave no nG interest at all in ciS case sho she has been seen depending on the terms of oC the decree of oC divorce For detailed ad advice adee ad- ad vice ee as to your out rights you would bettor better consult an attorney as this answer Is la Intended to be be- cr very cry general TELEGRAM LEGAL DEPARTMENT T. Salt Lake City Evening Enning Telegram Friend of ot People Dear Sir Sir- Will Sir Will you ou let me know If It a landlord can attach furniture of oC a tennant tennant ten ten- nant who ho Is back In rent Kindly let me know through your our paper and oblige A RENTER Section HOT HOi Compiled Complied Laws Ln of Utah for tor gives u ves to a landlord for tor rent due a ailen alien alien lien ilen upon all property of oC the tho lessee not exempt from execution as aa long as the lessee occupies the leased premises and for tor thirty days day thereafter Ex Exemptions a as allowed In this state are enumerated commencing on page rage 1066 Complied Compiled Laws for Cor 1907 Furniture and household effects ef effects ef- ef such auch as at are in usual use In the or ordinary ordinary or- or family are arc as ns a rule exempt TELEGRAM I LEGAL DEPART DEPARTMENT If It a man was married to a woman oman anc and had lived with her for seven ceven years ears am and she gets Bets up and says More I 1 am not married to you ou and ond gets married under an as assumed assumed as as- turned name to another man Is the last las marriage legal What hat can be done tt to her and has he ahe violated any laws by getting married under a false falBe name WORRIED Section 1184 Compiled Laws prohibits and declares void a marriage e where I there Is a It husband or wife living from whom the person marrying hAS lias not been bean I divorced Section de declares lares such audi h marriage to tobe he be a felony under the name of oC polygamy Provided if the husband has haa bc been n absent absen five years and Is not known by the wife to tobe tobe tobe be living and is believed to be dead dud there thero Is ts a good defense FRIEND OF THE TIlE PEOPLE Friend nd of or the People Dear Sir I Sir I would like to know the Uw law of oC property In the state state- of or Utah I ana ama am an a married woman and have no children I If m my husband should die without makIng makIng mak mak- Ing a will vill and leave property would J 1 go goIt got get It or Os would his father or mother sister slate or brother come in on me- me ne childs child's part or would I get all aUT Please oblige e. e A READER You Tou will find a 8 detailed d. answer to your you ques question D In section compiled complied laws law of oC Utah for Cor 1907 Briefly If IC there are areno areno areno no children a B. surviving widow Is anti anti- tied led to the whole estate not exceeding If the estate exceeds that sum In value then the tile widow receives recel exclusive ex cx- e of oC debts and expenses The ex excess excess ex- ex cess of oC the estate goes one half lC to the surviving widow and the thc other half halt to the father Cather and mother or tho the survivor of or them and If IC both be ead then to the he brothers and sisters T TELEGRAM LEGRA LEGAL DEPT Friend nd of ot the People Evening Telegram On August 5 6 1907 A agrees to sell B a piece of oC property and agrees to take as part payment two city lots Each party part IB is to furnish abstract of oC title itIc on onor onor onor or before August 20 1 1907 07 The agreement agree STee ment meat was recorded But A In the meantime meantime meantime mean mean- time being offered more moro money for Cor his property sold It to someone else Now No B has sold old his lots lots' and is told that the agreement on 00 record Is a a. flaw to the title of oC his lots Jots Would not that agreement agreement agreement agree agree- ment be outlawed ere era this It also states on the agre agreement ment that thal I it ft either cither r failed to d deliver ll er tho the clear titie on or before Au August 20 20 O. O 1907 the agreement would be null and void old I Kindly inform me through your Our paper SUBSCRIBER As a general rule attorneys and other persons won web deal extensively extensive with real estate titles consider an any agreement cx- cx by b the owner o of ot the property for fora a a. sale thereof which appears ars upon th the abstract a a. cloud upon the title unless this agreement has been carried out or unless It has been released d. d Whether hether the agreement referred to is 15 barred by the statute of oC limitations or is void would depend upon uron an In examination of oC the paper and a consideration of oC alt all the facts and circumstances This question should be submitted to an attorney Even though an attorney rna may advise you ou after aCter full con consideration of oC the whole hole matter that tha t the agreement l Is unquestionably bl void old nevertheless It mIght be considered considered consid consid- ered b by a prospective e purchaser or his attorney as a cloud upon the title so that you might find It advisable to either cither obtain a a. release front from the other party or expunge It from the records bv by b a a. suit TELEGRAM LEGAL DEPT I I I Friend of ot tho the People Peole Evening E Telegram In Utah where a husband dies wIthout without without with wIth- out a 0 will m do the tho wife and children re receive receive re re- equally equall one half of oC the tho estate Can Cnn the husbands husband's people people- claim anything What Is the tho law covering this In Utah A SUBSCRIBER When a husband dies Intestate that Intestate that Is Is without leaving ln n a will will-the will wife Ite inherits one half the tho estate In ca case calu there is but butone butone butone one child third one of oC the tho estate In cn case e ethere there is moro more than one on child and all of the estate up to In case lle there is 18 no Issue In case the estate tate Is worth more than the wife Inherits the and one half of oC the remainder the other halt half going to the father and mother of ot the deCu- deCu deceased ed or his other Immediate I Ir r relatives ea In case cale his parents are dead |
