Show Court Orders School Board To Restrain From Moving Office 1 rf Duchesne Taxpayer Enters Suit Against Board For Ordering Move l Of Offices To Roosevelt An injunction against the Duchesne Duchesne Duchesne Du Du- chesne County School Board restraining restraining restraining re re- re- re straining them from moving their offices to Roosevelt was served Saturday afternoon on behalf of Geo C C. C Kohl a taxpayer of Duchesne Duchesne Duchesne Du Du- Du- Du chesne county and they were cited to court on July to show cause if any why why- the restraining restraining re re- re- re straining order should not be made permanent Mr Air Kohl a resident of Duchesne entered the suit following the announcement announcement an- an last week that the school board had at their regular meeting on the the 2nd ordered the removal of the board from Duchesne Duchesne Du Du- Du- Du chesne the county seat to Roose- Roose evelt L L. L A. A Hollenbeck and Rulon Rulon Rulon Rul- Rul on J J. J Larson Duchesne attorneys made a trip to Heber City with r Mr rr Kohl to get District Judge Abe Abc Turners Turner's signature on the restraining restraining re re- straining order Friday after after- noon N No Funds Appropriated The suit was entered on the grounds that the school board action action action ac ac- tion called for tor the erection of an office in Roosevelt for which the budget carried no funds that the I action was taken secretly and I therefore could be construed as a conspiracy and that as the school district is an arm of the county S government its office should be at the county seat Several other allegations were in included included in- in in th the complaint as drawn UP At a mass meeting called in Duchesne Friday owning evening citizens citi- citi z eons zens ns from the west part of Duchesne Duchesne Du Du- Du- Du chesne county pass passed d a motion ordering the appointment of a committee to work with the attorneys attorneys attorneys at at- in handling and financing the case The heads of the Duchesne Duchesne Duchesne Du Du- Du- Du chesne American Legion on the Duchesne Duchesne Duchesne Du Du- Du- Du chesne Ci City ty Council and the three Duchesne civic clubs the Gateway Gateway Gateway Gate Gate- way club the Commercial club and the B B. B P P. P W. W club dub were asked to select a member from their organizations to form this committee com com- Price Attorney Retained The members selected Wm H H. Case Mayor C. C H H. Selch Geo C C. C Kohl lohl Ed Hart and Mrs Hazel later met and selected selected selected sel sel- Mr Case as their chairman B B. B W V. Dalton of or Price attorney who has gained a considerable reputation in the Uintah Basin l has been retained by this committee committee committee com com- to assist the local attorneys in handling the legal side Bide of the case The school board at a special meeting held in Roosevelt Wednesday Wednesday Wed Wed- evening decided to retain attorney Ray E E. E Dillman of Roosevelt Roos- Roos 03 evelt to defend them in the action This meeting was set at the meetIng meeting meet meet- Ing which decided upon the change to Roosevelt and was set as the first meeting in the new location The Tho place of or the meeting was not changed even though tho the offices were not moved Three Tree prime reasons for opposIng opposing opposing ing the move more were given by Mr Case chairman of oC the committee selected at the mass meeting 1st Mint HUll the move Is not economically sound 2nd that the decision constituted constituted constituted con con- an attempt to make a t football out of the school board offices and 3rd that the school board is an arm of oC the county government and as such should be located at the county I seat Costs Increased In n substantiation of his claim 1 that the move is la unsound economically economically economically econ econ- Mr Case has made a personal survey of the distances which it would be required to travel to visit each school from rom the two different locations and has found that It would take miles to make the trips from rom Roosevelt as compared to to tomake make them from Duchesne In the distribution of supplies he says that there will be the difference of the freight rates rotes from Salt SaltI I Lake to Duchesne and from rom Salt Sal t Lake to Roosevelt approximately 25 cents per hundred Ibs lbs higher at Roosevelt assuming of oC course that they can be distributed as cheaply from Roosevelt as from Duchesne which he claims is doubtful |