Show Wight ASks For Division of Wasatch Wasa I c jf I Majority vote ote in bo both h parts arts would o l be I necessary necessary 1 k Q J J Election under proposed b bl bill l co could ld be beheld be beheld beheld held text next July to decide on division IJ i a 9 q Election Election to determine 1 1 i st t set of officers rs' rs l I could b be held next next Janu January ry 1 Having in mind a division of Wasatch county into two counties counties coun coun- ties Senator L. L B. B Vi Wight ht of the t fth district introduced a measure in ill the senate Monday Monlay providing that qualified ed eJectors electOrs electors elect eJect ors in a county Y may mav agree upon a division of that county into two counties By the terms terms' of the h hill bill r whenever Ocr a majority of the voters rs of an any r portion portio l of ofa a 1 county wish wish to be he detached II from the county and anet form fortis a anew anew new county and petition th the county t to be bc al alJ allowed al- al J lowed 7 to form fOrm a a anew new new county the county c commissioners rs shall 1 call cull a special Jle election to d determine determine deter deter- ter mine the question If a majority of the cl electors of each cach of the two districts of the county shall vote ote in favor of such a di division ision the thc governor governors governor's s 's cla i rt i f fib n o f fOil anew a Oil new county The bill provides that the petition asking askin for an an election shall shaH he be presented tie be- foe fat the thc first Monday in May Jay and the the cl election shall hall he be held the following July If the proposition proposition prop prop- ll carries the governor g governor proclaims the exist existence of a an anew a anew n new w county count on and after the first Monday Nonda o of Jan January ary following follow follow- in ill ing the election Th The board hoard of f county com commis- commis mis- mis rs of the county from front which which the new county is is formed may pray mayall I all call a special election in the I portion forming the new county coun coup ty tv to to determine the county I seat and acid the county In officers c to serve until the next general election Salt Salt Lake Telegram I In n an interview in the rib rib rib- une ne Rc Representative Van Van Wag Wagoner oriel oner of Wasatch county said The need of the division of the present Wasatch county has Inn long h been ell app apparent rent The rhe coup coun I tv ty now has a population of about of whom live in iu that part of the county which it is sought to form into into I I i I I I I a new county th the remaining retraining 1000 residing in what will remain re main Wasatch county that county that is the western section of the ter ter- In Iii the eastern section there are thirteen school districts and the western section has nine school di districts Ninety-five Ninety t her er cent ell t of the people of each section are re desirous of making ih a h new county The present arrangement arI arrangement ar ar- r entails much hardship hardship hard hard- ship because of remoteness of such cities runny many prosperous cities 4 ius as i Ny Myton ton Roosevelt and DuI Duchesne Du Du- chesne from chesne from th the county seat I II Heber Heher City People on the ea eastern tern side are compelled to crass eros cross a n high mountain ran range e in incoming incoming incoming coming ti to th the county seat sent The desire is so to divide the county that every erv every one olle willbe will willbe I be be be satisfied and I 1 believes believe there I I I wo would ld he be no difficulty in arriving ing at a n satisfactory boundary Ii line ne There is also a proposition to annex a st strip IP of Uintah county t to the n new w county will be he created out of a Wasatch sa t ll but hut whether her this matter will ill betaken be betaken taken up has not l been ell deter deter- m mined The chief desire i is to avoid the possibility of f. f adverse constitutional provision to the plan of dividing iding Wasatch and andin in iti pursuance of that desire e it may mav he be decided that the thc simpler simpler simp simp- ler plan pian of procedure will he be to divide Wasatch satch without reference refer refer- refer I ence to C Mr Nr lr Va says it hithe is hi the opinion of eminent attorneys attorneys that the division sought can he be accompli m accomplished hec violating any of the provisions pro oJ of tit ulion Article XI NI section f fr of of the r constitution of Utah Itah is as s' s follows follows fol fol- l foJ-l lows The IThe The several counties of the Territory of Utah existing at the he time of the adoption of I this constitution are hereby o recognized as legal subdivisions of this state and the precincts I and school districts now existing exist exist- I lug ing in ill sa said id c ci unties as ns legal J Ju subdivisions u hel thereof and they thc shall so continue until changed I by law in pursuance of f this article x xIt It has Ion long been an nu undetermined undetermined mined question as ns to I whether it was wa in iii the Ju jurisdiction of the I legislature to pass a co county division di di- Oi vision bill nH ninny many attorneys s claiming that it would be unI un- un and that a change in an of the county boundary ar lines of the state could lever effected until constitutional constitution constitution- he be a n on al l amendment were adopted I The rue weight of judicial opinion opinion ion ion however r would seem seem to tobe be he that there i is nothing in iu the fore foregoing section to preclude th the legislature froth passing abill abill a abill bill changing the boundary lines of counties The rhe Record u understands that Attorney General Barnes ha has giyen giren mt as his opinion that there is nothing unconstitutional in is inthe the thc proposed bill If such is the fhe case it will undoubtedly become be he- corn come coma a law In Li this event l an election could conic be held next July to tn either ratify or reject county and rand next Januar January Janu- Janu ar ary an pan m min to decide the location of otlie the c seat county mid acid determine the first Hi-at set of f officers to hold until the next general election The Thc matter of nf county division divi divi- sion of Wasatch county has diVi 1 had hada ln l ln a n checkered career Possibly the lucky luck 13 added to the number of the century will do dothe dog I the busine ine 8 Senate Bill No I I I 82 introduced by L B. B Wight of Summit c is a bib hill I providing ways amid and means to separate the county i t. t At the general election eJection in in 1906 there was a l proposed cotil co con constitutional 11 amendment heff re rethe rethe rethe the people providing for the di division division vision of counties It fail failed t t b p Iri IDOO 7 I Rock ock M. M I. I Pope Pope-gota hill bill through h both houses providing pro for caw coun county I Ity ty di division sion It went to the gray g v vernor f for r his signature the j attorney y general said it wa wu unconstitutional and nd the gov governor I vetoed it it fin In 1911 Sena Sella Senator Senator tor tOl Wilson Vilson was vas t the author of a I successful resolution asking the people vote vole on a c county di division vision ion amendment to the con COIl II It J t en carne me up at It the thc thelast thelast last general election and nud was I overwhelmingly o d lie defeated e f fe e l i t l' l d. d Comes n now w Senator Wight a ith itha a n. n proposed hill bill which it seems will ill have a n better fate than pr previous d t efforts forts made mad in behalf I I of J div dividing old oid Y Wasatch According to the Stilt Salt Lake press however Ye there seems to tobe tobe tobe be so many man v attempts being made to tack on on amendments to it that that feature may nay in iii the tite end defeat it or 0 tender render it impracticable Anyway it is isnow isnow now up to t the le le legislature Inthe In Inthe I the course of the next few weeks weeks weeks' the committee to which it ling has been heen referred i in 1 t the senate senate senate sen sen- ate will report on it Then it will go to the hou house e anc ant be bc referred referred referred re re- re- re to the committee om mitt e on counties and then be le e either p passed or rejected by hy t that mt body hody If there then are amendment to it the senate will take m tit rc ru re ac HC action ac- ac action tion on it If such is the th the case it will be he referred back to the house ct etc etc etl and it inns mav in some sonic shape or another reach the thc governor who will consult with the thc attorney r general aa na to to its constitutionality and mcl if the ad adviser it itis itis itis governors governor's legal says is all nil right Governor Spry will sign it Otherwise it will become become become be be- come a 1 derelict On the thc other hand it may Inay go as ns some sonic bills occasionally do through h slick slick- as a whistle But the thc bill is in iel squarely before the legislature tt and like all hIlls bills its destiny hangs in the balance 4 I |