Show GLUFF RULES BOLES ON I SALARY ALARY QUERY Q County County Boards Right to Increase Increase In In- crease Emoluments Emoluments Confiscating ing Property for 01 Taxes Ta cs s Interprets Election Law Four opinions we were e handed down clown recently by Attorney General General Gener l H. H H. H Cluff In one of these I in answer to toa toa a query from Ezra Eira Ezra C. C Robinson J i county attorney of of Davis county i Cluff ruled that county c commissioners commission commission- r i l' l ers had the right to r raise sal salaries I I providing the decision was was r reached ache J I i i at the time specified by law a and acid d that j Ithe i the commissioners commission rs were ere allowed to 10 participate in iii the Increase I The law makes it manda mandatory for the I to to meet biennially three months before election election and and lind fix the i salaries t for l' l th the nex next two the attorney general sayS isle TUe only restriction restriction re re- I specified Is is' is isU U that lt salary a salary shall not be reduced during the term terIn for fOl which said officer was elected A justice of the peace is a justice in his own precinct and ancl in no other Mr Cluff ruled in answer to a question question ques ques- tion from LeRoy H. H Cox county attorney at attorney attorney at- at torney of Washington county In Irv the case in question a justice ot of the peace went into another precinct to take testimony of f a plaintiff In a liquor case with the sent consent consent of ot the tine defendant The defendant was found guilty and has since brought u up th the 1 point that the justice had llad no right light to leave his precinct If It only testimony testimony mon mony was taken in the foreign precinct precinct pre pre- and if the ruling of or guilty was made in the justices justice's home pr precinct Mr Cluff says the defendant has no recourse A ruling on confiscating property for taxes was made at the request of D. D D. D Crafts Millard COUl county ty ney In the case specified tax on a certain pie piece e of property was not paid in 1914 1911 r the the theland wag land land was waS' r apparently sei seized ed but the tax deed never made out In 1916 1917 1918 the tax lax was paid In 1920 the tire tax was not paid and the property duly conOn conOn conOn con- con On Last Page u From Page One ATTORNEY GE GENERAL CLUFF T RULES HUIES OX ON SALARY SALAMI QUI QUERY R Later the delinquent ta tax for 1920 was paid and the property reverted to the owner The county still has the Tight might to claim the property prop erty for the 1914 tax the attorney ruled but In this case the county must pay lay back all taxes ta paid In meantime In c case se of ot a special election in a a. city of the third class the purpose of which election is to vote yote a tax for 01 fora a special object property taxpayers are the only ones allowed to vote ore according to Mr r. r Cluff But Dut property property prop ert erty should be considered in ts s broadest sense and should include both real and personal This includes in eludes those who paid in 1925 aswell as aswell as aswell well as in 1924 The last aster Ister r is accepted as the register ot of voters for the special election |