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Show I Delinquent Tax lale will be SwalM ln Utah 'Conntv I Inefficiency of Enquirer Go,; Invalidates Tax Sale in Utah County, I AceorJing lo tlio bc lcnaimtli. I ority ,he salo of delinquent prop- I trtj in tlii? county this year will be I voIJ il not in nccordanco with tlio I (pecifictlpns of, tho Jaw, -Through I k loeflioiemtf oi; thoEn.uher I PuUSMhg Company,' the county I be Imt tn a most per'0llfi "lisii'l" I pmttgeand if it is tho wjll of the. I axpajers wlSe (ftjitifjueht,',thos I pouaty wHlh. flonsWorably the I Jofrsr in a financial way. Tho law I wearing to the revised statutes of I Uuhffction 2030 reads os fnl-I fnl-I o: OX OR BEFORE THE I FIRST JlONDiVY- 1NDEOE&-I 1NDEOE&-I BEllQf each year the-eounty treat?' I nrerrausf, under tho direction of I tie county (KimmisfioiierVv publish I' Jt delinquent list. ' I Tb county treasurer must publish ifitheiich list a notice that. unless I jk delinquent ta jt'e. Uogelhor with I 'it cosjs of pijbiLQ;j4vrQ. P A ID. I BEKUIB XUE5JRD,'MO- DAY OF D1?$m1$ER tho real I property iioii which such taxes nro I lein will be sold for tiixes. I' PUBLICATION MUST UK COMMENCED ON I OH BBKORE'TIIG .FIRST I M()N'DAY IN DECEMBER. I ff)lI.IbIEp FOUR f rVS LATE. I The faot o'f themijtte'.r i's'Uir I Enquirer did not publish tlio'de'lin-lijtMattyxl'Bt tlio'de'lin-lijtMattyxl'Bt until fopr full days ilntteftbf date tet by the stale law. 'AW'p to theolhWrs 0f.tho I potmty, e.py was. given to tile Eu- (uirer iu ample time and (he mat-wrelwuJ mat-wrelwuJ have been oytjyij accord-- ince with, tilt law. The tax list was rim of! early Friday morning, Dectmbir, 11, aud ittho. paper iu which it appeared was fakoly dated Dec 5, Their own ''"pajEor states th-tt tho country treasurer' signed' the order ! publication December "i, which (h two days after the jm Pr wen( to press. ' The jKiini to be . made is, the state law allows tWdeljuqiteu't tax-Were tax-Were two weeks' notice before the U kle begins. Wfdingtire4 o'weij'ip'ud l,iw, ' tlio s ile begins the THIllD MONDAY 1N-PEOBMBtlt. 1N-PEOBMBtlt. The.KjMircrl.'hVs. I'l'yslloWeil about ten dayB, whioh "" the sale of property void, ' kttigrOTlv "tif" ttiu'tpapeT TioT-" ithiilanditig. . Thon! A Cooley, America's !wdipg wrilur 0n constitutional law HoU outthe facts in the matter; j . we quote, b parti "Tho first pro-'"Jg pro-'"Jg usually required., of tthe Ijfw who la to make8 Uc s, lliit-! lliit-! shall give putitio notice of his potion to do 8o. ;UatiuaI wre is re,jn,rd In ob'e)iujjf i. l!re tioiiH r the Vtufeegurd--, "i natitet,ns no one,, w(h.. jsjeuWd.id toWU can he bound by u le V'eh ha W0 nn(u without it. j re is 'i I'Tuntinnul pnvinion' ' i,li,,Kont.l,MlltoiSMi:l If'"- "; wlmt the STATU Hi 's MALK SUFFICIENT JILST HKiiKEMEDijO. vISIO.N ls IT must BE ( OM-WITH OM-WITH SmiOTLY. '"wis ne, , the Imt important 1," tU'i'ds whi.l, hs beei. f 'elm! umtknry to protect the LITr tuxt(,: nml KoriirNu Mx Tlm ffILUUE OF fj Wht' the statute rtffflirwl t "u. contain a particular S ft statement of the hixfou 'each lot, a notico not containing it was hold void. SO WHERE THE NOTICE NO-TICE WAS EOll LESS THAN THE STATUTORY TIME, THOUGH BUT FOR A SINGLE SIN-GLE DAY, TTIE" PROCEEDING PROCEED-ING WAS HELD., TO IU3 .FAT-AKLY .FAT-AKLY 'DliJFEGTIVE AS IF NO NOTICE, AT i'Dll'lAD BEN GIYEN " ' .Several cases arc Jhon noted by Judge Cooiey setting-forth tho fact that many sales have been made yoid on tho grounds that notice had not been givou sufficient time nc-cording nc-cording to the statute of the 6tate. The reader is referred to Cooiey on Taxation,-pago a34-5, 1st' El.- If the above authority is correct, of which there is but a' meagre doubt, tho Enquirer company has placed Utah county in a position wliicn is feerious, The county can-not can-not mnko a valiif Uix Kilept 'cannot collect the cgst of iidvcrtiaing or the penalty. ' Through the blunder of the Empiirer the county lias lost power to enforce tlo law uccotdiug to the provision ' nmlc in the st-it-ute.i If any sale of delinquent property is made tiu tale will he invalid and tho only means of set-Mug set-Mug the matter 'riht wilt be by aii act of the stao legislature MOHK OAPK8 OITKO. "Tho notice must be published h the papers, and atintorvals, and for the length of TIME Sl'ECI-F1ED Sl'ECI-F1ED IN THE STATUTES," rfiyaftbe. Eiiglisliy aiid American Encyclopedia of Law, and mentions men-tions the following oases: "Wistar vs. Karamerer, 2 Ycates (Pa.) 99, where the deed shows upan it's face that tho requisito notice wna given, it is void." ' The' deeds of delinquent delin-quent property in this county could not correctly show that diy? notice -was given in Utah county this year because fhBuilicient notico was given tJirQUglUh'Q 'inefnoienoy .of the Enquirer, En-quirer, Tne reader is referred to the above "named boolc, pago 370-7 ACTION OFCOUNTY OFFICEHH. It is not known at this time what acllipi tjici J enmity , commissioners wil take in the matter. However, to show that they were in question about tho tardyneso of the list, it is TimTeTniTin,"fTiey" TiilwrneTTlTie TCnT quirer company that tho county , would hold the company responsible respon-sible fojr the IpfP, if, there bo any. Tho Democrat lias been assured that the Enquirer, received copy in ample timo to get the work out. It kin, however, stiitdl, by the Enquirer 'that'The oouhl not, ge the typo set "iii Silt Lake and home setting caused tho delay. . INEFFICIENCY 'OF 'EN'qUH'lEIt, j In the first plae,. any, able jirin-jter jirin-jter would ( have known that it is quite imprHctul to set a list of this kind with the nH;:l)anjonl plant 'owned by thtVInqu'irar, anil notli; I inyiudfaS '"tfil M $A(ed It is claiim'41 by the Enquirer that tin one in S.ilt Luke y.ould M-t the matter on u linotype for them. IStrani'P. indeed, tlii' matter. The i Democrat had twii ditlerent linns i offer to do the work. From ihis 'fot it would nut Keein thai the j Enquirer would huv,e any trouble ! in getting ihtir list tet. FAULT WilTII COMMJ(-SONIJR8. The real fault is with lie uttj qQinuljsMmicra iim'llowlng-iiieilimeufc phut'e'ifH take tho contract. The Euquiccr company took tho con- traot'to'got out tho election supplies. sup-plies. These were not delivered an the day 6ct and it cost tho county extra expense to get the supplies delivered according ts time prescribed pre-scribed by law. The Democrat made a bid for the publishing of the tax list and the first bid of this paper was lower than that of the Enquirer. For purely political 'reasons the commissioners com-missioners callel for ? now bids that tjfel Enquirer couhU file a lower bid which they did and tho work was given to them with the above mentioned men-tioned results. If ' the laws of the state aro to bo considered ,!tLuny value it is evident that tlu Enqutr-j er's iuonicioncy "111 Cjiiisu the county a loss nmiy times the cost i pf the printing, nml tin nbundance of trouble. W'n' the DEMOQRAT has only mentioned a few points of lav in tho matter thero nro many others tnat may be brought to bear. Besides this, tho opinions of several lawyers in this city have been solicited solic-ited nml without exception the delayed de-layed publication of tho delii qnent U. list, uco irdiag t their knowledge, know-ledge, will occasion tho county considerable con-siderable troubja if. tho tix payors care to contest tho matter. Tho county has no redraw as tlio Enquirer En-quirer company is not under bonds and tho only thing the county could vet nut of the matter would bo the holding back of tho pay for the delayed printing of the list. |