Show DUTIES OF THE CO nONER I 1 tie me has rights bights also and ana shoula b bs caicea to hoh In quests EDITOR JOURNAL please allow me in your valuable paper to answer a few questions asked by many of my friends concerning tho the of my duties in the position in which I 1 have been placed by their votes at the last general election the questions referred to are in connection with the deaths by suicide that have occurred in this county since jan 1st ast sly MY answers to the public to these questions aro are because I 1 have not been notified of the sad events as is provided for by the law according 1 to my unde understanding bstanding anding of the spirit and the letter of the law it becomes the duty of any citizen residing in this county or any other of the territory as soon oon s as they know of the death of any one supposed to have been caused by unlawful means that they th cy notify the coroner of such buell an event and he shall proceed immediately on receiving said notice to enquire into the causes that led to the sad event and if in his judgment it is necessary to hold an inquest he be shall do so it itis is plainly seen by this there are duties testing resting 0 with the people that it is necess necessary ary for them to attend to to enable the officer to do his duty while touching upon this subject allow me to say that I 1 have been somewhat surprised at some of the proceedings as they have been reported to me I 1 have been informed that there are public officers in this county who have stated that it was not necessary ry for an inquest to be heli held unless it was so wished by the relatives of the parties fo for r my own part I 1 think that if such statements have been mado made by public officers it must have been done clone so without proper thought arid and was certainly out of place if the theory of some men is to be carried out that wherein a person destroys their own life in the presence of others that it is not necessary to investigate the matter then upon the same theory it might ca be truthfully said that if one man killed another in the presence of others there would be no necessity of investigation but my understanding is that a proper investigation should be had and a record kept of the causes that brou brought ohl their results while it rests upon me as a public servant of the people to act in the capacity in which I 1 have been placed by them I 1 believe that I 1 have a right 0 to ask of the public who have placed me in this position to assist me in the discharge of the duties thereof as forne have asked have I 1 qualified for that position As provided by law my mv answer to that question is yes now mr editor will you please answer one question for me if it is proper in in salt lake county and weber and utah the three most popular counties in the territory for the coroner to be notified of all such instances why should not the people of cache county show as much respect to their thair officer holding th the 0 position that is not very verv desirable nor yet much sought after several of mv my predecessors in office feel that jhc thc they were riot not respected or sustained by the people as a rule and have h ave rather urged me to make a statement in the public paper as they feol feel arid and have felt for years past that inasmuch as the statute pro tides such an officer r to be elected in each county lie he has a right to expect to be sustained in the duties of said baid office as long as lie is striving his best to fulfill them now a little on another subject it may be interesting to some of your r readers to 10 learn something in re regard ard to the amount of snow that has 0 fell in this settlement since since the th of november 1892 1802 till the of march 1883 1880 1 I am able to report to you that the amount was 74 inches and that there was thirty two snow storms could give you day and dates but feel it would trespass too much on the space we are expect expecting tin to have on our r cheese factory start now in a short time as the building is all up and covered in and plastered the machinery and vats on hand ready to place in position people are quite anxious for the grass c rass to grow so that their cows may have baye feed to make milk JOHN KING MILLVILLE may esth 1893 |