Show NEW COUNTY A matter of rakph interest apparently to 0 ho residents Kenta of the former uin tax radiant right now and imek is wei discussed is it new courty county abat how to go about the securing ee curin of it la is the vexing problem the population of that section Is ia nn an largo large enough to warrant the creation of a county the territory is certainly vast enough the people peo leof of the wasatch portion of the reserva reservation tio n have a long way to go when they desire to transact business at the county seat in the winter time especially during soma sora of the months the way to heber is almost impossible that country is being settled at a most moat rapid rate and in a very few years thousands more will locate there what action is necessary for the creation of another county in the state has been asked over and over again it is the opinion of bopae of the attorneys that an amendment to the constitution ution will have to be adopted while oth others era think not there is nothing now in the session laws so far as we can discover providing for the changing of the county lines or for the forming of new counties the constitution puts it up to the legislature article eleven sec tion ono one of the state constitution has this to says say the several counties of the territory of utah existing at the i time of the adoption of this constitution are here by recognized as the legal subdivisions sub divisions of the estate state and shall so continue until changed by law in pursuance of this article another section of the same article I 1 says no territory shall be stricken from any county unless a majority of the voters living in such territory as well as of the county to which it is to be annexed shall vote and then only under such conditions as aa may be prescribed pi described bed by general law all of this is not so very comprehensive com preben to the average person but at first firs t glance it does not appear that an amendment amend ment to the constitution is necessary in the opinion of the writer who by the way is not much of a lawyer I 1 the legislature of the state is empowered to create a new county in order to induce the legislature to act the people of course would have to act with vigor and make their wants and wishes known this will all require time and it is ia very doubtful if it could be accomplished short of two years |