Show NO NEW COUNTIES FOR TWO YEARS AMENDMENT DEFEATED legislature WILL BE ASKED TO PASS LAW PROVIDING FOR HOLDING ON reserva TION AS WELL AS HEBER the people of the reservation must be content without a new county for at least another two years 1 iho I lie constitutional amendment pro laing for or the creation of counties ay by the state legislature was over df defeated feared as all tile the uther other amendments 11 ibis his comes us as a great surprise and as a disappointment to many who lad had hoped to see fleo at least a majority voted upon favorably the county seat of wasatch county la IS a long from the of i enervation population at wails dom tho ruse itose toll olt aud and COLI countey ULly ana to make the trip copel especially dily in the hie winter time biks a upon who must attend court lue ilie amendment imen ament reLE received ived tho the fealty of tile the lusin and ruthei points but not cloubil to ovet louie tile the opposition elsewhere one reabon tor the mcfeat was probably proba oly Le because causo of the tg of on oll a in the resolution as ilie legislature may by general law tor for the formation of new liew counties and locating the county scats scabs thereof 11 whether that part and locating the county beats thereof means that the legislature be empowered to 10 locate CILtA the county seats beats or that thai the provide laws for 10 lo cating such county seats was not exactly clear to all the voters an opinion from judge alvans of provo when ho he was in vernal was to the effect that the legislature would be empowered to locate the county seats seata I 1 here will le be an etton made to liane a bill introduced at the coming bession of the legisla legislature tiAre providing for or the holding of coult elsewhere than ban at tho the various county seats the alie constitution of the state says cays that district court shall be held four times a acar at the county seat until otherwise changed by law if such a bill Is passed by the legislature court tan call then be held some whre where on the reservation another defeated amendment was waa with kith reference to taxation it N as proposed sed to assess property nea nearer re r the full value and lower ioner the rate of taxation taxi tion to alio resolution providing for the increased pay of the members of legislature from 4 per day to 8 per day went down with the rest A large number of voters were willing that the pay should be increased but they thought 0 jump from 4 to 8 was too much had the increase been only 6 tile the chances are that the amendment would have been carried |