Show Four S Go to o Voters o Nov ov Election coi t ora Editors Editor's Note This Tills Is the fifth and last of n a series on the four con amendments which wilt will be on Utah's November No 7 ballot This Uon is designed to allow each Utah county to adopt by vote of Its residents the form of government go best suited to their county's particular needs neds Iro Proposition No 4 1 t would amend the Utah Constitution to allow each ench county to select the form of county government which best meets that county's needs l provided the voters of the county approve approve ap prove e Ih the new form At Al present all Utah counties must ha have ve the same In form of county government govern ment regardless of oC size si population pO or 01 special problems PROPOSITION NO 4 will appear on the ballot as ns follows Shall Section 4 Article XI of the State Stale Constitution be amended to permit the Legislature t to tan prescribe alternative forms of oC county government from which counties may nay select sect subject to referendum dum dun the form which best serves each county's needs reposition Proposition No 4 has been ben endorsed by both bolh Governor Calvin I. I L L. Hampton and Republican gubernatorial candidate Nicholas Strike and in the Democratic tic and Republican state platforms Organizations Or which have endorsed the county government measure include UTI GO for Effective Government Govern Govern- Government ment ment the Board of oC Commissioners of oC the Utah Stale Slate liar Itar the Salt Sail Lake Area Chamber of oC Commerce and the Utah J Jaycees IN 1896 it was determined by the Utah legislature that thai each county would have haxe hllen havea a n commission composed of three commissioners commissioners com missioners and II 11 other elected county officials Today more than titan 75 years la latel later tater ta- ta ter tel county governments in Utah are arc 1 1 I. composed comprIsed except that the offices of of- fires of county coroner county collector roller roller- tor tot and county superintendent of schools have been abolished In 1970 Utah's population was WIS five limes times as large as ns It II was in 1800 1890 The predominant characteristic in the is Its Us urban nature More lore than thun 70 percent of the states state's population lives in urban areas arcus The percentage of Utah's population in urban areas arcus is above the national average Nearly 80 percent of the slates slate's population is concentrated in the four Cour Wasatch Front counties THE DRAMATIC increase In Utah's population has not been heen uniform throughout through out the stale slate In 15 of Utah's 29 counties counties coun coon ties the is nearly neatly the same within 2000 as it was in 1890 Six counties have actually experienced a n decrease decrease de de- crease in population in recent years while seven or about one fourth of oC the counties have grown at the same rate or above the fivefold fold Increase by the stale slate as a n whole About half of the states state's population new now resides In Salt Rail Lake take County which now has nearly half a million people In contrast flute Wayne Rich JUch and Daggett each have fewer that 1500 residents residents re re- Daggett Utah's Ulah's smallest county has a n population cf of PROPONENTS PROPONENT OF the amendment feel it is wise to offer flexibility in the form of county government Jo The recommendation of for Cor Kf El Government is that the restrictions lions of uniformity in county government be removed so that the citizens of oC each county can be he free to select the form of government best suited to lo their particular particular par par- nerds needs In a n recent speech before the Utah Association of oC Counties Dr VI Dallin II H. Oaks president of HYU BYU declared The citizens ens of this nation expect and have havea a right to lo have their local government functions performed without duplication without artificial and wasteful lional boundaries and according to lo the most efficient professional standards DR OAKS praised the Utah Legislature Legisla ture lure for overwhelming approving the constitutional con con- amendment which would permit per mit optional forms of oC county government govern govern- government ment and allow each county to select the prescribed form that best suits its ne needs ds If adopted by the voters this November November Nov ember the constitutional amendment will bring government closer to lo the people peo peo- pie pic lr VI Oaks declared r I A I f i ig id g d r k d 51 ItC r 3 r rk MEMBERS of th Uintah District Scouting Committee are front left to right Marion Marlon Wall Cub Roundtable commissioner Ronald Perry Eagle Scout committee Joseph Winder vice chairman in charge of back row Kenneth Wall training chairman Clyde Andrson district commissioner commissioner commis commis- Lester H H. H Bartlett committee member Gordon Thomas committee member Loun bun Easthope Scout Roundtable and C. C Brian ONeil O'Neil district chairman |