Show enforcing municipal law during C the last few days col little the city in marshal arshal has been unusually active and stirring 0 and his hia presence in the most business and thronged thron ged streets of the city attracted considerable sid erable attention especially as he occasionally visited alderman cliftons Clin tons office around which there was at times no little stir indicating that something of more than ordinary interest was transpiring Z there had been no drunkenness no no shooting nor other violations of statute or municipal law reported dj and there ras vas ras vas much mucia anxiety manifested by bassert by to know enow what was up but at length the tile mystery was solve solved dl it after united states troops were stationed in utah and a vast amount of legal knowledge knowledg 0 e was imported which was gratuitously dispensed by judge and lawyer advocate and barrister the merchants traders and dealers in great salt lake city or many of them without distinction of religion 0 or politics became so thoroughly versed in the pi principles inci ples pies of constitutional law that they refused to pay license for selling merchandize merchandise dize within wiehl th the tho 0 limits of the corporation as required by the ordinances of the city and inasmuch as it was generally understood what the result would be in the event that an effort was made to enforce the law as sowe some of those before whom the matter would eventually be brought 0 if the judgment of the aldermans Alder mans or of the municipal court was not honored had unreservedly aly expressed opinions adverse to the authority au authority thorit Y and jurisdiction of the city under the old charter the matter was permitted to pass without action being taken thereon after the new charter went into operation an ordinance was passed and published ia in relation to licenses which several of those most interested in the hurry and press of business either did not get time to read or the perusal of it did not make the necessary impression upon their minds anait and it was to that matter the marshal was calling 0 the thelt at of the tho delinquents by serving them with notices issued by alderman clinton requiring them to appear ands and how show cause why the ordinance had not so far as they were individually concerned been honored and observed their answers severally As as reported ware were id ia accordance with the facts and andas as soon as they f fully ally understood the nature of the proceedings ce all was made right it wab was only an omission that will wui not be very likely to occur again very soon there was no effort made ta tc evaie evade or resist the law |