Show municipal laws and regulations Regulation i the tte city council have bad published of late elate a compilation of all the city ordinances that are axe now in forc eor that have not been repealed and the pra presumption is that the municipal authorities from the mayor down to the lowest ministerial iderial it erial offic officer t er of the corporation intend that hereafter the ordinances rules and regulations that have been made ordained and established for the tha peace benefit good order regulation convenience and cleanliness of the city for the protection prot ecIm of property therein from frony destruction by fire or otherwise and for the halt health hait and happiness thereof shall be honored honorea and observed and every wilful viola tion of the same I 1 either by the descendants of shem japheth or ham ilam shall ba punished according cloudin C to the true intent letter and meaning I 1 ng of the law 0 A it is superlative nonsense to make rake and OT or dain daia any law or rule for the benefit of the in habitants of a city or for any community unless thosa whose duty it is to enforce obedience nic e in the event actis astis generally the case the law ignot is not honored by that class of people for whom it was made by unhesitatingly 0 and punctually causing every transgressor to pay the penalty attached atta atia ched for its wilful violation the ba law has no terrors to evil doer sunless the forfeiture is required the drunken brawler and an drowdy rowdy will continue to parade the streets da day Y after day and night after night to the great disquietude of all good citizens so ion lon long iong g as he can do so with impunity but if the law ia iv prohibiting 1 0 such conduct is enforced in every ey instance either by fine or otherwise he will be very apt to improve his course of life 0 oc seek a residence elsewhere the certainty of punishment even it it is will prevent many from committing crime that would not be deterred by the exist existence enea Knee of a rigid 0 law when the chances are decidedly jec dec I 1 aly lly in favor of their escaping thy th penalty affixed either by not being arrested or if taken into custody and arraigned for the offense by getting clear in virtue of some gome technicality nica lity or by bv some influence that may be brought to bear in their favor the circumstances that have transpired in this city and county as well as in other par parts ts cf of the territory and the difficulties that have attended the enforcement of municipal and statutory law are well understood and there is no disposition on our part to find fault with those who have been in trusted with the administration or execution of municipal rules or the laws of the territory during the epoch of anarchy from which utah is now emerging however when the time shall shail come if it has not already arrived when written constitutional law can be enforced without hindrance by hy tyrannical usurpation it is hoped that there will be no flinching by municipal authorities nor nr by any conservators conservatory conserva tors of the peace in the execution of the laws lawa that have been provided for the peace good order and safety of society there certainly can be no more favorable opportunity presented for making makin t some little improvement in such matters than the one now offered and if the city authorities shall deem it a expedient to take one short step in that di re action they will unquestionably have the hearty operation cooperation co of every law abiding citizen |