Show THE COUNTY THE dispute over the office of collector for salt lake county promises prom iaea to be spirited and may be somewhat protracted tr we give place to the full text of county attorney murphy Murp hya s opinion furnished to the county court as aa a guide as to its action As is usual in such casee came each side thinks it has the law and that it is bound to win there is enough ambiguity in the sections of the statute involved to give reason for these opposing opinions however we incline to the view that collector hardys position is the stronger because all the provisions of those sections can be carried out on that standpoint while on mr williams ground gromad supported by the attorney one provision might be entirely en lirely contravened namely that which declares that the county 0 collector o shall be elected biennially in the even numbered years if that pro vision stands as we think it must then the elections on the odd numbered years are void and there can be no election for county collector until august 1892 courts generally consider existing laws and parts of laws relating to the same subject in part pari materia they will construe them together and recognize their bearings one upon the other and wherein they do not conflict will not dot declare any portion void or inoperative when all can be harmonized it is because of this that we think the present incumbent has the best of the argument but the opinion of mr murphy is entitled to weight and the claimant to the office has baa some grounds for his bis position though the attorney admits it is far from being impregnable being not free from doubtful ness 19 the matter will have to go to the courts and meanwhile mr hardy H a ady will hold over and hold on it may take some time to settle the dispute |