| Show LABOR 10 AT every session of the legislature for many years past there have bees been presented petitions and bills for or amendments to municipal charters the present session ot of the assembly is being appealed to in toe the way smithfield cache county has asked tor for additional powers only out to be disappointed ana nepha jubb county is we understand about to ask for a du charter arter which her own citizens have prepared I 1 henceforth all such appeals to the legislature will be in ia vain at least until congress shall repeal existing legislation which it is not at all likely t to d do the act ut of congress of june thy 1881 prohibits prohibit territorial legislatures from passing special acts granting or amending A apal charters hence no matter how bow willing our present assembly might be to grant favors of this kind it cannot canao do 40 so the labors of the citizens of nepal in preparing a city charter will prove entirely ent frely fruitless unless ideas ideas embodied tn in their result can be utilized in a general law upon the pub t towns and municipal lations ia 14 the territory may save rouble ay noting the fact that ww 3 can be obtained and old ola coups amended ony in the manner manne specified 11 in n general laws and as atan at present has no general law upon this subject sube cl cities atia an towns must remain as they are in reaped charter privileges privilege until a general is passed the on municipal corporations are engaged in pre ring a bill upon this and it J s it likely X ely that onu will ie be matured and passed which will afford the relief required |
