| Show DIS I 1 it to the lb cl ci ibena ft of plies town since the editor ot the advocate has tendered space la in his paper to desir iss the apropo to the town ol 01 price and also a great nunilo of citizens of price titles have hare theLl a ai being in favor of I 1 w write rite this shul ly to inform the citizens bow horthy tavy cao can I 1 wint it understood ia in the first place lilacs that I 1 10 lo do thia this with ibe the best ot of eling feeling ft to all and hare no axe to grind and no fault to nod find but regard it as a allup imply ly a business busine pr the vu is U do coee it pay the citizens to bear beartle the extra expense of maintaining the corpora corporation tiou for the benefit bent fits derived from roia it if any would it it not ie be better to let the four to are dollar dollars of revenue now collect edby ed by the town bo paid into tho the county tr treasury treas easery nry instead of the town treasury it it is Is and we must main talu a county government and sod it if the revenue now collected by the town went into the county tand fand would not hect asar ly be high tle conaty must necessarily arlly bare funds with which to defray the expense of iti its government and the fewer sources of revenue it hae has the higher the tax rate ennst be bo it logically follows that if it ibe the five fire thousand now collected by the town went to the roan roun ty the county tax could be lowered pro portions port loci ely now it if a majority of the legal voter voters of price town desire to it will bf ir ne for them to take the legal at tape aa as laid down in the revised lle statutes of utah chapter 10 16 atlon tk whenever one fourth of tho the legal voters of tiny city town abald petition the district dittri ct court of tu I 1 county wherein such corporation Is situated tor for the ot of the aid said city town it hall shall cause to be published fur for at least thirty dayi days a notice taing stating that the question of discontinuing bucl u coi col potation po ration will be submitted to the legal voter voters of ibe the fame same at the next nest municipal election and the term of the ballot ball I 1 be he I 1 for and sod against dial not more than one such election lull shall be held in two years su so you yon see that the first tep step necessary Is for it at least one I 1 burth of tb abe legal flegal voters of price to petition the d district brict co court art for an order submitting the ques lion tion to the legal vaters at the nea next election some may ask the question abat hat will become income of toe tae property now owned by the to tawni writ section 03 of ills 1 revise 4 statutes provides provid ba that it will revert to 0 abe e school district in tho the aid said town burely this would be to a satisfactory disposal diep oeal of the town hall aa as the school district la Is very much in need of a new se hool house and it if it 4 the district nw saw fit it could doubt leea lem sell eel it to the cota county ity as the county ia is in need of a courthouse court house some may say that the property and the rights fit pf the people are protected by the municipality it if so 00 I 1 will say ay we have ills statutes which are readable and which give every protection that this or any other town can give in this state tat some iray troy say we need a marshal it 0 o I 1 answer we e have a sheriff on a salary whose duty it t is to maintain order and we wo also baye hate a constable duties are similar and who will be rea reaby ly to do his duty if needed I 1 am unable to see any benefit beneat to be derive from a email small town maintaining a municipal corporation and for one think that it would be to the best beat inter woof eats of the citizens rill ens of price to disi and am willing and ready to lend my hand baud to anything for the beet best interests int ereita of the town in which I 1 live livland and it a majority of its it citizens citi sens say we want to disla corporate I 1 am out with yon you it if not all is well I 1 can baud it if others can respectfully submitted to your intelli gent oon consideration J W baytr |
