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Show i ,, Mzoncrr: BOX 2SW CITY SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Governor Fights for More Funds For Water Reclamation Project Utah get more funds. The Senator also said that the subcommittee was working under a ceiling for the overall budget. What we want to give to you we will have to take away from FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1973 County Deletes 27 Parcels for Tax Sale It Already Owns Officials 3-- 71 81101 from the County Congressman Owens Submits Gun Control Bills to Congress Auditors office disclosed that Two bills dealing with gun they had to remove some 27 par- legislation have been cels of land from the property Wayne Owens. The tax sale on which delinquent first isbyaRep. bill removing the reproperty taxes have not been maining restrictions on the sale paid. Thirteen of the 27 parcels of someone else. Not only will the Public Works land are already owned by Salt Lake County, according to Appropriation of .22 calibre ammunition, imposed as part of the 1968 Gun Control Law. The second bill will amend the section of the hear from the Utah delegation Thomsa Shreeve, chief deputy U.S. Code dealing with firearms, for the needed fund but they plan auditor for the county. to penalize the use of firearms in Sub-committ- ee i I Governor Calvin L. Hampton Utahs Governor Calvin L. Rampton and Utahs two ' senators told the Senate Public Works Appropriation Subcommittee in day long hearings that the State of Utah needs from $23.8 million in funds for the Central Utah Reclamation Project next year to prevent possible water rationing in the Salt Lake Valley. The Governor said that it was only the unusually good snow-pac- k in the mountains in recent winters which has enabled Salt Lake City and County to meet the sharply climbing demand for water in the valley. Senator Alan Bible of Nevada is the chairman of the committee which heard the pleas from the Utah delegation and responded to the request that they would do the best we can to help to ask the House Appropriations Committee. The request made by the Utah delegation included some $20 million for the Bonneville Unit, $1 million for the Jensen unit, $800,000 for the Upalco and $1 million for the Ute Indian Unit. Governor Rampton said after the hearing that if the Bonneville Unit funds were not increased delay in the delivery of drinking water to Utah's major population centers could force rationing within two to three years if the state goes through a dry year instead of the recent heavy snowpack winters. The Governor also said that the area is in serious need of additional municipal water systems. The governor took exception to the conservationist view saying the desire of the conservationists to see growth stop doe not mean it will. We still have babies in Utah and I dont see any likelihood that they will come to a halt. Were not talkink about supply water to support an influx of new people from out of state. Were talking about water for the natural growth of the populace as a whole. Government Study Commission Meets Tuesday in Murray H.S. The Salt Lake County Government Study Commission, established by law under S.B. No. 184 in the general session of the State Legislature, 1973, and by a resolution of the County Commission, is engaged in a full study of the nature and effectiveness of Salt Lake County Government, and looking in to the possibility of adopting a new form of County Government, in compliance with the Constitutional Amendment which passed in the last general election which authorized counties to adopt optional forms of county government described by the Legislature. The conclusions of a Study Commission will be submitted to all county voters for approval. The Study Commission feels it is very important to get input from all citizens in Salt Lake County, so will hold their meetings in different schools in Salt Lake County, the next one being at Murray High School, 5440 South State Street, Tuesday, 1973 at 7:30 p.m. in May 29, Room The Commission urges all who are interested in modernizing Salt Lake County Government or those who do not want changes, to attend a Study Commission hearing, and discuss this vital subject with the Commission members. Bob Moore, Salt Lake County Democratic Chairman, will present his views on County Government. There will be a question and answer period. Following this meeting at the Brighton High School, the next will be held at Highland High, 2166 South 17th East, Tuesday, June 5 at 7:00 p.m. Future meetings and speakers will be announced through all media. The public is always welcome. Questions related to the Government Study Commission activities can be addressed to its offices in the County Complex, 151 East 2100 South, 151-15- 3. 328-702- 8. The county apparently purchased 11 of them at a 1968 auditors tax auction and the other two at a similar auction in 1963. The problem developed when county officials somehow failed to remove the 13 parcels of property from the tax assessment roll during the years since the county purchased the land. Also eight other parcels of land are owned by the Utah Highway Department and were acquired by the state mostly in 1968 and 1969, and one parcel of property was acquired some 16 years ago. At the time taxes for the current year should have been prorated up to the act date of title changed from private to public owners. However, the State failed to prorate and the taxes for the entire year involved on each became delinquent on the regular country rolls, but the county cannot clearly convey a lien title on the state land. Five other parcels of the property have such defective descriptions that the county cannot convey a legal title to them. Some of the parcels involved have rights of ways dissect them. Some of the boundaries do not close and in others streets also dissect them. An investigation indicated that the improvement on some of the properties or buildings on them had been torn down nine years ago, but assessors continued without verification to send out annual tax notices for the nonexistent improvements with the assessments becoming delinquent. Newly Elected Officer Selected for the S. L. County Bar Robert Anderson, a Salt Lake City, attorney, has been selected as president of the Salt Lake County Bar Association. Mr. Anderson is in the law firm of Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall and McCarthy. The associations 700 members include attorneys from the Salt Lake Valley, Davis County and Tooele County. Other officers elected at the meetings, Robert Van Schiever was elected vice president; Gordon Robert, secretary, and Craig Adamson as treasurer. any felony. shells are most among those generally used and it is aggravatsportsmen, by to and dealers sportsmen ing to have the continued requirement of reporting and record keeping. The records are never used and are a waste of time and money, commented The .22 calibre a-li- ke Owens. have examined the various control gun plans and can only conclude that gun control legislation would not solve the problem which those who advocate them are trying to correct, stated Owens. The restriction on ammunition is not effective in any way in keeping it out of the hands of would-b- e criminals. If a person is so intent on committing a criminal act with a firearm, he will find a way to acquire both ammunition and the gun, regardless of restriction, Owens said. I Rep. Wayne Owens On the other hand, providing stiff er penalties for those using a firearm in commission of a crime will better serve as a deterrent in preventing the number of violent crimes committed with firearms. It is obvious that the best way to deter criminal use of a firearm is to deter the criminal himself. It should not be at the expense of the sportsman and citizen, concluded Owens. : TODAYS BTC EDITORIAL Energy Crisis is Real supplies of domestic energy in the United States have been a leading factor in our economic growth, national security ana high standard of living. The U.S. now stands as the largest consumer of end ergy in the world. Americans consume about of the worlds annual output of fuels, or about eight times as much energy per capita as the rest of the world. The trend in U.S. energy consumption has been upward, doubling over the past two decades. By 1985 the demand will double again. Experts predict that by the year 2000, we will be using three times the energy were using now. The United States gets its energy from these sources oil and natural gas, 75 per cent; coal, 21 per cent; hydroelectric power, 4 percent; nuclear power, less than one percent. These ratios will change over the years, but the volume of energy required from each source will continue to be tremendous. In recent years, because of a number of political, Abundant, low-co- st one-thir- (Continued on page 4) |