Show MAYOH CHURCH MY MAY HOLD TOP IN LOCAL political hL GAME according to legal opinions written by one of the leading law firms of salt lake and concurred in by the state attorney general the offices of city marshal and city justice of the peace in eureka city will be vacant at noon on monday of next week un less appointments are made prior to that time by mayor mayo r church and said appointments confirmed by the pres ent 1 city council in that fhe mayor would f find ind himself X a post tion where he can emoroy ay someone to till fill each of these offices until such time as the council will agree to confirm his appointments mayor church has been at salt lake during the past week tor for the purpose of consulting with attorneys regarding the cament in which he found himself when he assumed his office a month ago and the coun ell cil refused to allow him to select from his own political party a man for the office of city marshal the mayor was elected on the socialist ticket and four out of the five coun oilmen are members of the citizen s party I 1 mayor church who served eureka city as a city marshal for tour four years has a very good knowledge of muni cipal affairs he made the state k 4 ment some weeks ago that an officer appointed for two years could not hold office indefinitely and that there was a limit to bis his term after securing legal advice he says there can be b no qu question eastlon about this matter and the way is now clear for him to ee cure a marshal of his own choice as well as a ji justice stice of the peace he ile lanot P S ot so much concerned in the other othor appointive offices and says that all he asked of the citizen citizens s party council was permission to name the marshal which was denied him he ile then refused to make any other appointments point ments mayor church says that the chief reason for changing the state law and making the marshal an appointive official was to make sure that there would always he be the best of feeling between the mayor and the police force in all cities of the state under the old system one party might elect a mayor and the other a marshal and there would be little or no chance tor for either to accomplish anything with the other working against him the members of the legislature framing and passing the law had it figured out that when a marshal was appointed by the mayor both would be pretty sure to work together harmoniously |