| Show PUBLICITY SHOULD BE COMPULSORY I Remarkable Situation Regarding Re Re- ding garding Laws Laus and Ordinances Ordinances nances Enacted J J. ah alt Should Come Out of the Dark Shed Dark Shed on All Public Acts Every ery man woman and child chUd is 19 table lable to to arrest and fine if not im- im if the laws and lancsa o of the State and community re e not kept Ignorance of ot tho the laws Ts will excuse 0 10 one The defense of ignorance or will not get very far tar tara fara a 1 any court But what are arc the laws and the or- or How can one keep from them It if he knows not what hey bey are There may be no ion on of ot infringing infringing- but simply lack f C knowledge There may be ordinances and laws assed that violate the liberty of at all all et can be used even if not and cause anyone anone anyone consider consider- blo hlo annoyance and if in- in violated Passing laws in the dark ma may b be 11 right in the land of the kaiser but butof butot ot of in Enlightened Utah Yet this in m be done as aa there is no law com- com t elling the various law making law making dies to publish ordinances or laws j that people may know about them Many civic corporations do this ut t the fact remains the they are not impelled to publish the tho ordinances i 1 a newspaper so that people ma may mayad mayad ad Jad and have knowledge knowledge Nearly every State in the west has hasich hasich ich laws except Utah which is behind in this Important latter and where law making bodies bodies' ant to put something over it can 3 easily done Some well meaning official may I ilk of the expense of doln doing this but could expense be thought of ot when it leans cans so much to the people at large ho must obey the ordinances and ond ws we that ar are enacted Really can free tree enlightened people afford not have Us its laws lawa published Here is an important matter that Ie e members of ot the legislature should at the next session and wo WG 11 it to the attention ot of the voters id ld the men who vho seek leak to become embers to fo tho the legislature and those Id lId over The legislature will be bo asked naked to toss toss ss a law compelling the publication all laws ordinances and reso reso- ions ions Ion in a newspaper where they ce e effect as a matter of at protection every person Failure to pass the v v. v or not to vote in its favor will be eked into very vory carefully and we well ll Lt ask why This is the sixth article on the theas ns as needs and usefulness of tho this entry newspaper to a community Ie e next will appear in an early issue the CHRONICLE |
