Show NO MORE ml TO BE 61 CHARGED ON holdin DELTA ROAD TOLLS COLLECTED IN PAST ARE IN VIOLATION OF LAW ACCORD ING TO ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE people traveling between here and delta will no longer be harr harrasser harrass assed cd by the collection ot of tolls on the road it if wi the orders ot of the attorney dene generali General rals 3 office are In forced the opinion that ELII all past collections ot of toll are illegal will probably mean that tho the contractors will Vs be required to refund tolls collected from numerous people who have passed over the road during the tha last ast few dieks the following published information from the attorney generals office states the legal phase of the situation what is thought to be a direct violation of the law in exacting toll for tho the use of 0 a detour road on the delta holden state highway ww waa ro ported to the state road commission yester lay members of the millard county school district reported at the capitol that they had been required to pay 2 a vehicle tor for traveling over a do da our which had been by the contractor Mw com tractor now engaged on the delta holden highway hugh hilton one ot of the delegation said he had paid 4 to men named denton and elitle Lt I 1 of the contract held by the state road commission win wih tile wylor river lilym W land nd water company for cor building the road showed theaon the con tract to have been regularly signed in au d awarded but tailed callea to 10 reveal any special provision where the contract ar r might collect toll the matter was taken up with W hal farr assistant attorney general who immediately re ported it to the millard county attorney and asked that some action ie he taken his letter this road is is a state highway and a fedorak aid project and the contractor who is constructing it has a ou tract with tile tho state slate road commission whereby he agrees to maintain a letour in order that the road may bo be ept open for or traffic at all times I 1 understand that it Is the contractors aders that this toll fee be exacted from rom all persons using the road and this his he has no right or authority to do in my opinion he is violating lie 10 por visions of at section compiled laws ot of utah 1917 which makes t a misdemeanor tor for any person to barge toll on oil any public highway without first having been granted a license or franchise to do so this on tractor Is by the terms of his hia cia tract bound to furnish a detour md ind even though ho he ana alas no not t done so 10 has no power or authority to col oct act the toll tee fee and it he does so to ie la Is collating vol lating the law mill you take this matter up with ho he contractor as well as the parties bove eve referred to who I 1 am storm inform d collected the tees fees from ono one hugi ilmoni and advise them that unless ills money is returned immediately on will follow |