Show ANTS ANTI SKEEN MEAS U RE PASSES r off I 1 aw MOW N LACKS LACK s ONLY ahe govi i SIGNATURE L accusation against public officials must receive signatures of P property holder ir y i senator C R lis measure often referred tu as tile anti skeen bill because it was believed to be aimed al aa J D skeen of th i c city 10 passed the house and now only lacks the governors signature to bs come 1 a I law the bill provides that accusations accusation against public officials must receive signatures of property holders before I 1 receiving consideration the bill as nw now amended and passed by the house safeguards safe guards the public officers by making the person filing an accusation be a taxpayer the accuser shall prove guilty by th accused having knowingly wilfully and corruptly refused or neglected to perform the official duties pe pertaining to his office otice the alif Is as follows section I 1 that section revised statutes of utah 1898 be aal the same Is hereby amended to lead tead as follows I 1 when an n accusation in writing verified by the oath of any taxpayer shall be presented to a district court alleging that an officer with within I 1 r the jurisdiction odthe of the court ha been gull guilty ty of knowingly wilfully and corruptly charging and collecting illegal fees for services rendered or to be rendered in his office or has knowingly wilfully and corruptly or neglected to perform petford the official duties pertain pertaining frig to his office the court must cite the party charged to app appear ear before the court at a time thue not more than ten nor less than five days from the time the accusation was presented and on that day or some subsequent day not more than twenty days from that on which the accusation was presented resented must proceed to impanel aljury abury and hear bear the tion and evidence offered in support of the same game and the answer and evidence offered by the party accused providing that le if said accusation Is presented when a setting of cases cates under the rules of the court has already been had then the said twenty days lays shall begin to run from the date on oil which the last case casl iq i set and if on such hearing it shall appear by the verdict of the jury that the charge Is sustained the court must enter a judgment that abs baity accused be deprived of his office and taxed wita such colfs cost s Z as il ar ra allowed in civil cas cases e s |