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Show PART OF DAVIS COUNTY TO BE I ANNEXED TO WEBER COUNTY Petitions Arc Being Circulated in the Precincts of Clinton, South Weber and South Hooper Preparatory to Breaking Break-ing Away From Davis County Ogden Is Market Town For All That Region. For tho past number of mouths residents of the northern part of Davis Da-vis ceunty have seriously considered the nfatter of segregating a part of the county and having It annexed to Weber, and some have gone so far as to say that there Is a possibility of cutting the county in two and annexing part to Salt Lake and the other part to Weber county. However, How-ever, "this is mere speculation and It may never be accomplished, as it is not considered likely that the people of that prosperous section would seek segregation and annexation The question of annexing a small strip of Davis county on the north-I north-I ern border line to Weber county has taken definite form and, at the next county election, the electorate of thq two counties will be called upon to vote on the proposition. Attorneys T. R. O'C'onnolly and A. R. Hejwood of this city have been engaged by the petitioners to look after the legal end and they arc now busy prepar jng to present the question to the people in legal form. Speaking of the matter this morning morn-ing Attorney O'Connolly said: "The northern part of Davis county, coun-ty, extending about a mile and a half south from the Weber county line, is seeking for annexation to this county. Petitions for that purpose is now in Circulation throughout the precincts of Clinton, South Weber and South Hooper, and are being signed by the majority of the legal i voters of that portion of Davis coun ty This is the first step necessary. After the petitions are signed by tho majority of the legal voters of these precincts, one petition will be filed with the county commissioners of Davi6 county and the other with the county commissioners of Weber county, who will place the proposl- " tion "before the voters of Weber county and Davis county at the next fall election. If the proposition is favorably acted upon or carried at this, election, the matter will be passed pass-ed up to the governor of the state for his proclamation. "From reports received from the circulators of the petitions, more than 90 per cent of the legal voters of the above precincts have signified their intention to become citizens of Weber, for the reason, as they say, Ogden is their market town, and Farmington, the county seat of Da vis county, is too distant, when it becomes necessary for them to transact trans-act business at the county seat." nn |