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Show oo CITY HAS NO POWER TO REGULATE FARES SALT LAKE. July S. For the ec- ond time the sapieme court of I'tah decided yesterday that a city has no I j power to rcgulote the rate of fare Charged by n traction company, that J being left exclusively to the public uMiitips commission. Murray City on March 23, l!0f, 1 granted to the predccissor of t!ic Ftah Light A- Traction company the right to construct and operate a street railway through the city. Iatcr on, May 8, 1919, the board of commissioners commis-sioners of the etv of Murray passed an ordinance revoking the franchise granted the :h Light A Traction oompany and i'.n predecessors, the revoking re-voking ordinance among either things ' designating what rate of fare should i be charged for the t ransport in rj of pas- I Bangers through the city of Murray' and to nnd from Salt Lake a' '.pulntlng I that no more than one fare to be 'barged for the service. Other provisions provi-sions are ulso provided The chief Consideration, It '.s stated. for the granting of franchise was the agreement agree-ment upon the part of the traction eoinpany to transport passengers over; ifx line at the rate of fare stipulated In the ordinance oo |