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Show IHUNTSVILLE REFUSES TO DIE I j Iluntsville as an incorporated city dies liarJ, as many things have come I up and are still appearing to upsit the plan of dissolution. Some of the people of that city are not yet satis-fled satis-fled with the manner in which the business of the defunct city has been handled, nor are they content with j the adjudications made In certain Instances, In-stances, i When the people of Iluntsville vol- 1 ed for disincorporating, the business affairs of the municipality were turned turn-ed over to Judge Howell of the Second Sec-ond District couit for settlement,! and. the court, iu fact, became the i administiator of the estate of the de. fuuet city. 4To bring about a fettle-ment fettle-ment of some of the affairs of l lie estate, notice was published that, on j July 2S, of this ear, all claims I arainst the city should be presented ' to the court, that they might be eon-1 sidered and an adjudication of them ' reached Julv 2sih came and U'e claims were libd, but tho court did not make the adjudication until Air;-1 ust 7. because of press of bm.lni s. I No protests were at that time flU-.i I against any of the claims by any of I the c.tlzens of Iluntsville. I Among the claims was one In la-vor la-vor of the Utah National Bank of this city, amounting to something over Ooo. It was allowed with the other claims On Octol er o, l'.no, a number num-ber of citizens of Iluntsville filed a protest against allowing the National Rank claim, and the matter was heard in the d. strict court I his mornlnpn a nioliou for the reconsideration of the claim, the ruling of the court being be-ing that the question could not be reconsidered. The attorney for Ihe petitioners cn tended that oe notice of the adjudication adju-dication of the claims had not been given the people of that city and because be-cause of that they did not appear and set fortn their objections to the approval ap-proval of the claim of the Utah National Na-tional bank, July 28. The attorneys for the defunct city maintained that due notice had been lven in the publication pub-lication In the Standard of the time when claims against the city should bo presented, and that there could bo no further action In the premises. The couj-t stated that, if the approval ap-proval of the claim of the bank were now to Ik; set aside, It might Invalidate Invali-date other proceedings in the set-tlement set-tlement of the Iluntsville affairs, il" said that a 2o-mlll tax had been levied lev-ied and a part of it collected, and that many other things had been done in tht? settlement lo be finally had that might be largely affected by such an order. The court also maintained that the people of the city bad due notice of the dislncorporatlon. the manner In which the buslnei'S of the defunct city was to be settled and that the pet il loners had failed to take advantage of fhelr riybt to protest against the approval of thf w:eount In question at the time required hy law. The attomev for the iietltloncrs states that the question will tie submitted sub-mitted to tin- supreme court for a decision. |