Show CHURCH PROPERTY ogden democrat sept SO 20 it Is evident that the law ot of 1662 which madott unlawful for any church tion in ft a territory to 0 o hold more than worth r th of property la Is a dead letter and wo might in aswell aa well bo be repealed repeated there WM little sense displayed in its passage while millions of 0 dollars are represented la in die the church property ot this country there Is little danger that it will ever reach the proportion port ioa ol 01 the fourteenth or fifteenth centuries or ever become a menace to society Bo clety the law confiscating certain property ot of the mormon church wa was passed an as a special measure against an organization which was held 03 a violator of law judge juilio laya says th is law kawwas ata iniquitous it may be that the judge know whereof ho he speake ue so have the sub surjeet jeet As A tha the law think tends however and has been enforced I 1 wo 0 think the matter to be discussed 1 is the dt dis dosal of the property KO so cheated ea NY we agree with auito judd that it shoula return to the people who contributed it A As it 1 is 1 in possible to do no so directly under the ex ox lating 1 ing law it 1 Is beat best that it should be devoted to the maintenance and perfection of the public school system at 0 I 1 I 1 the he territory that judge bradley malo a new sp application plia ol 01 the doctrine of eres cu Is 1 doubtless clearer to tho the understanding of a ft lawyer than that of an editor hough though we doubt not net that it if the legal gentlemen were to earth a h for or precedent precedents hey they would flud enough to v arrant warrant almost any perversion of the doctrine rine doubtless Doubt leu where the supreme court departed farthest from the rule wax w not act in changing the destination desti natio no of f the church pors personal onal property but in not designating Igna ting a new use ai as near as possible in cinfo conformity amity with the original mention intention ot of the dona torn under the law asit aj it stands the beit to complete this new application ot of the old ohl doctrine I 1 is to place this fund in the territorial treasury I 1 or and benefit of the public schools I 1 I 1 1 4 I 1 1 4 A |