| Show Ruling Made By Attorney General Chez What appeared to be bo an election ole and dilemma fourth gurt for tor CH class titles cities cs and nd towns toTOs of the third was cleared this tr week w v when that Attorney General Joseph Joseph Chez hS held there We Is lS an nn Inherent t power in the people to nominate officers In the ab ab- absence sence of restrictive statutes He lie said he has found 1 no restrictive statutes HI did He TTA J was H believes that what the legislature Stature ft entirely unintentional Intentional and that It did not mean to deprive the smaller communities of a means of conducing cOnducting primary elections He lie held that they they- have for authority to provide by ordinance I the conduct of the thc Primary elec elec- The legislature he said could not have meant to do a foolish thing But assuming that the legislature did did in direct language leave third class cities and towns without a II method of conducting con con- conducting ducting the primary election It Is my opinion that the power to regulate and provide for rules to determine nomina nomina- nominations nominations of candidates In third class cities and towns Is a power concomitant with the tho granted power to elect such officials and Is an and necessary power to the tho objects and purposes of or the tho cities and towns That being the case the cities titles and towns have ha authority to provide by ordinance for tor the conduct of ot the primary elections By Bp what I have said I do not mean that an ordinance must be passed but I suggest that such an ordinance be passed so as to give to all the tho participatIng ing candidates s the certain rules to be followed in their candidacy Mr Chez told some of the things that should be contained In the tho to be followed In n carrying out the thc elec elec- tion This affects the elections in the townsand towns townsand townsand and cities In Summit county since we havo have no first or second class cities clUes The above ruling was made by Attorney Attorney Attorney ney Chez upon request of or Orlando J. J Bowman Dowman county count attorney of Davis county who wondered whether the cities and towns would have to continue on with their present officers since the thelast thelast last legislature repealed the old laws s setting up the machinery for conducting primary elections In small cities and towns and failed aUed to put anything In their place |
