| Show THE SENSIBLE THING despite all the sarcasm which is being directed at salt lake Coun county tys s nonpartisan non partisan sheriff by an unsympathetic press and public who choose to refer to him as a church sheriff a recent statement by that official indicates that he be has a good wholesome attitude toward to ward the law and that he knows enough not to attempt usurpation ion of the legislative and branches of the government overn a thing which too many law ea e officers fail to appreciate he points out that so long as laws are on the suture books they should be enforced whether they are popular or not and that if they are undesirable their enforcement should bring about the re remedy trl edy his statement follows A number of complaints in regard to the enforcement of the laws of oe the state of utah have hake been received receive J by the sheriffs sheriff s office most particular among these are ae ones pertaining ta to the enforcement of the cigarette law which is apparently ignored by the public generally in reply to these inquiries as to whether the sheriff intends to enforce forcythe ethe the cigarette law it may be here noted that it is the purpose of the sheriff to enforce all laws ther they be popular or unpopular with the public if there are laws on the statute books that are bad laws the enforcement should bring about the proper remedy the offenders and violators of any of the laws including the cigarette law will be prosecuted if any of the laws are bad the proper place to adjust them is in the legislature and not in various law enforcing bodies of the state |
