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Show County Prepares Ordinance to Force Capping of Wells Action to compel owners of artesian artes-ian wells to shut them off will be taken by the Utah county commission commis-sion at an early date, the board decided de-cided Monday. W. Stanley Dunford, county at-' at-' torney, was instructed by the com-' com-' missioners to request Attorney Gen. Joseph Chez for an interpretation : of the state law in regard to the - jurisdiction of county commissioners commission-ers in such matters. The ordinance will not be drawn until a reply is received from the attorney general. In past years much water has been wasted by allowing artesian wells used solely for irrigation purposes, to run all through the winter. It is I the intention of the commission tc end this waste by the passage of an ordinance. |