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Show 1 .'i'ni:i.v (,i;m:i:i. i.ivis , iii'IMiin os in; ANIMALS ON IIK.IIWAV 'I'i:e f ii, - i; an of.inion rc:i- rlr-rc ,y 111"' A'turlley Oneral " tlie Stale: "Mr. Ilov.aid ('. Mi-atis. Chi.-r Kni'i- neer, S:a:e Koti.i ( ia is ;ion. ii'-ar Sir: , I have your U-Mer of O. 'ol.er .". d r in whi'h you call my attcni'nn to a condiiioii in Hoic of the conn!;, ; -' tin- :-i it,- v. !ic,-e 'I nek men are ; .rjvj,..; ;!ieir vh.-vt and rtifli; ovr ' the roa !h :md da ma .in then, and you ii"k t he '(pie ;t inn j i to whet hi r ,r not the Slate Hoad Commission . ,. the fount v Comnii 'taoncrs. or ' either, can legally as-iess an, colleid I'miia':' ' l"i i!ijnr'en done t!i" hlcli- ;iy by r attle and i.lieej,. Yea state also, thai it ia your i ntlei st a nd in 1; 11, at the Stale Itoad ('(1111 mission can f prohibit I hi; drlvint; of slock over I istale hlrhways if sifh stuck ate J ! -nnt-jiiL? the highway to any e- tent. A; lo tliii latler prnpoail inn 1 1 '"'II say 1 1 1 -. r sub liviMion "II" of 6 Section L'R',2. 'hapler r, 1 . Cnmplleil f Laws of 1 I . elves to the Stale Z Koar Coui'ni; inn jcuwr. V "I'd foi'tinilale nub';', and rei-ula- lions (.'overnini: the use by 1 1 1 public " of Ktate roads siirh as may be ner-Z ner-Z c airy to provide lor the public safe-T safe-T ty ami aicainst undue n:,e of the Stale roads." Y I believe under power conf, red 11 1 , 1 1 theSt.il,'' Una I ( 'nui 111 i: ion f it wnu'd have the r I (' ll t lii malie a 2 '''lie pr...,ii)nK 1 It" di'lvlii:: of kI 4 or callle (,ei- certain hirhways h it 7 it v.oubl al be for you In I'urnh'h . a way l!ii'mi"h which nhecp or callle I or other auiiiiabi may be driven. In X liil't nf III" said llirhwav. Wllil- ihe coinmc;"lnn has Ihe power lo J ,,,',',! the hW'hwav. Hie public al C ;i,e .aiue lime have a ric.bl In ire t 1 h"iii anil lieie ii !,' a iit.-:; .ary Z )fJ ,1,-ive idieep "V callle I'inni one f l,inl In another wUhin Ihe tilale. I c,,.v ,v 1 ,. driven nlmu: the blrh- :.V IHlle- I icillie oliier I'll II I i'i f Aii lii Ihe 1 i : 1 1 1 In coll. . I ilimai'c 1 f-.r in i ii is In I he h'rliv ay. I will 1..1V " tlnil II pi mv opinion Hindi lll'.ht e-jutii, e-jutii, but It In tniilliied lo Hie County E " n i"n:i;misione-s of the County. In J this connection I call your attention :o the provisions of Sect 'on L'S41 1 J the Compiled Uas of Utah. 1 L 1 7 ' which reads. 'Any person who drive-: a herd n' horses, njles. us-io. cattle, shoe) m ifoal. or swine m,r a public hi'h j ' ay. wiiere such h.chway is o n g "ili-'ol on hilNble. -hail be liabb f i any Lamas ibit.e ,v i . -1 1 animal i in destroyin-; the lunks o' roliir.? B rocks into or upon sui h h iiii.ay B .i.iil !! ar 'inn ti.r sin h .lama-e siial S 1 e broi.-h: in the name of the routit; '.-herein such ilimaL-e d an, tile aaioiint received shall he pai' i' ' the county treasury, and it shai be the duty of liie nuin'y a'.ionn;. of Sid county to prosecute the aetion.' -.j. It wiii be seen from the language of this section that the right exists and the power is given exclusively !i' to the county to enforce the right. T Harvey ('luff. Attorney General. ;;is |