Show publication OF ordinances there has been some doubt in the past as to whether the publication ot of ordinances passed by a city council was compulsory A careful reading of the old law would indicate that ordinances ordinance in ances must be published but tile the new code places tile matter beyond dispute by render rendering illIg publication obligatory fl liga tory in lan language guage put to the test we believe several of tile the ordinances of logan city would be declared invalid because not published another requirement of law Is that the council shall cause to have published a sworn statement of the financial condition of the city this has bas not been complied with for at least two tio years in this con connection lection another tiling thing occurs to us that is that the pound keepes keepers of wellsville fly rum smithfield beld and other cities in the county strictly comply with the requirements of justice and the law by publishing estraya committed to their care and about to be sold by them the of logan city continues the antiquated method of posting notices which of course are never seen by interested parties we ve happen to know of a recent instance which may yet cause trouble and put this question to a thorough test A gentleman lost a colt that lie le valued it is proven by the fact that he advertised offering a reward for its ledurn jat t tile same tirre time that colt was in the pound the owner examine I 1 the notices published in the journal and aid a id as it was not published he never for a moment suspected that tile the colt was beng held by the of the town he be lived in and still less did he think of reading the notices tacked on trees and billboards bill boards ile he finally learned by accident that tile the animal had been impounded and sold without the publication of a line concerning it lie ire talks of rep levying and recovering possession in which case the matter will detested be tested publication much cheaper and more satisfactory sat than lawsuits logan journal tile the case thus brought brou glit to the front by tle tile journal proves that tle state legislature of utah should pass pa a law makin making tile the publication of estraya before being sold compulsory as in other states the case quoted is only one of many t that hat occur in utah every year and is gross injustice to the 0 owners ers publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the districts where the estraya are impounded is 14 the only t true rue e and proper remedy |