| Show duchesne Du chesre newest county august 1014 editor standard on oil july I 1 ista tl 1314 1914 1 the voters of wasatch coun county t 1 ii decided by a majority in in round numbers of about ore one thousand to create duchesne Du chesno county out of the otora os tora part of wasatch county ab aa boon as the returns of 0 the election are certified to governor spry by the secretary of 0 state the governor will issue a proclamation la stating tle result of the vote in each division of wasatch county that the creation of duchesne county will take effect and be a county in the state of utah at twelve noon on the first monday in january following and give the boundaries ot of the old and new counties in the meantime much must be done by the people ot of the new county the county seat must be located by vote and the officers elected to conduct the affairs ot of the new county for the next two years our neighbors in the old wasatch county who have kindly consented to let us have our own local self government also have considerable work relative to the new county yet to complete all of the records affecting the titles to real and personal property must be copied in exact detail and certified to the officers ot of the new county the treasurer ol of wasatch county will as soon treasurer of 0 duchesne county I 1 Is s duly qualified furnish him with a llanot all of the taxes collected this year in this division of wasatch county together with his warrant tor for the entire amount less the cost of collection with all p f these necessary steps taken ahe the people ot of the greater part of 0 tile the former uintah indian reservation will be able to enjoy the benefits ol of local self government that sacred heritage of the american people at the regular election on november 3rd ard tilts this tail fall the location of 0 the county seat will be determined and the first set of county officers chosen there will be eleven officers to be elected as follows three commissioners sheriff clerk assessor recorder treasurer attorney supt bupt of schools and surveyor the county commissioners may combine the duties of any two or more of the offices and permit them to be discharged by one person in wasatch county tho the offices oi of clerk and recorder are now combined the salaries of the county officers are fixed by the commissioners tally must be pid paid monthly and in Duch duchesne esue county tho the maximum annual salary provided by law Is as follows commissioners Commissio neis 0 a c ch h 00 OO 0 O sheriff Shirt fr clerk supt bupt schools recorder assessor treasurer attorney 00 surveyor the salaries will be fixed by the new commissioners at their first meeting and will probably be below the maximum for some time ta 1 n this new county the office was not created tor for the salary but the salary tor for tile the office there are eleven precincts in the county so with the eleven elective D officers well distributed ns as they should be no one precinct could furnish very many of them with the cosmopolitan population of which the reservation is made up having come from all of the counties in the state and from every state in the union and from all walks 0 of f life no precinct or section of the county can claim a monopoly on the qualify qualified by training and emp experience fience to hold these responsible pu balc 1 l offices ernest if burgess assistant county attorney |
