Show SALT LAKE COUNTY I TO HAVE NO EXHIBIT No Fund Funds Available For Of or I In State Fair In Is hA A Attorneys Attorney Report The county commissioners cannot le legall legally le- le gall gaIly make a special appropriation to provide funds for tOI a count county exhibit at atthe tho the state fair and for that reason renson Salt Lake county will not be represented with an any display at the tho fair which opens next Monday londa Yesterday tho the coun county attorney sent to tho commissioners a written opinIon opinion opinion ion to tho the effect that under the statutes sta sta- ta- ta the commissioners aro prohibited from making malting any special appropriation of or count county funds for or exhibition purposes It is cited that tho the legislature provided for such exhibits b by conferring specific specific specific power upon county commissions to lov levy a tax at the tho time of ot making tho annual tax lex lexy for exposition and nud exhibition ex ex- purposes No other othor means could bo be found In Inthe Inthe Inthe the statutes by the attorney for tor providing providing providing pro pro- viding funds and hence he ho advised ad the commissioners that thc they could not le legally le- le gally iy make an expenditure from tho the general fund as planned for tor the ex ex- ex hibit In consequence the commissioners denied the petition of ot the tho Commercial club that a n special appropriation be made to prepare ft n Salt Lake county exhibit at tho the fair When tho the commissioners fixed the tax levy le for the year ear the tho matter of ot the tho state fair was overlooked ed and no provision provision provision pro pro- vision made for that tax As a result the tho booth which Salt Lake county used at tho the fair fall last year ear was loaned to the fair association and will be used by some somo other count county possibly b by Weber eber county It Is said |