State Ex rel. Wright v. Standford
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from the Second District Court, Weber County.— Hon. H. H. Bolapp, Judge. Application for a peremptory writ of mandate to compel the defendants, as the board of county commissioners of Weber county, to select from a list of three names submitted by J. A. Wright, the relator, as the member of the state board of horticulture for the district in which Weber county is located, the name of one of such persons to act as county fruit tree inspector.
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Appeal from the Second District Court, Weber County.— Hon. H. H. Bolapp, Judge. Application for a peremptory writ of mandate to compel the defendants, as the board of county commissioners of Weber county, to select from a list of three names submitted by J. A. Wright, the relator, as the member of the state board of horticulture for the district in which Weber county is located, the name of one of such persons to act as county fruit tree inspector. Eroni a judgment (refusing the writ) in favor of the defendants, the relator appealed. SUPREME COURT OE UTAH, State v. Standford. Counties are…
1Opinion of the CourtMinee, C. J.
The respondents contend that section 1176, Revised Statutes, 1898, as amended by chapter 47, Laws 1899, is enacted in violation of the Constitution of this State, and claims that it interferes with local self-government, which is impliedly, if not expressly, recognized by the Constitution, by vesting the power of appointment in other than 'the local authorities of the county, by taking the administrative affairs *156of tbe county out of its control, and placing them under tbe control of tbe State. It confers power to tax upon others than tbe corporate authorities- of tbe county. It imposes tbe…
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