Shriver v. Bench

CROCKETT, Justice.

The question presented for determination is whether the setting of salaries for policemen and firemen is a proper subject of initiative or referendum under the laws of this state and the home rule charter of the city of Provo.

Ed. B. Shriver and nine others prepared such an initiative petition and presented it to I. G. Bench, Provo City Recorder. Upon his refusal-to accept and-file it, they sought a writ from this court to compel him to take the necessary preliminary steps to submit the salary issue to the electorate in the municipal election this fall.

Provo’s city government…