The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-02-25
THE LIQUOR BILLS.
The Substitute as Reported to
the House Yesterday.
FUR WILL SOON BE FLYING.
The Opinion of Member on the Fort
Cameron-Insane-Asylm Matter The
Views of an Acknowledgement.

There will be lively debate when the |
report of the committee now considering
the recommendations made by the Joint |
committee on Fort Cameron is made to
the House, and it is also intimated that
fur will fly in the Council. Opponents to
the splitting up of the asylum are fortify- |
ing themselves with facts and figures. and |
it is claimed by these that there can possi-
bly, be no economy in purchasing and
renovating Fort Cameron, as per the re-
commentators of the committee One of
those opposing the committees recommend
ations said yesterday: 1'There is no sense
in dividing the asylum, but if a majority
of the assembly see fit to do so, why not
take the reform school at Ogden to Fort
Cameron, and use the former building as a
branch asylum?. Fort Cameron Is naturally
adopted for reform school, and the Ogden
building would make much better asylum
than the fort. As the board of directors
in their supplemental report say, if the
present asylum is finished, there will be
room for $50 patients and this will satisfy
the needs of the territory for many years
to come. That there will some day be
necessity for a branch asylum, there
can be no doubt, but until that
time comes, why should the territory
be put to an annual extra expense of So, 900
or more, in order to main tain branch at
Fort Cameron? Then, besides, it is imper-
alive that the asylum building be fin
ished; because in its present state it is
not fire proof, and unless it is finished
Utah will furnisht to the world one of the
greatest catastrophes of modern times.
There is neither rhyme nor reason in the
report and recommendations of the COM
mittee and believe the House, at least,
will show the good sense of the members
in voting down such an absurd PROPOSE
tion''
A prominent architect Mr.. Kletting, has,
it is understood, made thorough inspec-
ton of the plans, etc., of Fort Cameron,
and from his report made to the committee,
it is evident that there can possibly be no
economy in the proposed change. He says
there is nothing to be gained and every
thing to be lost by dividing the asylum,
and in so doing he gives the changes that
must necessarily be made in converting the
buildings at the fort into asylums for the
and yet he shows that to reconstruct the
fort so as to hold eighty patients would
cost more in proportion than to finish the
asylum and furnish a capacity of from 800
to $50. His figures are convincing.
THE sUBTITUTE LIQUOR BILL.
The committee on judiciary yesterday
reported the following substitute for the
three liquor bills: Section BE it en-
acted. ETC., that section 215S of the COM
piled laws of Utah be and the same is
hereby amended to read as follows: Sec
tion2l5S, S. 3-The county court or the city
council, as the case may be, shall determine
the amount to be paid for the license
prayed, which shall be at the rate of not
less than 5000 nor more than 81 800 for the
period of one year; but licenses of the same
classes of business shall be uniform in
amount in such city or county. The court
or council granting such license shall also
determine the time for which the license
shall be issued, but no license shall be is
sued for longer period than one year nor
for a shorter period than three months.
Section 2-That section 2160 of saids laws
is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec
ton 2l60, s.. 5-Any person licensed as herein
provided, who shall knowingly give
sell or otherwise dispose of any in
toxicating drink to an Indian, in
sane or idiotic person, or tx
any minor, apprentice or employee under
twenty-one years of age, or who shall per
NIT any of said persons to be and remain
in his place of business where such liquor:
are sold, without the consent of the par
ents, guardians or employer thereof, OF
who shall give, sell or otherwise dispose Of
any Intoxicating drink to any person who
is known il the community in which he re
sides to be an habituai drunkard, shall b.
held and deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and on conviction thereof shall be fined il
any sum not less than $50 nor more thai
5000, and the costs of prosecution, and il
default of such fine and costs shall be i'm
prisoned at hard labor until such fine ant
costs are paid, in the proportion of on
days Imprisonment for each dollar of tn
fine and costs. Section 3-That subdiyis
ion /, of section 2161 of said laws i
hereby amended to read as follows
1-Sell, give away, or otherwise dispose O.
any intoxicating drink at any time durin,
the first day of the week, commonly Gale,
Sunday, or upon any day which is now O
hereafter may be set apart as legal holi
day in the territory, except for medicine
purposes upon the prescription of physi
clan. Section THAT section 2169 of sal
laws is hereby amended to read as follows
Section PIG, S. lit shall not be lawful fo
any person or persons, either licensed o
unlicensed, in any city or county in tn
territory to sell, give away, or IN any mar
ner dispose of, directly or indirectly, an
spirituous, vinous or other intoxicatin
liquors on any part of any day set apart, O
to be set apart for any general or specia
election for territorial, county, munic
pal, district or precinct officer, e1
cept school trustees, by the cit
zens in any cleo ton distrie
in any of the counties or municipalities
this territory, except for medicinal pul
poses, upon the prescription of Tphysi
clan. Any person or persons violating th
provisions of this section shall be deeme
guilty of misdemeanor. Section 4-Ths
section 2170 of said law is hereby amende
to read as follows Section 2170-Any ply
stefan who shall issue to any person a Or,
scription to obtain any Intoxicating LIQUOR
at any time, when the sale or disposal ther
of shall have been forbidden by law, sha
certify on said prescription that in h
opinion as physician the health of tt
person to whom the prescription is issue
requires and would be promoted by tn
particular kind of liquor prescribed. An