The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-17
Local Option Measure Is Intro
duced in the House.
MANY NEW PROVISIONS
CONDOR WOULD ENDORSE PUB
Lie COAL MINE PLAN.


The principal provisions of the Ca
hOOn measure. which was discussed
vigorously in advance at the ministers
meeting last Monday, now officially
known as house bill No. 10. are as
follows:
Licenses are to be granted by the
councils in cities and by county boards
when the saloon is to be located out
side a city.
Notice of application for a license
shall be posted for thirty days in front
OF the room or building to be occu-
pied. If a majority of the legal voters
in the voting district protest in writ
ing, the license cannot be granted
Bond must be furnished In the sum
of $1,000 to insure the payment of fines
or damages.
No license can be granted for a sa-
loon within 800 feet of a public school
building, or in connection with any
theatre or other place of amusement.
Liquor License Fee.
The minimum retail license fee IS
fixed at $500 a year and the minimum
wholesale license fee at $500 per an
mum. If the amounts are increased,
the proportion must be maintained.
The entire amount of the license
must be paid in advance.
Saloons must be closed and locked
during such hours as the sale Of liquor
is prohibited by law or proclamation.
AJuElIR SDcn hours, sundays,
It Is made unlawful for any person
except the proprietor or members Of
his family TO enter the room. The fact
that any other person is allowed en-
trance during these periods is made
prirna facie evidence of violation of
the law.
Saloons must be on the first floor
and screens and blinds must be open,
permitting a view of the bar during
hours when the sale Of liquor is pro-
hibited.
only one license may be granted to
one person or corporation, thereby
shutting out the breweries. No per-
son may conduct a liquor business in
the name of or as agent for an
other.
Licenses cannot be transferred. nor
can the license money be refunded I'M
der any circumstances.
Dancing, gambling, drunkenness, dis
orderly conduct, sleeping or lodging in
the night time in any saloon is pro-
hibited
Restricts Sale of Liquor.
mo person holding a permit to sell
Intoxicating liquors under this act
shall sell, give away. or otherwise dis
pose of any such liquors to any per-
son, after notice in writing from the
husband. wife, parent or guardian of
suCh person, fOTbidd1ng such sale.
In case of holidays, emergencies such
as strikes or riots, or at any other
time when the public good requires it.
the mayor of an Incorporated city or
the president of the board of trustees
of any town or president of the county
board may forbid the sale of liquor
for a period not exceeding three days.
Sale of liquor by druggists, except
on prescription of a reputable ply
stefan. is forbidden A record must be
kept of each sale made under these
conditions. The penalty for violation
is fine of S25 for the first Offense, and
$50 to $50 for the second offense, with
imprisonment in addition in the coun-
~ jail for a term not exceeding ninety
days, in the discretion of the court.
Physicians are forbidden to issue
prescriptions in blank or in quantity,
with intent to evade the law. The
penalty is a fine of $50 to $50, or inn
prisonment in jail for not over ninety
days. or both fine and imprisonment.
Vine growers may sell wine on the
premises in quantities of not less than
one gallon without license.
Punishment Provided.
Violation of a provision of the act
Is made punishable by a fine of $40 to
$50, or by imprisonment not exceeding
ninety days. OF by both fine and i'm
priSonment. When a saloonkeeper vio-
lates the law twice. his license may
be revoked, and when he is convicted
the third time his license must be re-
voked.
No suit can be brought to collect for
liquor sold in quantities less than five
gallons at one time
Selling liquor without a license is
punishable by a fine of $50 to $50, or
by imprisonment for not over ninety
days, or by both fine and imprison-
ment.
Any saloonkeeper. upon conviction
may be ordered imprisoned until his
fines and costs are paid, provided the
imprisonment is not for longer period
than six months.
The old law on the subject, title 81
in the revised statutes OF 1898. is re-
pealed. The old act contained pro-
visions prohibiting the sale of liquor to
n female in a wineroom. and permitted
a married woman 10 sue for damages
10 herself or her children growing out
or the sale of liquor. These are the
only provisions Of consequence left out
of the proposed new law.
81 am a saloonkeeper," said Mr..
Cahoon, but 1 have always Obeyed the
law and kept my place closed on Sun
day. believe others should do the
same, and that they should be pro-
tected against the sale Of liquor by
druggists. The bill embodies my own
ideas. 1t places greater restrictions on
the sale Of liquor and believe il should
become a law"
Public Coal Mine
The resolution introduced by DR.. Con-
don bearing on the coal question has
beeTs adopted in other states It is
known as house joint resolution No
I, and is as follows:
ITO the Honorable. the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Con-
gress Of the United States.
whereas, Great suffering exists in
many sections of the United States. bv
reason of the inability of the people
to secure sufficient quantities Of fuel
actually necessary for domestic and
commercial uses; therefore, be IL
Resolved, That our senators and rep
-esen1arive In congress be requested to
take such action as will result in the
Immediate withdrawal from sale or
other disposition Of all the public lands
Of the United States the chief value
of which consists in coal deposits. and
in the enactment OF laws for the open-
ing and operation by the national gov
eminent of coal mines on such lands
in various sections of the country 70
the end that the products of such
mines may be furnished 10 the public
al reasonable prices, and that a mo-
nOpoly thereof shall not be acquired
by private persons. corporations or
syndicates, and, 50 far as possible.
preventing in the future a recurrence
of the deplorable and fntolerable con-
ditions and suffering now existing, by
strikes, ioekouts or combinations of
any kind"
Ii vas referred to the committee on