The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-21
WOULD FORBID
ALL TREATING
Bill Is introduced In the Utah
House.
RADICAL SALOON MEASURE
MANY CHANGES ARE MADE IN
THE EXISTING Law.
| SALOON MEASURE


NJ EvERMORE in Utah viii be
! ~ heard a CHEEKY voice saying.
Have one with me- if a bill in
troduced in the house yesterday be-
comes a law.
BY the terms Of this measure treat
ing is absolutely forbidden. A man
may not invite another to share his
bottle of wine at dinner. He may not
offer to +split a bottle of beer" with
him. If ne wishes TO purchase drink
for another. he must soIernnly hand
over to that person a bar check good
for drink, or he must give him the
price and invite him to buy drink
for himself.
the name of ''Spry, by request" IN
vestigation developed that Representa-
tive Spry had put it in at the request
of Mrs. G. Z. Coulter, who had an
other anti-treating bill along with her
other measures revising the election
laws, and who therefore hesitated
about putting her name to this meas
ure.
Is Mrs. Coulter's Bill.
II don't know what's in the bin"
admitted Representative Spry, when
questioned about it. Mrs. Coulter
asked me to introduce it. / asked her
If she would vouch for it. and she
said she would, and that it was a
measure she would vote for. / told
her that was sufficient. and introduced
It."
The bill makes radical changes in the
existing liquor laws. The anti-treating
feature is as follows:
"Ali persons are prohibited from
treating or giving away any liquor.
beer. wine or intoxicating beverage
whatever purchased and TO be drunk
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where such liquors or beverages are
kept for sale.
ANY person treating or offering to
treat any other person, or accepting,
Offering to accept any treat or gift of
any intoxicating drink in any saloon
or public place where such liquors are
kept for sale, shall be deemed guilty of
a nisdemeanor and shall upon convic-
ton thereof be subject to a fine of SO
or Imprisonment in the common jail of
the county ten days, or both, in the
discretion of the court; and, in adj
dition thereto, shall pay into said court
the sum Of Sf5, TO be paid to the at
torney prosecuting the case, if there
be one. and. if no attorney prosecutes,
then TO be paid into the school fund
of the county in addition to the fine"
Among the other provisions of the
bill are the following:
Notice Of application for saloon Ii
in a newspap per; hearing on the subject
must be had, If there is a protest, by
the county board stenographic rec
ord to be kept of the testimony and
an appeal being permitted to the dis
tFict court. The Judge OF the court
is to render decision on the record
alone.
Minors who falsely represent their
age to obtain liquor may be fined not
over $40. OF imprisoned not over thirty
days. or both.
Against Knockout Drops
Dispensing any liquor adulterated
with strychnine, strontia, sugar of lead
or any other substance is punishable
by fine of 500 for each offense.
Persons so licensed shall pay all
damages that the community or indi-
viduals may sustain in consequence of
such traffic. He shall support all
paupers, widows and orphans. and the
expenses of all criminal and civil
prosecutions growing out of or Justly
attributed to his traffic in intoxicating
drinks; said damages and expenses to
be recovered in any court of compe-
tent Jurisdiction"
Damages may be recovered when it
is shown that a saloonkeeper sold
liquor TO a person who was intoxicated
and that the person so intoxicated in
hicted some injury
Free permits to sell liquor may be
granted druggists. but the druggists
must keep a record of all liquor sold.
City licenses must be at least $500
where the population is not over TO-
600. and not less than 81, 600 where the
population is more than 10000.
Blinds and screens and other OBJ
structions must not be put up at any
time TO prevent a full view of the bar
from the street. Heavy penalties are
prescribed for violations.
The bin was referred to the commit
tees on manufactures and commerce.