The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-04
REGULATING LIQUOR TRAFFIC.
Provo Liquor Dealers Petition Coun-
Gil For Protection.

Provo, Feb. 3.-If there is any liquor
sold at retail in Provo except bv duly
licensed retail dealers. and the city coun-
I'll wants 10 stop such sales. II can co so.
or at least signify its intentions in that
ASKED Tor by all the saloon men in a pc
tition presented TO the council Monday
evening The petition reads as follows:
Provo City Utah, Fec. 2. 1858.
To the Honorable City Council of Provo
City. Utah:
.Gentlemen-we. the undersigned. the
duly licensed retail liquor dealers of
Provo city, Utah. hereby respectfully pc
ution your honorable body as follows
We are informed and believe, and
therefore state the facts TO be. that large
Quantities of intoxicating liquors are be-
ing sold in this city by the glass and
dram for gain by persons who are not
SAID liquors are drunk by the purchasers
upon the premises where sold. This
practice is an infringement upon the
rights OF your petitioners. who under the
ordinances of Provo City. Utah. are re-
quired to pay license of $500 per quar-
ter. Said practice is n discrimination
against US. and we believe that it is with
IN your power to prevent the same by the
enactment of an ordinance making the
penalty for selling intoxicating liquors
Tor gam by the dram or drink. where
the same are drunk upon the premises
where sold. without the seller first hav-
ing obtained a proper license so to do,
consist of both fine and Imprisonment.
We think that section 364 of chapter Xix
OF the revised ordinances of Provo City,
push TINS, and without otherwise amend
ing or interfering with any other section
of this chapter
Now. therefore we hereby earnestly
petition your honorable body to enact,
without delay. an ordinance fixing
minimum penalty of ten days impriSOn-
net net anu Rz9 -Iltie LOT any person. Iouhu
guilty or selling for gain any intoxicating
liquors by the dram or drink to be drunk
on the premises where sold, without first
having taken out a retail liquor dealer 5
incense provided VI " nj rI.a
revised ordinances of Provo City Utah
and in case said ordinance is passed and
ourselves to aid and assist the public
officers of Provo City Utah to enforce
the ordinance against vioiators thereof.
And your petitioners will ever pray
The communication was referred 10 the
committee on judiciary with instructions
TO report at the next meeting.
The adminiStra tors of the estate of
James Smith, deceased, presented a com
municatiOn offering to sell the Smith mill
site north Of the city, and pointing out
me suitability of the property for an
electric power plant. Referred to the COM
mittee on electric light.
The Provo Electric Light company pre-
sented communication stating that
after Feb. / the charges of GOA cents for
each light per month and s25 for re-
newals OF lamps and care of the system
! would be made Referred to the commit
tee on electric light
Street Supervisor Hanson reported
ninety-nine delinquent poll tax Davers for
| 1902 He asked that the city attorney be
/ instructed to notify delinquents that un-
/ less the taxes we're paid suit be instituted.
| The attorney was instructed to notify de-
! lnquents that suit would be commenced
/ for the collection of poH taxes which are
/ not paid inside of twenty days. and to
/ Drlng suit for such delinquent taxes at
4 the expiration of that time
A petition was presented from a large
NUMBER or the residents living south %
/ the city, in the district which was seq
| Tegated from the city about six months
] dEo, asking that the section of country in
/ which they own the majority of the lana
! DC reincofporated in the city. The petit
| ton was granted and the committee on
judiciary instructed to draft a resolution
/ to that effect.
Justice John reported for December and
January showing that he had disposed OF
| ttWenty-0ne cases and collected $50 in
| INES. referred. to. the committee on
! police and city prisons.
/ The committee on public grounds and
/ city property recommended the erection
/ OF a small crematOry on the city property
| at the foot of the mountains. east of the
/ CITY, Tor the purpose of disposing Of
/ back TO the committee for the purpose of
| having them investigate and report on
| the cost.
The petition Of Farrer Bros. & Co. ask
| ing that they be permitted to extend their
/ show windows eighteen inches over the
| Sidewalk was granted on a favorable re-
/ port by the committee on streets and al
c. F. Decker, of the committee on fire
| department. reported a set of rules for
/
! The rules provide that someone shall be
| at the lire hall all the time. and recon-
mend that, man be hired to take the
I place Of the fire chief, while ne is at
/ meals. and at other times to assist in the
/ waterwOrks, street supervisor and irriga-
| ton departments.
Mr.. Carter. the other member of the
! committee on fire department. presented
| a set of regulations for the department
! This did not provide for an extra man
| nor for a man to be at the hall at noon
1 hour. Mr.. Carter was rather in favor OF
! the first report. but he had brought in his
| report because he wanted the committee
! relieved of the matter, and presented his
! report so that if the council did not like
one set of rules it could adopt the other
| Mr.. Carters rules We're adopted.
] The committee on judiciary reported a
4 new liquor ordinance The principal
] change made is that the license is placed
/ at $500 a quarter without the-Febate OF
| 500 when the license is taken for one
| year, as was given by the old ordinance
The report was laid on the table tC
come up at a future meeting.
The water commissioner was instructed
I TO take the measurements of the waters
! from canals controlled by Provo City
/ each month and to preserve a record