Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-08
Representative Richards Has
One Making it a Misdemeanor
To Operate Compartments.
1T EMBRACES RESTAURANTS.
Heavy Fine or Imprisonment is the
Penalty Proposed TO he Imposed
Under the Measure.

The evil OF wine rooms and private
attacked by the present legislature. \
bill will be presented IN the house TO-
day by Representative Richards of Salt
Lake, making 1t q crime 20 maintain
boxes, compartments, and private wine
rooms and dining rooms in restaurants
and saloons, and providing a penalty
for so doing of a fine not exceeding $500
or imprisonment in the county jail not
exceeding three months. or both.
Mr.. Richards viii also introduce a
bill prohibiting the entrance into sa-
looms of women, with suitable penalty
provided by those violating the provi-
sions Of the bill.
While l do not pose as a moralist,"
said Speaker Joseph, in discussing these
bills, Il would like TO see these meas
ures become law. There is more evil
lives ruined than by any other single
source in the city, hope to see them
stamped out"
STILL ANOTHER.
Representative Thompson will today
introduce into the house a duplicate OF
senate bill 20, by Park This measure
is one of the numerous consolidation
bills now before the legislature, and
the senate has had the same under con-
sideration since early IN the session.
No action In regard to it has been
taken by the upper house, however,
and 1t is to get the matter before the
house committee on education, which
is considering all bills relating 10 the
proposition, that Mr.. Thompson decid-
ed to introduce this measure In the
lower house today. Like the other
bills on the subject. S. 3. 20 proposes n
constitutional amendment permitting
the union of the college and university,
and providing for branch experiment
stations and schools of the university
in different parts OF the state,
WILL REPORT FAvoRABLY.
The house committee on public health
at its meeting last night, decided to
report favorably on Johnson's senate
osteopathic measure, Richards of Salt
Lake casting the only dissenting vote.
The committee will also report favor
ably on Benner y. Smiths senate med
| ical bill.
STATE TO DEFEND TITLE.
The joint committee appointed to in
| quire into the states title to certain
| lands under the enabling act under
| which Utah became a state, through its
| chairman, Nephi Jensen, has its report
ready 70 submit.
The commission was appointed at the
suggestion of the governor, and had
! under investigation the matter of the
refusal of the state board of land COM
/ missioners, upon instruction from the
| United States government, to issue pat
ent for land entered for settlement as
school land. The government set up
| the claim that said land was mineral
| in its nature, and could not be sold by
| and entered as a school section. The
committee recommends that the state
| take up the defense of this application
| for patent, and that $4,000 be appro-
| priated for this purpose.
NEW BILLS.
The following bills We're introduced:
II. b. 40. by Holt, to protect the
relics of ancient races within the bor-
ders of the state
II. b. 141, by Robinson, relating 10
forms Of pleadings in Justices courts.
II. g. 142, by Hendricks. by request,
relating to water rights and lrrigating.
| This bill requires the state engineer
To attend personally cases where IT.
rlgaton rights are in contest, and that
| he thoroughly investigate the same
| before rendering his decision Tho
| present law permits that office TO adj
| judicatc water disputes in various
| parts of the state from his office
| without personal investigation.
| II. b. 143, by Croft. relating TO fish
and game. This bin supplants II. 3.
| rs, on tho same subject which was
Withdrawal.
II. b. IA. by Meeks. defines and
| prohibits gambling in this state.
II. b. 145, by Thompson, relating to
| the control. location. etc, OF the agri-
/ cultural college and the University OF