Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-03-23
GOOD ROADS BILLS APPROVED
With One Exception All Receive
Favorable Action Of the
Executive.
To a Friend lie Says lie Used His Best
Judgment In the Consideration
OF All Matters.

Governor SpIN To-Day submitted MS
reasons for vetoing the Badger liquor
l1 the police and fire commission bin,
and tho two bills proposing the Des
Nfolnes plan Of government for salt
lake city. The veto message iu rela-
tIon to each subject is appended here
WITH
In response 10 a query as To- his
position ON these bills, Governor Spry
said he had expressed his reasons in
IAN in his veto messages, and further
.hau that he did not care to discuss
Them. 10 a friend, however the gov
ernor made the remark tnat he had
acted according 20 his best Judgment,
sud according 20 what he thought pro-
per Ia the premises.
Al 1850 this morning action ON the
last bin remaining before him had
been taken by Governor Spry, the last
measure TO receive his approval be-
ms senate bill 81, by Burton, providing
for the establishment Of o. state insur-
snce department.
other measures TO be approved by
the governor this morning were house
bin 93O, by Nielon, preventing certain
abuses in connection with the drilling.
operation and abandonment OF oil wells
on land producing or containing ma
tural gas; senate bill So, by Wilson
creating a reservoir land grant fund
house bill 1873, by Dyreng. classifying
and defining transient stock. and pro-
Niding for the assessment and coles
tion Of taxes on the same; senate joint
resolution No. 2, by Miller, proposing
an amendment 70 the constitution re-
latlng 10 the rate Of taxation; house
bin 81 by Henue, defining the pow
crs Of county commissioner as to
roads; house bill 81, by Henrie, GREAT
ing state road commission; house bin
Ne by Henrie, defining the powers %
county commissioners relative TO spe
cial road district taxes. the last three
being part OF the series OF good roads
bins. one Of the series, house bill No.
80, taxing vehicles. was vetoed by his
eXcellency but outside ~ that one in
stance. the good roadS~measures in
Guiding house bills 55 10 go, have now
become part Of the Utah statutes.
BADGER LIQUOR BILL
The Badger liquor bill is vetoed for
the reasons assigned by Gov. spry In
his letter 20 the secretary OF state as
follows:
Il herewith transmit to be filed in
your Office Senate Bill No. 14S, by
committee ON manufactures and
commerce, An ACT relating 20 the
manufacture. sale, bartering giving
away or otherwise furnishing or in
trNicating liquors etc. without my APP
proyal.
There is in this act some unconstitu-
tional provision that / have pointed
out as being In Senate BIZ No. SO.
An act providing for police and fire
departments In cities Of this state OF
] 1000 and more Inhabitants etc:
that r., there Is by this act a class OF
municipal corporations erected for
special purpose without reference TO
the existing classification by general
law. / refer To the provision OF the
act which provides for election ia
counties and Ia subdivisions there
Of, and In cities containing more than
1900 Inhabitants, 10 determine
whether or no the sale and manufac-
ture Of Intoxicating liquors shall be-
prohibited.
The class mentioned in the act and
iu these provisions Is not one of tho
classes already created by general law.
10 Is a class created by the act
itself, and for the purpose Of the act.
Such a special classification is. n
my Oplpiou, unconstitutional That
being true, II would result In leaving
q portion Of the state that would not
come within the local option provisions
of this act That is, in cities contain
ing more than 1000 inhabitants there
could not be held elections Go determine
whether or no intoxicating liquors
should be sold or manufactured. and
that being the case, the law would
not operate uniformly, and for that
reason all that portion OF this act
wherein II Is provided for such cleo
lion must necessarily fall
And Is further appears 90 be upon the
reading Of this act that these prOYi-
rions providing for the elections. as
nave already set out, are 80 connected
snd intermingled with the other pro
visions OF tEC act which provide for
thc regulation - the sale Of ntoXlcat-
iug liquors. that m this portion which
have pointed out as being unconsti-
iution1l must fam the whole act itself
would necessarily be- vitiated.
Furthor in my opinion, under the
existing laws. the local authorities have
power to prohibit the sale of liquor,
and whore licenses have been granted
90 revoke such licenses at any time
Mncn the law and conditions connected
Win the granting of such licenses are
poo. complied with.
with proper enforcement of exist
Ing laws the liquor uHnic viii De-
tHu De- prohibited
The sale of Intoxicating liquors iH
now prohibited successfully DOB many
parts of the state under che existing
laws. such being tho ease, ] can Hea
nn good reason why the present FItua-
Nah should D.. tempered with hN uu-
necessary nsmiclous and disturbing
LEGISLATION
Tho sorpnn's veto of ths Jos
mIntH nInu 0f government lH DN-
p'1lnol Dos the following letter.
transmit herewith. for fu1F iu
your ofhre. Senate Bll 30 100. hy Nh
Bonner \ smiih entitled. IAN acc to
Nnend section lA,, etc.. relating to mu-
u'inhi government without my ape
TrHFHl
Among me vital objections to th,s
measure may hs stated the following
Ihere ID Am attempt ln thla ace
I'D create class of municipal corpora
Inhs iul special purposeH ANA Wlfh-
li reverence tn thn eHl.unf classIloa-.
."n renDW lnW in uI.l0sHrl or
ilt uIoN iHluns Az section b afuclo NJ
Y lhe Constitution. and 49, - further