The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-02-18


Two bills were passed by the sen.
| lte: s. b. 10, by Miller, providing
hat certain members of each board
| VI health In municipal and county cor
lorations shall be members of the
| tate health officers convention: and
1 J. b. GO, by Badger. accepting federal
and and irrigation regulations within
! he state.
Twelve senators were in caucus
/ Tuesday night in an endeavor, 1t is
claimed, to frame al substitute bill to
J take the place of the Cannon prohi-
bition measure but, while the meet
ing was a secret one, 1t is declared
no solution of the problem was
reached
The Cannon bin, which provides
Tor statewide prohibition, passed the
house Thursday afternoon. by vote
of 20 to 4, with two of the members
absent. Those voting against the bill
were Russell, McMillen, McRae and
Holman of Salt Lake County. Hol.
man and McMilln changed their
move reconsideration Of the vote by
which the bill was passed and they
gave notice that they would do this.
The Cannon bill is drastic meas.
ure, and If passed by the senate and
approved by the governor will mean
absolute prohibition throughout the
state. The new law would prohibit
the manufacture, sale, barter, giving
away or otherwise furnishing OF alco.
holic liquors within the state. The
| term alcoholic liquor as used in this
act, shall be construed to mean all
spirituous, vinous, fermented or malt
liquors or any imitation thereof or
substitute therefor or compound of
any kind or description whatsoever,
whether medicated or not which con-
tains any alcohol and which is capa.
ble of being used as beverage.
An unsuccessful effort was made by
Mr. Cannon, author of the measure,
to have a county dispensary, where
liquor might be dispensed upon the
order of physicians.
Bills were passed by the senate re-
| lating TO regulating and licensing EN-
ployment bureaus and agencies.
Appropriating $4,000 for the use Of
certain school districts, and for n
increase in pay of teachers therein.
Five new bills were introduced in
the senate and seven in the house,
as well as a joint acknowledgements.
alizing congress to grant to the state
Of Utah for the benefit of Indian war
veterans of Utah, 100000 acres of
land.
Fifteen house bills and one memo
rial were presented at the session of
the house of representatives on We'd
nesday, February 10, and one bill was
withdrawn. One of the new measures
refers TO the manner of holding pri-
mary elections. The bill was present
ed by Representative Elias Conway
Ashton, and proposes to do away
with the old manner of holding pri
mary elections and to establish d.
rect primaries. Candidates will be
named on petitions, according to the
bill, and there will be no such thing
as party conventions.
The measure approved was II. B.
rs, by Hodges, relating to the invest
ment Of funds derived from the sale
of public lands.
By vote The members of the house
agreed to extend the time allowed ror
the presentation of bills from 80 to
40 days with the consent of two.
thirds of the members of the house.
AS the result of an hours delibera.
tion of the senate, two bills were
passed and seven new measures in.
troduced. One of the bills approved
increases the salary of the supreme
court stenographer from $1,000 to
$1,000 a year; the other relates to
privileged communications at trials
A measure was introduced which
II ii is approved, will enable Salt
Lake City to try the Des Moines plan
of city government. Senator Seeley
is after the experimental stations
and has introduced a bill to abolish
every experimental station In the
state.
There was no session of the sen,
ate or house on Friday, February 10.
recess being taken in honor of the
one hundredth anniversary of the
birth of Abraham Lincoln. A number
If the members of the legislature,
however, took advantage of the offer
of the officers of the Oregon Short
Line and Southern Pacific railroads
and made a visit to the celebrated
Lucin cutoff
legislative Notes.