The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-01-23

Inc nrSL local OpC1On Dill mas Deen
framed and will be ready for intro
duction soon. The following COM
ments appear in the Statesman of yes
terday:
Advise with Governor.
The two committees went before
Governor Brady with the bill yester-
day, and at his suggestion, it is re-
ported, the section giving the saloons
but three months to close out their
business, in case a county should
vote dry" was changed to permit
them six months. This is in accord
ance with demand made by Thomp-
son of Canyon.
Webster's ideas are also in conflict
with this provision. In his opinion,
the liquor dealers should be allowed
to complete the terms of their licenses.
The section bearing upon this mat
ter is as follows:
Providing for special elections in
the several counties upon the question
of the prohibition of the sale of in
toxicating liquors and for the manner
of petitioning for calling, conducting,
canvassing and contesting such cleo
tons; defining the qualifications of
electors and making the petition or
petitions for any election under this
act prima facie evidence of the quail
flcations of the signers thereof; pro-
viding the manner and means by
which and the extent to which such
prohibition shall be enforced, and for
the remission of license money in
counties which elect to make the pro-
visions of this act operative, and that
certain existing legislation shall re-
main in force in counties that do not
so elect; providing for the filing of
certificates and prescriptions of ply
sicians with the clerk of the board of
county commissioners; providing also
for the filing Of orders of dealers in
liquors with the clerk of the board of
county commissioners, and for the
filing of bills of lading containing
shipments of liquor with the clerk of
the board of county commissioners by
! railroad companies, express compan-
les, and other common carriers; de-
filming the phrase Intoxicating Ii
quors"; defining prohibition districts,
and providing for the exclusion of in
toxicating liquors therefrom; provid-
ing for the immunity of witnesses in
certain cases and that the failure by
the seller of intoxicating liquors to
file the certificates and prescriptions
of physicians as in this act required
shall not be pleaded as a matter of de-
Tense to prosecutions under this act;
providing for the arrest of unknown
violators thereof; prescribing the
powers and duties of public officers
prohibiting throughout the state the
employment of minors or women in
the business of selling intoxicating IL
quors; prescribing penalties for the
violation of this act, and repeating
all acts and parts of acts in conflict
Herewith"
Title of the Bill.
The purposes and scope of the
measure are stated in It's title, which
is as follows:
IF majority of the legal votes cast
at any election in any county held un-
der the provisions of this act shall be
against the sale of liquor" In any
county, then after 80 days after the
date of holding said election, all IL
censes for the sale of intoxicating IL
quors, granted in said county after the
passage of this act shall be null and
void. and the holder thereof shall be
liable for any sale of liquors made by
him thereafter, the same as If IL
cense had never been issued to him;
If the holder of such void license shall
surrender the same within six months
from the date of holding said election,
the county, village, or city issuing said
license shall refund to the holder an
amount proportionate with the unex-
pired time for which the license fee
shall have been paid"
The members of the committees who
have framed the bill which will be in
troduced today with the changes men
toned are as follows: Judiciary
McCutcheon, McCracken, Thompson,
Kerl, Featherstone, Alvord and Wood
ward; privileges and electlons-Miles,
Thompson, Storey, J. o. Webster, Nc
Cutcheon, Morebeck and Bangs.
- ---'..-----.s~---s4.Ss-F~4-