The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-03-20

years from the date OF the approval
OF the act
The insurance laws of the state are
thoroughly revised in the bill. the So
called board" companies given the
preference, since they can more near.
ly comply with the terms Of the bill.
For the support of the department a
tax of " per cent is imposed on all
premiums.
Senator Smiths bill, increasing the
qualifications necessary for admission
70 the bar was passed.
The senate bill creating state
board OF statistics and the measure
extending the duties OF the board of
pharmacy failed of passage.
In the house the bill providing for
the Des Mones plan Of government
for Salt Lake City was passed. there
being but six votes in opposition.
Senate bill No. 1873, relating to the
duties OF the state engineer In con-
nection with irrigation enterprises. the
measurement and appropriation OF
water and the like, passed the house.
This Is one OF the important irriga-
ton bills and is a companion to the
bill for the establishment OF irrigation
districts.
The Bs dyer prohibition bill. senate
bill No. 14S. was reported by the sift-
ing committee of the house without
recommendation.
The much-talked-of fish and game
! bill passed the house by a vote OF 30
to g. The bill has now passed both
houses as presented by convention
of sportsmen. with few minor
changes. which. while they may not
meet with the approval OF the sports
men. are not OF much Importance.
The seventeen members of the SEN
ate voted as a unit on Wednesday,
March TO- in favor of the liquor regu-
lation and local option bill presented
by the committee on manufactures
and commerce. after having subjected
IL to several amendments.
The bill as It was finally passed by
the senate provides for county local
option without restriction in twenty
FIVE counties In the state. In Salt
Lake and Weber counties there are
two units In the local option. One
is the county exclusive of the city and
the other the city exclusive OF the
county. II provides for such cleo
tons to be held in September of each
year on petitions signed by 25 per
cent of the voting population. The
regulation features OF the bill are
very drastic. Among other things
they provide for: non-partisan IL
censing board to be appointed by the
mayors of cities of the first and sec
ond class; state commission OF
three to superintend the regulations
OF saloons in the different cities; linn
iting the number of saloons to one
for every 1000 OF population; closing
of saloons from o'clock each even
ing to o'clock In the morning, and
all day on Sundays: liquor to be sold
In one room only, which has only one
entrance, with no blinds or obstruc-
lions to a clear view from the street;
no booths. tables. chairs, billiard
J tables, slot machines. dice, etc., to be
, permitted; treating is prohibited;
brewery-owned saloons are abolished;
license for retail dealers in cities OF
the first and second class increased
from 81 200 TO $500.
; The house on Wednesday passed
the eminent domain bill over the veto
OF Governor Spry. X was the first
veto message sent in by the governor
and was on one OF the most import
| ant measures to come before the as.
sembly. Tn bill gives the right Of
the exercise OF eminent domain to
, smelling companies within radius
, of four miles of the works, providing
that the company has already ac-
CURED by purchase or otherwise rs
per cent OF the property within the
! area sought to be used for the purpose
/ Indicated
A The four state capitol bills were
also passed by the house.
!. Another bill of Importance passed
, by the house was the measure de-
signed to establish workshop for
= the adult blind. In order that they
q may become self-supporting.
Governor Spry on Tuesday, March
u 8. transmitted to both houses of the
I Utah legislature special message
pertaining to liquor legislation. in
s which he recommended that a law in
= GLIDING both local option and strict
Legislation, as these relate to the
/ liquor traffic should be enacted. and
o that its provisions be drawn carefully
y within the constitution so there will
be no failure The governor declares
!, that wherever the sale of alcoholic
u liquors is permitted, 1t should be un
y J, der regulations so plain and effective
that the traffic will be kept within
/, legitimate bounds, and be under the
II perfect control of those officers
y charged with the enforcement of law
y and when the people OF any locality
= wish to exclude such traffic from
= their neighborhood, they should be
;, given the opportunity to do so.
y A number of bills were approved
a by the house, mostly amendments to
u existing laws, while two new bills
were introduced by consent, one to
81 provide for the initiative and refer
II endum on legislation, and the other
n being measure intended to provide
k punishment for inmates of the state
le Industrial school who escape there
If from or aid other inmates to escape.
!, The senate's substitute measure fol
: the Cannon prohibition bill has been
occupying the attention of the senate
u to the exclusion OF other questions
20 Senator Carl A. Badger has delivered
g, the most sensational speech in which
W he charged the anti.saloon league and
IN others with crooked politics.
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