The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-24
WHY LIQUOR
BILL WAS
VETOED
FULL TEXT OF GOVERNORS VETO
MESSAGE.
Other Measures Which Met the Dis
approval of Mr.. Spry-BHis
Signed by Governor.

liquor bill, the police and fire COM
mission bill. and the two bills propos~
Ing the Des Moines plan OF govern
ment for Salt Lage City. The veto
message in relation TO each subject Is
appended herewith.
In response to a query as to his
position on these bills, Governor Spry
said he had expressed his reasons n
full In his veto message. and further
than that he aid not care TO discuss
them. To friend, however, the gov.
enor made the remark that he had
acted according to what he thought
proper In the premises.
At 1850 yesterday morning action
on the last bill remaining before MIN
had been taken by Governor Spry, the
last measure to receive his approval,
being senate bill 6l, by Burton, pro-
yiding for the establishment OF n
state insurance department.
Other measures TO be approved by
the governor were house bill 80 by
Nelson. preventing certain abuses In
connection with the drilling, operation
and abandonment OF Oil wells on land
producing or containing natural gas,
senate bill So. by Wilson. creating 4
reservoir land grant fund; house bill
1873. by Dyreng, classifying and de-
fining transient stock and providing
for the assessment and collection OF
taxes on the same, senate joint reso-
luton No. 2. by Miller, proposing an
amendment to the constitution relat-
ing to tie rate OF taxation; house bill
81, by Bcnrie, defining the powers OF
county commissioners as to roads;
house bill 55, by Henrie, creating a
state road commission: house bill 5S,
by Henrie, defining the powers OF
county commissioners relative to spe-
cial road district taxes, the last three
being part OF the series OF good roads
bills. One of the series, house bill No.
SO, taxing vehicles, was vetoed by his
excellency. but outside oil that one in
stance, the good roads measures, Iu-
cluding house bills 55 to 90. have now
become part OF the Utah statutes.
The Badger liquor bill is vetoed tor
the reasons assigned by Governor
Spry in his letter to the secretary OF
state as follows:
Il herewith transmit to be filed III
1Oul Onl1C SCnotN DIN ANo l3cP w
committee on manufacture and com
merce, An act relating to the manu-
facture. sale. bartering, giving away,
or otherwise furnishing or intoxicat-
ing liquors. etc. without my approval.
There is in this act some unconsti-
tutional provision that L have pointed
out AS being in Senate Bill No. 50.
AN act providing for police and fire
departments In cities OF this state OF
10000 and more inhabitants" etc. !;
that Is, there is by this act. class OF
municipal corporations erected for
special purpose without reference to
the existing classification by general
law | refer to the provision oil the
act which provides for election in
counties and in Subdivisions thereof,
and in cities containing more than
$4,000 inhabitants, to determine whetli-
er or no the sale and manufacture OF
Intoxicating liquors shall be pro-
hibited.
The class mentioned in the act and
in these provisions is not one OF the
classes already created by general law.
1t Is a class created by the act Itself,
and for the purpose OF the act.
Such a special classification is, IN
my opinion. unconstitutional. That
being true. II would result In leaving
a portion OF the state that would not
come within the local option provis-
ions of this act. That Is, In cities
containing more than $4,000 lnhabi-
tants there could not be held elections
to determine whether or no intoXicat-
ing liquors should be sold or manu-
featured. and that being the case, the
law would not operate uniformly. and
for that reason all that portion OF tins
act wherein it is provided for such
election. must necessarily fall.
And it further appears to be upon
the reading of this act that these pro-
visions providing for the elections. as
l have already set out, are so con
nected and intermingled with the 9th
or provisions of the act which provide
for the regulation OF the sale or In
toxicating liquors, that II this portion
which have pointed out as being IN
constitutional must fall. the whole act
itself would necessarily be vitiated.
Further, in my opinion. under the
existing laws, the local authorities
have power TO prohibit the sale of H.
qLor, and where licenses have been
granted to revoke such licenses at any
time when the law and conditions con-
nected with the granting OF such IL
censeS are not complied with.
with a proper enforcement OF OK
listing laws the liGuor trafflc Will be
within perfect control and IL desired,
can be prohibited.
"rhe sale OF intoxicating liquors is
now prohibited successfully In many
parts of the state under the existing
laws. Such being the case, 1 can see
no good reason why the present situa-
ton should be tampered with by un-
necessary. pernicious and disturbing
legislation.
Other vetoes OF the long list sub
mitted by the governor yesterday were
the following, most OF which are con-
sidered more OF less important:
T transmit herewith, for file in your
Office. senate bill No. 1877. by Benner
X Smith. entitled An Act TO amend
Section 1113x2S, Compiled Laws oi
Utah. 1907, relating TO the location o.
pesthouses," without my approval.
The last provision OF section / oil
this act reads: that rov all other pur
poses there may be established only
one pesthouse, asylum or hospital III
any city or town.
Such restriction OF the rights oi
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