Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-10
DRINKING CUP
LAW IS LIMITED
Attorney General In Opinion
Shows New Illinois Meas
ure Is Not General
STORES ARE EXEMPTED
List of Institutions to Which 1t Does
Apply Enumerated for Bene-
fit of Public.

There is much confusion throughout
the state as to the exact application ot
the public drinking cup law, and the
attorney general has furnished tie
following opinion on the subject in .e-
spouse TO a demand and request for
its publication, that the people may
: know to just what the law applies:
Springfield. July 9. 1911 Editor
The Argus / am In receipt of your
letter Of LIST instant, requesting me to
furnish you a copy Of The Public
Drinking Cup Act and submitting to
me for opinion the question as 10
whether said act applies to banks.
stores, of1ces. shops. etc.
herewith enclose a copy of the
act
The title Of the act is as follows:
An act TO prohibit the use of a COM
mon drinking cup, glass or other
utensils used for public and private
schools. state educational institutions,
halls used for public meetings or enter
tainments, hotels, lodging houses, thea.
ters, factories or public or municipal
buildings, on railroad trains and sta
tons, and in other public places III
the state of illinois,"
WHERE FORBIDDEN.
Sections l, and of this act, COT
sidered together, expressly forbids the
use of a common drinking cup, glass
or other utensil used for drinking
purposes. In public or private schools.
state institutions, state educational in
situations, halls used for public meet
fngs and entertainments, hotels, lodg
ing houses, theaters, factories, public
or municipal buildings, railroad trains,
railroad stations and buildings and
premises used by railroads.
1t will be observed that the words,
land other public places in the state
of Illinois" contained in the title of
the act, are not found in the body Of
the act itself. In other words, the
title suggests a more comprehensive
inclusion of places than does the act
Under the board the general title
of the act, ii was permissible for the
legislature to have prohibited the use
of a common drinking cup in the places
specifically enumerated in the title
'and in other public places in the state
Of Illinois" But the Legislature did
not prohibit the use OF the common
the state OF Illinois. II dealt with the
subject only partially and prohibited
the use of the common drinking cup
In the places specifically enumerated
In the title of the act. and in addition
thereto in state institutions and rail
road buildings or premises. such places !
while not specifically mentioned in |
the title, being comprehended in the /
general words of the title and IL /
other public places in the state OF
Illinois,
NO GENERAL LANGUAGE.
The enumeration In the body of the |
act wherein the use OF the common /
and its use is prohibited only in the /
places specifically enumerated in the |
body of the act. The body OF the act .
contains no general language which |
would extend its provisions beyond |
the places so enumerated.
In my opinion, the act applies to the
following places only:
l. Public or private schools.
2 State institutions
3. State educational institutions.
T. Halls Aused for public meetings /
aud entertainments.
5. Hotels. -.ir
6. Lodging thouses. SS5E<
Z. Theaters.
s. Factories.