The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-04
POINTERS ON LIQUOR
LAW FOR THE PUBLIC
Voters Will Have Plain Sailing
if They Follow the
Provisions.
Continued From Page One.

ond clasSs DlHerenS regulations are
made for the liquor traffic in cities of
this size and the licensing power fer
these cities is given the district courts.
which is an admiration of the Penn
sylvania law on the subject. Al pres
ent the licensing power in Salt Lake ls
with the Judges of the Third judicial
district. but there will be few licenses
granted by the court until after De
iober / Just prior TO the new law
becoming effective the city council of
Salt Lake granted licenses TO the sn-
looms now in operation, making these
licenses terminate October !. This re.
lieves the courts of that duty until!
these licenses expire and applications
for renewals are filed
By far the most important feature
of the new liquor law is the local op-
tion provision. The remainder OF the
bill hinges largely on the result Of the
election. In case a community votes
for sale, then it is directly affected
by that part of the measure providing
for the manner of licensing and regu-
lating The saloons. In case commun-
itv votes against sale, then the man
ner Of enforcing that prohibition de-
cidcd upon is specified in other sec
tlons of rhe law
First Election Mandatory.
The election to be held on the llnuor
question three weeks from next Tues
dav differs from subsequent elections
on this question in that tho first cleo
ton is mandatory in all incorporated
cities and towns of the state and ali
succeeding elections are optional
The Law provides that the first elec,
tion 10 decide the liquor question shall
be held on the last Tuesday III June.
which brings il on June - or TINS
wear. In conformity with this pro
vision there will be local option elec,
tion in every incorporated citv anu
town of the state on June y and TINS
election will govern the city councils
and ,,own boards in either passing or
dinances regulating saloons or making
the community prohibition. Action by
the council is mandatory and 1t must
enact the ordinances in accordance with
the vote of the people.
In addition to the elections 10 be
held in the cities and towns of the
state. there also NAV be elections III
the unorgani7ed portions of the coun..
~. not included within the limits or
fhe INCORPORATED cities and towns.
Such portions OF the counties are spec
fled in the Law as county units III
order that an election be held IN
county unit II is necessary for 20 per
cent of the voters OF that community
TO file with the county commissioners
at least thirty davs prior to the date
fixed for the election A petition ask
ing tnat an election on the liquor ques.
tion be held in the county unit. IL
thp petition is regular and conforms
TO the requirements, the county com
missioners must order the election. Un'
der this provision an election viii be
held in the county unit of Salt Lake
county, comprising all of that terri
tory not included in the corporate Inn
its OF Salt Lake, Murray. Midvale,
Bingham, Forest Dale and Sandy.
Dry Territory Provision.
In the absence of the petition from
the voters Of the county unit no cleo
tion is held in this territory and the
territory on October ] becomes prohi'
bition just the same as though the
voters had voted fdry.' In case the
voters OF a county unit vote wet,
the licensing power is placed with the
county commissioners and the saloons
are subject to the same general regu-
Iations as arc those in cities and towns.
Every person qualified TO vote at
municipal election in Salt Lake City
is qualified 10 vote at the coming liquor
election in Salt Lake. In other cities
and towns all qualified to vote at
municipal or town elections are quail
fed to vote at the liquor election. In
the county unit Of Salt Lake county
and the county units of other counties
each person qualified to vote at a
county or general election is quail
fed 70 vote at the coming liquor elec
tion.
The qualifications of the voters are
citizenship OF the United States, resi-
dence for one year in Utah. four months
in the county and sixty days in the
precinct. Every person, either male or
female. of more than twenty-one years,
possessing the above citizenship and
residence qualifications is eligible TO
vote at the coming election. For elcc
tion purposes, the city of Salt Lake
constitutes one precinct. so that if a
person has lived in Salt Lake for more
than sixty days, even. though within
that time he has moved from one mu-
ncipal ward 10 another, he is eligible
10 vote, providing he possesses the
other qualifications.
Must Be Registered.
Every person to vote at the coming
election must have been registered as
a voter of the election district at
which lie casts his ballot. The names
of those persons who voted at the last
municipal election and who have not
moved from the election district since
that time have been copied on the reg.
istraton books Of the coming election
and these persons are not required to
register again. Persons who voted at
the last county election, but not at the
last city election. VIII be required to
register, as the lists in the city are
taken from the municipal records and
not from The registry list Of the county
or general election. In the county
units the registry records are taken
from the last county or general election
and for those residents of the county
unit who have not moved from the elcc
iion districts in which they resided last
fall and who cast their votes at the
last general election there is no ueces
siiv of again registering
All residents Of Suit Lake and other
cities and towns who did not vote al
the city election of 1909 in Salt Lake.
or at the municInal or town elections
in the other communifics in which they
reside. ard All residents of COURT anits
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