Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-02-19
PROHIBITION BILL
PASSED BY SENATE
UTAH WILL JOIN RANKS OF DRY
STATES FIRST MONDAY IN
JUNE, 1915.
Statewide Prohibition Measure APP.
proved by Vote OF IS to a.
Gambling Bill Passed by the
Lower House.


ley, Chez, Cotton. CJtterill, Craig, &c.
HERSHEY Evans, Funk, Hansen, Hey
nolds, Rideout, Seegmiller, Thornley,.
Wright and Wootton.
Those voting against II were Dern
and Ferry.
The bill, known as Senate Bill No.
90, introduced by Senator ]. III. Woot-
ton OF Utah county, was drafted by
the Utah Federation OF Prohibition
and Betterment Leagues and the Utah
Municipal league. 1t was presented
with no provision for submitting the
question to the voters of the state,
and has been considered by the sen.
ate committee on agriculture and ir-
rigation, to which IL was referred
after the first contest In the present
session OF the legislature. The com.
mittee, after several public hearings,
voted to report favorably with no
amendments whatever excepting to
correct few typographical errors.
IL was in this form that the bill
passed the senate, except that one of
score or more amendments offered
was adopted, making 1t mandatory
that the state board OF medical ex-
aminers and the state board of phar-
macy shall revoke the license OF any
physician or druggist who violates the
provisions OF the bill relative to CIV
ing or filling prescriptions for liquor,
and that after license Is revoked no
other license shall be granted that
person to practice medicine or phar-
macy.
The honor of making the first ad-
dress In Utah's new $4,000 capitol,
Tell TO ID. j. Palmer. commander in
chief OF the @. A. X. In q patriotic
address he admonished the legislators
to enact laws which will be for the
best interests OF the state. Comman-
der Palmer was received by both
houses OF the legislature In Joint ses-
sion on February IL, held in the
house chamber.
The education and appropriation
committees of the house and senate
were 10 have gone on Tuesday to
CEDAR City, but kilograms received
stated the snow was too deep for
automobiles a short distance south Of
Lund and the trip has been indefinite
! ly postponed.
With but slight objection the house
on February III passed the Burton
gambling bill, making the presence of
gambling paraphernalia prima facie
evidence OF the conduct of gamb-
ling house. Several members object
ed to the bill on the ground that IL
was too drastic In it's provisions.
Representative ]. Louis Brown.
Democrat, OF Salt Lake, has intro.
duced bill providing that any person
representing any political organiza-
ton who uses vehicles for the car
rage OF voters to the polls on election
DAY shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
The senate on February Is passed
Senator Rideout's bill doing away
with the law relative to the appoint.
ment and duties of the board OF park
commissioners, which was actually
abolished when the commission form
OF government was adopted.
A bill permitting towns to enter
the third class OF cities, introduced
by Senator George bern OF Salt Lake,
was passed after being amended To
suit the Ogden senators so as to place
the dividing line between first and
second class cities at 10000.
One bill was passed in the house,
the Oldham bill regarding collection
OF corporation license tax from build
ing and loan companies.
Reconsideration of the Wootton
prohibition bill In the senate went by
default Monday, for IL happened
that when a Provo citizen called Sen
ator l.. b. Wight outside for mo-
ment, motion to adjourn was car
ried and the prohibition bill, follow
ing the parliamentary course, proceed.
ed to the house without being called
up.
The committee voted to report un-
favorabiy on the bill by Emil s. Lund
to appropriate 100000 to grade the
capitol grounds by day labor
j. Alex. Bevan of Tooele believer
that the United States civil service
commissioners and heads of depart |
ments under civil service are too hasty |
In issuing peremptory orders warning |
civil service employees from talking |
politics. He introduced a resolution |
to memorialize congress for remedial |
action
A bill introduced by Dan b. Shields |
OF Salt Lake proposes that the clerk |
OF the county shall make an alphabet. |
ical list OF all voting at the last cleo. |
tion and that the list be furnished to |
registrars at least thirty days prior to |
election. Names would be added to |
this list by registrars. and instead OF |
having three registration days there !
would be only one The bill was in
troduced in 1911 and was killed.
Senator Wight's bill, permitting
workers in ore mills using the SO.
called wet process" to work ten
hours day, II they elect. where theh
extra work means that The mining I'M
foreground may go ahead uninterrupt.
ed, was passed by the senate on Feb
ruary 3.
A bill amending existing state laws
so as to require all state institutions,
commissions, officers and boards to
turn over monthly to the state treas
urer all fees collected, has been intro
duced In the house by Representative