Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-01-26
SENATE PASSES
NARCOTIC BILL
MEASURE PLACES RIGID RE-
sTRIcTioNs UPON SALE OF
DRUGS IN UTAH.
Governor Announces Opposition to
Any Prohibition Bill Which
Creates a Commissioner OF
Prohibition.

Salt Lake City.-Debate as tC
whether the money to purchase trans
portation to Logan. where the mem
bers of the state senate are going OF
Friday, February 2, to inspect the
State Agricultural college, should
come out of the educational funds, the
contingent fund Of the senate or out
Of the senator's own pockets, enliv
sned the proceedings of the senate
on January %.
Senate bill No. 8, introduced by Sen
ator Archibald Bevan and providing
| that narcotics shall not be sold In
Utah except upon prescription, was
finally passed and ordered transmit
| led to the house for it's consideration
Tales of the extent to which the drug
peyote has enslaved the Indians of the
Uintah basin and reservations else
where added interest to its discus
sion.
Prohibition relegated routine mat
ters In the house to the background
on January 22, and even placed dim
ner on the public utilities bill, which
was introduced in the house by Nc
Kay of Weber The house had a big
day over matters of party pledges and
party concern. The presentation OF
gavel to Speaker Tolton by the
membership was pleasing incident
IN the afternoon of turmoil.
Tho laoiClatiun rafnrnnnn
tee also got In work on a number oil
bills, but the standing committees OF
the house with one exception did lit
lie work. The crowd attending the
session was the largest of the ses
sion in the galleries.
Governor Bamberger on January 2.
announced his opposition to any pro
hibition bill which creates commits
sioner of prohibition and indicates he
would return such bill to legislature
The house refused to amend the
bill to exclude sacramento wines
from tie state, as moved by Bevan OF
Tooele and seconded by Mrs. Grace
Stratton-Airey of Salt Lake.
Salt Lake City.-Prohibit!on was
again the feature at the capitol on
January 10.
Heber J. Grant, president of the
Betterment league, and John Henry
Evans, secretary, give endorsement OF
the league to the Young statewide
prohibition bill.
Much opposition was expressed al
state house to the commissioner OF
prohibition feature on ground of ex
pense.
Those favoring the bill claim tina,
$4,000 would cover the appropriation
while those opposed claim that $50, 00C
would be required.
Many leaders in the Democratic
party in the senate and the house are
favorable to the 2 per cent alcohol
clause of the Boyden bill.
A delegation of retail liquor dealers
called on Governor Bamberger and
urged an extension of time Tor prohi
bition. He said he would veto any
bill which did not make August l the
date for the law to become effective
The session of the state senate or
January 10 broke the record OF the
present legislative term in the mum
Der of bills introduced for considera
ton and in point of brevity. Fifteen
measures. varying greatly in import
ance and character, were presented
and referred to the reference commit
tee within twenty minutes time.
Some of the most important meas
ures proposed In the senate were pre-
pared at the instigation and under the
supervision of the League of Munici
palities of Utah. Among many things
of perhaps lesser Importance, they
called for the creation of a park com
mission, a widening of the appropria
ton powers of the city commission
the fixing of the city treasurer's bond
the apportionment of the expenses Of
assessing and collecting taxes, giving
the municipality jurisdiction over land
etc, to the source OF its water supply
the rendering of the board CT educa
ton liable to special taxation and spe
cial assessments, and the making OF
the water tax, or rental, a lien upon
the property.
The house passed the bill amendinl
the garnishment law so that the same
set of facts are required to garnishee
as to attach.
The house declined TO adjourn over
Saturday. deciding to meet at o CLOCK
on Saturday.
The chiropractic bill was intro
duced January 10 by Argyle of Utah
and Bywater of Salt Lake introduced
the bill he had prepared abolishins
capital punishment in this state
Other bills and resolutions were in
troduced. including those extending
the terms OF sherffs and the prevent
ing of combinations in dairy and egl
business.
Leading Democrats in the house ant
senate expect TO be nile 10, prepare {
bill to create board OF control Il
take charge of all OF the social institu
tfons in the state and that part OF the
states educational Institutions which
relates to buildings, repairs and sup