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Show WHO SHALL J m THE SALOONS The liquor committee of the Utah H leglslaturo today, by a vote of 96 to H 7, declined to reconsider the voto ol H Tuesday by which the county unit H was fixed and tho manner of holding H an election decided on. H Today the committeo took up the H question defining intoxicating liquor H A motion was Introduced to accept H Badger's definition, which is as fol- IH "Tho term intoxicating liquor, a.3 H used in this act, shall he construed to H apply to spirituous, vinous or maid IH liquor, or any intoxicating liquor what IH over which is now or may be used as H a beverage." H Thc motion carried by viva voce IH "Where shall liquor be sold?". That jl question, it was agreed, is covered H in ojher subdivisions of tho "skolc- H ton" measure. H Then thc Badger liquor bill was H taken up for the purpose of consider- H Ing amendments, with thc understand- l ing that thc bill as amended, would IH be again taken up, discussed and held IH open for amendment The committeo agreed on Section i. IH as to who shall receive a license, as H "No alien shall be granted a 11- IH cense, and only citizens of tho United IH States, who are citizens of Utah. No IH corporation shall bf allowed to retail IH liquor. Anyone granted a license shall IH own all tho pcrfonal property of his H saloon, nnd not more than one-half 1 that proportv can be Incumbered." H No saloon to be allowed within IH 500 foot of a church or saloon. This jH was changed to rend 300 feet H On tho question of amusement H places nnd saloons, Kuchler said the H saloons wore moro desirable than the H cheap theaters and he opposed an a IH amondment providing that a saloon H could not be established within 100 H feet of a place of amusement. The iH question of priority of saloon or IH amusement house was passed for the H Then tho question as to whether ho- H tcls should be allowed to conduct H bars, if thc hotels are within 300 H feet of a church or school was con- IH sidered. Tho consensus of opinion IH was that hotel bars should uot' be jl classed with saloons in that partlc- H |