Show regulating REGO LATING TRAFFIC IN UTAH A flood of expressing ale views wo of different members doing being pre dented 1 in 0 doth etli houses in tho the house on oil Ato monday february 1 speaker robinson stated that ag measures urea had been introduced and only 12 have been dispo disposed sod of warning tho the members that tills this was tho twenty second secona lay day of tho the sess session fon ono one bill was passed tit at Alon mondays days session IT 11 n 11 no 44 by claud V i russell relating to a granta grants an and drunkards an amended prohibition rue measure asure introduced trod Irod by J it porter of morgan county provides that liquor can not bo be dispensed except when prescribed by a physician and that druggists must keep keel a record of each prescription filled the record nifty may be examined by anyone the nica measure gure further provides that there shall be no ao soliciting by circular letter card or by advertisement in newspapers for the sale of liquor patent medicines containing alcohol iare not excluded from tho the stipulations the house decided to visit the iho agriculture college tit at logan on saturday february 6 together with members of oj the press A communication was repol received ved from governor Willia william nj spry In dorsing the memorial to congress relating to the annexation of the arizona strip senator Hu laniski of introduced a measure for the regulation of the liquor traffie le the bill provides one saloon for each ach e 1000 ot population but provides that this chall not take until after A august 11 1 1909 and that the number of licenses then in force shall not he be reduced even though that number Is greater thai the number of thousands of under this thia bill no license shall bo be granted to 10 any person not a citizen of the united states or to lo an ex convict it provides for the suspension of license tor for thirty days for violation of any saloon regulation and a revocation of the license for ft a second conviction under the terms of the hul anaski bill one half the money collected for liquor licenses shall be used for tho the purpose of the good roads roada system Ry stein numerous changes in the present fish and game laws of the state are proposed in senate rill bill NO 51 introduced by senator charles E marks tho the bill was drawn up at the instance of the organized sportsmen of utah tit the recent state convention the bill provides for one chief deputy and five chief wardens a superintendent for each hatchery and a clerk to he be appointed by the state fish and game commissioner one bill was approved by the esen ate an ad act amending section 2049 of the compiled laws of utah of 1907 placing the salary of secretary of state at a year besides passing two bills the mom mem bers of the utah legislature contrived to get just nineteen new measures before the senate and house for future consideration at the session of tuesday c february 2 ten in the senate rind cind nine in the house the bills approved by the house were if D no 45 relating to the car dying of concealed weapons and providing penalties by claud Y russell 11 B no 32 relating to the keeping of acco accounts mits by pawn brokers and secondhand dealers and providing penalties for a violation of its provisions claud Y russell S J 11 no 1 asking united states government to donate acres of land to utah to build state capitol and extend good roads introduced by 1 y james E walson was waa passed by under suspension of rules the house of representatives adjourned in a body at 3 to attend a mass meeting at the salt lake theater at the invitation of a committee representing the various clubs of the city A state library commission consisting of five members to be appointed by the state superintendent of public instruction to serve without cot compensation sensation pensa tion is created in a hill bill filed by senator john Y smith another bill providing for an ail insurance department and presenting a ode code for the regulation of insurance compan companies les and protection or of policy holders was introduced by senator benner X smith president gardner of the senate has presented a bill which he contends will solve the liquor problem in utah president gardner Is not trying to secure c prohibition but rather would regulate the liquor traffic the bill Is a lengthy one and covers every phase of the liquor question it docs not stop with the wholesale and re tall tail liquor dealers but it provides for restrictions being placed upon drug stores and also upon ulon the writing of prescriptions for liquor by physicians physician 3 the measure contains provisions relative to the manner in which bar rooms shall be arranged the number or of doors on each saloon and the kh kind id of burnitt fur furniture re that shall not be permitted to bo be tit in the ho place it if It becomes n law it t will abolish rambling gambling by plot machines ini chinea or 01 other devices it will lioom coinon out of public drinking places and will do away any with booths card tables and mil instruments to 0 o bo be found in nearly all of tho the sa ba loons loona in the hp state today it will pill the hie licensing of saloons drug stores and wholesale hol cale houses under santo con on liol and will mil add to tho the stalo rov io denues in III tho the houpo oti on thursday january 28 representative holmans bill to do signed to protect newspapers no spi papers pors from balse information ll 11 milking ing it a iii isdo ji leanor for anyone to gho false falio and information to pors after a prolonged ngod debate waa wa massod two other bills were passed a U D no 19 by J Y smith relating to the bonded indebted vess i ess up tip to the cons constitutional indebted tass ess 11 II n D no 51 53 by 11 A mcall 1 in ani amending section 2 2141 compiled laws of utah i relating elating to tho the appointment and denning defining tho the duties or oc bunk bank porter of morgan was given per mission by the he house to withdraw no C his bill providing for prohibition tho the provisions of this bill are aie include ed in cannons bill no 37 thero were but thirteen iteen members moin boia of t tho to senate bonato present on oil thursday lut but the tact fact that thero there was a hoodoo number present did not deter the members front attending to the usual routine of business in III tho matter of now new bills presented lor for the consideration of tho the senate senator hadger badger lini had a monopoly presenting tho the only three now new bills all of which amend former acts relating to the homestead laws senator 0 11 marks introduced into the senate the communication fr from in tho the real estate association urging the erection of a state capitol and suggesting the manner of raising the necessary funds the senate committee on salaries reported favorably senate bill no 10 by mi marks providing for the amendment of section so as to include the salary of tho the secret itry of state in the salary list through in advertence adver tonce the of the secretary of state was omitted from thu the list when the act was last amended tho the house of was in session but two hours houis on friday january 29 but in that time one bill was passed while one joint memorial and eight new bills were presented to the body the bill approved annoyed by the members of the house was one introduced by hugh A AlcA lillin former state statistician now a ine member niber of the house which provides that eliat hanks of all descriptions lonn loan corn com bahles and mercantile establishments carrying on any kind of a banking business will bo be subject to the berut I 1 iny of the state bank examiner those who seek to cheat creditors by giving checks for debts bucl such checks not being backed with funds or r e att III find themselves en irie law alt t a bill presented by la passed representative ashton aglito n of salt lake presented l a bill providing for the creation sf a commission for the blind which bill if passed will vill result in i the establishment of a school tor for the adult blind mcrae handed in a measure mea which w aich reeks to amend the present laws relating to the investment of public funds and the security and interest thereon by a bill presented by representative clegg by request it is proposed to levy a tax of ono ona per cent on the premiums of all fire and lightning insurance companies ill i utah and use the money to form a foremans firemans fi il remans relief fund several changes are to bo be made in the laws providing for the elaml examination na of dentists in utah in a bill presented by george A fuller the livestock of tho the house killed a bill by J R porter which was intended to mako make railroad compan companies les responsible for the killing of stock on their tracks dut but six senators showed up at the senate chambers and as ten are needed for a quorum no session of 0 the sen senate ate was held saturday january 30 was a holl holi day for the inen members ibers the house having adjourned on friday until monday and there be ing only four members of the senate present at 2 the tha out of town members took advantage of tho two lays days recess to visit their homes n no 0 committee meetings meeting were held and all legislative work was dropped for the time seventy three bills have been introduced in the house up to this time A joint resolution appropriating 1000 for the painting of the por portrait trall of former governor do vernor john C cutler was passed by both houses during tho the week tho the portrait portra lt will become the property of the t tate state and will occupy y a place beside that of former gover nor heber AT wells senate bill no 2 making february 12 the anniversary of Lincol ns birthday a legal holiday passed parsed the house during the week and now awaits the signature of the governor before becoming a law |