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Show Behold! Cometh the Freak! m m m '' Plymouth Rock Ducks Nut ( x ' m m m m Pilgrims Turn in Their Graves Puritanical Measure Introduced in House Practically Prac-tically Walls, Bars and Otherwise Fortifies Zion Against Intruders and Jails Inhabitants their way into the present legislature jbut the one of Representative Rhees ii declared to be perhaps the most freakish freak-ish thai has ever been present d to tb lawmaking body off the state. Its title is simple, but critics characterize It at "wonderfully misleading." Here Is th measure; "Be it enacted by the legislature ol Utah, in body assembled, that In ordei in facilitate, the more speedy apprehen jsion and capture of criminals, ever) ! person who enters a hotel or roomfni ( house of any description for the pur-i pur-i pose of occupying a bed for the night or any shorter length of time, be and hereby is required to register in a booh kept by the proprietor of said hotel oi 'rooming house. Such registration shall consist of the registrant personally writing his or her name, age, add rem and place of birth, in said book, such registration to be kept for at least on year. lTbcpruriUirsuX said- hotels ot rooming houses shall furnish proper registration books, and said books shall be placed in a convenient place, subject to lnaoectinn hv nnv officer or citizen. CITIZENS of Utah and strangers within her gates are to be given a real taste of what espionage means. The world at large is notified noti-fied that the city of Salt Lake and the great state will not care to have vis-j vis-j iters unless they are willing to give their pedigree in full when they enter la hotel, so that they may be reported to the chief of police. Residents are to !l)e barred in their own-homes or shut (out from travel over the highways and I bridges of the state or narrow passes on the public highways. In the more congested districts of the cities the residents resi-dents are to be locked in by metal doors or gates between the hours of midnight and 4 o'clock In the morning. 1 All this looms if the measure which Representative Rhees of Weber county introduced yesterday afternoon In the house, under 'the simple title of "An lact to facilitate the capture of criminals," crimi-nals," should become a law. MOST FREAKISH. Freak bills have been introduced in! the legislature In Utah in the past, j Some measures of like kind have found - " -" ti-aa "Any person who uses s bed or stsya at one of these houses shall be termed a todffer. TO BE SNOOPERS. i "The proprietor or person In chars: of such hotel or room ins; house In cities of the first or second class shall furnish a full and complete copy of said registered names to the prealdine; officer offi-cer of said cities by & o'clock each day. In counties outside of said cities of the I first or second clsfts the proprietor or i person In charge of such hotel or rooming room-ing house shall, within twenty-four hours, place in the V. 8. mall, postage prepaid, a copy of said registered j names, to the sheriff of the county. Said designated officer In cities of the first or second class and In the county outside out-side of said cities shall keep a full and complete record of these reports. Books properly ruled for the purpose shall be furnished by the county commissioners to the officer designated In the county and by the city commissioners to the designated officer In cities of the first and second class. "Each officer, lodger or proprietor of any hotel or rooming house who fails or neglects to comply with any of the provisions pro-visions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. "All cities, towns, villages or counties coun-ties in the state of V'tah shall bs termed closed at 12 o'clock midnight each and every day of the week until 6 a. m. BEATS IRISH CURFEW. "All persons found out of doors whether. on the streets or otherwise In said cities, towns, villages or counties 'between the hours of 12 midnight and ; I a. m. shall be required to givs a full land complete report of themselves. Any person who refuses to give such a re I port between the aforesaid hours shall ' be deemed anility of a misdemeanor. "It shall be lawful for the county or , city commissioners to cause the erec-ttlon erec-ttlon of gateways over river bridges or 'narrow passes on public highways to ; be regulated by them In a lawful manner man-ner between the hours of 12 midnight and C a. m., according to the foregoing I ordinance. j "In compact business districts of all cities of Utah' where the stores and tenement houses so completely encir-icle encir-icle the block that there is not more ; than forty feet of space between any two buildings on said block, such va-!cant va-!cant places shall be provided with a wall or fence ten feet high, or more, at the property woners' expense, and . entrances leading from the center of 'such districts shall be provided by the city, town or village with metal or wooden doors or gates of solid material not less thsn ten feet high, which shall be closed and locked so that no one can obtain entrance to or exit from the center or inside of such districts between be-tween the hours of 12 o'clock midnight and. 6 a. m." |