Show prohibition GILL ba L PASSED BY SENATE UTAH WILL JOIN RANKS OF DRY STATES FIRST MONDAY IN N i JUNE U N E 1916 state statewide wide prohibition measure approved by vote veto of 15 to 2 gambling bill pa bied by the lower house utah will bo be a dry state blate atter the iha first monday in june 1916 should the members embers In of the tha house endorse the action of the senate which on february 11 passed the wootton prohibition bill 1111 by a vote of 15 to 2 those voting for tho the bill were brad eDrad ley chez colton cotterill Cotter lH craig ac eckersley avans vans funk hanson uey iley nolda rideout thornley wright and wootton those voting against it 11 were dern dera and perry ferry the bill known ns as senate bill no 50 introduced by senator J 11 II wootton of utah county was dratted drafted by the utah federation of 0 prohibition and betterment leagues and the utah municipal league it was presented with to no provision for submitting the question to the voters ot of the tha state stat 0 and has been considered by the senate committee on agriculture and irrigation to which it was referred after the first contest in the present session of tho the legislature tie the committee after several public hearings voted to report favorably with no amendments whatever excepting to correct a few typographical errors it was waa in this form that the bill passed the senate except that one of a score or more amendments offered was adopted malting making it mandatory that the state board of medical examiners and the state board of pharmacy shall revoke the license of any physician or druggist who violates the provisions of the bill relative to giving or filling prescriptions for liquor and that after a license Is revoked no other license shall be granted that person to practice medicine or pharmacy the honor of making the first address in new capitol fell to D J palmer commander in chief of the G A R 11 jn in a patriotic address he admonished the legislators to enact laws which will be tor for the best interests ot 0 tho the state CoI cordiman janan der palmer w was a a re received ce ived by both houses 0 of the legislature in joint ses BOS slun on february 11 held an ln the house chamber the education and appropriation committees of thea house and senate were to have gone on tuesday to cedar city but tele telegrams grama received stated t ed tha a short distance south of 0 lund and the trip hat has been indefinitely postponed with but slight objection tho the house housa on february 11 passed the durton burton gambling bill making the presence of 0 gambling para paraphernalia phern alla prima facie evidence of the conduct of a gambling house several members objected to the bill on the ground that it was too drastic in its provisions representative J loula louis brown democrat of salt lake has introduced a bill providing that any person representing any political organization who uses vehicles tor for the carriage ariage of voters to the polls on election day shall be guilty of a misdemeanor ileanor the senate on february 16 passed senator hideouts Rid eouts bill bollig away with the law relative to the appointment and duties of the board of park commissioners which was actually abolished when the commission form of government waa adopted A bill permitting towns to lo enget the third class of cities introduced by senator george dern of salt lake was passed after being beang amended to suit stilt the ogden senators so as to place the dividing line between first and second class cities at one bill 1111 was passed in the house the oldham bill regarding collection of corporation license tax from building and loan companies reconsideration or of the wootton prohibition pr 0 h ji i n bill b III in the senate went by monday for it happened that when a provo citizen called senator L B wight outside tw for a mo ment a motion to adjourn adrouni was carried and the prohibition bill following the parliamentary course proceed edco ao the house without being called up the committee voted to report unfavorably on the tha bill by enill 8 lund to appropriate to grade the capitol grounds by day any labor J alex devan of tooele thoele believer belleve that the united states civil service commissioners and heads of departments under civil service are too hasty basty la in issuing peremptory orders warning civil cial service employees from talking polities ag lie he introduced introduce l a resolution to memorialize congress for remedial action A bill introduced by dan D B shields of salt isalt lake proposes that the clerk odthe of the county shall make an alphabetical list of all voting at the last election and that the list be furnished to registrars at least thirty days daya prior to elm election tIon aarnes would be added to this livia list by registrars and instead of having three registration days daya there would be only one the mil bill was introduced trod in 1911 and was killed senator bill permitting workers in ore mills using the so called wet process to work ten hours houra a day if they elect where theli extra work means that the mining underground der ground may go ea ahead uninterrupted e d was passed by the senate on february 9 A bill amending existing state laws lawa so as aa to require all state institutions commissions off officers leers and boards to turn over monthly to the state treasurer all fees collected coller ted has been introduced in the house by T T burton of salt lale lake |