| Show enforcement OF SUNDAY LAWS BOMB time since sanc we directed attention to flagrant violations of the sunday liquor law and disgraceful incidents resulting from people becoming intoxicated at lake park the article passed some strictures upon the officers of davis county on account of their neglect to enforce the statute in relation to the disposal of liquor on the sabbath day the incident which called the subject up at the time the article was written referred specially to lake park and the comments were confined to that resort without any intention of being invidious we wish to state here that they had an equal application to every other place where the law in question is not properly observed the same general application also refers to officers of any of the counties who fail to enforce the statutes enacted for tle the purpose of protecting the public it is gratifying to note the fact that the counties of davis and tooele thoele have taken the proper steps in the premises as will be observed by the following received from mr J D mcintosh who acted as secretary on anthe the occasion to which uie the communication refers at a meeting of the davis da vis and tooele thoele count county courts held in salt lake county court how house at 2 pm july 1889 it was unanimously res resolved olied that it is the sense of the delegations of the county courts of tooele thoele and davis da vis counties that the sheriffs of said counties are instructed ted to enforce the territorial sta statutes Jutes in regard to the selling of intoxicating liquors on the first day of the week commonly called sunday at pleasure resorts and at all places where liquor Is i sold on that day in their respective counties also they are required to notify saloon proprietors that the statutes in regard thereto will be strictly enforced it was further resolved that the officers officer of salt lake and weber counties are earnestly to operate cooperate co with davis and tooele thoele counties iu in the strict enforcement of the sunday liquor law and aid us in suppressing the sale of intoxicating liquors coll contrary arary to law and public requirements 11 this is good as far as it goes there are other statutes that are alo violated and some action is necessary as to them horse racing bicycle racing and other public entertainments of various kinds that are advertised at these places of sunday resort are violations of law and ought to be treated in the same way as illegal liquor selling |
