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Show I, PROHIBITION BILL I PASSED BY HOUSE I UTAH WILL BE A DRY STATE ' m AFTER JULY 1, 1916, IF SENATE APPROVES MEASURE. Forty Members of Lower House Favor Inauguration of Prohibition Meas- ure Without Submitting Ques-B Ques-B vjH tton to the People. B Utnh will bo a saloonless state aftor K July 1, 191C. The Wootton state-wide prohibition bin passed the Iowor houso or the Utah legiBalturo on Jlarch 1, by a voto of 10 to 5. Tho measure now goes bnck to tho senate or Its approval or amendments to tho 1)111, and then to tho governor, when It will becomo a law, unless tho governor gov-ernor should veto tho measure An attempt to havo the question of etate-wldo prohibition submitted to tho people was defeated, forty members mem-bers of tho legislature deciding that they know what tho peoplo neoded. Those who voted In favor of tho bill were: Aagard, Allen, Bovnii, JJIackett, IJrlnkerhoff, Browning, j Rrown, Chrlstensen, Croft, Day, En- la, Fowles, Goodwin, Griffin, Hammond, Ham-mond, llawloy, Hayward, Hinckley, Horsley, Kelly, McShane, Maboy, Meoks, Morris, Nebeker, Oldham, O'Neil, Page, Peterson, Pope, Redd, Sovy, shields, Stewart, Taylor, Van Wagoner, Warnlck, wing, apcakor Anderson; total, 40. Those opposed wore: Barkor, Child, Kltch, Folkman, Lund; total, 5. Absent: Wolstenholmo. Joseph H. Fowles of Weber voted for the bill and gave notice of reconsideration. recon-sideration. Tho voto by which tho bill passed both tho house and the senate precludes pre-cludes submission of tho question of state-wide prohibition to tho voters of tho stato on a referendum. Tho voto in tho senato was 14 to 3 In favor of tho measure, and ae both tho senate sen-ate and tho liouso passed tho bill by moro than two-thirds, tho constitutional constitu-tional provision on the initiative and referendum prohibits tho submission to tho people. James J. Barkor and Georgo D. Folkman, both of Weber county, led tho fight against tho bill. Both offored a largo number of amendments, all of which wore voted down almost unanimously unani-mously by viva voce votes. Tho only two important amend- ! meats adopted on tho floor of tho house were ono prohibiting tho manufacture manu-facture of wlno for sncramontal purposes pur-poses and tho othor eliminating from tho bill tho provision requiring physicians phy-sicians to stato the malady afflicting the patient for whom Intoxicants might bo prescribed. iFlvo billB wore passed by tho son-'J son-'J ato Monday, three of them providing & for transfer of duties from tho office I of tho secretary or stato to tho stato a Irnnk commissioner, who horeafter I will havo supervision of the Duslness n of building and loan associations, fl One of tho other bills passed amends B the drainage district laws in a man- ffl nor approved by tho supreme court Judges and tho attorney general to make it conform to tho constitution. Anothor bill from tho houso that was passed under suspension of rules was that providing for tho transror of county records to Duchesne, tho new county. Committee reports added several I more bills to tho senate calendar, in- I eluding tho Dorn bill for regulating I tho salo of liquor, a bill to make It a 8 misdemeanor to substltuto coal from y ono mino when anothor kind Is order- C od, a bill to permit special parking 1 districts in cities, a house bill amend- is ing tho laws relative to collection of "A corporation taxes and tho bill provld- ,9 Ing for tho appointment of a commls- ji slon to solect a site on tho capltol grounds for a monument to tho Mor- jj mon battalion. rB Tho houso passed threo bills and 1 killed eight at tho session on Febru- m " ary 20. Tho greater part of tho time m was taken up with reading of commit- m ' teo reports and introduction of now J'-- . bills. M " Tho hill by Ira R. Browning, which 1 provides for an annual llcenso tax to .1 bo paid tho stato by owners of auto-a auto-a mobiles and tho licensing or chauf-m chauf-m fours, was passed after being amend- ed so that no one under 1G years of ago may run an automobile or a mo- torcyclo. chauffeurs must bo 18 years of age. Tho hill provides that all machines under forty horsepower shall pay $10 a yoar llcenso and that all macninos . or moro than forty horsepower shall ,V ' pay $20 a year license. Motor trucks ' and othor motor vehicles aro taxed at l $15 a year. Motorcycles pay ?5 a yoar. Tho number plates must bo r obtained from tho secretary of stato and this ofdclal also Issues chauffeurs' licenses. Tho houso suspended tho rules and passod S. J. M. No, C, by Senator John W Thornley, which asks congreas to appropriate $300,000 for tho eradlca- v tion of wild and predatory animals. B Tho discussion on S. B, No. G3 took I up tho greater part of tho afternoon f and resulted In the enacting clause 'l being stricken out, which effectual- i ftf Jy kUIcd tno bm- Tho b111 Provided I V that an assistant librarian bo appoint- W ed to aid the.! justices of the supremo I court. Parloy P. Chrlstensen was tho ." only lawyer in tho houso to voto I against the bill, S H. J). No. 120, "by Mrs. Elizabeth S Hayward, prohibiting children under f tho ago of 16 from working In any I gainful occupation moro than nine fj liours a day, also created extended ur- 1 gumont. Exceptions to tho law aro I domestic employment, farming and packing of fruits and vegetables. The llilll was passod, 'There was on hour's debate in the houso on Fobruary 24 on Goodwin's LIU to appropriate $1,000 for a commission com-mission to solect & elto for a monument monu-ment to the Mormon battalion, but the bill was finally approved. 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