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Show LIQUOR RILL IS NEAR1NGTHE END Famous Committee May End Work This Week OTHER FEATURES PUT IN INTRASTATE SHIPMENTS EVI-DENTLY EVI-DENTLY TO BE ALLOWED WITH CONTENTS OF PACKAGE PLAINLY MARKED. 1 J. Llumu may bo served In' pub- .J. J. 11$ dining halls with inenls. J. J A s.iioon can in no w'so Ijo con- ', J ndcted with a brothel. .J. J A penalty provided for mlsrcp- J I rcseutatlon of ngc. .J. J In times of riot or oxclto- J J ment saloons may ifo clqscd for .J. -J. throo days. .J. ; Adultornted liquors must boar J. ! stamp giving contents. .J. J too nctlon for a collection nt J J law may ho started for less than j J- five gallons of liquor. J. J Inlra-Btnto shipments must J J. havo stamped on package naturo J J of contents nnd quantity thorotn. .J. I- Shipping by fictitious conslg- J J nco or consignor is forbidden un- J J dor pcnnlty. .J .J. 'A definition for Intoxicating J -I- liquors wan decided upon. J Salt Ljko City, Fob. 14. Further progress was mado by tho spccinl commltteo of tho legislature drafting n liquor mcasuro this mornlg. Tho committee hns decided upon between 2G nnd 28 pages of the mcasuro at)d expts to -havo tho bill on tho floor ofi both' houses boforo tho end of tho week. Thero nro a few points loft for discussion which will tnlco about two days and tho bill will then bo rounded round-ed out Into form. Tho commltteo Informed In-formed President Henry Qardnor of tho senate this morning that, the bill would probably bo finished either Thursday or Friday and that It would bo. printed and in thu file hooKs o( tho legislators by noxt Monday. Sonator Ilcnucr X. Smith declared this morning that what should bo dono would bo to got a constitutional amend ment fixing tho voting units nnd niak-lug niak-lug It n felony to sell liquor In dry territory. ter-ritory. Tho commltteo decided tills morning morn-ing that nothing In the bill should provent tho serving of liquor iu public pub-lic dining rooms with, meals. 'Althpugh tho bill prohibits tho snlo of lqunr In dining halls, n person miller tho provisions can send out nndcet ilq-or ilq-or If ho so desires It. At tfiojmo tlmo ho will linvo to glvo tho wnlter tho money with which to purchase It. Saloons nro prohibited from bolng In any wIbo connected with n brothel or any other plnco used for unlawful purposes. No electrical apparatus, dumb wnlter or other means can bo used to connect tho places. Another foaturo that wns decided upon wns Hint minors who misrepresented misrepre-sented their ago shall bo punished by a fine of not moro thnn $23 or 15 days In' Jnll for each offense. Tho committee placed Its condemnation condem-nation on adulterated liquors by agreeing agree-ing on n section In tho bill that llq-or llq-or bottles must bear a stamp giving tho Ingredlent8 of tho contents of tho bottle. Closed During Riots. Tho mensuro provldos that in cases of riot? or excitement the mayor may causa tho saloons to bo closed for not to exceed thrco days. Tho commltteo this mornlg struck out tho provisions of tho Iladger bl)l which mado a prnlclpal equally guilty guil-ty of an Infraction of tho liquor law by his servant or agent. Tho old law of tho stato that no person can start an action at law for tho .collection of a liquor bill fdr less than flvo gnllons, was drafted Into tho liquor measure. Shipments throughout tho stato shall, havo In largo lcttors upon tho package tho naturo of tho conlonls and tho quantity therein. It Is also mado unlawful for a com-mon com-mon carrier to knowingly receive for shipment any llqtlor for a fictitious consignee or consignor. Somo good naturcd Jests wore on-gaged on-gaged In by tho commltteo ns to tho naming of tho bill. It wns finally ngrccd that It should bo known as tho Joint commltteo bill, although It was suggested that it ho tho Iladger bill. as Senator Carl A. Dadger has done most of tho heavy work In preparing the measuro, putting tho bill together no as to Incorporate tho Ideaa of tho (Riiiinlttee and proparlng the typewritten type-written copies of what was agreed upon. Tho title to the bill has boon prepared pre-pared and all tho heaviest part of the work has been gono ovdc. Liquor Is Defined. The last thing the committee did before adjourning during tho morning morn-ing session was the dcflnlg of wbot the term intoxicating liquor shall mean In tio law. Mr. Badger moved that his definition defini-tion of Intoxicating liquor bo adopted. Senator Rudolph Kuchler moved that Intoxicating Miuors bo doflncd r.s "Ml spirituous, vinous, fermented or malt liquors which iro intoxicating and all otner Intoxicating HquorB thit may bo used as a bovorago." At tho suggestion of Senator Smith It was decided that tho definition should read; "Tho term Intoxicating liquor as used in this act, shall bo construedTto menn nny spirituous, vinous, fermented ferment-ed or malt liquor that may bo used as a bovorago and product Intoxication; Intoxica-tion; nnd oil mixtures and preparations prepara-tions thereof that may bo used as a bovorago and produce Intoxication." Tho commltteo mot again at 2 o'clock this nfteriK-on nm started . work on tho appeal mea mo as agrood , upon In tho provlous s islons. This f part with but fow technical ponlts has boon agreed upon. All tho mombers of tho commlttoo ' were- present at tho morning sossinn nnd they woro excused from altndlng tho sessions of olther houso until they havo finished tho bill. |