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Show UQUOR BILL HAS PASSED SENATE . t , A Measure Now Goes to the Governor For His Signature Calls for Election in Ogden on June 27 Closes Saloons at Midnight No More Sunday Amusements to be Allowed. Tbe Utah senate today concurred in the hou&w amendments to the local option bill regulating the sale of liquor li-quor and the bill'now goes to the governor gov-ernor for approval. The pennte also today passed a bill prohibiting Sunday amusements, including in-cluding theatres and baseball. Only ono amendment was made to tho joint committee liquor bill In tho house, that being the changing of the closing hour of saloons from 10 o'clock at night to 12, and with this amendment amend-ment the measure waa put through tho senato with only four opposing votes. Tho senators who registered their votes against the bill wore Burton, Funk, llorsley and Olaon. Sevy was absent when the voto was taken. Tho Iverson senate bill 218, v.ilch P- ----Mil-- II niarmjajf prohibits the operation of theatres, baseball games anil ninny other forms of amusement on Sunday, was passed with only two opposing senators. Those wero Senators Kelly and Ben-ner Ben-ner X. Smith. Smith openly opposed the mcasuro as a "blue law." A resolution was presented In tho senate by Lunt asking the govornor to appoint threo persons as a commit-teo commit-teo to Investigate tho public utllltlos of the state and report on the necessity neces-sity of a public utilities commission at the next sejslon of the state legislature. legisla-ture. At tho noon hour today tho members mem-bers of both houses visited tho Utah university, but were back to tho legislative legis-lative chambers by 2 o'clock this afternoon, af-ternoon, . |