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Show Gambling Bill Before the Houses Will Bar Society from Offering Prizes at Card Parties Sutherland Send Thanks for Choosing-Him Choosing-Him a Candidate; Says He Hopes He Will be Able to Aid Utah Business in Both Houses. A far-reaching gambling bill was tho feature of the bills filed by tho legislature legis-lature yesterday. Tho receiving of bills was the principal business of both houses yesterday. So stringent is tho gambling bill presented that if it is passed society will be barred from offering prizes of any kind for playing whist, bridge-whist, five hun: dretl, solo, fiog, or any other game. Only throe bills wore filed in tho seu- Iate yesterday and seven in the house. On adjourning the senate went over to 2 o'clock Monday afternoon and the houso adjourned to 2 o'clock today. Telegram From Sutherland. 1 A telegram was received by both houses from Senator George Sutherland Suther-land yesterday in which he thanked the caucus of tho Republicans for choosing him as their candidato. Ho declared that he hoped he would bo able to aid Utah and satisfy his constituency. con-stituency. Both houses received a communication communica-tion from the governor, in which he announced that he had appointed G. Robinson as his messenger and thank- ' ed tho legislature for extending to him the courtesy of creating the office of messenger to the governor. Communication From Governor. In tho senate a communication was received from the governor in which he sent the correspondence between himself and the secretary of war, relative rel-ative to ceding lands, amounting to 0,995 acres to tho federal government. He also sent a copy of the act ho wished to have passed so as to clear up the titles to property taken in by the Fort Douglas and tho Fort Duchesne Du-chesne reservations. He stated emphatically em-phatically that the state should not ( cedo over to the United States jurisdiction juris-diction over crimes, but should re-servo re-servo that right to tho state as a matter mat-ter of protection. The senate also received tho engrossed en-grossed copy of senato Joint memorial No. 1 for the signature o the President Presi-dent before sending it to the house for I the signature of the speaker, and lator I sending it to the governor. Senator Williams, president "pro tern, asked j that the matter be laid on the table until the return of President Gardner. Senators Wilson, Kuchler and Bur- 1 ton went to Spanish Fork yesterday as the representatives of tho senate at the funeral of Mrs. Serene Gardner, mother of President Henry Gardner, of tho senate. A similar committee , was sent by the house and both ' branches of the legislature sent flowers. flow-ers. Gambljng Bill In the House. The gambling hill, which was presented pre-sented In the house by Representative Russell, of Salt Lake, closely follows the Nevada law and is an effort to close all kinds of gambling and especially espe-cially in some of tho mining camps, where igames of chance are allowed ' to run wide open. The opening sec- tion of the bill reads: I ty shall be unlawful for any per- son to deal, play or carry on, open or conduct in any capacity whatever, any game of faro, monte, roulette, ! lansquenet, rouge, ot nolr, roundo, tan, fan-tan, studhorse poker, soven-and-a-half twenty-one, hokey-pokey, craps, klondyke, poker, whist, bridge whist, five hundred, solo, frog or any other card game, or any -banking or percentage percent-age game played with cards, dice, or any device, for money, properly, checks, credit or any representatives of value; or any gambling game of which any person keeping, conducting, managing or permitting the same to bo carried on receives, directly, or Indirectly, In-directly, any compensation or Toward, or any percentage- or share in tho money, or property played, for keeping, keep-ing, running, carried on or permitting, the same game to bo carried on; or to play, maintain or koep any slot machines, ma-chines, played for money or for checks, or tokens redeemable In money; mon-ey; or to buy, sell or deal In pools, or make books on horse-races, any person who violates any of tho previsions pre-visions of this section shall bo guilty of a felony, antLupon couvictlon thereof, there-of, shall bo imprisoned in tho state prison for a period of not less than one year or more than five yenrs." i The bill also applies to any property-owner property-owner who knowingly allows games ! to be carried on on his promises. It ' shall nlso apply to any person hnving . any gambling devices in his possession. posses-sion. And it also statos tho manner i . in which tho sheriff shall dispose of all gambling devices found. Bills Introduced In Senate. Tho following were the bills Introduced Intro-duced In the senate yesterday: Senate Bill No. lGMBy Kuchler, allowing al-lowing persons who have lived separate: sepa-rate: and apart for a year or more prior to the securing of a divorce to receive the final decree at once. This does away with tho present law, which makeB it 'necessary for a Walt of; one year beforo persons can secure the final decree; judiciary committee. Senate Bill No. 17 By Lunt, asking for an appropriation of $3,500 for improving im-proving bridges and building and improving im-proving roads in Washington county; highways and bridges committee. Senate Bill No. IS By Stookey, making appointees by tho governor who fall of confirmation by the senate sen-ate ineligible ns recess appointees. i This is said to have been started by ' persons who are opposed to State Fish and Game Commissioner Fred Chambers. Cham-bers. At the last session of the senate two years ago the senate failed to ' confirm Chambers and also a number of members of tho state board of land commissioners. Bills In the House. Tho following wero tho bills presented pre-sented in the house 3'esterday: House Bill No. S By Pago, making mak-ing appropriation of $1,500 for the purpose pur-pose of building a road around tho Stein hill In Piute county; highways and bridges committee. House Bill No. 9 By Page, allowing allow-ing fees of $2 a day and 20 cents a I mile for travel for witnesses compelled I to attend district courts and icran'd j juries; salaries and fees committee. House Bill No. 10 By Page, allow-1 J ing fees of $1.50 a day and 20 cents : a mile for travel for wltnossos in' jus-' tice courts and Inquest; BOlarios and j ifoes commlttoe. Houbo Bill No. 11 By Russell, pro-1 hihitlng gambling, providing for tbo J destruction of gambling property and , other matters relating thereto; judi clary committee. Houso Bill No. 12 By Sanderson, relating to tho driving and shipping of live stock from this state to another and for the inspection of the eamo by the sheriff; livo stock chnmittee, I House Bill No. 13 By Popo, appropriating appro-priating $10,000 for highways and bridges in the Uintah reservation, and Wasatch county; highways and bridges committee. House Bill No. 14 By committee on irrigation, amending sections 2 and 5, chapter 116, providing for selection of reservoir sites, construction of reservoirs res-ervoirs and specifying and empowering empower-ing tho state board of land comniis- ' sioners fo mako loans from said funds and returns thereof, and for selecting lands for storage reservoirs and 'for reclamation and for supervision of construction; irrigation and reser- i voirs committee. I |