Show UTAH legislature mrs coulter presents anti treating and purity of elections bills 1 YESTERDAYS proceedings anc gEX ATE passed house bill 34 once adopted favorable reports I 1 on houe bill 3 and senate billa 70 i 83 71 79 85 and and unfavorable reports on senate ball and 54 action on bill gubaci tute for 51 deferred bill mckay and bill johnsoa John sol to the committee on county and municipal corporations kcf cried Whilmore a bills and to the judiciary committee erred loves bills and to alio judiciary committee lewis bill to the livestock committee 3 bi 1141 to the committee on and irrigation L clarecne Lare cne bill to on manufactures and corn ineice and bill to the elih and game committee failed tp strike out the enacting clause of the initiative and referendum bill alada bill 67 a order for wednesday a 3 passed bill with adopted resolution calling as and boards of equalization toi do their duty benator barber yesterday introduced a bill of great interest to the u of the state it provides for the organization of irrigation districts something after the nature of sewer districts in alio and provides for the issuance vf bonda backed by all the land in the alie bill provides that a majority of the landowners not fewer than fifty continued on page 8 UTAH legislature continued from page 7 owning one fourth of the acreage of any district may petition alie county commissioners for the organization of an irrigation district the board may call an election to be held on the sec ond tuesday in january every two years and regulations arc laid down for the elections at tho election a board of directors three or five will be elected each is to give bond each is to get 3 a day for actual service no director can be interested in any contracts they must submit all salaries to the electors who are landowners they must hold monthly meetings they arc to apportion the water and designate the time for use they have howerto power to enter upon the land alicy regulate alic charge for excessive using they have power to secure water rights by purchase or conr dem nation the district is authorized to issue bonds for the purchase ot water and the of alie canals and ditches contracts for all work must be submitted to the state engineer the issue of be ratified hy 0 two vate of the property owners the bonds re to lc 10 20 s negotiable in denominations of to and aca 7 per cent Inte robt on 1 petition UK entire water question of the district be taken into court to have the water rights valida ted by writs from the court the bond the interest on the bond and the current expenses of the district arc to be by tax levies all special assess are to ba ratified by the voters of abo district allihn taxes arc to be levied on acre properly the bill was by senator barber and frank K with the advice of many practical irrigators in the northern part of the state there is nothing like it now on the boaks heretofore the irrigation schemes have lccy worked out by a few enterprising men in the community whilo many have tat back till the work ia done and then reaped the benefit tim bill will enable a community to distribute the burden over all the land to be benefited the bill was referred to the senate committee on agriculture and irrigation by the terms of bill xo treating is absolutely forbidden A man may not invite another to sharo his bottle of wine at dinner lie may not olter to split a bottle of beer with him if he wishes to purchase a dring for another ho must solemnly hand over to that person a beer chec for a drink or lie must give him the price ana libin to buy 0 drink for himself this bill when put in yesterday bore iho name of spry by request hinves legation developed that representative spry had put it in at the request of mrs C E coulter the bill makes radical changes in the existing liquor laws the anti treating feature is as follows all persona arc prohibited from treating or giving away any liquor beer wine ir intoxicating beverage whatever purchased and to be drunk in any saloon or other public place where such liquors or beverage sare kept for sale any person treating or offering to treat any other person or accepting enering to accept any treat or gift of any intoxicating drink in any saloon or public place where such liquors arc kept for sale ahall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction thereof be subject to a na f 10 or imprisonment in the common jail of the county c ten days or both in the discretion of the court and in addition thereto shall pay into the court the sum of 13 to be paid to tho attorney prosecuting the case if there be one and if no attorney prosecutes then to be paid into tho M hool fund of the county in addition to tho fine among alio other provisions of the bill arc the following notice of application for saloon license mastbe published two weeks in ft newspaper hearing on the subject must bo had K there is ai protest by alie county board a stenographic record to be kept of the testimony and an appeal being permitted to the district court the judge of the court is to render decision on alio record alone minors who falsely misrepresent their to obtain liquor may be fined not over fe lq or imprisoned not over thirty days or both any liquor adulterated with strychnine sugar of lead or any other sub in punishable by a fine of for each offense persons fo licensed lic ened shall pay all damages that the community or individuals may sustain in consequence of such traffic lie shall support au pau pera widows and orphans and the expenses of all criminal and civil growing out of or justly attributed to ahna trai he in intoxicating drinks said damages and expenses to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction mi A xada JS damages may be recovered when it ii shown that a saloonkeeper sold liquor to a person who was intoxicated and that the person intoxicated inflicted somo injury free permits to atell liquor may be granted druggists but the druggists must kieel a record of all liquor sold city licenses must bo at least where the population is not over and not less than 1000 where the population is more than blinda and screens and other obstructions must not be put up at any time to prevent a full view of the bar from the street heavy penalties aro prescribed for violations the bill was referred to the committee on manufactures and commerce sir clawley called up II 11 B 64 for the control and suppression of scab and other infectious diseases of in yesterday ylie committee on livestock recommended the passage of the bill with amendments mr smith read from the government regarding scab and declared that the sheep men were willing to bear four fifths of the expense of enforcing tho law air argued that under act XIII sec 3 a special tax on the sheep of the state to enforce ic law would bo uni but said ho would vote for the bill the measure was THE HOUSE passed II 11 B 04 creating a sheep commission i petitions north ogden against the school lua from chite aad kano counties for roads froin lake county for hincke passed II 11 B bip exempting sold icis bioni poll tax as pure food bill madea special order for the i passed ll 11 B JI for publication of brands as amended y governors Go vernora act l of bills 3 and 4 made a 1 order fur next bcd ne nedday iday Ic morial for of forest reserves for pa based sed S B 39 making livestock inspector made unfinished business i passed S for commission to secure benefits of euid land appropriation passed II 11 B 10 on collection of statistics GAMBLING baw IN HOUSE another bill in the clasa was fathered L kypry 11 B no by spry by request provides Pio vides that a person who loses money by gambling his wife ji ardian or heirs may recover by civil action the amount of the io 4 fram the other players the keeper of the bambling pam bling house or the owner ol 01 the where the game ia played to the committee on judiciary clr i Cou HerK election bills were read yesterday and also the following other new billas H B no by austin gives the county boards authority to prevent the waste of water from artesian wells referred to committee on counties II 11 B no by austin gives city councils power to prevent waste of water from artesian wells lu berred to committee on municipal corporations TI B no by done by request A substitute for H B 84 copies of the commission of each notary public to be filed with the of jhc thc district court referred to committee on judiciary II 11 B no by hamlin that notice of intention to levy for local improvements must 10 twenty days before such levy is and if written objection signed by the owners of one half 01 he abutting property bo not filed with he cita recorder the council shall have jurisdiction to levy the tax deferred 0 the judiciary committee II 11 B no by removes ahe limit of one year on cs trays referred to committee on counties II 11 B no by morris gives probate clerk authority to set the day for settlement of accounts referred to judiciary committee IL B no by hawley provides ahat counties in which caused originate mint pay all trial when a change of venue ia taken referred to judiciary committee IL R no by watts provides for feic transmission of papers on appeal to alie supreme court ton an affidavit of referred to the on judiciary II 11 B no by watts ly request requires that in an appeal the bill of exceptions must assign the particular errors apon which the party relies referred to the judiciary committee |