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city council of said city shall have power by ordinance and enforcement thereof, to license, tax, and regulate, or to ab- City council, its solutely prohibit the manufacture, sale, or giving away in any quantity of spirituous, vinous, fermented, or other intoxicating liquors; Provided, That if any person, corporation or association of persons is licensed or permitted within said city to carry on the business in whole or in part mentioned in this Section, then any other person, corporation or association of persons not prohibited by the laws of this Territory, may carry on said business in like manner and under restriction and regulations.

and boarding houses.

SEC. 3. That Section 32 of said act be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: SEC. 32. The To tax hotels city council of said city shall have power to license, tax, and regulate tavern and hotel keepers, boarding, victualing, or coffee houses and restaurants or the keepers thereof.

tax gaming.

SEC. 4. That Section 34 of said act be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: SEC. 34. The To license and city council of said city shall have power by ordinance and enforcement thereof to license, tax and regulate the business of keeping, or furnishing for use billiards or pool tables, pin alleys, nine or ten pen alleys, table and ball alleys, or shooting galleries; to suppress or restrain all disorderly houses; to authorize the destruction and demolition of all instruments and devices used for the purpose of gaming, or any kinds of gambling; to prevent any riot, disturbance or disorderly assemblage, and to restrain and punish for vagrancy, mendicancy, street begging and prostitution. Approved March 13, 1884.

CHAPTER XXIV.

OF FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE.

AN ACT Relating to Proceedings against Fugitives from
Justice.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah: That the Gov

Of rewards.

tives.

ernor may offer a reward, not exceeding five hundred (500) dollars, payable out of the Territorial treasury, for the apprehension:

1. Of any convict who has escaped from the Territorial penitentiary; or,

2. Of any person, who has committed, or is charged with the indictment with the commission of an offense punishable with death.

SEC. 2. The Governor of this Territory may, in Return of fugi. any case authorized in the Constitution and laws of the United States, appoint agents to demand of the executive authority of any State or other Territory, or from the executive authority of any foreign government, any fugitive from justice and the compensation of such agents shall be a charge against the Territory.

U. S. Dist. Attorney to investigate.

Governor of

foreign State to return prisoner,

issue warrant to

when.

Warrants may

and by whom.

SEC. 3. Whenever a demand shall be made upon the Governor of this Territory, by the Governor of any State or other Territory, in any case authorized by the Constitution and laws of the United States, for the delivery over of any person charged in such State or Territory, with any crime, the United States district attorney when required by the Governor, shall forthwith investigate the grounds of demand, and report to the Governor all material facts which may come to his knowledge, as to the situation and circumstances of the person so demanded, and especially whether he is held in custody, or is under recognizance to answer for any offense against the laws of this Territory, or of the United States, or by virtue of any civil process, and also whether such demand is made conformably to law, so that such person ought to be delivered up.

SEC. 4. If the Governor shall be satisfied that the demand is conformable to law, and ought to be complied with, he shall issue his warrant, under the seal of the Territory, authorizing the agents who make such demand, either forthwith, or at such time as shall be designated in the warrant, to take and transport such person to the line of this Territory, at the expense of such agents, and shall also by such warrants, require the civil officers within this Territory, to afford all needful assistance in the execution thereof.

SEC. 5. Whenever any person shall be found within this Territory, charged with any offense committed in any be issued, when, State or other Territory, and liable by the Constitution and laws of the United States to be delivered over upon the demand of the Governor of such State or other Territory, any court or magistrate authorized to issue warrants in

criminal cases, may, upon complaint on oath, setting forth the offense and such other matters as are necessary to bring the case within the provisions of law, issue a warrant to bring the person so charged before the same or some other court or magistrate, within this Territory, to answer to such complaint as in other cases.

await warrants

ernor.

SEC. 6. If, upon the examination of the person charged, it shall appear to the court or magistrate that When persons there is reasonable cause to believe that the complaint is may be held to true, and that such person may be lawfully demanded of from the Govthe Governor, he shall, if not charged with a capital crime, be required to recognize, with sufficient sureties, in a reasonable sum, to appear before such court or magistrate at a future day, allowing a reasonable time to obtain the warrant of the Governor, and to abide the order of such court or magistrate in the premises.

surety, may be

SEC. 7. If such person shall not recognize, or if he shall be charged with a capital crime, he shall be com- Failing to give mitted to prison, and there detained [until] such day, in like committed to manner as if the offense charged had been committed within prison. this Territory, and if the person so recognizing shall fail to appear according to the condition of this recognizance, he shall be defaulted, and the same proceedings shall be had as in the case of other recognizances entered into before such court or magistrate.

may be dis

SEC. 8. If the person so recognized or committed shall appear before the court or magistrate upon the day When person ordered, he shall be discharged, unless he shall be demanded charged. by some person authorized by the warrant of the Governor to receive him, or unless the court or magistrate shall see cause to commit him, or to require him to recognize anew for his appearance at some other day; and if when ordered, he shall not so recognize, he shall be committed and detained as before; Provided, That whether the person so charged shall be recognized, committed, or discharged, any Proviso. person authorized by the warrant of the Governor may, at all times, take him into custody, and the same shall be a discharge of the recognizance, if any, and shall not be deemed an escape.

Complainant to liable for when, etc.

costs and charges

SEC. 9. The complainant in any such case shall be answerable for all the actual costs and charges, and for the support in prison of any person so committed, to be paid be weekly, or otherwise, as may be ordered by the court or magistrate; and if the charge for his support in prison shall not be so paid, the jailor may, on the failure of the

complainant, discharge such person from his imprison

ment.

Approved March 13, 1884.

CHAPTER XXV.

Merchants,

showmen, etc. must obtain licenses.

to be kept.

Rate of license.

OF LICENSES.

AN ACT authorizing County Courts to Grant Licenses.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah: That on and after the first day of April, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, no person shall be permitted to carry on the business of merchants, retailers, peddlers, auctioneers, brokers, pawnbrokers, money changers, traveling showman, theatrical performances, circus, and menageries, without first obtaining a license therefor from the county courts in their respective counties, as hereinafter provided.

SEC. 2. The county court in their respective counties Book of licenses are hereby authorized to provide for the granting of licenses as contemplated in the first section of this act. They shall also provide a suitable book of printed forms with stubs, said stubs shall contain a duplicate copy of all licenses issued, and they shall be numbered consecutively; said county courts shall fix the price of all licenses granted by them, which price shall be uniform for all licenses of the same class and shall not exceed for any one license on any business named in this act, the sum of one hundred dollars for any one year; Provided, That the price fixed for a quarter yearly license may be made the price for any time less than three months; and said county courts shall require payment for all licenses invariably in advance. Upon the applicant paying the required amount to the county clerk, said clerk shall issue the desired license for any term not exceeding one year.

Proviso.

License not transferable.

SEC. 3. No such license shall be transferable unless such transfer shall be sanctioned by the county court or probate judge.

Penalty for vio

SEC. 4. If any person shall violate the provisions of any of the preceding sections of this act he shall be lation of act. guilty of a misdemeanor.

Certain persons

SEC. 5. Nothing in this act shall be construed to apply to peddlers of perishable fruits and vegetables, nor excepted. to any person carrying on business in an incorporated city. Approved March 13, 1884.

CHAPTER XXVI.

OF POOR PERSONS.

AN ACT providing for the Support of Poor Persons.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah: That every poor Who must supperson, who is unable to earn a livelihood in consequence port, etc. of any bodily infirmity, idiocy, lunacy, or other unavoidable cause, shall be supported by the father, grandfather, mother, grandmother, children, grandchildren, brothers or sisters of such poor person, if they or either of them be of sufficient ability; and every person who shall refuse to Penalties for support his or her father, grandfather, mother, grandmother, refusal. child, or grandchild, sister or brother, when directed by the county court of the county where such poor person shall be found, whether such relative shall reside in the same county or not, shall forfeit and pay to the county court for the use of the poor of their county, such sum as may be by the county court deemed adequate and proper to be paid, not exceeding six dollars per week for each and every week for which they or either of them shall fail or refuse, to be recovered in the name of the county, for the use of the poor aforesaid, before a justice of the peace, or any other court having jurisdiction; Provided, That whenever any Proviso. persons become paupers from intemperance or any other bad conduct, they shall not be entitled to support from any relative except parent or child; And provided further, That Proviso. such poor person entitled to support from any such relative may bring an action against such relative for support, in his or her own name and behalf.

SEC. 2. The children shall first be called upon

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