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PBOGBESS IN CALIFORNIA PETITION FOR LAW PROVIDING FOR RACING COMMISSION NUMEROUSLY SIGNED Names of 7300 Electors Attached to Request for Initiative Vote Filed with San Fran ¬ cisco Election Board San Francisco Cnl July 23 An initiative peti ¬ tion for an act lo prohibit bookmaking and pool elling on horse races in California and to provide for tin appointment of a state racing commission and to permit wagering on the races l y the pari mutuol and auction pool systems only has been tilfil ZenianskyThe with Registrar J II Zeniansky The petition has been circulated through the rtito for the last few weeks and it is said by the circulators that the necessary 3 0 K signatures to carrv the measure before the general primaries will he pettired with ease The petition containing the Jinnies of electors of the country of San Francisco contains 7 300 names namesAx Ax staled in a preamble to the petition the pur ivoso of the proposed amendment to the statutes is to promote horse breeding and turf contests ami to place the latter on a higher scale The racing commission under the tentative law would be com ¬ posed of live persons all of whom must have been actively connected with breeding and racing of horses for a period of live years Violation yearsViolation of the law incurs a penalty of imprison ¬ ment for a period of one year or a minimum sentence of thirty days An infraction of the proposed stat ¬ ute consists of making wafers on a horse race con ¬ trary to the law or of holding a race meeting with out the sanction of the racing commission The commissioners according to the amendment which may IK put up to popular vote are to In appointed by tin governor of the state and are to servo for a term of live years
