Show christensen HA L ED BEFORE THE HOUSE SALT LAKE representative EXPLAINS ABSENCE AND IS GIVEN FURTHER TIME legislature getting down to OW iness two bills being approved by senate and three by the house home representative parley 11 christen sea ben of salt sn lt lako lake was vas arrested on jan uary 25 and haled baled before the house of representatives mr christensen Christen seu ha had been absent broin the sessions aeB slona of the house tor for more than ft a week and on voto vote of 0 the house the sergeant ct at arms was directed to bring him in mr christensen Chrls was found in tile the city and county building lie he accompanied tile the sergeant at arms to tile the eli chamber amber and told tile tho speaker he was occupied with some legal business the speaker then excused him tho the following two bills were passed by the on january 25 senate bill no 2 by Ecke eckersley raley appropriating tor for school teachers in districts where tile the revenue la Is inadequate senate bill no 33 by che authorizing county commissioners coin in assion era to make appropriations for farm demonstrators the bills passed by tile tho house housa were house bill no 1 by onell oneil an act providing that duchesne county shall constitute the twenty eighth legisla tive live district house bill no 3 by shields an ac act to provide against dilatory tactics on appeals from justice courts house bill no 8 by day an act to punish convicts who attempt to escape from convict road camps an appropriation of for indian war veter veterans afis Is asked in a bill introduced by senator J it edgheill of juab county perrys senate bill no 9 providing for posting in prominent places of advertisements verti tor for bids upon pon public work in those localities which have no newspapers went on the cale calendar indar of 0 the upper house the measure was reported back favorably by the judiciary committee the tha house 0 ot I 1 representatives as it whole will in investigate vesti gate the protest hied on oa january 21 against the beat ot charles L warnick Warn lck representative elect county the protest was filed by representative george F goodwin goodwill progressive of salt lake who asked that the matter be investigated by the committe eon elections dy by almost a strict party vote however tho house decided to vote on the merits ot of vic the protest without any preliminary investigation vesti gation by committee the republicans public ans voted solidly against referring the contest to the committee on elections or to a special committee the protest against the right of mr warnick to sit in the lower house ot the legislature is based on oil the allegation that lie Is not qualified under the terms ot of the constitution to be a member of the legislature there were but two now new bills presented in the senate on january 21 along with two resolutions while six new measures appeared in the house A resolution proposing the appointment of 0 a joint committee on revenue and taxation to propose ft a revision ot of the revenue laws and a memorial urging congress to construct a gov owned railroad from denver to salt lake through the uinta basin were introduced in the house fifteen bills and one resolution in produced trod favorable reports adopts adopted d on two bills acceptance of an invitation to visit the capitol grounds signing of the pay roll and adjournment con the work of tho the a senate enate on january 22 there were committee meetings before and after the session at which various bills were discus discussed seo informally but action on reports was postponed proceedings in the house on january 22 were quiet one bill and one memorial were introduced the report of the committee on rules took up the greater part of the suasion session tho the rules which governed the tenth session of ilia legislature were adopted with some minor changes the second corrupt practices act of the session se Fion was introduced january 22 by senator george dero dern tho the dem bill covers the tha question of cam palan laign and election methods and procedure ap pp just what may and may rot not iq a done by candidates for and election or thelt theli agents tile the senate committee to which h was referred the statewide prohibition bill Is cri engaged in consideration of that measure from every angle before ro re porting it to thu members for final action the committee will devote most of 0 the week to the bill hoping by the end of that time to have it in shape for reporting back to the senate several members of tile ilia state lagis laturo baturo were guests over sunday of the cacho cache legislative delegation they went to logan lagan friday evening and saturday visited tho the agricultural c col ol 01 lege of utah many of tile the membory ot of both houses took advantage of the adjournment to visit their li honing ornes of the judiciary commit tee of the senate mulled over tho the pub lie utilities bill and others of th huge pile of bills before it on janu ary 23 when there was no formal ses sea slon sion oi of the upper house plumbers must ile bo by a state board if it ft bill 1111 introduced ba b president W mont forry ferry in tho the sen ate becomes a law the bill created a state plumbing board and n salar led officer to be known as the stat sanitary inspector ills his duty W will 11 1 b to inspect sanitation cond throughout the state 1 4 |