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Show UTAH II HAVE j EXTRA SESSION i ! GOVERNOR DERN ENDEAVORING j TO SOLVE TANGLE IN 1 LEGISLATION J I Land Commission And Appropriation j Measures May Require j Extra Session of Legislators J ! ! ! I Salt Lake. Vuless some way can , ! hi found through mandamus proceed- j ings through the court, or through le- I gal construction, to unravel the tangle tan-gle in which the Sixteenth legislature left matters. Governor George H. j Dern may have to call a special ses- j j sion of the legislature, which, it is j ! believed, most citizens in the state j will disapprove, ! ! The manner in which the appropria- j i lion hill and the land commission bills are written furnish a problem, and possibly the only solution will be by way of new legislation, and this would necessitate an extra session of the legislature, which would cost a considerable sum. Governor .Dern is empowered under j j the constitution to convene the legislature leg-islature in extra session when an j ! emergency arises, and this is done by j proclamation, which sets forth just ! what the call is for. and no other bus- j iness except what is stated in tlia I call or which the governor may sug- i gest can be transacted, except that j j the legislature may pass an appro- j i priation measure providing for the j ! expense of the special session. There have been two extra sessions of the legislature. One was called just after statehood, when (the date for the convening of the first legis- ! lature was omitted in the constitution, constitu-tion, and the other in 1919, when Governor Gov-ernor Bamberger convened the legislature legis-lature to meet in special session for the purpose of acting on the proposed amendment to the constitution of the United States extending the right of suffrage to women. The amendment was ratified in joint resolution No. 1, I which was passed October 2, approv-I approv-I ed on October 3. 1919. and in effect on that date. The vote ratifying the I amendment was: In the senate, ayes j ' 17, absent, 1. In the house, ayes, No, absent, 6. j j In all, twenty-two bills were passed j I and became laws, which included an I j appropriation bill for contingent ex- j penses of 7500 ; an appropriation for erection of additional buildings at the j I state mental hospital and providing ; ! for a state securities bill, the meas- : J ure supplanting the law enacted at j the regular session previous. i I In addition a proposed amendment ! I to the constitution of the state was I passed relating to the rights of ac- j I tion to recover damages for injur-j injur-j ies resulting in death and which was submitted to the people at the next I i general election, the same to become : effective January 1, 1921: also a sen- j ate joint memorial memorializing con- ! gress to pass legislation necessary to j quiet title to mineral lands included in the sections of public lands grant- t ed the state under the enabling act. 1 and a house joint memorial favoring j the ratification of the treaty of peace ' with Germany, the league of nations j to enforce peace. The special session convened on . September 20, 1919, and adjourned sine die October G. 1919. J |