Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-02-15 | Page 9 | Dry Bill Recall to be Forgotten

DRY BILL RECALL TO BEFORGOTTEN Action Following Signature of Measure to Be Expunged Ex-punged From Records. i A new plan for clearing the record of the prohibition bill of any flaws was decided de-cided upon yesterday by the special house committee in charge of this matter at a conference with Governor Simon Bamberger. Bam-berger. The plan now is to introduce a resolution resolu-tion in I lie house I'xpuning from the house record nil reference to the recall of the bill from the governor's cfiice for consideration con-sideration of proposed amendments and leave the record showing that the bill was passed bv both houses, signed by the governor gov-ernor an i filed with the secretary of state in the form in which it now is. This scheme, it is believed by the committee, com-mittee, wiil clear up all possible errors in the record and will render the measure safe from successful attack on the ground that it was recalled to the house for consideration con-sideration on amendment and then sent back to the governor unamended and without another vote having been taken on its final pa 10 e as 'l stood. At first the committee, of which Representative Rep-resentative R. V". Young, Jr., is chairman, thought it might be nci-es-sary to repeal the original bill, house bill No. !, and pass a duplicate through both houses in its place, in order to correct the over- ( siixht of tht house i-n fa II ing to vote 011 the final passage after recalling the measure. mea-sure. At the conference vest erda y morning with tho governor, aJtorney general, legal advisers of Ice legislature and others it was decided that it would not be necessary neces-sary to follow this course.