| Show i EXECUTIVE CAN LIMIT SESSION LAWYERS SAY Attorneys Hold Constitution Grants Power of Determining Determining Determining Deter Deter- mining Agenda If Governor Henry H. H Blood calls a special session of the legislature he has a constitutional privilege to limit the agenda according to opinions ons of ol two leading Salt Sau Lake attorneys Friday Fri day day- The a attorneys es State Senator Dan B. B Shields former attorney general and Waldemar Q Van Cott concurred concurred concurred con con- that under the terms of the state constitution measures drafted to carry out the provisions of ef the governors governor's proclamation for lor an extraordinary extraordinary ex ex- ex session could not be amended with riders to Include other contemplated legislation Thus if the governor called the special special cial session specifically to fix the state levy no other matters could be considered con and the tax bill could not be amended to include of the prohibition section to the state constitution of Great Salt lake or other matters the opinions held Mr Van Colts Colt's opinion follows I 1 am asked the question whether the governor of the state of Utah has the power to limit a special session slon of the legislature to the consideration of certain specified subjects 1 I CITES CONSTITUTION Section 6 ol of f article VII VI of of or the constitution constitution con con- of the state slate of Utah reads as follows 1 It On extraordinary occasions the governor go may legislature by proclamation tIon in which shall shan be stated the purpose for which the legIslature legislature leg leg- is to be convened be and it shall transact no legislative business except ex ex- ex- ex c pt that for which it w was s especially convened or r such other legislative e business as the governor may call to its us attention while in se session ion The Thc legislature ho however may provide for forthe forthe forthe the expenses of 01 qi the session and nd other matters incidental thereto The governor gov governor governor gov gov- may may also by proclamation convene convene convene con con- con con- vene the senate cr in extraordinary ses ses- Continued on pa Page e one Twenty I 2 STATES FIGHT FOR EX CONVICT from Pa race Page e Seventeen enteen years ears and ard eight months of his sen sea lie Ife was paroled to William Adams an auctioneer of South Murray Mur Mur- ray ay The search for Miller who was a fugitive with in rewards on his lis head led Los Angeles police to Canada and Mexico as well as throughout the west finally ending with his arrest in Hollywood last year ear I Williams also led Utah and Califor- Califor nia ma ia officers a along long chase After his arrest in Colorado police searched the IB farmhouse where he was living and nd discovered two powered high rifles ri ri- fles 65 a large larce amount of ammunition and nd other weapons III In the event the state pardon board will terminate his sentence forthwith lieutenant Malina said an officer will willbe willbe wille be e sent Immediately to return Wiliams Wil Wil- hams iams to Los Angeles State prison officials indicated a willingness to cooperate with the Call Call- fornia police when legal obstacles to Williams Williams' extradition had been re re- re- re moved Warden Davis made it clear that the objection to Williams Williams' extradition at t this time was was purely on legal grounds rounds and that prison authorities had ad no desire to shield the paroled manI man I We We are arc exerting every effort to loate locate lo- lo cate ate Williams he explained and when he is Is' found we wc will hold him until the case Is decided We shall follow ollow implicitly the course outlined by the attorney general and the action action ac tion of the pardon board The warden varden deplored the fact that thata a private search had been instituted before prison authorities were were notified noti fied Lied Williams was wanted He took fright frIcht and hid out said the he warden If the prison had been asked to locate him in the beginning I am sure he could have been produced pro pro- at once once |
