Show christensen HALED BEFORE THE HOUSE SALT S L T LAKE representative E EXPLAINS X P L AINS ABSENCE AND IS GIVEN FURTHER TIME legislature 6 getting down to Bu kilness two bills being approved by senate and three by the house representative parley 11 christen sen ot of salt lake was waa arrested on january 25 and baled before the house of representatives mr christensen Chrls haa ha been absent from the sessions of the house for moro more than a week slid anil on oil vote of tho the house the sergeant at arms was directed to bring him in mr air christensen was found in the tha city and county building he accompanied the sergeant at arnia arms to the chamber and told the speaker he was occupied with some legal business the speaker then excused him the following two bills were passed b by Y the senate on january 25 senate bill no 2 by E eckersley appropriating for school teachers lit in districts where the revenue Is inadequate senate bill no 33 by chez author izing county commissioners to make appropriations for farm demonstrators the TI e bills passed by the house hou be were house bill no 1 by 0 onell nell an act providing that duchesne county shall constitute the twenty eighth legisla tive district I 1 house bill no 3 by shields an ac act to provide against dilatory tactics on I 1 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 veterans Is asked in a bill introduced by senator J it II edgheill Edg helit of juab county perrys senate bill no 9 providing for posting in prominent places of ad verti for bids upon public work in those localities which have a no newspapers went on the calendar 0 of r the upper house the measure was reported arted back favorably by the judiciary committee the house of representatives as a whole will investigate the protest filed on january 21 against the seat beat ot or charles 4 warnick Warn representative elect from utah county the protest was filed by representative george V F goodwin Goodw ln progressive of salt lake who asked that the matter be investigated by the committee on elections by almost a strict party vote however the house decided to vote on the merits ot of the protest without any preliminary investigation vesti gation by committee the republicans public ans voted solidly against referring the contest to the committee on oil elections or to a special committee the protest against the right of mr warnick to sit bit in the lower house ot of the state legislature is based on the allegation that lie Is not qualified under the terms of the constitution to bo be a member of the legislature there were but two new bills presented in the senate on oil january 21 along with two resolutions while six new measures appeared in the house A resolution proposing lyro posing the appointment of a joint committee on revenue and taxation to propose 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 la in the house fifteen bills and one resolution introduced trod favorable reports adopted oh two bills acceptance of an invitation to visit the capitol arltol grounds signing of f the pay roll and adjournment constituted the work of the senate 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 oil janu ary 22 were quiet one bill and one memorial were introduced the report of the committee on oil rules took up the greater part of the session cession the rules which governed the tenth session of the legislature were adopted with some minor changes the second corrupt practices act of the session was introduced january 22 hy by senator george dern th the e dern ern bill covers the question of earn cam laign and election methods and procedure specifying just what may stiff and may not be done by candidates for nomination and election elec or their agents the senate committee to which was waa referred the statewide prohibition bill Is engaged in consideration of that measure from every angle before reporting it to the members for final action tho the committee V will III devote most of the week to the ilia bill hoping by the end of that time to have it in shape for reporting back to the son ben ate several members of the state legis lature were guests over sunday of the cache legislative delegation they went to logan friday evening and saturday visited the agricultural college of utah miny many of the members member of both houses took advantage of the adjournment to visit their homes members of the judiciary commit theof tee of the senate mulled over the put public utilities bill and others of thie the huge pile of bills before it on janu ary 23 when there was no format formal ses sen slon of the upper house bouse plumbers inest be licensed by s state board it it a bill introduced b by W mont ferry in tho the sen lien ate becomes a law the bill created a state plumbing board and a salar led officer to be known as the tha stat sanitary inspector ilia hla duty will bf b to inspect insect sanitation conditions throughout the state |