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Show Biographical Sketch of Elder Bruce R. McConkie " Elder Bruce R. MCConkle, a former Army security and intelligence intel-ligence officer, newspaper editorial edi-torial writer and public official is a member of the First Council of Seventy, of the LDS Church. He was appointed to this high missionary council in 1946 at the age of 31 years. Recently he has authored and published an encyclopedia ency-clopedia type, work on "Mormon Doctrine covering more than 1,100 doctrinal subjects; and also edited three volumes of "Doctrines "Doct-rines of Salvation, formed of the sermon sand writings of President Pres-ident Joseph FieldingSmithof the 29, 1915 at Ann Arbor, Michigan to Oscar W. and Vivian Redd McConkie. Mc-Conkie. His father was studying law at the University of Michigan at the tlme.;;'vyv-?;;v He attended the Lns Rich TOE AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN, Thursday, October 20, 1968 Gospel Doctrine classes and other oth-er Sunday School Classes; served as class instructor in two Seventy Seven-ty quorums, in the Sunday School superintendency, Stake M-Men presidency and In priesthood positions. po-sitions. - He was a member of the 261st Quorum of Seventy, 1940-41, and of the 340th Quorum Quor-um of Seventy, 1945-46, both in Bonneville Stake. He was released re-leased from the latter post to be ordained amember of the First Council of Seventy by the late President George Albert Smith on October 10, 1946. He married Amelia Smith, daughter of President -Joseph Fielding Smith, October 13,1937. They have nine children. ' He graduated from the University Univer-sity of Utah in 1937 with a bachelor of arts degree and in 1939 with a bachelor of laws degree. He was a member of. the Utah State Bar and a practicing pract-icing attorney; and assistant city attorney and city prosecutor, 1940-42. Elder McConkie next spent four years in the armed services, as a security and intelligence officer in the NinthService Command, He returned to civilian life with the rank of Lieutenant ColoneL He Joined the American Legion and at present holds the rank of Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Colonel in the Field Artillery Ar-tillery reserve. For several months after the war he was a member of The Deseret News editorial staff, a position he stin holds on a part-time part-time basis. As a member of the General Authorities he has been Servicemen's coordinator for the Church, supervising the spiritual guidance program for thousands of young men in the armed services. serv-ices. Personal Contact Program .5, School In Salt Lake City during Republican candidates for County offices have successfully completed a program of personal contact of voters in the American Fork, Alpine and Highland areas according to Fred T. Wright, County Chairman for the Republican Repub-lican Party. The program Is aimed at informing the voters of the County with the platform of the Party and the qualifications of the Republican candidates. Candidates involved in the program pro-gram were Stanley D. Roberts of American Fork and Floyd Harmer of Payson, candidates for County : Commission; H. Dayle Jeffs, County Attorney; Harrison Conover, assessor; Elwood L. Sundberg, auditor; Claudius E. Stevenson, county clerk; Clarice Carter, recorder; Maurice Bird, treasurer; and Ralph (Dick) Chappie sheriff. us last two years of existence and engaged in various activities. such as debating, and as business manager of the S" Book, school yearbook. of the County this past weea. Highlight of the program was the personal contact the voters Called as a missionary to the Eastern States Mission, 1934-36, he served as president of the Seneca Sen-eca and Albany districts. During the last six weeks he toured the mission holding conferences with missionaries and members as a special representative of Mission President Don B. Colton. While studying at University of Utah he became a member of Delta Phi, returned missionary fraternity. He taught M-Men and Gleaner classes, genealogy and achieved by an energetic program of door to door campaigning ny the candidates. Besides meeting the candidates, a copy of the Utah County Republican, a paper containing a brief biography of each of the candidates, was ien with the voter. This program Is being, carried Council of Twelve Apostles. out in an cities in the county, Elder McConkie. was born July Republican Candidates Finish Y : HISTORY VOLUMES DONATED TO HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY-' LIBRARY-' Five choice history volumes were presented to the American Fork High School library last week by the American Fork : Republican Women's Club. Making the presentation was Mrs. Harvey Edwards, president, with high school librarian Mrs. ; ' Wanda Jorgensen accepting the much appreciated gift. RepubLxan Women's Club Presents Boolcs to High School : Th American Fork Republic ' pan Womens Club presented five VUVAWV MMV J Swatj W MV WMV - lean Fork High School last Thursday, Thurs-day, filling a need which has ex-isted ex-isted in this section of the school library. Making the presentation was Mrs. Harvey Edwards, president of the organization, with Mrs. Wanda Jorgensen, school librarian, librar-ian, accepting the gift. ; ;A four volume set of the " Ad-.alms. Ad-.alms. Papers, "The Diary and -autobiography of John Adams, and 'Abraham Lincoln - The Prarie Years t The ;War Years," by Carl Sandburg were selected by project chairmen Mrs. Grant W. Duiauuiuui aunt mi a, it uxai.u Peck. Mrs. Jorgensen had previously pre-viously conferred with the pro ico:o day, anv dmi..; Taken .From the Files of The American Fork Citizen; 10 Yc:rs Ago Contributions of labor and cash from individuals and business houses are pushing the building of the Pioneer Relic Hall more rapidly than was anticipated by the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Pio-neers when they broke ground in July. Cavemen tipped the Pioneers 14-0 in a game played at Lehi, by making two touchdowns in the third quarter. Dennis Hanson and Dick Brown scored the American Fork touchdowns, with Dick's six-pointer coming at the end nf an RfUvarri run down the field. . :, , -;!;-i; ; j-v ;;. ,-; ,-; - American Fork's Volunteer Firemen will hold their annual benefit dance in the middle of November. They are planning to give away several turkeys throughout the evening. The dance is held for funds to provide the children of American Fork with their, annual Firemen's treat Elder James A. Gray was among the four young LDS missionaries mis-sionaries who were rescued last week from . rioting Hong Kong Chinese. Jim is the son of Mrs. Anna Rraw of this C.ltv. ;20 Ycsrs Ago ; : Miss Mama L. Bailey, daughter daugh-ter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin D. ; Bailey of .American Fork, has been called-to the California 'Mission for the LDS Church. s " ' Mrs. Leo Bowen and baby spent :jast weekinMalad,Idaho, visiting ; wlth Mrs. Bowen' s mother. ; ;;Mr.' and Mrs. A. L. Earl of : Salt Lake City have purchased he John L. Flrmage nome on vthe corner of First West and 'Main, Street. They moved into Cthe home last week. XMrs. Tnell Mecham has been ; chosen chairman of the commit 'tee on arrangements for. the an -nual brunch of the Young Demo cratic Clubs of Utah which will :be held in Springville Memorial : Hall, Sunday, October 27, j:39 Years Ago ; : : Robert Hartshorn, who for the ' past three years has beenopera-' beenopera-' ting the AmericanForkMarket on East State Road, has purchased the building from the owners, Mr. andMrs. Arthur Dye. ject chairmen to determine books which were needed at the school The volume's will assist students stu-dents in learning about the life of John Adams, early American patriot and of two crucial periods per-iods in the life of Abraham Lincoln, Lin-coln, giving the readers a better understanding of these leaders' who helped to shape our nations destiny., - r , Presented as a memorial to former first lady, Mamie D. Eisenhower, the books win be placed In the history of the library li-brary and are now available for circulation. i- Mrs. Jorgensen expressed her appreciation for the school and the students for the beautifully bound volumes, which will make a handsome addition to the library, li-brary, , In 'appreciation of the years of faithful service renderedby the retiring blshopbrlc Lot Robinson, James E. Peters, and Adolphus Pulley, of the fourth ward, members mem-bers of the ward met at a social and program Wednesday evening In the ward recreation hall. A large crowd turned out for the social " 40 Years Ago Durlne the week the city coun cil received a report from the Sanitation Engineer of the State Board of Health, of the analysis made from five samples of water from the city water system. The report Indicates the water to dc of a sanitary, satisfactory quali ty but suggestions were made that care be taken to avoia any contamination con-tamination which might materially material-ly change the present good quality. quali-ty. - ' . ; Home Dramatics in American Fork, always a popular source of whiter entertainment, are being be-ing prepared by two of the lo cal wards at the present time ana no doubt others will soon be un derway.- ". ' Proper Core Of Deer Means Better Meat With the 1966 deer season fast approaching, the Utah Department De-partment of Fish and Game recently re-cently urged all hunters to care for their game properly in the field if they expect good meat when they arrive home. Department spokesmen noted no-ted that game meat is often ruined by improper field care. The closer hunters can come to packing house methods, the bet ter their game will taste on the dinner table. Failure to cool game proper ly before transporting, hauling it in places where It can't cool. and failure to clean game are three of the major" causes of gamey flavored" meat. '- The following procedure is recommended for caring for deer in the field. 1. The animal should be cleaned and dressed Immediately after the kill is made. : 2. All blood and hair should be washed from the animal before be-fore transporting it home. Water won't hurt the meat if allowed to drain oft ' ' : -' v '5 s-3. s-3. Meat should be cooled before be-fore being transported home. ' "And in those exotic ports the ship will serve as your hotel!" NOTICE TO WATER USERS The following applications have been filed with the State Engineer to change water in Utah County, State of Utah, throughout the entire en-tire year unless otherwise designated. desig-nated. All locations are In SLB4M. - a-SOH - John M. t Jeannlne P. Iverson, RFD 1, Box 154, Pleasant Grove, Ut, proposes to change the point of diversion and nature of use of .045 sec-ft. of .50 sec.-ft. of water evidenced by Diligence Claim No. 1198. The water has been diverted from 10 springs as follows: N. 490 ft. and E. 238 ft. N. J15 ft;and ; E 97 ft N. 220 ft. and E. 816 ft. N. 384 ft. and E. 617 ft. N. 743 ft. and E. 355 ft. N. 900 ft. and E. 490 ft. (7) N. 980 ft. and E. 600 ft. (8) N. 1072 ft. and E. 837 ft. (9) N. 1034 ft. and E. 990 ft. (10) N. 1208 ft. and Z2 328 ft., all from SW Cor. Sec. 34, T4S, R1E. The water has been used for the watering of 30 head of cattle and from Apr. 1 to Oct. 31 for the irrigation of 25 acres. AH uses In SW14SW14 Sec 34, T4S, R1E. ' " ' Hereafter .045 sec-ft of .50 sec. -ft of water Is to be diverted from spring (1) at & point N. 430 ft. and E. 260 ft. from SW Cor. Sec. 34, T4S, R1E, and used for the domestic requirements of 2 families and stockwatering as heretofore, and from Apr. t to Oct. 31 for the irrigation of .50 acre. 5 All uses In SW14SW14 said Sec. 34. The part of the right not affected by this change win be used as heretofore. a-5016 - H. Glenn Williams, RFD, American Fork, Ut., proposes pro-poses to change the nature of use of .184 sec-ft. of water evi denced by AppL No. 17907 (55- 351) Cert. No. 4114 as amend ed by a-3924. The water has been diverted from a 4-in. well 315 ft. deep at a point N. 176 ft. and E. 452 ft. from SW Cor. Sec. 24, T5S, R1E, and used from Apr. 1 to Oct. 31 for the irrigation irri-gation of 18.23 acres in SE14 SE14 Sec. 23, SW14SW14 Sec 24. NW14NW14 Sec. 25, NE14 NEl4See. 26. T5S, R1E. Hereafter the .184 sec.-ft. of water is to be diverted the same as heretofore, and used for the domestic requirements of 1 fam ily and from Apr. 1 to Oct 31 for the irrigation of 13.70 acres.' All uses in said Sees. 23, 24. 25, & 26. 1-5024 - Elwood L. Robinson. 535 East 2nd South, American Fork, Ut , proposes to change the point of diversion and place of use of v50 sec-ft of water evidenced evi-denced by AppL No. 33108 (55- 1071). The water was to have been diverted from a 4-in. well 126 ft deep at a point N. 641.42 ft. and W. 844.90 ft from Sl4 Cor. Sec. 25, T5S, R1E, and used from Apr. 1 to Oct. 31 for the stockwatering of 50 head of cattle and the irrigation of 10 acres. Aliases inSl2Sl2SWl4 Sec. 25, T5S, R1E. ' Hereafter the .50 sec.-ft. of water is to be diverted from the same source as above at a point N. 585.6 ft. and W. 953.1 ft. from Sl4 Cor. Sec. 25, T5S, R1E, and .used from Apr. 1 to Oct. 31 for the stockwatering of 50 head of cattle and the supplemental supple-mental irrigation of 10.2 acres, limited to a sole, supply for 10 acres. All uses in SWl4Sec. 25, NWl4Sec.36,T5S,RlE. Protests resisting the granting of any of the above applications with reasons therefore must be filed in duplicate with the State Engineer, 442 State Capitol, Salt Lake City, Ut, on or before No vember 26, 1966. . Hubert C Lambert , STATE ENGINEER Published in, the American Fork Citizen, American Fork, Ut, from Oct. 13, to Oct 27, 1966.- Proposed Changes in Utah's Constitution State of Utah OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE salt Lake orrc August 29f 1966 Dear Felloio Citizens; ; The Legislature of the State of Utah has entrusted, en-trusted, me with the responsibility for. publishing the foUaxoing Propositions, which relate to changes in the Constitution of the State of Utah. In the beginning of the body of each Proposition we have set forth the Ballot Title of the Proposition as it will appear on the General Election Ballot on November 8, 1966. Because of the very serious nature of these Propositions which your State Legislature has caused to be placed before you, I urge that each of you study the text of the Propositions Propo-sitions in full. I urge you to consult with your friends, neighbors neigh-bors and local civic leaders in order that you may gain all information necessary to render a just and wise decision. Sincerely, T CLYDE L. MILLER. Secretary of State Be ii resolved by two-third of the member elected to each branch of the Legislature. . PROPOSITION NO. 1 METROPOLITAN , GOVERNMENT t , SHALL A NEW ARTICLE BE ADDED TO THE CONSTITUTION CON-STITUTION OF THE STATE OF UTAH TO PERMIT COUNTIES OF 75,000 OR MORE PERSONS TO ESTABLISH ES-TABLISH A : METROPOLI TAN FORM OF GOVERN- MEN T WITHIN f METRO POLITAN REGIONS WHICH COULD REPLACE AN X OTHER EXISTING UNIT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT WITHIN THE REGION. i Section 1; The resident of a mnntv with a resident DoDuia- tion of' not fewer than 75,000 as determined by the last national na-tional or state census are empowered em-powered to establish a metropolitan metropol-itan region and provide for the government thereof, subject only to the limitations of this article. Sec. 2. Notwithstanding any other provisions of the constitution constitu-tion of this state, a metropolitan government created in accordance accord-ance with the procedure outlined out-lined herein may assume or transfer powers and functions of existing governmental units, provide pro-vide for revenue to support a metropolitan government, assume as-sume indebtedness of existing governmental units, transfer of-liciai of-liciai records, funds and other property and assets, and provide for all matters necessary or incidental to the effectuation of the foregoing provisions. Sec. 3. Whenever the residents resi-dents of a metropolitan region desire to create a metropolitan government, a petition to do so may be filed naming the metropolitan metro-politan region and describing the boundaries thereof. Such petition shall be signed by qualified quali-fied elector equal to ten percent or more of tha votes cast at the next preceding general election within the proposed metropolitan metropoli-tan region and shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, at least six months prior to the next general election. Sec 4. The Secretary of State hall forthwith publish notice of the filing of the petition, naming the metropolitan region and setting set-ting forth the boundaries thereof a described in the petition. The notice shall be published once a week for six consecutive weeks in a newspaper having a general circulation and published in the county containing land proposed to be included in the metropolitan metropoli-tan region, and the Secretary of State shall transmit a certified copy of the petition to the county clerk of the county concerned. con-cerned. The matter shall be placed before the registered voter residing in the metropolitan metro-politan region upon a ballot reading substantially, "Should a metropolitan type of government govern-ment oe created? Yes ( ) or No ( )." at the next general election held regularly after the filing of the petition. Sec. 5. At the time the voters residing within the metropolitan region vote to approve or reject the metropolitan type of local government at a general election, elec-tion, they shall also vote for fifteen fif-teen persons to be members of a charter commission to prepare a plan of metropolitan government. govern-ment. Candidates shall be qualified quali-fied electors residing within the proposed metropolitan region, who shall be nominated by petition peti-tion signed, with their respective addresses, by not fewer than fifty registered voters residing within the proposed region. Said petition shall be filed with the Secretary of State at least sixty days prior to the general election. If a majority of the elector voting upon the ques tion vote in the affirmative, the fifteen candidates receiving the highest number of votes cast at such election shall constitute the charter commission. The ballot for a charter commission shall not contain any party designa tion. Sec. 6. If a metropolitan type of government is approved, the charter commission shall, within one month after being elected, on a day and time to be set by the Secretary of State, meet and organize m the metropolitan re' non and proceed to frame i Charter setting forth a plan of government tor the metropolitan region, l he ; expenses ot tne charter commission shall be advanced ad-vanced by the state and the state shall be repaid by the metropolitan region within five years. Charter commissioners shall be allowed no pay for their services, but shall be allowed necessary expenses by the board oi examiners. Sec. 7. The charter so framed shall be filed with the Secretary of state by the charter commis sion and then submitted to the qualified electors of the metropolitan metro-politan region at an election to be held at a time to be deter mined by the charter commis sion, which shall be not less than sixty days subsequent to its completion and not more than one year from such date. Al tentative provisions may be vot ed upon separately. Notice as to the manner of obtaining free copies of the proposed charter and its alternatives, certified Dy the chairman of the charter commission, shall be published in the manner provided for notice of petition in section 4 Such proposed charter and al ternative provisions approved by a majority of the electors voting at a time to be fixed therein, and shall supersede any existing law of the metropolitan region thereon shall become the organic charters. The government created cre-ated thereby may supersede any existing forms of government in cluded in the metropolitan region re-gion if so provided in the char ter. Adoption of the charter shall not invalidate existing laws and ordinances not in con flict therewith. The metropoli tan government shall have the Dower to amend, repeal, or re place the ordinances of such superseded governmental units. Within . thirty days after approval ap-proval of the charter, duplicate comes thereof, certified by the charter commission chairman, shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, who shall deliver de-liver one copy thereof to the officer of the metropolitan region re-gion designated by the charter after aid officer qualifies. The charter may subsequently be amended or changed in the manner man-ner provided in Section 5 of Article XI of the Constitution. See. 8. The metropolitan re gion government shall be a body politic and corporate and have all rights, powers, jurisdictions and authority now exorcised by towns, cities, counties and all soecial purpose districts. Such metropolitan region government can sue and be sued, subject in- limitations, conditions and nrocedure established by the legislature and the rules of pro cedure promulgated by the su court oertaininir to muni cipal corporations. The charter of . ach meiropouian region shall designate the officer who may be served as process agent This amendment shall take effect on approval by tha electors elec-tors of the state. ., v ; v ' PROPOSITION NO. 2 -v CONSTITUTIONAL , CONVENTION CALL WHEREAS THE THIRTY-SIXTH THIRTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE OF THF STATE OF UTAH DEEMED IT NECESSARY TO CALL A CONVENTION TO REVISE OR AMEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF UTAH AND HAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE ELECTORS VOTE AT THIS ELECTION FOR OR AGAINST A CON-VE CON-VE N T I O N ; THEREFORE VOTE EITHER. WHEREAS, the people of this sovereign State of Utah are blessed with the constitutional constitu-tional guarantees of life, liberty, property, and self government and, '-'ji-' WHEREAS, the guarantee of self government itself extends to the right of the people to revise their constitutional charter; and WHEREAS, it is auurouriate that the people should turn their attention periodically to a consideration con-sideration of fundamental concepts con-cepts of government and the machinery of government in the light of everchanging social and economic conditions; NOW. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by two-thirds of the members elected to each branch of the Legislature, that it pe recommended to the elec tors to vote at the eeneral elec tion to be held in 1966 for or against a convention to consider the Constitution of Utah and whether it shall be amended or revised. By this action it is deemed necessary - that . . such proposition be submitted to the said electors. BE IT FURTHER RESOLV ED that the Secretary of State is directed to submit this prooo sition to the electors of the State of Utah in the general election to be held in 1966. The DroDosi tion shall be submitted to the electors in the following form: Whereas the thirty-sixth Legislature Leg-islature of the State of Utah deemed it necessary to call a convention to revise or amend the Constitution of Utah and has recommended that, the electors vote at this election for or against a convention; con-vention; therefore vote either, for a convention against a convention - if a majority of all the electors. voting at this election, shall . vote for a convention, the legislature, at its next ses sion, shall provide by law for caning me same. PROPOSITION NO. 3 SUCCESSION OF STATE AUDITOR AND STATE TREASURER SHALL SECTION 3 OF ARTICLE VII OF THE CON STITUTION OF THE STATE OF UTAH BE AMENDED TO ALLOW THE STATE AUDITOR AND THE STATE TREASURER TO BE ELIGI BLE TO SERVE FOR NOT MORE THAN TWO SUCCES SIVE TERMS RATHER THAN THE ONE TERM NOW ALLOWED. Section 1. It is proposed to amend Article VII, section 3 of the Constitution of the State of Utah to read as follows: -Sec. 3. No person shall be eligible to the office of governor or secretary of state unless he shall have attained to the age of thirty years at the time of his election, nor to the office of attorney general unless he shall have attained the age of twenty five years at the time of his election, and have been admitted to practice in the su preme court of the territory or the state of Utah, nor unless he shall be in good standing at the bar at the tune of his election. No person shall be eligible to any of the offices provided for in section one of this article, unless at the time of his election he shall be a qualified elector, and shall have been a resident citizen of the state or territory for five years next preceding his election. The state auditor and state treasurer shall be in eligible to serve for more than two successive terms. If adopted by the electors of this state, this amendment shall take effect upon approval. PROPOSITION NO. 4 LEGISLATIVE STANDING COMMITTEE SHALL ARTICLE VI OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF UTAH BE AMENDED BY THE ADDITION ADDI-TION OF SECTION. 33, AUTHORIZING AU-THORIZING EACH HOUSE OF THE LEGISLATURE TO APPOINT COMMITTEES TO SERVE BETWEEN LEGISLATIVE LEGIS-LATIVE SESSIONS AS WELL AS DURING SESSIONS. SES-SIONS. AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE STAFFING AND FINANCING OF SAID COMMITTEES. COM-MITTEES. , Section 1. It is proposed to amend Article VI or the Constitution Con-stitution of the State of Utah by the addition of Section 33 to read: Section 33. In order to expedite ex-pedite the work of the legislature, legis-lature, each house may by resolution provide for the ap pointment of committees to ascertain facts and make rec- j nmmnnrlfliiftn na ir o n r atihio.it ' within the scope of legislative regulation or control, and joint committees, consisting of members mem-bers of both houses, mav be created by joint resolutions. A resolution creating any such committee may authorize it to act during sessions of the legislature, leg-islature, during periods when the legislature is in adjournment or after final adjournment of a session. Any such committee shall have the powers and perform per-form the duties provided by the resolution creating it, including the power of subpoena and the power to hire and to maintain staff, and in addition it shall have such powers and perform such duties as may be provided by law or by the rules of the legislature or either house there of. The legislature may provide for the payment of expenses necessarily incurred by any such commiuee. This amendment, if adopted by the electors of the state. shall take effect the first day of January, isrt7. PROPOSITION NO. 5 ANNUAL SESSIONS OF , THE LEGISLATURE SHALL SECTIONS 2 AND 16 OF ARTICLE VI OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF UTAH BE AMENDED TO PROVIDE FOR ANNUAL SESSIONS OF THE LEGISLATURE CONSISTING OF A GEN ERAL SESSION OF NOT TO EXCEED FORTY-FIVE LEG-ISLATIVE LEG-ISLATIVE DAYS IN ODD NUMBERED YEARS "AND A BUDGET SESSION OF NOT TO EXCEED TWENTY LEGISLATIVE DAYS IN EVEN NUMBERED YEARS. THIS PROPOSAL WOULD REPLACE A SIXTY CALENDAR CALEN-DAR DAY SESSION WHICH NOW MEETS EVERY OTHER YEAR. Section I. It is proposed to amend ' Article VI, Sections 2 and 16 of the Constitution of the State of Utah to read: Sec. 2. Regular sessions of the legislature shall be held annually annu-ally at the seat of government Regular sessions which shall be known as general sessions shall be heir in odd-numbered years. and regular sessions which shall be known as budget sessions shall be held in even-numbered years. Regular sessions shall commence at 12 o'clock, P.M. on the second Monday in January. At a budget session the legis lature shall consider only (1) general appropriation bills for the succeeding fiscal year. (2) revenue bills necessary therefor. (3) bills necessary to implement appropriations in eeneral ap propriation bills for new projects, pro-jects, programs or services, (4) legislative matters submitted to the legislature in writing by the governor during the session, and (5) legislative matters brought before the session by mtroduc tion by two-thirds of the mem bers of either ; house. The legislature, however, may provide pro-vide for its expenses. Sec. 16. No general session of the legislature shall exceed forty-five legislative days, and no budget session shall exceed twenty legislative days, except in cases of impeachment and except that at the end of any regular session the legislature may adjourn to a date when it shall convene for not to exceed five legislative days for the sole purpose of reconsidering vetoed Dins, and line items in appropriation appropri-ation bills vetoed by the gov ernor. No special session shall exceed thirty legislative dava. except that at the end of any special session me legislature may adjourn to a date when it shall convene for not to exceed ex-ceed five legislative days for the sole purpose of reconsidering vetoed bills and line items in appropriation bills vetoed by the governor. Legislative davs shall be calendar days but shall not include Saturdays, Sundays, legal le-gal holidays or periods when the legislature shall be in adjournment adjourn-ment If adopted by the electors of the state, this amendment shall take effect the first day of January, Janu-ary, 1967. PROPOSITION NO. 6 CONVENING OF SPECIAL SESSION OF LEGISLATURE BY LEGISLATURE ITSELF SHALL A NEW SECTION BE ADDED TO ARTICLE VI OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF UTAH TO AUTHORIZE THE LEGIS LATURE TO CALL ITSELF INTO SPECIAL SESSION UPON THE WRITTEN BE QUEST OF TWO-THIRDS OF THE MEMBERS OF EACH HOUSE. . ; ,-; .' Section 1. It is proposed to amend article VI of the Const!-tutibn Const!-tutibn of the State of Utah by the addition of section 34 to read: I Sec. 34. Special sessions of the legislature (1) may be convened con-vened by the governor as provided pro-vided in article VII. section 6. or (2) shall be convened by the presiding officers of the senate and house of representatives, acting jointly, upon written request re-quest by two-third of the mem bers of each house. At a special session convened by the presid- ing officers of the two houses, the legislature shall consider only legislative matters brought before the session by resolution approved by two-thirds of the members of either house. The legislature, however, may provide pro-vide for its expenses. If adopted by the electors of the state, this amendment shall take effect the first day of January, Janu-ary, 1967. ( PROPOSITION NO. 7 LEGISLATIVE COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES SHALL SECTION 9 OF ARTICLE VI OF THE CONSTITUTION CON-STITUTION OF THE STATE OF UTAH BE AMENDED TO PROVIDE THAT MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE RECEIVE RE-CEIVE A SALARY FOR THEIR SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE THOUS-AND THOUS-AND DOLLARS PER YEAR, UNLESS OTHERWISE PRO-VIDEO PRO-VIDEO BY LAW, AND RE-CEIVE RE-CEIVE AN ALLOWANCE FOR EXPENSES AND MILEAGE, AS FIXED BY LAW WHEN ATTENDING COMMITTEE MEETINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE HELD BETWEEN SESSIONS AND WHEN OTHERWISE ENGAGED IN OFFICIAL BUSINESS. Section 1. It is proposed to amend Article VI, Section 9 of the Constitution of the State cf Utah to read as follows: Sec. 9. Unless otherwise provided pro-vided by law the members of the legislature shall receive compensation com-pensation for their services of $1,000.00 a year for the legislative legis-lative term payable monthly. The members shall also receive expense and mileage allowances as fixed by law for attending sessions of the legislature and meetings of single-house and joint committees held between sessions and during periods when the legislature is in adjournment, ad-journment, and when otherwise engaged in official legislative business. No increase of compensation compen-sation shall be effective during the period for which members of the then existing house of representatives may have been elected. If adopted by the electors of the state this amendment shall take effect the first day of January, Janu-ary, 1967. PROPOSITION NO. 8 BOARD OF EXAMINERS AMENDMENT SHALL SECTION 13 OF ARTICLE VII OF THE CONSTITUTION CON-STITUTION OF THE STATE OF UTAH BE AMENDED TO ABOLISH THE BOARD OF EXAMINERS, WHICH IS COMPRISED OF THE GOVERNOR, GOV-ERNOR, THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND THE ATTORNEY AT-TORNEY GENERAL. THIS BOARD NOW HAS THE DUTY TO EXAMINE ALL CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE OF UTAH AND TO PERFORM SUCH OTHER DUTIES AS ARE PRESCRIBED PRE-SCRIBED BY LAW. Section 1. It is proposed to amend article VII, section 13 of the Constitution of the State of Utah to read: Sec. 13. Until otherwise provided pro-vided by law, the governor, secretary sec-retary of state and attorney general shall constitute a board of state prison commissioners, which board shall have such supervision of all matters connected con-nected with the state prison as may be provided by law. This amendment shall take effect on approval by the electors elec-tors of the state. I, CLYDE L. MILLER, Secretary Sec-retary of State of the State of Utah, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of the constitutional amendment proposed pro-posed by the regular session of the Thirty-Sixth Legislature, 1965 and by the Special Session Ses-sion held in 1966, as appears on record in my office. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of Utah, at Salt Lake City, this 29th day of August, 1966. CLYDE L. MILLER Secretary 'v of State |