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Show UTAH LEGISLATURE ENJOYSJiOLlDAY FINISHES FIRST WEEK'S WORK ON FRIDAY AND ADJOURNS UNTIL MONDAY. But Two Strictly Party Measures Had Been Introduced at Close of First Week Members Draw First Month's Salary. Salt Lake City The first week of the Twelfth session of the state legislature legis-lature came to a close on Friday, January Jan-uary 12, hotb houses adjourned over Saturday, the lawmakers from near-by districts returning to their homes for the week-end. At the close of the first week but two strictly party measures had been introduced. . The state-wide prohibition measure had been submitted to the house and the corrupt . practices act to the senate, sen-ate, while provisions of the proposed "dry" bill, public utilities measure and; workmen's compensation act were much mooted matters among the legislators in charge of them. Lengthy discussion of a resolution protesting against the increase in the charges for grazing live stock in tho national forests and another debaia over the employment of an expert to aid the leislative reference committeq were features of the session the house on Janaury 12. Few bills were introduced; the members taking tho position that until the party program of legislation is out of the way nothing noth-ing should he done which might delay passage of party bills. Democratic senators in caucus on, January 12 spent two hours in heated debate over the insurance provision in the proposed workmen's compensai tion measure which had been given the stamp of approval by the administration admin-istration steering committee. When the meeting ended the situation was unchanged. Three bills were introduced in the senate on January 12 and three in the house. Fireworks was injected into the proceedings when Boyden of Summit, chairman of the legislative reference committee, reported to the house that the committee iad decided to retain Professor W. G. Roylance as legislative legisla-tive expert to aid the committee in passing on bills introduced in the house, but those opposed to the innovation inno-vation were voted down and Professor Roylance's services were engaged. Members of the house- and senate, together with employees of the legislature, legis-lature, on January 12 drew their pay checks for the first thirty days of the legislative session and mileage for the distance which they traveled to reach the capitol. The legislature is the only rganization in the state which pays employees in aavance for services. ser-vices. Page of Salt Lake county introduced a resolution providing for submission of a constitutional amendment, which if adopted, would cause a split session of the legislature. The resolution provides pro-vides for the legislature to meet on the first Monday after the first Tues day of January and remain in session for thirty days. During this time bills are to be introduced. The legislature legis-lature at the end of thirty days adjourns ad-journs for not less than thirty days to enable members to consider the hills which have been introduced, and upon reconvening devote thirty days in passing measures. EXPERT ADVISERS CHOSEN. Rawlins to Aid Senate and Roylance for the House. Salt Lake City. J. L. Rawlins, for mer United States senator, will act as exert advisor to the legislative com mittee of tile senate and Prof. W. G Roylance of the University of Utah, II is understood, will be the selection ol the house to aid its legislative commit tee. Both experts will co-operate with the committee from both houses, intc whose hands will go all bills for de cisous as to whether they shall he printed. Over the protest of Senator Seeg miller, member of the senate on Jan uary 10, confirmed the appointment ol Mr. Rawlins as a member of the ad visory committee which will aid the legislative reference committee. After seventy-two hours ot work marked by a contest between D. D McKay of Weber and J. J. Boyden ol Summit for chairmanship of the pub lie utilities committee of the house the house committee on committees reported out the standing committees on January 10, Mr. McKay landed the chairmanship of the committee, but Mr. Boyden was also placed on the committee. Governor Bamberger's request that the Democrats of the senate modif. the terms of the public utilities bil which was to have been introduced tr that body on January 10, disarrange!1 the law-making program of the uppei house. A communication from the house was read, advising the senate that the appropriation bill passed by the senate Tuesday had been passed by the house. Democrats in the house propose that the state treasurer chall not have the entire say as to banks In which he shall deposit the state funds. Thai the state board of examiners may des ignale such banks, a resolution for a constitutional amendment is to be of fered. Mrs. Grace Stratton-Airey of Sab Lake says that provisions of the state education laws are being neglected ir the schools of the state and she wil ojb s.wui (ooqos 9qi jo suojp-ss naq.v Introduce a bill providing penalties violated. |