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Show I FINGER-PRINT MEETING HERE Utah Law Enforcement Officers Of-ficers Give Convention Conven-tion to Ogden. Ogden was selected M the next mooting placn of the Utah state dl-I dl-I vliiion of the lnternatlnn.il Association I for Identification nt the oonvsntion yesterday held at Salt Lake, nt Which more than 50 poller- officials from 22 counties In the st&te were In attendance, attend-ance, according to R. H Wootton, finger print expert of tho Ogden pollen po-llen department and president '( t1. organization, who returned ISSt nlffhl Preliminary plana wre discussed toward the enactment "t Isslslatloo. for the establishment of a b:te bureau bu-reau of Identification. TO coxsidfr nrMi. For the consideration of the membership mem-bership an ombrvn i)iu embodying the desires of the organisation WRS presented by a legislative Committee Thi; measure provided foi the est&b-Ishment est&b-Ishment and upkeep Of the bureau by the state, the appointment of a I board ot tnres manngirs Dy in" governor gov-ernor for ultimate terms of four years each, and the employment of a superintendent su-perintendent nnd such other labor as might be required. Provisions for the taking of fingr prints of suspects and convicted criminals crim-inals by sheriffs' offices, police departments de-partments and city marshals throughout through-out the state, the records so recelvt l. are Included in the measure. SERVE WITTIOt T PAY. Uder the proposed bill the board of directors appointed by the governor would serve without pay. After some discussion a motion was passed requiring all members with suggestions as to changes In the measure mea-sure to file same in writing with H. IJj. Bauer, secretary and treasurer, within the next 10 days. The measure proper was referred back to the legislative leg-islative committee, composed of E S. Kimball of the United States department depart-ment of justice; W. T. Ayland of ho Burns Detective agency; J. H. Zun-del, Zun-del, sheriff-elect of Box Elder cOUQty; and H. C. Taggart of the United States secret service for final drafting an 1 presentation to the legislature. Resolutions of condolence to Sergeant Ser-geant X P. Pierce of the Salt Lake department who was seriously injured in a bandit battle more than a month ago. were unanimously passed and a copy forwarded to the officer and his family. Further lnltatlon to all sheriffs-elect sheriffs-elect and other officers to become charter members In the association was extended during the course of the meeting It being voted to hold the membership list open until February Feb-ruary 15 without payment of Initiation Initia-tion fees. rn |