Show BILL VETOED governor wells sends a lengthy message to the utah legislature giving his reasons in favor 0 compulsory vaccination and also suggesting smallpox legislation A C salt lake feb 8 special to the standard at this morning the lower house ot the legislature was called to order after business of minor importance was transacted a message from the governor was announced noun ced it was found to contain a lengthy message conveying the governors veto of the bill providing against compulsory vaccination the reading ot the document required three quarterma of an hour and was generally acknowledged to be a strong defense 0 the governors achon in vetoing the measure it included dispatches from nearly all the governors in the united states in regard to compulsory vaccination showing that while many of the states did not have laws giving state boards of health power to enforce vaccination all granted such powers to local boards of health and the governors stood almost as a unit tor vaccination governor wells was severe in parts of his message in condemnation of those who would leave the state without proper sanitary regulations he declared that to make the measure law would be a step backward for the state he offered a substitute and in this respect has taken arpon himself to be somewhat of a legislator as well as executive the proposed law places the authority to enforce vaccination and to exclude unvaccinated children from at the discretion of local health boards and prohibits state board from ordering vaccination or requiring it as a requisite to attendance at school in districts tree from epidemic the governors Govera ors substitute bill was referred to the health committee of the house immediately favorably acted upon reported and advanced to its second reading the legislators ordering 1000 copies to be printed for distribution throughout the state the senate also heard the governors message and will take action on it monday on the return of the lawmakers from idaho the general comment in salt lake is that the governors veto message Is an able argument in favor of vaccination |