The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-23
Measure, However, Lacks Sig
natures of President and
Speaker.
HANSEN Is IN FAVOR
OF SPECIAL SESSION
Not Considered Likely That
Governor Will Take
Such Action.

After a search Wednesday the senate
committee on the revision OF the journal
discovered the missing "halting powder"
bill. The bill was Il pet measure OF VIII
lard Hansen, state dairy and food COM
missioner. After passing both houses the
bin disappeared and was not missed until
after the legislature had adjourned. The
governor looked for Il among tho bills
which had been sent TO him for his sigma
ture Unable TO lind il. he caused IL
search to he made The original bill was
found amid a score or other bllls which
had been killed or passed. The RECORDS
were searched and The bin traced TO the
cngrosSnE committee OF the senate. No
relative TO the cngrossinG OF the measure
and as a result IL viii fall to become Il
law.
Under the constitution all measures
which pass both houses must he en-
crossed and signed by the presiding off
GERS of each house in open session. These
steps were not taken with reference to
tions arc that II was mislaid during the
rush attendant upon the passage and en-
srossmcnt OF the bills at the close OF the
session,
Introduced by Badger.
The bill was introduced early In the
session by Senator Carl y. Badger and
referred TO the committee on public
health. There were several hearings on
the bill, and it was 4 finally reGommendied rec mn 1in1
regulations governing the sale OF baking
powder and some other food products.
Its application was with particular ref
erence to the labelling of baking pow
der containing salts OF alumina. lt re
auired that baking powder should be
labeled as containing alum or soda alum.
Attorneys and chemists representing
various baking powder companies op,
peared before the senate committee and
argued against the passage of the bill;
Willard Hansen. state dairy and food
and Herman Harms. state
chemist. appeared In behalf of the bill.
When the bill came UP for final pessage
they were given the floor or the senate
to speak In behalf Of the measure, To-
ward the close OF the session the bill
passed the house.
Returned to Senate.
The bill was returned to the senate
and referred 20 the committee on en-
rolled and enerossed bills fov engross-
ment. Then II disappeared. Docket
Clerk Benjamin Bachuan has a memo
Tandum notation TO the effect that tile
bin WAS signed by President Gardner.
lioweyer. no report OF the ensrossIHE ;,,n hi
could be found and Engrosslng Clerk
Archibald Livingstone does not rcmem-
Der having seen the bill. There is no
TO the BILL after the communication
the bill to the senate from
the house and the reference of the meas
ure to the committee on engrossed and
enrolled bills.
Senator Badger and Mr.. Hansen ap-
peare6 before the committee on revision,
Of the journal "Wednesday and were dis
pleased when they learned that the bill!
had been killed Mr.. Hansen went so
far as to suggest the calling of a special
session OF the legislature TO pass the bill
in order that il might become a law
without waiting for the next legislature,
but ii is not considered likely that the
governor will adopt such a course.