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Show Iff - a ment of compensation to occupational occupa-tional disease victims failed of enactment. en-actment. It did, however, receive some assurance of future action when $25,000 was appropriated for a study of occupational diseases, and partial compensation in the miners' hospital treatment measure. A check-up of enacted legislation shows that 171 measures of varied classification were passed by both legislative branches. Six hundred were introduced. Governor Henry H. Blood had signed 46, including five resolutions and memorials, up to Saturday night. He had 116 in his office awaiting approval or disapproval. dis-approval. He had vetoed one measure, meas-ure, not repassed and approved. Eight resolutions require no gubernatorial guber-natorial action. The legislature asked the national congress for federal assistance in preventing further erosion on Colorado Col-orado river tributaries in Utah and enactment of farm credit liberalization liberaliza-tion laws. It indorsed national bills for federal aid to education, stabilization stabi-lization of silver at $1 per ounce, the Pittman silver purchase act, and the rearmament program, and opposed op-posed reduction in tariffs on Cuban sugar. o 4 lis has been written to the ty-third session of the Utah legislature and as an after -I to its lawmaking activities January 9 approximately 150 and amended statutes will be bed in Utah's law books, leral opinion is that only about re of the measures enacted by J legislators who '"called it a day. Saturday" will make any ap-fible ap-fible dent in the daily lives of C I(is as a whole. The other '130 :ffect only segregated groups, m ! classifications, and scattered lis or individuals, fv-pthe whole so say leaders of J divergent elements the twen-rd twen-rd legislature may be regarded Wing assumed a middle-of-the-J "Utitude in their deliberations! ;ss and industry suffered no J Jlows. On the other hand they ted through a general incli-1 incli-1 1 toward confidence-restoring I H Labor, while getting little it it sought, lost none of the I gained two years ago. culture, recognized as of read importance to the state, d much consideration, al- gVijfi it failed to procure property ductions in a general trend . preserving the tax structure tit 01luo- Education achieved but success in getting greater illotments, but suffered no mt losses unless it was in re-i re-i of the state's contribution teachers' retirement fund. 1 welfare legislation spot-51555! spot-51555! last-minute proceedings le legislators finally approved .tration-sought action that Did age assistance on a basis Bi' thus eliminating many un-. ig recipients of benefits from Is in favor of those who teed assistance. Proponents lJ?WssS.nger of losing federal funds - chief argument for changes. s5$$$5S pocketbooks of the people are affected, passage of the appropriation bill in his--t--tV,237,391 means in theopin- .Cilliany that the 2.4 mills genii gen-ii tax levy will again be im-r im-r the present biennium after seen eliminated -during the i years. .tors throughout the ses--bxtU-j to a generai trend to ,TTpf the present tax structure , far as possible. This was i in failure of the home- p-r-q TOT x exemption bill and the ; of all efforts to increase yen as raising income tax jJd mine occupation levy and to impose natural gas and . jre taxes. Removal of the oleomargarine also lost in e. lent of bills enabling coun- a:s and towns to undertake housing and slum clear-jects clear-jects is listed as one of the in Forirm" accomplishments. Pas-i Pas-i group medical and dental may also be included in rai" category. It permits ment of health coopera-rley coopera-rley of mendments to the state un-ing un-ing canent compensation act, ex-the ex-the women's eight-hour act, ; that all sales tax reven- ised for welfare and relief, ..-ll providing for the care of y0 miners at the state tubercu-j.pital tubercu-j.pital may be listed as so-progressive" so-progressive" measures en- its, DC , j change was made in the olitical set-up. One meases meas-es ted does away with defects rimary election law and re-;ra re-;ra OP jCret balloting in political 3ns. Some counties will 3uttern unutation of their share : welfare costs to proceeds nill levy. A non-partisan bill failed of passage. 15c ss benefits through repeal luch maligned average in- '"law and strengthening of :eappletrade practices act. Under r iieasures inventories will be ,on their year-end value in-, in-, ion average monthly value, MflOx per cent mark-up may A fincluded as a Part of the A JJw which merchandise must )ld under the fair trade act. taxes or restrictive meas- lch might injure business ited iiry were imposed. :onS lost its two most sought-of sought-of legislation when bills T?0 JiP intrastate wage and hour " s and providing for pay- 1 6 |