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Show On the subject of pay hikes, practically every elected official in the state and all the top appointive appoint-ive officers got pay hikes. All the bills in this category were passod into law without the signature 6f the governor, but the pay question was settled. Off Jl Immev ike mm ff n Pi n -tf0SMS$ 'word for the legislators in his closing message. The chief executive, who had been greatly displeased with the legislators up until the final week, mellowed in the end helped no doubt by the fact that every one of his seven vetoes was upheld, pay hikes to court reporters Only two Sunday closing and pay hikes to Court reporters were even ev-en tested. Utah's 30th Legislature was a session of compromise a strange combination of decreased taxes and increased spending. The spirit of compromise held high to the last hours of the session when a join conference committee settled the problem of fish and game license fees amid feverish preparations for adjournment. adjourn-ment. Compromise was apparent in nearly every major issue settled by the lawmakers -even if Gov. J. Bracken Lee did have to help the trend out once in a while with some well-placed vetoes to keep the balance between tax reductions reduc-tions and spending. There was no doubt that the 1953 session was a spending session. ses-sion. The appropriations bill, which finally hit a figure just under $61,000,000 represents the greatest great-est total outlay of revenue for state expenditures in the history of Utah. And the upwards of $800,000 approved ap-proved by this quixotic session was reduction of state income taxes a reduction which will actually be felt in dollars and cents by practically prac-tically , every person in the state. And another notable feature uf the session is that big as it is, the budget, even with the outside special fund spending, still balances bal-ances even though there might be precious little for unexpected monetary mon-etary needs. There were several measures included in-cluded in the $800,000 special bill appropriations which probably will not get approval of Gov. Lee, which will bring the budget even more in balance, Included in these special funds not likely to get gubernatorial approval are such proposals for establishment es-tablishment of an educational television tele-vision station, $150,000 to the State Board of Alcoholism for a clinic for alcoholics, and $50,000 for establishment es-tablishment of Pony Express statues stat-ues in Utah and Washington,. D.C. Then there are such things as $100,000 for the establishment of a state Tourist and Publicity Council, $30,000 for printing and distribution of information pamphlets pam-phlets at the state capitol, $44,000 for improvements at "This Is the Place" monument park, $25,000 for rain-making research, $10,000 for cricket conrol, and a $30,000 revolving fund for purchase of surplus sur-plus property. There were not state-wide provisions pro-visions mde for money for public school use, unless you count the transfers made from sales tax revenue rev-enue to the schools to make up for revenue lost to schools because of the income tax cuts and the propery tax removal. And this very fact might bring above sufficient pressure to force the governor to call a special session ses-sion which could throw more burden bur-den on state's coffers, tilt the balanced bal-anced budget out of whack and necessitate a state-wide property tax levy. The governor has indicated indic-ated that he is in no way committed commit-ted to call such a session, but has declared ha will give careful consideration con-sideration to a legislative council study of the recommendations of the 60-man public school survey commission. Right nov, the consensus con-sensus is that the council recommendation, recom-mendation, after making the study, will be for a special legislative session to study the school fund problem. ''' The schools did get a $2,157,000 fund for emergency state aid to districts which have exhausted all local methods of raising funds. But even this is not going to solve all the problems the school survey raised. And educators say this extra aid will not even scratch the surface of needs in the districts involved. One of the events of the final days of the session which showed moct clearly the compromise spirit spir-it which pervaded most of "the session was the final action on the bulky fish and game code. This measure, which achieved the dubious distinction of being the most amended proposal or t.;e whole session, was kicked around in tiie Senate lor three weeks. When it came over to the House, it carried provision for a $7 fee for combination licenses and a $1 cha'ge for individual hunting, fish'ng or game bird permits. The House passed the bill once, then got it back in the last moments mom-ents or the session to cut the combination com-bination fee to $6 leaving the other rates at the present $3 figure. Neither body would budge from their version of the bill, so a compromise committee went to work. Final form of the bill was $6 for the combination fee, and $3.50 for the others. On 2 thing this session accom-plis'.rc! accom-plis'.rc! V.Y.: no o'.hcv legislature since 1931 has he'n n.b'.o to touch was the disposa' for the time bring br-ing at least of the' reapportionment reapportion-ment lssu.. Th.j again vas a compromise. com-promise. Tlfe Senate compromised first, setting up a L 11 htdf-wry between the aims o" tho rural and urban factions. This measure died in the rurally dc:.:i;'.?. . d House. Then the House passed their own version of the bill. In ti e la.t days of the session tho Senate capitulated and passed the House proposal. Briefly, i.;.c Ilo.ue measure calls for a co:i 't':t:;;io:i?,l amendment which would give each county in the stat; o le r.r.ator, and set House n.emb"rslrp at 75 persons. This proposal will go to the voters of the etae on the 1954 general election ballot, and if approved, will hav? to be implemented by legislation hy the 1955 Legislature. Under torma of this bill, if approved ap-proved by the electorate, control of the Senate would pass completely com-pletely into the h:r,i cf th: less-populous less-populous counties, but control of the House would be overwhelmingly overwhelm-ingly in the four county Salt Lake, Weber, Utah and Davis area. Davis County would benefit the most, getting three representatives instead of the one they now have. Salt Lake OounLy would go up to 27 representatives and Utah and Weber Counties would also get increased in-creased representatives. But at the same time, the outlying out-lying counties which now get a senator by agreement every so many years, would be represented in the upper chamber each time. In all, tha 1953 cession accomplished accom-plished a creditable record. Even Gov. Lee, whose vetoes and threats of vetoes managed to keep most of the- spending to within the realm of state income, had a kind |