Show legislature news TAX MEASURE IS BEFORE legislature third district legislators for introduction of several measured Mea suret ure taxes a joint legislative legisla tivo session on liquor sundry me measures amires of interest to farmers camera and labor in particular and all a trip to the utah agricultural Cl college ollege nt at lugan logan held the attention of the legislators during tbt fourth week of th the e twenty first utah legislature ending last saturday the senate devoted practically tile the entire week including a saturday batur day session to 10 discussion of the bill increasing individual income taxes the not net result was the amending of the original measure by inclusion of a per cent property tax offset or exemption up to and the killing of another amendment proposing to include a 10 re registration regis ration or tiling filing fee the bill was finally finally placed on third reading the senate passed two other bills and three senate joint resolutions the house passed pas sed eight hills and al adopted opted senate joint resolution no 2 the last named proposes promse an ail amad amendment to the sate constitution to be voted on by the people at the ile next d g general u r 11 el potion election in november 1936 it if approved by the electorate it imposes cs a mandate upon thin th next 10 lo enact a law exempting from taxation nil all corric homesteads up to 2000 in value signing of the resolution by the speaker of tire the house au aal 1 tho the senate president insures its being placed before the voters next nest year arguments pro aal con and final on oil an amendment by senator hammond showed a narrow margin of senatorial opinion in in favor of including property offsets in the proposed new income tax bill A proposal to impose a 10 registration or filin fee lost by a goodly majority on oil a viva ha h a voce vote the joint hearing on lignor control bills found both state and store and private licensing licen ing cing plan adherents emphatic in their viewpoints the latter were in record accord as to a of the holmes om promise embodying sion of whole wholesale ile distribution by the state with private sales under local government licenses A move to delay liquor legislation until taxation and social welfare ineas were nvere acted upon was ild aid to nave have found much support amon among 1 legislators senate measures passed and adopted during the irist week were 8 B 21 providing for the im inspection of gasoline us used ed for motor fuels S J R 3 I 1 and 5 providing that the superintendent of public instruction shall not oe ic elected but appointed by tile the governor 11 B 5 fixing the hours of labor in underground mines amended to add a lunch period not to ext exceed ced 30 minutes and II 11 C 31 2 memorialize ing congress vil gress to establish a national park in wayne county houe ilutice action resulted in passage and adoption of the following measures game commission to horrow money from tile the state land bo board ard for public works projects passed previously by the senate S B IS lac permitting ri nitting tile the federal government to V buy uy I 1 lands 21 n d s tf tir r flood and erosion control also passed by tile the senate H B 9 limiting power of the governor to call out tile the stale militia in case of labor troubles amended to brov provide ide griat production on premises CS policed by the militia lip be stopped sto pied until it had bad been withdrawn 11 II B 2 regulating production sale a and nd licensing of commercial fertilizer II 11 B W n amly applying ilig weights for grades of eggs sold at retail JI 11 B 21 1 cr rating catine a re redemption d n istl 0 u pe period r od 0 on n Z shares ares of stock in irrigation companies f aiom om 00 0 days to two years year and providing for the payment of penal tl lies s costs aud and 11 II B 27 creating cat ing pensions for employed emp loyes of the utah state hospital at fiovo II 11 B 28 relating to the cost of patient maintenance at tile the same institution arid and S J R 2 the homestead tax exemption act making it manda mandatory for presentation to the people to be voted upon lipon as a constitutional amendment 11 II 8 37 and 11 II B 38 fixing penalties for lilt and run and drunk drivers were defeated largely due to belief that tile the senate genarc traffic bill pa passed lilt last week ind and soon to come coine I 1 before tile the house will take care of the matter senator C clarence ri resigned glied aird attorney paul 11 II ray of lake city appointed in by governor henry 11 II blood was seated in ill his place after a heated debato debate broucht about by a motion for a senatorial probe of the new ni members abers bai anc connections the motion was lost and I 1 sir ray welcomed to the upper bouc houw A bill introduced in the he senate will give utah ago miles 0 of additional high ways if into 1 law aw every con county 1 in the me state will benefit in added road transportation facilities senator alonzo F hopkin of croydon voted yes ou on all measures I 1 in the senate sc nate lat last week with the ex i of K B 21 ile he hns ab absent ont I 1 arid and not voting on oil this bill ile he T voted tea I 1 no on the hammond ammond II amendment to include offsets or oi redemptions ons on property taxes in the income tax bill arid and no on the bamberger amendment na serially terin teri allY lly changing tile the peterson biu bill limiting hours bours of labor in underground mines to eight per 1 r day f senator hopkin introduced two hills bills tiring during tile the week S B levies a tax on oil unmarried me men except widowers bachelors baab ao S B creates a coordinating board of the university of and utah state agricultural college representative clarence cook of rich luch county voted yes on all measures passed upon in it the house excepting tile the imi cameral one house resolution rind and 11 II B 2 lie ile was absent and not voting ou on 11 II 11 2 |