Show Action On V Vocal tal Issues Taker Take 1 A As Session Wanes Vanes Senator Calder Plays Prominent Role In Legislation Affecting State Roads B By U. U S. S P. P A A. A Service Legislation providing pro for in increased increased increased in- in creased income taxes and action paving the way for the Ule conduct of Utah social welfare activities in conformity with the federal government government government gov gov- program whatever it itma ma may be were vere outstanding phases es of the eighth week weel of the twenty-first twenty Utah Legislature With but four days das of the current current current cur cur- rent session remaining remaining- Saturday night the assembled legislators were still sUU confronted with solution solution solution tion of of the vexatious liquor control control control con con- problem passing of appropriation appropriation bills carrying departmental departmental departmental depart depart- mental allocations of from irom the general fund fund above sessIon pre estimates and various tax measures to be embodied embodied em- em bodied in a general taxation pro pro- gram Much controversial legislation is still on the session books awaiting awaiting awaiting await await- ing final action by either house or senate Labor legislation including including including in in- the Ule proposed changes in worl workmen's mens men's compensation law limiting limiting limiting lim lim- of trains as to cars and 7 hour day for miners await senatorial senatorial senatorial sen sen- approval or rejection Sodo Sodo So Sodo do several important farm relief b bills ls passed by the house the Ule produce license container weights and fertilizer and commercial feed feedstuffs feedstuffs feedstuffs stuffs measures Eight house- house passed utility control bills were also to be acted upon by the upper upper upper up up- per house Measures passed by the senate and still subject to lower house approval included a mine taxation bill leaving mine taxes as they i are at present a highway bill adding adding adding ad ad- ding several hundred miles to the state road system a measure for assessment of public utilities on ona ona ona a rate base and another reorganizing reorganizing reorganizing izing the public utilities commission commission commission commis commis- commis- commis sion and the bill permitting use of surplus sales tax funds to tomake tomake make mak up in school funds Dozens of other measures passed passed passed pass pass- ed by either of the two houses await action by the Ule other That it w will ll require extension of the session session session ses ses- ses- ses sion at least until Saturday to torea rea real reach h even a a. portion of these proposed laws by stopping of legislative clocks clocks is is deemed very likely by all aU lawmakers Under the new income tax law property tax offsets are eliminated eliminated filing fee repealed personal exemptions lowered and the rate rat e of taxation on individuals increased in in- creased If Governor Henry H. H Blood signs the measure a as it now stands single persons with net incomes incomes in incomes in- in comes of 1000 2000 2000 and will pay respectively respectively 4 18 12 42 12 76 76 and married persons with like incomes and no dependants nothing 8 S 26 54 and 92 02 and married persons with three dependents nothing nothing 9 0 9 28 and 57 The corporation franchise tax billas bill billas as as passed lowers the tax rate on corporation incomes from 4 1 to 3 per cent and deletes property tax offsets resulting in a net increase Governor Go Blood Victor The lower house disposed of several Taylor bills proposing to togi gi give the legislature full taxing powers by tabling them The senate senate senate sen sen- ate defeated another measure giving giving giving ing legislatures power to make assessments All of these taxation measures defeated proposed constitutional constitutional constitutional con con- changes Governor Blood emerged a vic vic- tor along all legislative lines every every every ev ev- I ery measure sponsored and urged by the chief executive having ing won approval in both legislative legislative- bran bran- ches Included in the list were nine banking bills passed last week The governors governor's bills providing providing providing provid provid- ing for a social relief program will undoubtedly be enacted before the session closes The rhe senate last week passed 50 measures and defeated three Those passed were S S. S B. B 92 to use surplus sales tax revenue re for the school fund deficiencies S S. S J. J R. R 14 adding a public works project providing for building a governors governor's gover gover- governors governor's over over- nors nor's mansion S. S B. B granting granting granting grant grant- ing the state land board unlimited ed use of the land maintenance fund for operating expenses S. S B B. B permitting water and irrigation ir irrigation irrigation ir- ir companies to enter into competitive bidding for stock facing facing facing fac fac- ing sale for delinquent payments S. S B B. B permitting county commissioners commissioners commissioners com com- missioners to control beet sugar seed districts S. S B. B permitting permitting permitting permit permit- ting the removal remo of hair dressers dresser's licenses S S. S B B. B limiting exemptions exemptions exemptions ex ex- to 20 gallons of gasoline brought into the state on motor vehicles S. S B B. B permitting the boards of education to set up sinking sinking sinking sink sink- ing funds up to 2 per cent of the outstanding bon bonds s annually S. S B. B 95 permitting a school board member to act as board treasurer S. S B B. B designating the place of payment of checks drawn drown on branch banks S. S B B. B relating to the service of oC writs of execution execution execution tion attachment etc upon banks maintaining branch offices S. S B. B assessing property of public utilities S. S B B. B 84 placing abstractors abstractors abstractors tors under board of abstract commissioners commissioners commissioners com com- missioners S. S B B. B exempting dealers who receive shipments of ot tax prepaid gasoline from bond posting requirement S. S B B. B 65 fixing fixing fixing fix fix- ing situs for taxation of motor vehicles and other tangible property property property pro pro- perty S. S B B. B permitting foreign foreign foreign for for- eign corporations to consolidate with corporations S S. S B B. 93 Tax Settlement Compromises ses permitting county commissioners to compromise tax settlements when the ilie amount is or less S. S B B. B extending the governor power to function for Utah under the PV A S. S B B. B extending powers of cities and towns to to borrow borrow borrow bor bor- row funds for waterworks devel devel- S. S B B. B 66 relating elating to collection collection colof col col- col- col lection of taxes on metal mines S. S B. B 58 permitting immediate collection of property taxes when in jeopardy S. S B. B appropriating appropriating acing to Carbon county for expenses in suppressing riots riots' during during during dur dur- ing the 1933 mine strike S S. S B. B authorizing the tax taC commission commission commission commis commis- sion to set up an examining board for mino mine tax ta purposes S. S B. B appropriating for maintenance maintenance maintenance ance of a governors governor's mansion S. S B B. B increasing inheritance taxes taxes tax tax- es on large estates S. S B. B re retaining retaining retaining re- re present method and rates on mine assessment S S. S C. C M. M 5 memorial of condolence to St. St George in connection with recent oil well disaster H. H B. B 62 increasing increasing increasing in in- creasing insurance premium tax amended to 2 per cent S. S B B. B 91 giving fish and game commission jurisdiction over importation of offish offish offish fish and game S. S B B. B providing providing providing provid provid- ing for state supervision of persons persons persons per per- sons on probation H. H B B. B 55 requiring requiring requiring re re- re- re quiring Utah public utilities to pay for three of cost of their regulation S. S B B. B continued on page 8 Action On Vital Issues Taken As Session Wanes Vanes Con Continued From Page 1 annually until 1912 19 Education of Service Mens Men's Children for education of children of World War Service men killed in ill service S. S B B. B deleting provision that certain percentage of gasoline tax revenue be spent on secondary roads S. S B. B reorganizing the public utilities commission as the public service commission of 3 time full-time members S. S B. B 1 I the corporation franchise tax bill as agreed upon in conference committee committee committee com com- S. S B B. B 88 the individual Income tax bill as lil likewise Vise agreed I upon S. S B. B 60 restricting state bank commissioner from voting by proxy the stock of corporations corporations corporations corpora corpora- subject to his supervision S. S B B. B 69 providing for a state board of education and manner of electing members S. S B. B making towns of more than population cities of third class S. S B B. B pertaining to additions to state highway system S. S B. B rewriting the state securities commission act S. S B B. B new of nine act as amended amend amend- ed by the house S. S B B. B arranging arranging arranging ar ar- ar- ar ranging for interstate compacts against crime S. S B B. B placing state tax x commission members on time full-time basis S S. S J. J R R. R 11 providing providing providing pro pro- viding for the placing of statue of the late Governor Simon Bamberg Bamberger Bamberger Bam- Bam berg berger r in the state capitol S. S C C. M. M 3 requesting the national congress congress congress con con- gress to appropriate part of the federal administration tion fund to highway purposes H. H B. B depriving the governor of authority to appoint officio ex-officio members of state road commission commission commission commis commis- sion H H. H B B. B prohibiting a member member mem mom ber her of the commission from being an officio ex-officio member of the com com- mission Measures es defeated were So S. S J. J M. M 3 creating a board to study Utah's road building program program program pro pro- gram and S. S J J. J R R. R 16 amending the constitution to permit legislatures legislatures legislatures legis legis- the power to assess property property property pro pro- perty for taxation purposes House Passes 65 63 Bills The lower house passes 65 measures and defeated two Those passed were H. H B B. B 30 establishing establishing establishing establish establish- ing a great basin authority toI to commercialize natural resources H H. H B. B permitting municipalities municipal municipal- to own and power and other utilities H. H C. C M M. 6 providing for tor the compiling of information information information in in- formation methods of treating alunite ore H. H B. B 55 also passed by senate H H. H B B. B creating miners miner's examining boards H. H B. B authorizing municipal establishment establishment establishment and supervision of playgrounds playgrounds play playgrounds grounds H. H B. B 75 empowering state insurance commissioner to engage assistants and fix fie their compensation H. H B B. B prohibiting prohibiting prohibiting double collection of sales tax x on manufactured products and ingredients used in t H. H B B. B 70 pertaining to civil actions against unknown defendants H. H B. B 71 pertaining to the same H H. H J J. J R. R 16 constitutional amendment re repealing repealing re- re pealing 8 hour work day on public works projects H. H B B. B relative relative relative rela rela- tive to regulation and operation of building and loan associations S. S B. B passed by senate also S. S B B. B water project bill also passed by senate S. S B. B 96 permitting permitting permitting per per- unequal assessments on water shares H. H B. B 98 extending state industrial recovery act two years H H. H J. J M. M 1 I requesting congress congress congress con con- gress to defeat long and short haul repeal bill H. H B B. B enumerating enumerating enumerating grounds for denial of certificates certificates certificates of operation to common motor carriers S. S B B. B 93 also passed by senate last week H. H B B. B authorizing issuance by land board of prospectors' prospectors permits upon upon upon up up- on land in which the state owns mineral rights H. H C C. R R. 4 withdrawn withdrawn withdrawn with with- drawn in favor of S. S C C. C M M. 5 H. H B. B relating to relief from the special tax assessments and financial financial financial finan finan- cial relief of taxing districts H. H B B. B deleting statutory provision provis provis- ion requiring publication of competitive competitive competitive com com- bids on text boo books s for Condolence to St. St Geor George Georgo e city schools S. S C C. C M. M 5 the St. St George oil well explosion condolence condolence condolence condol condol- ence S. S B B. B pass passed cd by senate S. S B. B committee of nine bill passed by senate H H. H B. B 55 public public pub pub- lic lie utilities bill also passed by senate H. H B. B raising bond limit from 3 to 4 1 per cent of assessed assessed assessed as as- valuation in school districts of cities of first and second class H. H B. B 51 requiring h holding companies companies companies com com- performing services for Utah public utilities to qualify under under under un un- un- un der Utah law H. H B B. B 52 prohibiting prohibit prohibit- ing foreign corporations from engaging engaging engaging en en- in intrastate u utility business business business busi busi- ness under certain conditions H. H B B. B providing for issuance of subpoenas etc in proposed house Investigation of Secretary of State Milton H H. Welling Velling H H. H B B. B authorizing appropriation ot of for same purpose S. S B B. B 1 I corporation franchise tax bill as agreed upon by conference committee committee committee com com- S. S B B. B 88 individual income income income in in- in- in come tax bill as same H H. H B B. B 54 51 prohibiting operating utility companies companies companies com com- from having relations with foreign corporations corporations corporations corpora corpora- which have not qualified under the Utah law H. H B. B exempting motor fuel tax on all fuels made from coal oil Utah H H. B. B or hydrocarbons in 46 preventing utility companies from entering int into into- agreements for for the furnishing of management services without approval of utilities utilities utilities util util- commission H. H B B. B and bills improving improving improving ing certain phases of bank operations operations operations oper oper- H. H B. B providing for direct primary nomination of ot public public public pub pub- lic officials H. H B. B establishing establishing establish establish- ing a 7 hour day for miners and smelter workers H H. H B. B 25 pertaining pertaining pertaining per per- to dairy and food laws H. H B B. B 48 prohibiting mergers of public utilities companies without consent of public utilities commission commission commission commis commis- sion H. H B B. 57 requiring public utilities to publish an annual income in come statement H. H B B. B 64 relative to election of board of ot members and stipulating tenure of office H. H B B. 68 giving utilities commission power to restrain utility utility utility util util- ity companies from paying dividends dividends divi divi- if they would impair financial financial financial fin fin- ancial structure of company H. H B. B and increasing to six municipal wards in cities of first class and creating five wards in cities of second class and increasing board of education membership H H. H B. B decreasing decreasing decreasing ing amount of delinquent tax list advertising H. H C C. M. M M 7 requesting requesting request request- ing iny department of agriculture for information and aid relative to |