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Show (Lta Lehlfwe Wheels IB eg aim to Tmd mfl ILw$ Bills some of which will become be-come Utah Law this week began be-gan flowing into the Legislative hopper as the state's lawmakers settled down to business. The Legislature early this week named its standing committees and began wrestling with some of the major problems that will face it during the present session. ses-sion. By Thursday 32 bills had been introduced in the Senate and 10 in the House. The measures introduced in the Senate included one to change Salt Lake City's government govern-ment to a strong mayor-council type; another to permit first and second class cities to change their type 'of government without with-out going through a home rule procedure and a third to authorize author-ize a Y2 of 1 per cent sales tax for local governments on an optional county-wide basis, and a Sunday closing act. The Senate also received bills providing for a basic science act which would cover practitioners of the healing arts. A number of bills called for abolishment of the office of district attorney. One called for increasing the special fuel tax from 6.1 cents to 9 cents. Over in the House a bill to carry out a consttiutional amendment amend-ment approved in the last election elec-tion to exempt household furnishings fur-nishings of owneroccupied homes from taxation. Another House bill would establish a medical examiner system.- Another would extend milk inspection to all fluid milk sold for human consumption in the state and to provide a five-day, five-day, 40 hour week for state office of-fice employees except in emergencies. emer-gencies. In other action the Senate named Republican Kleon Kerr of Tremonton and Democratic Sen. H. S. McFarlane of Weber as co-chairmen of the important Appropriations Committee. Chairmen of the two committees commit-tees on Revenue and Taxation are Republican Senator Charles R. Hunter of Cedar City and Democrat Sen. Carl H. Taylor of Weber County. In the House Democratic Party Whip Wallace Peterson spelled out failure of city government. He charged that the city had allowed al-lowed North Temple and other west side streets to serve as impromptu im-promptu city dumps. He said long trains block streets and the Salt Lake City Freeway is disrupting dis-rupting the area and causing a waste of money." Rep. Richard V. Evans, Salt I Lake Democrat, called for something some-thing to be done about air pollution, pol-lution, and another Democrat, Rep. Delia L.. Loverldge, noted the "insufferable pittance'" re- ceived by old people iii the stated The Legislature should, she said, find ways to increase the amount of welfare grants for old people. Democrat Rep. Ernest H. Dean of Utah County told of need for improved counseling and guidance guid-ance work in the state. He said that local mental health clinics also are needed. |