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Show 4 their year-end value instead on average monthly value, while a six per cent mark-up may now be included as a part of the cost below which merchandise must not be sold under the fair trade act. No new taxes or restrictive measures which might injure business bu-siness or industry were imposed. Labor Labor lost its two most-sought bits of legislation when bills setting set-ting up intrastate wage and hour standards and providing for payment pay-ment of compensation to occupational occupa-tional disease victims failed of enactment. It, did, however, receive re-ceive some assurance of future action when $25,000 was appropriated appro-priated for a study of occupational occupa-tional diseases, and partial compensation com-pensation in the miners' hospital hospi-tal treatment measure. A check-up of enacted legislation legisla-tion shows that 171 measures of varied classification were passed by both legislative branches. Six hundred were introduced. Governor Gov-ernor Henry H. Blood had signed sign-ed 46, including five resolutions and memorials, up to Saturday night. He had 116 in his office awaiting approval or disapproval. He had vetoed one measure, not repassed and approved. Eight resolutions require no gubernatorial guberna-torial action. The legislature asked the national na-tional congress for federal assistance as-sistance in preventing further erosion on Colorado river tributaries tribu-taries in Utah and enactment of farm credit liberalization laws. It indorsed national bills for federal fed-eral aid to education, stabilization stabiliza-tion of silver at $1 per ounce, the Pittman silver purchase act, and the rearmament program, and I opposed reduction in tariffs on Cuban sugar. Finis has been written to the twenty-third session of the Utah state legislature and as an aftermath after-math to its lawmaking activities since January !) approximately 150 new and amended statutes will be inscribed in Utah's law books. General opinion is that only about a score of the measures enacted by the legislators who "called it a day last Saturday" will make any appreciable dent in the daily lives of Utahns as a whole. The other 130 will effect only segregated groups, minor classifications, and scattered sections sec-tions or individuals. On the whole--so say leaders j of varied divergent elements the twenty-third legislature may be regarded as having assumed a middle-of-the-road attitude in their deliberations. Business and Industry suffered no body blows. On the other hand they benefited, benefit-ed, through a general inclination toward confidence-restoring action. ac-tion. .Labor, while getting little of what it sought, lost none of the ground gained two years ago. ...Agriculture, recognized as of widespread importance to the state, received much consideration, considera-tion, although it failed to pro- When pocketbooks of the people peo-ple at large are affected, passage of the largest appropriation bill in history--$8,237,391-- means in the opinion of many that the 2.4 mills general fund tax levy will again be imposed for the "present biennium after having been eliminated during the past two years. Legislators throughout the session ses-sion held to a general trend to maintain the present tax structure struc-ture intact as fur as possible. This was evidenced is failure of the homestead tax exemption bill and rebuffing of all efforts to increase taxes, such as raising the income tax levels and mine occupation levy and refusals to impose natural, gas and chain store taxes. Removal of the tax on oleomargarine also lost in the house. Reforms Enactment of bills enabling counties, cities and town to undertake un-dertake low cost housing and slum clearance projects is listed as one of the few "reform" accomplishments. ac-complishments. Passage of a group and dental care bill may also be included in the "reform" category, permits establishment of health cooperatives. Amendments Amend-ments to the statu uncmplioy- cure property tax reductions in a general trend toward preserving preserv-ing the tax structure status quo. Education achieved but partial success in getting greater fund allotments, but suffered no important im-portant losses unless it was in reduction of the state's contribution contribu-tion to the teachers' retirement fund. Social welfare legislation spotlighted spot-lighted . last-minute proceedings when the legislators finally approved ap-proved administration-sought action ac-tion that places old age assistance on a basis of need, thus eliminating elimina-ting many undeserving recipients recipi-ents of benefits from the rolls in favor of those who really need assistance. Proponents cited danger of losing federal funds as their chief argument for changes. ment compensation act, extending extend-ing the women's eight-hour act, requiring that all sales tax revenues rev-enues be used for welfare and relief, and a bill providing for the care of disabled miners at the state tuberculosis hospital may be listed as so-called "progressive" "pro-gressive" measures enacted. Primary Election Little change was made in the state's political set-up. One measure mea-sure enacted does away with defects de-fects in the "primary election law and requires secret balloting in political conventions. Some countiees will benefit in limitation limita-tion of their share of public wel- j fare costs to proceeds of a 5 mill levy. A non-partisan judiciary bill failed of passage. Business benefits through repeal re-peal of the much-maligned average aver-age inventory law and strengthening strength-ening of the fair trade practices act. Under enacted measures inventories in-ventories will be assessed on |