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Show By Uarda McCarty Utahs twenty-fourth biennial legislative session reached the hallway mark Saturday with the great bulk of important legislation legisla-tion held in abeyance pending consideration of Govetnor Herbert Her-bert B. Maw's far-reaching state government reorganization bill. During the past week both senate and house took steps to study the governor's bill. The upper branch, with approval of the chief executive, decided to consider the measure piecemeal by dividing it into a series of bills. In the lower branch a committee com-mittee of 17 was appointed to study the proposals and report back to the representatives. In the meantime the lawmakers have by no means been inactive. Last week the senate passed 24 measures, making a total of 40 thus far acted upon by the sol-ons sol-ons among a total of 179 bills and resolutions introduced. The house disposed of 20 by favorable action, ac-tion, for a total of 36 among the 136 introduced. Eighteen measures mea-sures have passed both legislative legisla-tive branches and have been sent er house for final action- Among the more important measures which passed both houses last week are S.B. 51, 52, 53 and 54, removing stockholders stockhold-ers double liability in state banks; S. B. 33, providing industrial in-dustrial compensation coverage to employes hired by Utah employers em-ployers but injured in accidents arising out of such employment in another state; S. B- 23, eliminating elim-inating compulsory earmarking of livestock under the state branding law and creating an estray fund; II. B- C, permitting payment of personal property taxes on the basis of the assessment assess-ment valuation of the prior year; H. B. 5, enabling county treasurers treasur-ers to distribute auto license plates; II- B- 9, providing more state control of benevolent and mutual life insurance companies; H. B- 26, eliminating the $2.00 annual license fee now paid by those collecting sales tax; H- B. 24, placing special assessment liens on a parity with general tax liens, and H. B. 31, permitting permit-ting the state land board to sell state lands by sealed bid. 10 me governor lor approval or disapproval. Thus far the senate has killed seven measures and the house four, making 11 defeated among the 315 introduced. Twenty-four bills and resolutions passed by the house are awaiting senatorial action. Twenty-seven approved in the senate are before the low- H.L.K. 1, approving President Roosevelt's foreign policy and aid to Great Britain has passed both branches as has H-J.R. 1, urging congress and the president to safeguard Utah rights in the proposed Escalante national defeated last week include S- J. R- 2, proposing an amendment to the state constitution constitu-tion limiting the over-all property proper-ty tax levy. It was killed in the senate. The house defeated H- B. 33, authorizing Salt Lake City and Ogden to levy a tax for a municipal band on orchestra. It passed H. B- 61, permitting counties coun-ties to levy a tax for participation participa-tion in noxious weed eradication programs. Public hearings on the Maw reorganization proposals opened Monday night. Opposition to the transfer of $800,000 of motor vehicle ve-hicle license funds, now allotted to counties and municipalities for road and street work, to the proposed pro-posed state publicity and industrial indus-trial development department continued to be Jieard, while the governor defended his position. S. B. 93, taxing all services, similar to sales tax, was reported out of committee unfavorably. It is expected to be acted on this week. O |