Show Senate Receives Bills To Clear Water Rights Eager to resume debate on the administration income tax b bill billone ll llone one nc of the most important tax measures before the legislature th the Utah senate Fr Friday day afternoon lost little time in wading through preliminaries preliminaries pre- pre to the twenty-sixth twenty day of the current legislative session of ot several new bills j Ins ng the the administration measures ere ere- ting a metropolitan water district and nd clarifying rights right to underground water ater and md of ot several house measures was was vas acknowledged and a flood o of other ther bills reported to the floor by bythe bythe the he committee on revision and enrolling enroll enroll- ing were were assigned to various committees commit- commit tees Asks sk Confirmation Confirmation of or of orthe the upper house houseas was as asked by Governor Henry H. H Blood of ot 23 recess appointees to vanous various varius vari van ous us state posts including those of State tate Bank Commissioner John A. A Malia lalia Preston G. G Peterson vice chairman of ot the state road commission commis- commis ion sion sion and Irwin A Arnovitz Anovitz chairman of f the state tax x commission President M Maw w announced a acom com committee committee com committee of ot five senators would be named to check the list and recommend recommend recommend mend action by the upper house as a whole forestalling for lor the time being a rumored attempt to block loek confIrma- confIrma lon lion of or the appointment of Commis Commis- Mali MaIm Recently Senator Ira A A. Huggins D D. p. p Weber challenged Mr Malias Malia's right ight to hold office orfice on the ground the he 1933 senate had not confirmed the he bank commissioners commissioner's appointment appoint appoint- m meat ment nt which had been made prior prioro to o the adjournment of ot that bod body Senate bill 18 by Senator Holbrook relating elating to the purchase of or lands for orests forests was signed by President Maw and nd a revision and enrolling committee commit commit- 4 tee ce recommendation that titles tilles of or all bills be numbered by line was adopted 1 Debate Dehate Opens Debate on senate bill 88 the in income income income in- in come tax measure was in full ful fun swing swing- when the upper house adjourned adjourned ad- ad Wednesday It centered on onan onan onan an amendment offered by Senator W. W D. D Hammond D. D Grand to allow a property tax offset of at In n the bill This would exempt from froman troman an income tax virtually every small smal property taxpayer with income When the debate resumed on this bill jilt Friday Senator Hammond offered of- of i ered a substitute amendment cutting cut cut- ting ling the offset to and as an additional feature reducing exemptions ions for both single and married persons to I Indicative of upper house Interest in n the bill was the fact that 22 of the 23 senators were In their scats seats to discuss its provisions Senator J JFrancis J. J Francis Fowles D D. Weber was th VIP h |