Show I House Members Gird For Cleanup Drive With adjournment Sat Saturday in view rallied Tuesday afternoon for a final assault on the hundreds of bills massed before them I A laggard stumbling morning session had hod preceded the afternoon afternoon after after- noon call to order But the house was primed to exhibit its best pace Tuesday afternoon That the s session ion will continue far ar arInto Into Tuesday evening and night was war regarded as t ft Q foregone conclusion on the house floor Representatives were considering house home bills under suspension 01 oi of the rules Official lime time for lor consideration of or its own measures expired Monday Unless further suspension is Involved involved in which was deemed improbable able the house must turn its attention attention atten atten- tion Wednesday exclusively to senate sea sen en enate ate bills Only three measures measure received attention at at- and final passage during the morn morning ng session New Bill BUI Barred Burred Tie The I e house defeated d decisively a motion by Representative Will R R. R Holmes D. D Box Elder that he be given permission to introduce a new newbill bill bUl billIt It WES was he said a companion measure mea inca sure to H. H B. B by Representative Emil Gammeter R. R San Juan Juin providing providing pro pro- viding a gross sales sales' tax for Utah The Gammeter measure was Wa defeated defeated de de- de- de Monday but p passed on reconsideration reconsideration reconsideration recon recon- Tuesday morning It would tax lax all an gross sales by corporations and other unincorporated business busine in in- situations within the the- state effective January 1 I 1937 Representative Holmes said that h his measure proposed to spread the tax to cover all individuals as well es as corporations corporation Representative E. E E. E Monson D. D Salt Lake objected that the time was too short to permit introduction of ot a new bill and that in any event the Gammeter measure if it it were passed would not become effective for Cor two years Referring to e e. United States supreme su- su preme areme court decision Monday which Held the Kentucky gross grosi rosi sales tax to be unconstitutional Representative Represents Represents- tive live Gammeter read a long lont list of opinions and other data which he said showed that his proposed measure measure measure mea mea- sure would hold in the courts Reads Ret Press Account i Representative Marion G. G Romney Rom Born ney D. D slit Salt Lake read a news account of oC the supreme court decision and charged that passage of a gross sales tax was futile luUle i Representative Holmes quoted a press account of the introduction of ofa I a R gross sales tax lax bill in the California Cali Cali- fornia legislature He said that several several sev sev- eral cral other states not notably bly Mississippi had enacted such law Representative ve Sol J. J Selvin D. D Tooele renewed his objections Of oC Monday that the bill provided triple taxation and that it was unreasonable and unconstitutional The Thc vote was 35 ayes 19 noes six representatives were absent Uniform Motor 1 Act ActA ActA ActA A second bill bUl to be passed by the house Tuesday morning was a section of the national uniform motor laws said to have been adopted by 21 states It was introduced as H. H B. B by Representative Lyle B. B Nicholes Nicholes Nich Nich- oles D. D Salt Lake The bill bUlls is designed to require proof of financial responsibility of owners and operators of or motor vehicles Representative Nicholes explained that it would mean nothing to 90 p per percent percent r cent of the people The Thc aim he said is solely at persons who try to evade that responsibility In operation it would work to compel com corn pel settlement of judgments for damage damage damage dam dam- age by motorists he said A defendant against whom judgment had b been n obtained obtained ob ob- ob- ob tamed would be required b by the tax commission to settle within 30 da days s he explained Otherwise his license would be suspended The defendant would then be required re required rc to take out liability insurance or a bond for a sp specific ifie period Representative Rep Representative Nicholes Nicholas said The measure was opposed by Representative Rep Rep- Sam F. F Kicfer r D D. Salt Lake who said This bill bUlls is 17 pages long Nobody here understands it ft I believe that it would work injustices One of the warmest supporters of the bill was Representative P. P S. S Mar Mar- D. D Salt Lake who has consistently consistently consistently con con- favored constructive legisla legislation legis legis- la lation Uon during the session Not a single dissenting vote replied to the final on the m measure asure I Ten representatives cs were absent The third bill passed by the house during the morning session was H H. B. B by bv Dexter Farr D. D Weber which would require s sta stale e e insurance fund reports to be filed with the insurance commissioner and published in newspapers at the state capitoL The vote Was 52 ayes and eight representatives rep rep- were absent Action on Bills H. H B. B 62 Farr increasing premium premium premium pre pre- tax of or insurance companies from 1 l' l per cent to 2 VI per cent signed by speaker of house H. H B. B IH Nicholes relating to giving of oC proof of ot financial responsibility responsibility responsibility by owners and operators of motor vehicles passed ayes 50 M nays 0 0 absent 10 and referred to senate sifting sifting- committee H. H B. B Farr requesting state insurance fund department to file annual reports with state insurance commission passed as amended ayes 52 nays 0 absent 8 and re referred referred re- re erred to senate sifting committee H. H B. B Gammeter imposing franchise tax on corporations according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to volume of business done in the state Including ding rentals and royalties and interests and dividends dividends divi divi- reconsidered and passed ayes 3 35 nays 19 absent 0 6 and referred to senate sifting committee H H. H B B. B appropriations committee commit commit- tee appropriating additional 10 for expenses of ot legislature signed by speaker of the house |