Show 10 AD V VALOREM 1 TAX AX fAilS IN SENATE If Amendment Calling for 24 Mills Levy Is IsPass Pass Passed d SUPPORT IS SMALL Reduction Would Mean L Loss ss of An effort to to reduce reduce the ad valorem valorem val val- orem tax levy o of 24 mills to 23 mills failed Called In the senate e Thursday morning The action arose arose in an amendment amend amend- men ment offered iy y Senator C. C R R. R Rob Rob- to house bill by the approprIations committee authorIzing authorizing author author- izing the collection of the general state tax for the ensuing biennium on the prevailing 24 mills basis The bill was passed by 15 yeas to no nays 4 absent absen t. t Senator stated that he Introduced the amendment to keep a convention pledge founded on the the platform of his dIstrict which declared flatly for Cor a reduction reduction tion o of tenth one of a mill The only support given Senator Hollingsworth was b by Senator i Booth of Salt Sait Lake who said he I was in sympathy thY with reducing the levy that a start has to be made some time Opposition was voiced by Senators Peters and Finlinson of the appropriations committee who declared that the entire budget had beep been based on expected revenueS revenueS' from the 24 mills mills levy A reduction reduction tion of tenth one mill according to Senator Peters would result in less revenue ACTION IS SPEEDY Rapid action w was s taken by the senate on all measures before It In Inthe inthe the morning session During the I noon recess the sifting committee met to arrange the calendar for the ngon It is able that the final session will con oon- late Thursday night before he- he fore final adjournment is taken Re- Re suIts of the mornIng session were Senate bill ro No 86 by Griffin relating relating re- re lating to electric current furnIshed b by state plant in Logan can canyon on re- re passed by the house after the senate had refused a house amendment striking the stated charge of 1 4 11 4 1 cents per kilowatt hour from which amendment the house receded i house bill 97 by B. B D. D Anderson relating to deficits paid from the general fund p passed 16 yeas no nays 3 absent house bill 50 by R Ryan an authorizing county mineral land surveys s defeated 6 yeas 9 i inas ina's nays nas 4 absent senate bill by Peters introduced by unanimous consent to provide funds for forstate forstate state costs In impeachment proceedings proceedings pro pro- last year ear against JUdge Thomas H. H Burton of the FIfth district district dis- dis court passed 14 yeas no na nays s 5 absent house bill 89 by Epperson relating to foreclosure ef ct tax liens defeated 4 yeas ii 11 nays 4 absent Measures signed by b President Irvine Irvine Ir- Ir vine and transmitted to Governor George H. H Dern or returned signed to the house Senate bills 55 65 Marsden Mars Mars- den 96 Griffin 14 14 Candland 43 Lewis Lessis 15 15 Callister 86 86 Griffin lii Hollingsworth house bills 87 87 Ashton Ash Ash- Ashton ton Dewey 52 2 Wilson Holther Ryan 85 Miller I |