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Show FORECAST OF, UTAH DEFICIT (iOESIIIGHEfl Prediction Made as Senate Committee Studies lu-' lu-' lng Bonds OBJECTIONS ARE HEARD Code Revision Taken to Sen- ate Floor r Legislative Day The senate: Received a bill from Senator . A. E. Holgrcn (Rep.), Box Elder, for elimination of the 1-miU state road tax from tangibles; referred it to the committee on revision and enrolling. Received three bill from Senator Sen-ator Patrick J. Fennell (Dem.), Tooele, providing that 51 per cent -of qualified voters must sanction a bond issue for counties, school districts, cities snd towns; referred re-ferred it to the committee on revision re-vision and enrolling. Received a bill from Senator Ward C. Holbrook (Dem.), Davis, .providing for s produce dealers' license; referred it to the committee commit-tee on revision and enrolling. Received a house resolution Kertaining to unemployment; card first and second readings; referred It to the committee on Sub lie institutions, health and ibor.- Witnsssed President Fowles sign the Booth resolution memo-rislizing memo-rislizing congress to pas the tl2o.000.000 federal aid highway bill; sent it to the house. Passed (unanimously) the Lund silver resolution. The house: Passed (57 to 0) a resolution from Representative Rsy R. Adams (Dem.), Salt Lake, pertaining per-taining to unemployment; sent it to the senate. Passed (56 to 0) tha Booth resolution . memorializing congress con-gress to psas the $125,000,000 federal fed-eral aid highway bill; sent It to the senate. Passed (unsnlmously) tha Lund silver resolution. Indications that Utah's deficit may reach as high as $2,200,000 instead of the anticipated $2,000,000 were given Thursday during a Joint session of the legislative appropriations committee com-mittee at which a proposed $2,000,-000 $2,000,-000 bond Issue was discussed. Senator C- Clarence Neelen (D.), Salt Lake, called the group's attention atten-tion to the possibility of a higher deficit than was anticipated and his revelations brought a storm of objections ob-jections to issuing mora than $1,-000,000 $1,-000,000 in bonds at present It was pointed out that only $1,-000.000 $1,-000.000 is needed at present for notes held by the National City Bank of New York and which fall du January Jan-uary 21. As a result of the objection the lConltnttl en Pass Teal there may b a wholesale defaulting of taxes. "It I not my Intention to jeopardire construction or maintenance of state roads, but I believe a proper and fair tax should be levied to be paid by those people using the roads.' Mr. Holmgren is an advocate of tax to be paid by trucking companies which operate over state highways. Three bills were Introduced in the senate by Senator Patrick J. Fennell (D., Tooele), which would require at least SI per cent of the qualified voters vot-ers to vote any bond Issue for counties, coun-ties, school districts, town or cities before bonds could be issued. Th bill relating to county bonds also requires that they must be serial. Building; Board Laws Approved Provisions of the building commit I slon law In the proposed code were sanctioned by members of th house committee on public buildings Thursday Thurs-day after th section was changed slightly. The chang makes It necessary for the commission to employ a licensed architect to draw plana for buildings costing more than 13000. The change was msde at tha suggestion of Lewis Telle Cannon, architect. Women Would Aid In Reorganization Members of the Utah Women's Legislative Leg-islative council, meeting at the capi-tol capi-tol Thursday, adopted a resolution which was presented to Governor Henry H. Blood by Mrs. Frank B. Cook asking the executive to appoint a competent woman on the legislative committee for studying reorganization reorganiza-tion of state government. The state senate and house appointed appoint-ed three members each to the committee com-mittee Wednesday and it was expected expect-ed Governor Blood will announce his selections upon being formally informed in-formed of the legislature' action; Judiciary Croup Discusses Liquor Liquor also was discussed during a Joint session of the Judiciary committee com-mittee Thursday. The section on "intoxicating liquors" in the proposed state code doea not Include the old provision that any outside person can engage an associate prosecutor In any liquor case and that when such action is taken the case cannot be dismissed unless the prosecutor file written petition listing his reasons for dismissal. dis-missal. The cod commission. In revising the statutes, omitted the provision, it was announced, on the grounds prosecutors pros-ecutors are competent to carry out their duties. During th discussion It was brought out that th provision was Included In present laws as a result of lobbying by the Women's Christian Temperance Union and that the organization or-ganization will oppose ita deletion. The committee adopted the revised statute and chose to consider any opposition op-position on the floor of the house and senate. FORECAST OF UTAH DEFICIT GOESJGIIER tOeaUaaed Prea Paa Oael committee hearing was postponed until Friday at 10 . m. Representative Warwick Lamor-eaux Lamor-eaux (D ), Salt Lake, proposed plan of Issuing "baby" bonds, which, he said, would save th state Interest Th state, under hi plan, would pay for work don with th bond which could be repaid for taxes. Tha lengthy osde revision bill which provide th machinery for passage of tha revised code of Utah law appeared ap-peared for the first time in the senate Thursday and was designated senate bill No. 2, which had been reserved (or It The Sill, which Include all th change made by committees in the revised code, la th first measure for actual adoption of the new code, as all previous discussion has centered about the report of th legislative code committee. The bill waa to be Introduced by the Joint steering committee. Beer flowed Into the slate's legislative legis-lative hall Thursday, at Inst figuratively, fig-uratively, when Senator Knox Patterson Pat-terson and Representative Chris Greenhagen announced they plan to introduce resolutions for repeal f the prohibition amendment to the state constitution. Th two wet si jo plan to Introduce Intro-duce companion bills providing for the manufacture of 1.00 per cent beer by Utah breweries, the product to be sold outside the state whan such provision passe congress. The Joint resolution provide that with the concurrence of two-thirds of each house, the state prohibition amendment, shall be submitted to vote of the people for repeat The sponsors explained that the bill which would allow Utah brewers te manufacture beer is designed to bring revenue Into the state in a new form aa soon s possible. Meanwhile, the legislator (waited Governor Henry H. Blood' Interim appointments and the executive's three member of th committee appointed ap-pointed to study state government The senate and the house had completed com-pleted appointments to the latter committee, com-mittee, which will atart to work immediately im-mediately upon the appointment of the three member by the governor. Th resolution memorializing congress con-gress to take action in behalf of silver sil-ver passed both house Wednesday. Copies of the memorial will be sent to President Hoover, President-elect Roosevelt and other at Washington and it has been promised that members mem-bers of Utah's delegation In congress will read it Into the record. A copy also will be sent to th governor of each state with request that It be formally presented to th 44 legislature legisla-ture now In session. Plant to Remove State Road Levy Elimination of th state road levy of I mills from tangible property taxes is sought in a bill Introduced in the senate Thursday by State Senator Sen-ator A. X. Holmgren (R, Box Elder.). Senator Holmgren explained he introduced in-troduced the bill to remove the state road levy from the statutes in as much aa the state highway commission commis-sion last December agreed to take over cost of construction and maintenance main-tenance of all roads In th state system. sys-tem. If th law war allowed to remain, h said, county commissioners could insist on levying the state tax to provide pro-vide revenue for county road Jn tha state system. "Tangible property ha called for relief for aom time,' he declared, "and under existing condition it is necessary that such relief should be given now. Unless there I relief |