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Show Drastic Change in Sales Tax Sought With New Proposals i Curb on Merchant Absorption of Levy Is Provided by One Measure By JENNINGS PHILLIPS Complete revamping of the Utah sales tax law loomed Thursday Thurs-day out of the avalanche of bills brought into the legislature, as new measures to amend the levy appeared. Introduced in the house, to take place beside previous proposals to change the sales tax act, waa a bill to prohibit absorption of the tax by ths merchant, requiring the purchaser pur-chaser to bear the levy in all eases. Ths bill would prohibit a merchant mer-chant from advertising he will pay or refund the tax. The annual retailers' re-tailers' fee would be reduced from 82 to 60 cents and use of tokens in payment would be permitted. A companion measure requires iCenustud Pari Hum) (Column On I J SALES TAX LAW CHAIIGESOUGHT T (CoaUaued frees fas Oea 1 merchants to separata th tax from I the sales price and show it as a dis- 1 would keep th purchaser Informed I aa to the exact amount of th tax 1 paid as well as require th mr-, mr-, chant to set up a new sjratem of tagging sales price. Alresdy before both houses are bills reallocating revenue from the sale levy, permitting token pay-1 pay-1 menta and exempting sales of farm produce by farmer. A both houses were called to order for the eighteenth day of the i session, interest centered on a house (caucus to elect a floor leader. Speaker Joseph W. Jensen called the caucus, to follow adjournment in the afternoon. Leading candidates were Representatives Repre-sentatives P. & Marthakia, Salt Lake, and Moses L Holbrook, Davis. - Labor Bloc Firm The house labor bloc appeared behind be-hind the Salt Laker, with the agri-r agri-r culture group apparently pledged to Representative Holbrook. 1 The flood of new bille continued I unabated, with a number of public safety measures included In the J house measures. A bill to license I and regulate the automobile finance f businesa headed new proposal In "trie senate: , t'l The latter measure, by Senator I Eldred M. Royle, Elberta. limits the c interest rate on loan of lea than 1500 to 2 per cent per month and 10 per cent per year on loans of more than that amount. Payment of Interest In advance la prohibited by the bill, which also restricts interest to the unpaid balances bal-ances of loans. Penalties call for revocation of - licenses, a maximum fine of $1000 and a maximum jail term of one year. Economy Plan Up . Advanced aa an economy measure Was a new senate resolution calling ppon the joint appropriations committee com-mittee to exclude all agenciea not controlled by the atat from the appropriation bill. Likelihood of immediate action n old age pensions in th bill of Senate President Herbert B. Maw faded when a senate committee was named to investigate th coats of the proposal to provide monthly payments of $30 for all person of more than 65. The plan would be financed by a 10-cent per pint tax on liquor old in Utah and sales tax revenue not needed for relief or the schools. Safety measures introduced in-eluded in-eluded one to prohibit movement " of defective rolling stock of railroads rail-roads for a greater distance than the nearest repair point within the tate. A fine of $1000 is provided for each offense. t Another would requir persona running livestock on highway to Use warning flares and signals. . Aimed at curbing the "faked accident ac-cident racket," another houae bill would require physical examinations ' of plaintiffs in damage auita based on injury or illness. lo,000 Asked Another senate bill would appropriate appro-priate $15,000 to purchase and equip the eld Unitarian church, 138 Second Sec-ond East street as an institution for adult bUnd of th state. ' Heading the calendar In th sen-I sen-I ate was the direct primary bill, among the firat important issues of the session to com be for the lawmakers. It was a apecial order f buaines for 2:30 p. m. Indication were, however, that the senate would rewrite th measure meas-ure in several particulars. In accordance ac-cordance with he recommendation of th committee of state and municipal mu-nicipal affairs. Fee Cut Suggested On change urged was election by the voter rather than convention conven-tion delegate of th organisations of th major political parties. Another An-other called for a reduction in tbe filing fee of candidatea for public office and the third suggested a provision to guarantee rural areas the same opportunity to be represented repre-sented on the primary ballot as would be enjoyed by candidate from the heavily populated districts. Sidetracked for the time being have been all bills relating to revenue reve-nue and taxation. Both house appeared ap-peared to be in agreement that no tax bills should be considered until Governor Henry H. Blood's biennial budget Is (ubmitted. The governor Indicated Thursday that he would submit th budget Saturday, deadline for that action, if the legislature la in session. Otherwise, Oth-erwise, he may date th message as of Saturday and nd it to th kgislatur Monday. Wednesday's sessions were the busiest to date in both house. Th houae killed one senate bill, tabled another, passed an upper house resolution and finished the day by approving four of its own measures Th senate passed one bill, amended another and advanced two other to third reading calendar. calen-dar. All were senate bin. |