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Show CUTS IN BUDGET TO BESTUDIED Legislators will tackle the Job of wringing 32.000.000 from state department de-partment budgetary requests when the senate appropriations committee commit-tee meets In the governor's board room at the capitol at 3 a. m. Tuesday. Tues-day. That the tone of the committee's work would follow suggestions Governor Gov-ernor Henry H. Blood made in his legislative measage was Indicated by the committee chairman, Gordon Weggeland D, Salt Lake) when he said Monday: "The watchword will be, 'Bs conservative.' con-servative.' " To Arrange Conference As ths first stsp toward digging Into budgetary problems, the aenate aen-ate committee will arrange for meeting with th house appropriation appropria-tion committee. Senator Wegge land said. The chairman noted that throughout through-out theee meetings the legislators would have before them the governor's gover-nor's measage In which he pointed out that, while estimated revenues were aomewhat more than $7,000,000 for the biennium. department re- quests totaled more than $9,000,000. The 47.000,000 figure represented eetimated maximum revenue, a situ-stion situ-stion complicated by demands of , groups. Ths State Municipal League of Utah la expected to ask for a one-half share of revenue from liquor salea, a revenue now running about 4T7O.O0O annually and going into the general fund. The revenue estimated also envisioned en-visioned a property tax levy for the state general fund, but the municipal mu-nicipal league ha com out for a bill that would prohibit levying of a property tax for Che general fund. A th hearing progressed, members mem-bers of ths stats departments will be called Into conference In an effort ef-fort to find ways of pering down their requests. Senator Weggeland said. |