Show l I Sound Legislative Advice 1 o t GOVERNOR GEORGE I- I H. H DERN offers some sound legislative advice advice to the e bers of the Utah legislature in his first message to the solons He indicates r t t for all ordinary purposes Utah has a f cent number of laws intimating that the welI welfare wel- wel I 1 V fare are of the st state te may be lie better served by bya a 1 consideration of the laws now on the books I jhan by the of numerous acts which i IJ re distinctly new o. o J No well welI informed individual could claim t there is no important work for the legislature legis legis- r lature to do Heretofore the record of the has been determined legislature largely by Il he e number of n new w Jaws laws enacted irrespective r of the effect or scope of these laws As As AsI a I r general general consequence the statute books have I- I een in littered Jittered with restrictions and prohibitions ich are generally d. d We believe that r B uman uman conduct is better served by laws which c r r generally observed and nd enforced than byi by i idIe Legislative commandments which are neith- neith r r respected by the public nor enforced by the ther r f officers For For this reason we have long tong contended that a a legislative session devoted largely to 1 Previewing the work of its could L i je render der a distinct se service vice to the state Some t of the laws passed in recent years have been L r tried ried and ind found wanting They serve no purpose and should be repealed Other laws vs have failed to accomplish the desired For the good of the state they II should hould be changed to more nearly conform I o the experience gleaned from their opera opera- I t tion i n. n If the present legislature should undertake undertake under- under I take to perfect and clarify existing laws inthe in the Uie light of the experience ex of the past few years it would find fim plenty of work to occupy S the sixty days of the le legislative session TheS The number of new laws which are essential to the i S y welfare elfare of the state state at t this moment might beL be on your fingers As Governor Dern L indicates indicates the legislatures legislature's opportunity for serT serS ser ser- i S T rice nce ce lies in revising and perfecting the laws law which are rare already in effect and not in searching search searcH- t ing g for new subjects for legislation |