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Show ing and wrestling was proposed by Sen. Melich and a bill to remove re-move the president of the University Uni-versity of Utah from the Institution's Institu-tion's board of regents was introduced in-troduced by Senator Day. , o would raise the state sales and use tax from two to three per cent with one per cent to go to cities, towns and counties for "public improvement purposes." Also introduced by Sens. Lar-sen, Lar-sen, Orrice C. McShane (R-Bea-ver) and Harold Reese (D-Bear River City) was a "horse race bill" to permit parl-mutuel betting bet-ting at race meets, limited five days in duration. A commission to regulate box- T Under mej ' ber expansion would run into "several millions of dollars, at the least." Principal arguments in support of the school in both the Senate and House point to a need for the school because of the advance in population in the Ogden area and the claim that more than 80 per cent of the students would i come from the home area, as is I the case at the University of Utah and Utah State. t j Meanwhile, the joint appropriations appropri-ations committee buckled down j to work, with indications that appropriations to public institutions institu-tions would come late on its schedule. The entire House and the Senate members of the appropriations ap-propriations committee visited , state institutions in Utah county I Tuesday and will visit Utah's Dixie Feb. 11. The Senate voted against "junkets" as a body. The third week, incidentally, saw passage of two bills through both houses. One of them, a measure mea-sure to set up a revolving fund of $250,000 for relief of winter-ridden winter-ridden livestock, was rushed through both the Senate and House, and signed by Acting Gov. Heber.Bennion Jr. in one afternoon. after-noon. Senate Pres. Alonzo F. Hopkin (D-Woodruff) started the measure on its way at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday and by 5 p.m. hay A bill to repeal the state's excise ex-cise taxes on margarine went through a stormy session in the Senate and finally came through after being amended to cut only the tax on yellow margarine from 10 cents to five cents per pound, the same as white. This alteration altera-tion was made to please objectors objec-tors who cited the fact that repeal re-peal of the tax would take some $600,000 per biennium from the state revenue. Also in the Senate during the third week, a resolution proposing propos-ing a constitutional amendment to earmark all sales and use tax funds for welfare purposes was killed and a measure setting up the State Board for Alcoholism as a separate agency instead of under the welfare department was passed. Both of these bills, plus the margarine measure, presented the House with its first real controversial con-troversial action of the session other than Weber college, this week. Another argument in the House was expected over a Sunday Sun-day closing law bill introduced by Rep, Linn, C. Baker (D-Og-den). Some fireworks were set up during the week with introduction introduc-tion of several new measures in the two houses. Of particular note are new "severance" tax and welfare bills in the House. Introduced by Rep. Frank Bon-acci Bon-acci (D-Price), Wayne Hinton (D-Hurricane) (D-Hurricane) and others, the bill to tax resources would revise the current mine occupation tax bill to tax all natural resources on a graduated scale. This bill replaces replac-es H. B. 85, a "severance" tax of five cents per ton on all resources, resourc-es, which was killed in reference committee. Repeal of the welfare lien law is sought in the latest welfare bill to appear. It was introduced by Mrs. C. L. Jack (D-Salt Lake). Early this week a bill to increase the "gas tax" from four to six cents was introduced by Reps. LeGrand Jarman (D-Orem), Cyril Cy-ril K. Munk (D-Smithfield) and William M. Brothcrson (R-Bon-cta). This bill would exempt gasoline gas-oline used for non-highway purposes. pur-poses. Among new bills to be intro-l duced in the Senate is one by Sen. Lewis H. Larsen (R-Kanab) to exempt homes and homesteads up to $2000 from taxation. Others, Oth-ers, introduced by Sen. Newell Knight (R-Salt Lake) would permit per-mit cities, towns and counties to set up a one per cent sales tax. Senator Knight also entered an alternate set of bills which By Harry Marlowe The Twenty-eith Utah Legis-;ure Legis-;ure approached the mid-way int in its 60 day regular ses-n ses-n this fourth week with most its controversial issues yet to t the two floors but with some ther definite policies, taking ape. After all the favorable action Iiring the third week in the diction di-ction of Weber College at Og-n, Og-n, it appeared education is in r a better deal than Gov. J. racken Lee recommended in his idget speech. At the same time, appeared evident the legislate, legisla-te, as predicted, will take the iberal" road, rather than one grown out of the latter announcement announce-ment and the consensus was that the senator's statement was not just "idle talk". There was rather rath-er definite feeling that two-year ' junior colleges at Richfield and vernal would be the next addi-I addi-I tions to the state system of high-icr high-icr education, with many figuring figur-ing the Uintah section more entitled en-titled to such an institution than most other areas, whether al-' al-' ready with junior colleges or not, i because of the tremendous in- crease in population due to the oil development. ' With passage of the Weber College bill, the House this week strict economy in the appropriations appro-priations bill. 1 Passage of the measure to set ) the four-year Weber State ollege places the matter square-' square-' up to the governor, who has ledged himself against "expan-on "expan-on of state services. i j Interesting in connection with Ipe debate in the Senate on the 'Veber College bill (after it had assed the House, 42-16) was thp nnouncement by Sen. Mitchell elich (R-Moab) that if the bill assed he would introduce mca-jres mca-jres for creation of junior col-;ges col-;ges in Richfield and the Uin-ih Uin-ih Basin. Considerable speculation has prepared for worK on a measure to appropriate $50,000 to the school to initiate the two senior college years. That is the amount Weber wants for the first two years, but sponsors of the bill admit they will seek much more in the years to come. "We won't ask for any more than the 'University of Utah or Utah State Agricultural College two years from now," promised Sen. L. Rulon Jenkins (D-Ogden) however, with his broad grin when asked how much the school would seek in the future. He was being questioned by Senator Melich and Sen. Rue L. Clegg (R-Salt Lake), after the latter had pointed out that We- for stranded sheep was being ordered from Omaha, Nebraska. The bill provides for purchase of the hay by the State Agriculture Agri-culture department for resale to sheepmen at cost, less one-half the freight charges, which are borne by the state. The other measure passed and sent to the governor would limit special deer permits to one per person per year. This is the first fish and game bill to come up, but it is far from being the most controversial. A furore continues to rage on Cap-I Cap-I itol Hill over a measure introduced intro-duced by Sen. Elias L. Day (R-Salt (R-Salt Lake) to ban the use of the .22 caliber rifle and pellet air guns from everything but target shooting. A hearing during the third week, however, found Merrill Hand of the State Fish and Game department explaining that original or-iginal intent of the bill is to permit per-mit the fish and game department depart-ment to designate congested hunting areas from which the .22 will be barred. Others, however, hop eto add another amendment to the bill to make parents responsible re-sponsible for the use of the .22 rifle and pellet air guns by boys and girls under 16. |