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Show 'Legi Legi ' legislature lature Adjourned Sunday SundayMorning Morning Afterlleetic After Aft er Hectic Sessio Session Se ion I { L .Repiesentative Repiesentative Replesentative Bepiesentative . ' W 'v v . D . Hammond HammondGivfs HammondGivgs Hammoni f fReplesentative : Givfs Givgs Giv , s Brief Summary of What 'Vhat Vhat 'Vhat'Vas WhatW ' : W Was 'Vas Vas ' a S Accomplished atTentieth at 1\\ 1 \ Twentieth 1entieth Tentieth % \ % entieth Assembly . ! The twentieth session of the Utalstate Utah Utahstate I state tate legislature came to a close Sun- Sun SundaY Suns Sunday Sunday - s daY morning at 8 o 0 clock , after one of ofthe o the most important assemblies in the ther thehistory th tht < . t r history of the state The legislaturei legislaturewas legislatun legislature ; i was In session for 72 da days s It met ir in inspecial : , t tspecIal { special session 10 days da-s da s ) - m in advan advance of ofEt olrt 1 Et ( t the regular session , in order to giveI giveexclusive giveexclusive give giveexclusive , I exclusive attention to the new nev . stateII state ; : II , . code rode Consideration of the code tookvp toot took [ iip 'Up Up vp ' the special session and halt half ot of the theregular : regular one , with the result that therev therewas there therewas , v . was as a jam in the closing days of the thesession thesession thesession session to wind wmd up the regular busI- busI busI1less business busi business - ness 1less The legislature leglSlature was compelled compelledto " ' " ' to stop the clock Thursday night mght , at atit it itthe . the end of the statutory 60 days , and andremain andremain and/ and andremain / remain in m session continuously untll until untllSunday untilSunday untilSunday Sunday morningRepresentative morning moming morningRepresentative Representative W D Hammond oGrand of of'Grand ofGrand ! 'Grand Grand ' county returned home Monday"Mr MondayMr Monday . . 1\r 1 r Mr \ " { . Hammond Hammon'Cl HammonCl ' f feels Is that , as a whole wholesome , , .some some .someorthy . \ worthy \\orthy orthy legislation was enacted , , . . . and much bad legislation was l.111ed l111ed killed killedr killedHe : . killedL 1 r 1lIe , He lIe is disappointed over the failure to toamend toamend toamend amend the Income tax laws , the t he pro-t pro t pro- pro program - t , gram of Representatives Hammond Hammondand Hammondand Hammondand and Eastman losing by a very small smal margin of ofotes \otes otes rotes \ ' The repeal repealthe repeathe the filing fee provision is also disap disap- disappointing disappointing . - I Ipointing pointing : to Mr Hammond HammondThe I The Grand county solon brings the'gOOd the'good the good 'gOOd ' news that the highway from from'Moab fromMoab from"Moab fromMoab 'Moab Moab ' " to Castleton and thence to toCisco toCisco tcCisco Cisco Is now a part of the secondarystate secondary secondarystate secondarystate state road system Representative'Hammond RepresentativeHammond Representative Representative"Hammond RepresentativeHammond "Hammond Hammond " ' and State Senator KnoxPatterson Knox KnoxPatterson KnoxPatterson Patterson \ were \ ere able to add the Castle- Castle CastletonClSco CastletonCisco Castle-ton-Cisco Castle ton Cisco KnoxI - I ton-ClSco ton ClSco ton-Cisco Cisco - road to the highways highv.ays highvays . al- al already already al already - - ready lUIIrelieve under state control ThislUII This will willrelieve \\lUII lUII \ willrelieve relieve the county road fund of allmaintenance aU all aUmamtenance allmaintenance mamtenance maintenance costs on this hlgh\\ hlgh highway hlghay highwayAt \ ay I At the request of The Times-Inde Times Inde TImes-Inde- TImesIndependent TimesIndependent TimesIndependent - - - pendent , Repre Repr entatue ntatIe ntatI\ ntatI entati \ e Hammondt Hammondkindly Hammondkindly Hammond t , kindly consented to gn give e our readers a i < ( brief resume resuiia resu1l\e resu1l e : \ of what the twentieth twentiethlegislaturc twentiethlegislatur twentiethlegislature"irccomplished legislature"irccomplished legislatureirccomplished legislaturc legislatur " nccomplishsd complished " - His review I ) 1 " \ of the session follows"It follows"It follows follows"It "It It " may be hard for the general generalpublic generalpublic 1 > public ublic to get t a clear picture of whathappened what whatllappened what"happened whathappened llappened happened " in l the legislature just re-/ re recently re- re reo reGently - - . o / > cently Gently adjourned In fact it might be bo besaid besaid Isaid said thatsome that - : some -some of the members themI themselves them- them themselves - I selves were not aware aare a\\ a \ \ are of \ what hat actuallyI actuallytook actually I ( " took place It is not always easy tounderstand tounderstand to tounderstand understand the real meaning meanmg behindmany behind behindmany behindmany1p many many1p . < mea measures ures introduced mtroauced introauced Selfishmotives Sellish Selfish SellishI SellishmotIves Selfishmotives motIves too often prompt the actions actionsof actionsof ' of some of our most able leglSlators legislators legislatorsand , I ) Innd nnd and as day da follows the night so indi mdl- mdl inch inchvidual mdlvidual individual - vidual members of the legislature leglSlature fol follow fol- fol follov follow - low lov . strong leaders and may very often oftenI oftenbe 1be I 1 , "be be " led in the wiong wlong direction This ismore is 15 ismore more or less true in all walks of life lifei , so .so . it is only to be expected that the thesame thet .same same . ame may be "true true " in the legislature legislature"Admitting I ; ' "Admitting Admitting " faults and failings failmgs ontj on , 4 4the the part of legislators , itill it will \\ill ill gill \ perhapsi perhaps i ; 11 11be , , bs be a matter of record that no preI previous pre- pre pre"vious - I " "vious vious " legislature ever v . worked orked perhapsI harder harderf harderT harderr I T r A few outstanding accomplishments accomplishmentsmight accomplishmentsmlght accomplishmentsmight might mlght be reviewed to bear out this thist t statementS . statement .statement S . thisI I ) ) . - - ' ' The earnest effort eHort to pass the coderesulted code I Iresulted , , - resulted -resulted in what may v . well ell be termedi termedf termed . 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'a a * ' a meritorious accomplishment ' ' EveryI Everyi Everymembe Everymember Every i . member'of memberof membe member ' of the legislature put in long , I I , Itedious tedious hours , determined deternuned to check on onany on- on onany : - ; - any and all discrepancies As finallyadopted finally * adopted the code stands out as a finepiece fine ' . piece of work It will , no doubt , beappreciated beappreciated be f ? bef appreciated : very much by the public publ1c publicat , at large larae lame , Most all of our obsolete and andi andt t ' "worn-out "worn worn out 'Worn-out 'Worn worn-out " - laws have been deleted a and d dI I ,1all all existing Utah laws can now ,1 1 , k i : | found In one volume This arduous thet 4 ' task not only took the time of the thei the t . ; * = special pecial cial session , but half hall of the time ofi ofthe of ) . } i \ the regular session . . . ofI I \ { f " "A A " determined effort was made to tobalance to/ to tobalance / , balance balmce : the budget and for the firstf firsttime firsttime first f S time In many years the appropriationst appropriationswere appropriationstwere appropriations firstI I -were were wete - kept within the estimated rev- rev revenues revenues revenues - . enues Governor Henry H Blood musti mustf must ' f ' . < : come ome into the picture at this point be- be because because be because - cause he Insisted ins1.sted ins1sted . that our expend expendi- expendi expenditures expendl-\f- expendl f expendlftures 1- 1 1f - - \ f . - tures should not exceed our revenues . Every member was back of this econ- econ economy econt economy economy - t ? omy program so while It is worthy ofnote ofnote of ofnote note it might readily be seen that itI itv It I v " , could not have been otherwiseJ otherwisee otherwise J e ' "The The " The passage of what Is known as asu asthe asthe u " the 'motor motor ' vehicle code ' may be men- men mentioned menII mentioned - II j . [ tioned as a worthy accomplishment ) , , b bThese , These measures , some three or four ina in ins a . , < s number , are intended to increase theI thesafety the I , , safety factor on Utah highways andI and I j jstreets streets of our cities cltles . ' r "It It " was regrettable rcgrettable that some in-I in I In- In Inr Income in-f in f - f r fcome come tax measure did not get through . L- L - LIt x It was hoped by some to repeal thefiling the l ' . tiling fiUng filing fee feature of our existing income in- in income - inIi come inIcome tax law . With two differentmeasures different differentmeasures differentmeasures in-I in I butfailed but butfailed contemplated i ! measures this v . was as - failed by a very close margin . . I " lowering theY the thepenalty thepenalty ' "Legislation Legislation was passed i i"Legislation Y penalty on ! ipasfc past due taxes from 3 theI per percent percent percent I cent to 2 per cent and the interest ondelinquent on onr , r . delinquent 121per taxes was v . ro : ! reduced from 12 121 per cent to 8 a per cent . I 'The The ' The governor was voted rar.rcaching farreaching far-rcach- far rcach rar.rcach- rar.rcach far-reach- reach farrcachIng - . - . ; Ing powers enabling him to cope with withpresent withpresent withr present distressed conditions As a . re- re resuit result resuit - - . suit sult of ot these there powers OCI'S O\\ O \ \ CI'S CIS ' the banks wereclosed v w . ere erc ereclosed ercClosed closed , on very short notice , and it 1.5 15 Is . 1.5to Isto isto to be hoped a more wholesome wholcsome condi condi- condition condition condition - - tion will be in evidence as the banks banksreopCJ1 banksreopcp banksreopen reopCJ1 reopcp reopCJ1r reopcp"A r . ' "A A " relief measure , in the nature of ofa ofa . a three-fourths three fourths - per cent sales sale : ; taxas tax , wasq \ was \\as as wasPassed asP q P Passed cd during the last hours of thesession thesession the ' session . . It is intended that the rev- rev revr rev - . r ' enues from this tax will be used forrelief for forrelief forrelief relief work to take care of the unem unem- unemployed unemployed unemployed - - ployed in the stateThe stateThe state The agitated unrest among the un- un unemployed unemployed un unemployed - employed has reached an alarmmg alarming alarmmgshge alarmingstage alarmingstage shge stage An outbreak , with serious con consequences con- con consequences consequences - sequences , may be expected unless relief re relief re- re rellCf - lief llCf is forthcoming at an early date dateThe dateThe dateThe The situation is more serious than we weare weare weare are willing wlUmg to admit . "It It " may be expected that the legis legis- legislature legis- legis legislature legislature - - lature will be commended as muchfor much muchfor muchfor for many Dlany bills bUts they failed faned to pass as asfor asfor asfor for some meritorius merltorius measures they did didsp didpass didpass pass sp s A 'no no ' ' man In the legislature is isScry is\cry is cry Scry \ ery often more valuable than the the'yes the'yes 'yes yes ' ' man . . , We had some very staunch'no staunchno staunch staunch'no staunch'no 'no no ' ' men who are to be complimentedfor complimented for their sterling sterlmg qualities , tor for theirdesire their desire esire to block legislation not for thegood the I Igood good of the people , for their vision andability and andI andabll1ty andability I abll1ty ability to see class legislation , and last lastbut 1 but not least , their fearlessness in infighting infighting 1 fighting for the right"The right"The right "The The " writer realizes this is a very veryI verypoor verypoor verypoor I poor summary of the happenings in inthe Inthe . the twentieth t\\entleth t entleth \ legislature It is to bevery be beI bevery I very much regretted that the Salt Lake LakeCity LakeCity City newspapers ' did 'Clid Clid not print prmt in theircolumns theircolumns their theircolumns I columns a more detailed detaiJed account of ofI ofthe ofthe ofthe the dally daily happenings while whlle the legis legis- legislature legislature legislature - I lature was in session Many peopleget people peopleget peopleget get wrong conceptions of Importantmatters important importantmatters importantmatters matters just because cau.se cause . the newspaper newspaperaccount newspaperaccount newspaperaccount account Is not clear on the sUbj subject ct ' , The beer bill caused . a lot of excite cxcite- cxcite excite- cxcitement excitement excitement - ment with the ultimate ultimatf > outcome in inthe inthe inthe the hands of the governor . It waswhispered was waswhispered " , as asv.hispered v.hispered vhispered whispered . that he might veto the beer beerblU beerbill beerbill blU bill We v . will ill soon know its fate tate , how how- however however however - , ever"The ever'The ever ' "The The 'The " legislature 1.g1slnture 1g1slnture ucgisiature ( . . was v.as vas aas in session es3ion tv two twodays twodays . a adays days over the sixty-day sixty day - period Sat Saturday Sat- Sat Saturday Saturday - urday night nightas was \\as as \ \ a strenuous sessionand session , and the legislators were wereery \ery ery sexy \ ery happy halpy ) to toadjourn toadjourn toadjourn adjourn Sunday morning about eight eighto o clock " |