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Show ! Legislature Faces Huge Task TaskI TaskIn t I I In Closing Days of SessionSoutheastern Sessio Session SessionI ] I , I ISoutheastern Southeastern Utah Solons Split Votes on Important H o 0 use uselIeasmes u s e eMeasures i Measmes l\Ieasmes l Ieasmes Measures \ ; Liquor I.liquor Iliquor . and Tax Measures 1Vleasurcs Still Await AwaitFinal AwaitFinal _ Final Action . _ I - ( By U . . S . P . A . . Service ) Members of the tttcntyfirst twenty t.enty tenty , . first UtahLegislature UtiLegislature utah utahLegislature Legislature have completed another- another anotherthe anotherthe anotherthe - the seventh-week seventh week seventh - week of lawmaking efforts ef- ef efforts ef efforts - - forts with the thc bulk of ot major legisla legisla- legislatIon legislation legislation - - tion still on the session ion books as un un- unfmished unfinished unfinished - - finished fmished businessTen businessTen business businessTen Ten officially allov allowed . ed days remainedMonday remained remainedMonday remainedMonday Monday of the 60 allotted to the cur cur- current current current - - rent session Stopping of the legislative legisla legisla- legislative legislative - tive clock-a clock a clock - a resort often made use of ofto ofto ofto to give additional lawmaking lawmak.mg lawmakmg . time timemay time- time timemay timemay - - may add another one , two or three threedays threedays threedays days In this short time such allim- allim allimportant all lii- lii liiportant Im Important - portant portantmatters matters as a state liquor con con- control control control - trol law , personal Income and corpOl- corpOl corpoi corpOlation corpoiation corpoi-atlon corpoi atlon - i ation franchise franchisc taxes ta'Ccs taCcs tares ' , social rehef relief reliefand , i and appropriations must be thrashedout thrashed thrashedout thrashedout . out by the assembled lawmakclsThe lawmakersThe lawmakeis lawmakcls lawmakers lawmakeisThe The liquor question Is expected c'Cpected cCpected ' to tobe tobe tobe : be solved In comparatively speedyfashion speedyfashion speedy speedyfashion fashion through passage by the senate senateand senateand senateand and concurrence by the house of a acompromise acompromise acompromise compromise state stores bill , with the thefintshed thefinished thefinished fintshed finished product providing for state stOI stoics stores es and by the-drink the drink - sales in licens licens- iicens- iicens iicensed licensed licensed - - ed hotels , restaurants and clubs . Afew A Afew Afew few other changes In the house adopt adopt- adoptI adopted adopted adopted - ed measure will wlll likely see the committee com com- comI committee committee - I , mittee of 49 proposals agreed agrecd upon inpractically In InpracticaUy inpractically I practicaUy practically their entirety . I The end of the seventh week found foundhouse foundhouse foundhouse house and senate deadlocked on per per- personal perI personal personal - sonal Income and corporation fran iran- iran fran- iranchl.sc franchise franchise - I chise chl.sc chlsc . taxes Neither side-mIdst side mIdst side - - midst ver ver- verI verbal verbal verbal - ' bal firev fireworks fireworks-would fireworks would ; orks-would orks would - would recede from trom its itsposition Itsposition I position en cn . property tax offsets osets ! and andI andI andexemptions andexemp'ions andexemp'ions andexempions I exemptions exemp'ions exempions ' in the Individual incometax Income i ih I ta\ ta h\ h tax tameasure hmeasure \ ' . measure and the offsets In the thecorporation thecorporation . corporation income tax bill bllI Conces Conces- Concessions Concesi Conces.sions Concessions - i . sions .sions must be made by one house or orthe orthe I II Ithe I the other If 1 ! either bill Is to be passed passedOtherwise passedOtherwise passedOtherwise Otherwise there can be no Income taxchanges taxchangesSpeedy tax taxchanges taxchanges changes changesSpeedy Speedy passage by both branches of ofa ofa ofa a bill enabling enabUng the state to reap advan advan- advantages advantages advantages - - tages of bond refunding suggestionsmade suggestionsmade suggestions suggestionsmade made by Governor Henry H Blood willdoubtless willdoubtless will willdoubtless doubtless result remit In Increased appropri- appropri appropriContinued appropriContinued appropriContinued - - ( Continued on page four tour ) _ LEGISIATURE lEGISLATURE IECISATURE IFACES IFACESContinued FACES FACESContinued ( Continued from first page ) ations for various governmental de- de departments departments de'partments departments - ' partments as it means $750,000 750000 $ , in ad- ad addItional additional ad additional - ditional revenue re\enue re enue retenue \ without resort to tomore tomore tcmore ' more taxesLegislators taxes taxesLegislators Legislators were sere were also quick In joint jointenactment Jointenactment Jointenactment enactment of several measures clari clari- clarifying clarifying clarifying - fying theater the \\ater ater water \ ater supply question quesUon En- En Enactment Enactment En Enactment - actment of these clear the way for forclties forcities forcities clties cities to participate in reclamation pro pro- pr projects projects r < rjects - jects , , enabling Salt Lake City in par- par particular particular par particular - ticular to take part in the proposed proposed$10,000 proposed10000 $10,000 10000 $ , 000 Deer Doer Creek Utah Lake water waterproject waterproject waterproject project The bills passed both branches branchesafter branchesafter branchesafter after Governor Blaad Bland had urged their theirspeed theirspeedy theirspeedy speed speedy } adoptionImportant adoptionImportant adoption adoptionImportant Important , but controversial , meas- meas measures meas measures - . ures pissed p1.sscd p1sscd . by the house Included the themuch themuch themuch much talked of bill changing the pres pres- present present present - - ent workmen's workmens ' compensation act and andanother andanother andanother another levying levyfDg a tex tax t . x of 4 cents per per1000 I 1000 cubic feet on natural gas deliver deliver- deliverI delivered delivered delivered - - I ed and used in Utah Agriculturists AgriculturistsRon Agriculturistson v . Ron on marked victories in the houce house housethrough houcethrough housethrough- housethrough housethroughpassage ; through- through throughpassage - - passage of bills b1l1s abolishing abohsh1ng houceI the thetax thetax thetax I tax on common and contract carriers carrierson carrierson on public highways highwas ) and a new produce producedealers producedealers producedealers carriersI I dealers ' ' license bill All AIl of these meas meas- measures measures . - ures are arc expected to meet determined determinedoppositlonith determinedoppositionwith determinedopposition oppositlon-\\ith oppositlon ith opposition-with opposition with - \ with probably consIderable consIderableamendingin considerableamendingin considerableamending determinedI I amending-in amending in - in the senateThe senate senateThe The senate to took k final fmal action last week weekon " \ \ eek eekon eekon on 39 measures , passing 33 senate bills billstwo eekI , I two house bills and one senate joint jointmemorial jointmemorial jointmemorial memorial It killed k1l1ed one senate jointI bln bill blnand billand billand I and one senate eJ1ate joint resolution B1l1s Bills B1l1spassed Billspassed Billspassed passed \ "were were " c ere 8 S SB B 33 to 51 inclusive Inclusivestate B1l1sI , I state bar association bills having to dO dowith dowith with court procedure ; S B 7 , relating relatingto 1 ] 1to to procedure for conducting primary primaryelections primaryelections primaryelections elections ; S 8 B.178 B178 B . . 178 , , approving and confirming con con- conflI'ming confirming - - firming flI'ming flIming ' bonds and other obligations obligationsheretofore obligationsheretofore obligationsheretofore primaryI I heretofore issued by public bodies or of orUtah ofUtah ofUtah Utah for public works projects ; S 8 B BI B204 I , 204 , authorizing the . . .governor governor . to deed deedto deedto deedto deedI I to the federal government lands in inthe inthe inthe the bed or on the margin of Utah lake ; : S B 205 , validating contracts betweenwater bet\\ecn bet ecn between betecn"ater betweenwater \ "ater ater water " users users1 ' associations assoblations and the fed fed- federal federal . - eral government for reclamation pro- pro projects projects pro-1jects pro 1jects - jects ; : S 8 B 142 relating to under- under underground underground under-1ground under 1ground - , ground waters ; S , B 211 , permittingthe permitting permittingthe the state engineer to Initiate actions actionsin I in the courts of other states or the theUnited theUnited theUnited United States courts ; : S B 206 , pro- pro proVIding proI providing pro-1viding pro 1viding theI - - I VIding for agreements agreements between the thef the.state the'state thestate f ' .state state . englneci engineel engineer and the U . . S Geological Geologicalsurvey Geologicalsurvey I survey for cooperative cooperatlve 1m ins estlgatlon estigation estlgatlonI estimationand I , , . and survey of underground water sup sup- sup1 supplfes supplies - ' 1 plies plfes and appropriating approprhting $10 10 $ 000 for thework theI the I iwork : work ; : S .s . B 156 , , creating a new committee com- com committee corn-'mittee corn 'mittee mittee - ' mittee of nine ; ; S B 132 , permitting pernutting I a representative descendant of a utah utahvolunteer Utahvolunteer Utahvolunteer I volunteer from the Ladies Ladles ' ' G O . . A R toattend to toI toattend toattend attend the national G GAR A R encamp encamp- encampments encampments encampments - - I ments , . , S 8 B 96 , permitting unequal unequalassessments unequalassessments unequalassessments against water wa.ter . shares , 8I 8B SI SB S 8 SAi.A.i assessments _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . B 99 , permitting - -Ai.A.i AiA.i Ai.A.i AiAi - the J.ZA JZA * state ft-fs ft fs - n land 1r > v * 4 board boardI boardto boardto M/wr/l M wr l Mwrlto / / I to sell scU farm lands acquired under foreclosure foreclosure fore- fore foreing - I closure at an appraisal price , and gtv giv- giv giving . - ing mortgage debtor preference right rightfor rightI rightfor I ling for 30 days ; S 8 B 92 , , providing for use useI useof useof useof of surplus sales tax for .deflciencies deflciencies . , deficiencies in instate instate Instate I state district school fund fund and state stateI stateequalization stateequalization stateequalization equalization and general funds , , S B B153 I 153 , permitting pernuttlng the state land board to toI topay I pay the necessary costs of or maintaIn maintaInling maintaining maintaining ing state owned property , , S 8 B 203 203permitting , , permitting the state land board to sell sellwithout , , ling Wlthout without mineral reservations , lands landsacquired landsacquired landsacquired acquired by foreclosure forecloow'C forecloowC ' , , H B 132 , the theI thet themetropolitan themetropolitan metropolitan water district act previously pre- pre previously - . t I ' viously passed P'1ssed P1ssed pissed ' by the house , and H . H . B B1182 1182 , relating to reversion of or vater "ateI ateI water " , ' try tryI trythe t tothe ) the public by abandonment or f fto fP fir , " ' r . --to to - - I to use The memorial passed ' . , ' s c : ; S SJ SJ SJ J M 1 . , urging the sale of the PlUte Porte Piutecential , centlal central Utah and Carbon water , land landand landand landand , and power company projects The Thejoint Thejoint Thejoint joint resolution killed was S J R 7 7amending , a amending nding the state constitution to toprovide tocourt toprovide provide for appointmentjudges appointment of or supreme supremecourt supremeThe supremecourt districtappointment judgessupreme court and district court judges The Thesenate Thesenate Thesenate senate bill blll killed k1l1ed was S 8 B 68 , , creating creat creat- creatmg creating - - ing mg ' i ' \ legislative bureau and the de- de defeated defeated de defeated - feated house bill b1Il was H B 268 , e ex ea extending } . ' . tending the time in v vhlch blch Bich 1935 auto autol1censes autolicenses autolicenses l1censes licenses could be secured 30 daysThe days daysThe The lower house passed nine house houseb111s housebills housebills b111s bills and four senate bills , , and defeated defeat defeat- defeated defeated - ed one house bill bilI Bills pissed p'lSSed plSSed passed ' were wereH wel weieH e eH H B 182 , the water reversion measure ; H B 24 , the new produce dealers ' li h license . cense tense bill btll protecting farmers faraffers m in selUng selling selUngproduce sellingproduce sellingproduce produce , H B 62 . , increasing mcreasing pren premiumtaxes premium wn wnta.es taxes ta.es taes } . paid by msmance mswance insurance companies companiesfrom companiesfrom companiesfrom from one and one half per cent to four fourper fourper fourper per cent , , with a two and one half halt per percent percent percent cent ta\ ta ta'C taC taY tain \ ' in 111 cases where 30 per cent centof centof centof of the company assets 31 aie are e Invested in inUtah inUtah InUtah Utah ; : H B 16 , the gas taxing meas meas- measure measure measure - ure , H B 137 , fixing fixnJg fixir3g a three man road roadcommission roadcommission roadcommission commission , , H B 138 , prohibiting prohibitmg a amember amember amember member of the road commission being beingan beingan beingan an ex officio member of the commis commIs- coaunis- coaunis commIsSIOn coaunissron commission - sion sron . H B 77 , , the truck licensing bill ; H B 4 , , rewriting the worken's workens ' com com- compensation compensation . - pensation act to include occupational occupationaldiseases occupationaldiseases occupationaldiseases diseases as compensatory and give the thestate thestate thestate state sole authority to write industrialinsurance industrial industrialinsurance industrialInsurance insurance ; S B 1 I , the corporation corporationtax tax bill b1lI much amended ; ; S B 88 , , the theindividual theindividual individual Income tax bill also consid consld consid- considerably ' - erably amended ; ; S 8 B 159 ; ; authoriz authoriz- authorizIng authorizing - ing the Issuance of refunding refundmg bonds bondsGer the governor's governors ' ' tax saving suggestion , and S 8 B 205 , aater a vater \\ater ater water \ , bill H B 268 , 'Ctend1ng Ctend1ng extending ' time for securing securmg auto Ii- Ii li- li Iienses li - was passed in 111 the house but I kll1e killed Ing various - : In : the powers powms senate . . of - ; HB the B . state 89 , , extend extend- extending extent extentof board boardof boardof ' - I of Senator tSenator education W , . was D . defeated Ha.mmond Hammond . . . of Moa Moab Moabvoted . b t bUls bills bUlspassed billspassed court procedure bUlsI billsI on all voted yes I He Hetoted senate last week . , passed by on the all other blIIs bills passed HeI by bythe bythe I toted \ Oted yes house and no on the three threemeasures threeand the upper defeated He e absente was andabsent absent absentand measures 142 and not no voting on S B 132 and absentI S B I 142Representative Representative Evin EvJn Jones of or Cleve Cleve- Cleveland Cleveland - ' 24 . , J i . Bills B1l1s 182 . , land voted jes yes es on House 62 OZ , , 268 < ; UO , 16 10 , 137 A > , 89 " > ' , 138 * " " , 77 and " " 4 - and _ iyes I ) ies yes es on Senate bills 159 , , 1 , 88 and 205 205I 205Representative 205Representative I 1 1Representative of ofMoab ofMoab ofMoab Birten B1rten Allred Representative Moab voted the same as Mr . . Jones Joneswith Joneswith Joneswith ofI I with the exception of no on H It B 89 89He 89He saHe He was absent n1Jsent assent and not voting on HI HB HB H HB I B 62 , |