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Show The Utah LegislatureTbo LegislatureThe Legislature Tbo Tbc The Utah legislature leglclnture ; , convenIng conveningfor convenIngtor tor for the twenty t\\'ent3 t 'ent3 ent3 twentyfirst t'ent3first tR \ ' enty-first enty first -first first - ses session < ; lon , nos nosthe \ waathe as asthe the icrlpicnt leC'lplCnt leClplCnt recipient ' of nn an el elibonte elbor'tte \bor'tte bor'tte bortte tborate \ ' mes mes- message mes- mes message message - - sage from trom Governor Henry Ilenry II . Dlood Blood Blood.A BloodA . A varied and comprehen comprehensive comprehenciie < : i\ i ie ' \ e program pro pro- program program - gram of o Inten Intense e public Interest Interestvnsroipped "ns ns titias titiasmapped "nsIn'1pped " \vnsroipped vnsroipped \ In'1pped In1pped mapped ' out In the message messace ; . Utah clllyena c1U7ens cithens from one end of ot tbo the tbostnte thestate thostate stnte state to the other are discussing lscussin the thelJl11 thebill thebill lJl11 bill Introduced In the legislature legislatureproviding legislatureproviding legislatureproviding providing for tor state tnte liquor storc stores storesOne storesOne , ; One of ot the strong trong etrong ' points lolnts ) of the hi11 hill hi11is hillis billIs is the provision forbidding orbhl lOg the sale saleof fcaloof alc alcof of liquor by the drink ltrink , even eycn in c e a et \t- t it- it itlag \ it-fn it fn tfn - fn lag IIOUSM housp'3 housp3 house9 ' or clubs Purchises Purch'lces Purchlces Purchases ' : of ofliquor ofliquor ofliquor liquor can only be ma made e at nt slate slatestoreS slatestores statestores storeS and nnd in sC'11e sC11e soiled sealed ' 'ont'1Im ont1Im ( ' contiinars containers ' rq ac- ac accordIng ac according - cording to the terms of this tIns billA billA bill billA A semtc sen'1te sen1te senate ' bill blIl Is expected etpectcd : to furn- furn furnIsh furnish furn-Jsh furn Jsh - Ish a n substitute plan for the one as asoutlined asoutlined naoutlined outlined above ' ' ind 'tml tml 'tnd tnd will w111 provide provlc1e Ii a Iidifferent adifferent adifferent different ' \ " way ny of ot taJ.ln taJln taking . circ C'1fC C1fC care ' of ot the thelIquor theliquor tholiquor lIquor silcs s'lIcs slIcs sales ' The senate bill b1ll 1\ 1 \ 1ould would wouldpror wouldprovide ould ouldpro pro pror ' ide for the private sile s\le s le sale ' \ of liq liq- liquor llq-nor llq nor - . 1.1or 11or uor . under undcr strict supervision super\"IslOn super "IslOn IslOn \ " . It Itthrows Itthrows Itthrows throws up protections protectlonq n against alnst n a re- re recurrence recurrence re recurrence - - currence of many mmy : of ot the evils ot of otthe ofthe ofthe the prcprohibitlon preprohlbIUon preprohibition days : and mcl : tries triesto triesto trioato to keep lcecp the liquor traffic tratfI < ' within withinell withinwell withinwell \\ell ell well ' \ controlled and orderly orelcrlv cb chan- chan channels cinn-nels cinn nels 1 ' n- n nnes - nes nels ] It does not restrict the f11e aaie f11eof aaieof : Pileof ' of liquor llquor by bv the Ule drink elrinl think . in citing e'1Ung e1Ung eating ' re- re resorts resorts re-sorts re sorts - - sorts , but It outlaws the old 6Td style stylebar stylebar stylebar bar . It would prohibit proJllbJt retail retllll s'11es s11es sales s'11eson saleson Bileson ' on any election day dny . , or on Hunch\ Hunch Hunchs Sund'is Sundis Rundivsexcept ' \ s , except by locil IOC'11 IOC11 local ' ordinance orcllnnnce Tlie The 11q- 11q liq- liq 11qnor liquor llq-nor llq nor - nor uor tra traffic ( Ie of ot the sta state to \ would could ould be he nn- nn en- en nnder ender nn-der nn der - der the supervision of a liquor con con- control control control - trol commission commlcsion commresion : of three members membersappointed , nppomted appointed by the gO\ gO governor gOernor \ ernor . The hill bill hillwould billwould 1)111would 1111would ) would give local option and nnd vest vestgreet vestRrcit greet re'1t re1t ' authority nuthorfty In cities clUeq and andcounties andcounties andcounties counties in setting up regulitlons reguhUons reguiattons ot of ottheir oftheir oftheir their own o\\n o n \ not In conflict with those thoseat thoseof thoseof at of the ata stateThe state stateThe te teThe The state fees fces for licen licenses < ; es wouM would wouMhe wouldhe wouldhe he as follows fo11ows ' . To minufactuie m'1nUf.IctUle m1nUf.IctUle m1nUfIctUle manufacture ' . al- al - alcohol alcohol nl-coliol nl coliol - cohol and nnd spults Spl1Its sprits , 1200 42"O0 42O0 : ; " OO ; : to manu mnnu manu- manufacture manufacture . - facture wine wme and beer , $500 500 $ ' ' 500 ; ; toatm- toatm toatmport t to im- im import Im Import - port alcoholic alcohohc bcvcnges bever'1ges bever1ges beverages ' , , ' $230 230 $ 2j0 2O d ; ; to todistribute todistribute todistribute distribute , $100 100 $ lOO 100 ; to sell at retail retnil$30 retnil30 , $50 50 $ : ; 0 ; and to sell on tnlns tr\ins tr ins trains ' \ , $25 25 $ 25 . . In Ina Inaddition Inaddition a addition dItIon to these occupitlomi occup1t1on'l1 occup1t1onl1 occupational ' taxes taxesthe taxesthe taxesthe the bill 1))11 111 hill ) would Impose a n tax tn"r tnr " on the theprivilege theprivilege theprivilege privilege of engiging eng'1glO eng1glO engaging ' ; : In business bU'3iness bU3iness ' as asn asa asa n a minuficturcr m'lnuf'lcturer mlnuflcturer manufacturer ' ' or as nn an Import import- importIng Importing Importing - ing distributor at the rate of at two twocents twocents twocents cents per gallon on all beer bef'r befr ' of 3 32per 2 2per 2per per cent or lc less < ; s and 4 cents on 'III III all allbeer 'IIIbeer ' illbeer beer over o\"cr o "cr cr \ " thit th'lt thlt that ' percentage percenti percent1 e of alco alco- nlco- nlco nlcohol alcohol alcohol - - hol ; 32 cents per gillon g'111on g111on gallon ' for wine winecont'lmlng winecontaining winecontiming cont'lmlng contlmlng containing ' 21 2i per cent or less of al- al alcohol alcobol al alcohol - cohol cobol by volume ; 80 SO cents perl per gal- gal gallon Ril-lon Ril lon \l- l ' \ lIon - Ion lon on alcohol and < ; spirits pmts below 110 110proof 110proof 110proof proof ' ind 'lnd lnd antl CO GO 50 pei pel pet cent ccnt additional adcIiUonal on onalcohol onalcohol onalcohol alcohol and spmts SpllltS spit its over 110 proof . Among senate bills bIlIs hills of interest lOterest are aretwo aretwo aretwo two by Sen W C Holbrook ? , pro pro- proposmg proposing proposing - posing posmg higliei blghel highei individuil indlvilhl\l indlvilhl l individual ' \ nnd and corporate cor- cor corpor'lte cor-ponte cor ponte - por'lte porlte porate ' income tixes hxes taxes Resolutions llesolutions appeared ap- ap appe11ed ap-peiied ap peiied - pe11ed peared In both houses honsc .l l < . cilling c'1lhng c1lhng calling ' for forn fora fora n a constitutional amendment amendmcnt peUnlt- peUnlt petrnlt- petrnlt peUnlttlOg petrnltting pennit-ting pennit ting - tlOg ting : nn an m Incicise inCIC'1se inCIC1se incre'ise increise ' ' In the ta\ ta hl"r hlr tae taexemp \ " exemp exemp- exemption exemption exemption - - tion on homesteads to $2000Seri $2000 2000 $2000Sen $ , > WOO WOOSCll Sen SCll Seri Holbrook Iolbrook also mtrodult'd mtrodultd introduced mtrodult'dbms introducedbills introducedbills ' bms bills nmendinc nmenc1m amending ; the election tn\cl1ln- tn cl1ln rnacbin- rnacbin tncl1lnen rnacbinerv michin-erv michin erv ' \ - en erv . . One of them thcm would bir b'1r b1r b'ir ' ' elect elpct- elpct elect- elpctl"e elective elective - ive l\"e l "e e \ " or appointive appo1l1Uve officiils OffICi11s offrcl'ils offrclils ' from fromholdmg fromholding fromholding holdmg holding any nny nay other public pubhc office , and andwould nndwould would ould bir b'lf blf bar ' employes cmplo\"es cmplo "es es \ " or appom appointive appointiveofficials appointiveofficiils lvc lvcofflCI'11s offlCI'11s offlCI11s officials ' from participating parhclpntin in po- po pollhc'11 political po-liticil po liticil - llhc'11 llhc11 litical ' pnmines prml'lrlCs prmllrlCs primaries ' The object of ot the thebm thebill thebill bm bill is ig to pievent plevent prevent th the building hulubng huhdm ; : up upof upof upof of pohticil politIc'll politIcll political ' miclnnes m'lchmes mlchmes machines ' by hy public pubhe of- of offlchls officials of officiils - ficiils flchls ficials ficiilsA flchlsA ficialsA A bill bilt In the house would ould m.ke mke make m.kef'1r makefar mikefir . f'1r f1r far ' reachin reaching amendments to the thestate thestate thestate state industnil IndustrI'11 IndustrI11 Industrial ' act Under It a aworl aworkman aworkmin worl workman m\n m n ' \ " would "ould ould receive compensa compensa- compensation compensation - ' tion for occupatiomi occupation'll occupationll occupational ' diseases chscases , as aswe11 aswell aswell we11 well as injuries inJtmes , and other benefits benefitsto benefitsto benefitsto to workers worl.ers worlers . and their dependents dependentswould dependentswould dependentswould would be increa increasedThe Increased IncreasedThe cd cdThe < ; The measure PlO\ PlO piovides PlOIdes prosides \ Ides that com corn compensatfon cornpensation cornpensation pensatfon pensation insunnce insurance 10sm 1nce ' would 'Would hive h'lve hlve have ' to tohe tobe tobe he be han handled led by the state and priv\te priv te private privteInsur'1nce privateinsurance priviteInsunnce ' \ Insur'1nce Insur1nce insurance ' compinies comp\mes comp mes companies ' \ would be beba bebarred bebarred bebarredA ba barred rred barredA rredA A bill to allow county commls commis commls810ners commissioners commissioners 810ners sioners to Icise le'1se le1se lease ' ta tax tat sile 5'11c 511c sale ' property propertywhere propertywhere propertywhere where there la is no sale for the lnnd land lnndh'1s landhas landhis h'1s h1s has ' been sponsored sponsorcd by hy Rep llep Twitch- Twitch Twitchell Twitchell Twitch-ell Twitch ell TwitchellA - ell ellA A bill to mike tn'11.e tn11.e tn11e make ' . the payment of ofold ofold ofold old ' ige 'lge lge age pensions nnndatory nl'lndatory nllndatory mandatory ' and anddIvide anddivide nnddivide dIvide the costs eql1'lIl eql1lIl cqinlly equally ' ? between the thecounties thecounties thecounties counties and the ; state ctate Ins 11'18 1118 has ' been in introduced introduced Introduced troduced Tins Tllls This bill ' would 'Would also nl--o nl o - In InClense inci Incicase Clense ci ense the m minimum m'1"rimum m1rimum ' rdmum " pension to to$35 to35 $35 35 $ a month At present , the P'lY PlY pay payment ply-ment ply ment ' - . ment of pensions to the aged nged is op optlonnl optionnl optlonnl tlonnl tionnl with the counties and they theymust theymust theymust must beir be1r hear the entire enUre costThe costThe cost costThe The house : adopted Hloptcd n resolution resolutionfhln resolutionfieing resolutionfixing fhln fieing definitely defimtelv the compensillonof compens'1llonot compensalionof compens'1llon compens1llon compensalion ' ot of senate sennte and autl house employes and andehmlmtmg andeliminating andehmimting ehmlmtmg eliminating the tIle bonus s system . } stem Both Bothbr'1nches Bothbranches Bothbnnches br'1nches br1nches branches ' adopted a men measure mensure sure approp approp- npprop- npprop approprlaUng npproprioting appropriating - - riating rlaUng rioting $50 50 $50000 50000 $ 000 for the e expenses penses of ofthe ofthe ofthe the legislatureSen ] legislituro eglshturc legislature legislituroSen eglshturcScn Sen Scn Neslen Nesleu Nesleir . , from Salt Like I\1.e I1.e I 1.e 1e Lake . ' \ . , h'18 h18 has h'18oriel hasoffered hisoffeicd ' plinto phnto planto oriel offered ed thiee three thi ee mensUl measuies measures es \ y\luch y luch which \ hlch phn plan to Increase Jncrcase the ' \ fixes t\xes t xes faxes pild p'1id p1id paid ' by insur Insur- Insurance Insurance insurance - ance companies companle < : , rcciprocil reclproc'll reclprocll reciprocal ' insurance insur- insur insur1nce insur-nice insur nice - 1nce ance ' e\chinges e chinges e'cchanges ecchanges e \ ' ch'lnges chlnges ' and und flltem'll flltemll friternal fi itermi ' bene bene- benefIt benefit benefit - - fit societies that thnt use U'3e U3e ' a le legil lel legal \l l ' \ rcser\"e rcser "e e reserve rcser"ebSIC reservebasis reservebisis reservebisisA \ " b\SIC b SIC basis ' \ ) basisA A senate measure mensure bv by \ Mis l\Ils l Ils Mrs Mus Musser Musser Musser ser , proposes proposec ; thit th'lt thlt that ' Utih Ut'lh Utlh Utah ' ratify rnUfy the theamendment theimendraent conbtitutlon htu110n constitution 1meI1l1rnent amendment ' to the fedel fedeni federal 'll ll ' con constitu htu 110n tion concernedwith concerned concernet1 \ with Ith child cbild libor hbor lzhor . , Scnitor Sen'ltor Senltor Senator ' Holbiook IIolblool Ilolbiool " , . his h'1s h1s has ' e > offered ffcred n a b111 bill abill nb111 to emulate eulate regulate i . ; tobicco tob'1cCO tob1cCO tobacco ' sale salesSome sales salesSome " ! Some of or tlio the pioblems InoblE'tns InoblEtns ' . , Concel concerning concerningwhsle conceiningvhich nln . fromthe whsle ( luch Ieiislition legislation le ? l"htlOn lhtlOn " Is e e\p e p e\pzcted e pzcted \ ' : p cted fro from the piosent plcsent present Udli U'lh Ulh Utah ( ' hoclle body hocl\ hocl \ " , . ne \le le are ' \ taJ\.ahon taJ.ahon taJ .ahon ahon ta.ation taation : \ . . , t tiking taxationliking t1.in t1in . ; : scliools schools nnd and the com coints courts ts out outor outof outof or of politics politiC " , , a n < ; substitute nh'3t1tule nh3t1tule ' foi the theprcsent thepresent thePresent prcsent present In 1 liw is ' licensing HcenSIDg ' produce prOtlucc dC'll dCll deal dC'llers dealers deilors ' ers and nnd foi rOl fat the niotoi 1I10tot motor tl tnnspoit tianepott 1ucpO\ 1ucpO 1ucpOt ' : \ t 'Ilt Ilt act ' icticoignni/ition icticoignni ition , leoigiuiliatfon 1 cm gnnl/1 gnnl 1 / tlon oC or of : countyschool ; stito ct'1te ct1te state ' , lOunty county , school and nuiniclinl mUlllclV11 municipal gO\crIlment gO crIlment gas \ ernittent . governmentspublic , ' P )1tc 1tc ) public ntililies uhlliles utilities nndciground undoground icsulitlon leuhUol iegulatimi : ; } , , undu undo round ground roundtCIS witeis \\\tCIS tCIS waters \ ' \ ind 'u\l 'u u l and ' \ ( mines mine " ! 1 \ letter toom to \ yout \om om roux icprcspntalivc lCIrcsC'lIlutl\t lCIrcsC'lIlutl lCIrcsClIlutl t ieprescnlatnc ) ' \ 1n in the intlie 1nthe inthe ltI lcplaluie Ic lt I islalmc , lnlUle will Inn hl/11 hl 11 hlin / ; 1 < ' . cornPletc comViele cornplele jOU ynu ; ou i 1 com corn intin.lucodiQ intinlucodiQ lJIholhH'tln inttndutedIml Viele plele cop copy copra ' ofany of r any nnv ) bill hIll lJIholhH'tl lJIholhHtl inttnduted . 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