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Show 9lnder 9lnderIhe JIhY JIhYI JIhYC4 Ihe I C4 fIi Q itolLIqil : : - A new alltime a1ltime record for mtroduc introduc mtroduchon introducLion mtroduction hon Lion of bills blIls , resolutions and memonalswas memorial memonals memonalswas ; was set by the piesent present legislatme leglslatme legislatuie be before be- be before before - fore adjournment last week weekBy weekBy weekBy By the time the legislators legislators-almost legislators almost legislatorsalmostall - almostall \ - all of them them-had them had - had departed on 011 a trip tcsouthern to tosouthern tosouthern ) southern Utah and the Boulder Dam Damthe Damthe Damthe the house and senate hoppers had been beenfilled beenfilled beerfilled . filled to overflowing overflowmg with wilh Wlth 564 docu docu- documents documents documents - ments propocing proposing prop ing to enact this new law lawchange , , 'Change Change ' that existing exlstmg one , provide for forstate forstate foistate " state constitutional constltutional changes memorialize memorial memorial- memorialIze memorialize - ize the national natlOnal congress or something somethingelse somethingelse somethingelse else icquinng lequlrmg requiring action actlon by house or sen senate sen- sen senatecondolences senatecondolences - ate ate-condolences ate condolences - - condolences congratulations andthe and andthe andthe I the like llke likeThe likeThe llkeThe The previous record was established establishedby establishedby by the legislature leglslature of 1917 when 434 434measures 434measures 434measures measures \ were ere introduced mtroduced The firstUtah first firstUtah firstUtah ; Utah legislature in m 1896-lasUng 1896 lasUng 1896-lasting lasting 1896 - - lasting 30days 30 30days 30days days longer 10ngeI than the present one-was one was onewassatished onewassatisfied one - - wassatisfied > satished satisfied satisheduth \ with \uth uth 326 measures IntroducedThe introducedThe Introduced IntroducedThe The total of introduced mtroduced measuresmay measures measuresmay measuresmay may reach the 600 marklf markif mark if lf legIslators legIslatorstake legislatorstake legislatorstake 1 take advantage of the opportunity tooffer to tooffer tooffer ' offer new measures through suspensionof suspension of the rules , thus getting gettmg around the40 the ' ; 40 day limit l1mlt set for introduction of ofbllls ofbills ofbills bllls bills 1 icsolutions esolutlons resolutions and memorialsCommittee memorials memorialsCommittee . . . . Committee Commlttee meetings and public publJc heal heat healmgs heatrugs healings mgs rugs , with short afteinoon aftemoon afternoon only ses ses- sesSlons sessions sessions - sions Slons al aie are e giving gJmg gning gJ\ gJ . \ mg way this thlS week to tomorning tomorning tomorning morning and afternoon sessions for forthe forthe forthe the consideration consideratlOn of aheady already introducedmeasures introducedmeasuresAll introduced introducedme'lsures introducedmeasures ' me'lsures melsures measures ' measuresAll All powerful sifting siftmg committees have hae haveaken ha\ ha ha'taken havetaken \ e 'taken taken ' aken over all aU bills , , resolutions resolutlOns and andmemorlals andmemorials andmemorials memorlals memorials in both house and senate senateI senateThese senateThese senateThese I These commlttees-7 commlttees 7 committees-7 committees committees - - 7 members in m the thesena thesenate thesenate sena senate te and 12 in the house of repre repre- representahveswlll representativeswill representatives - sentahves-wlll sentahves wlll sentatives-will sentatives will sentatives - will fix the calendars eachday each eachday eachday day . , thereby deciding declding what measures measuresWllI measureswilt measureswill WllI wilt WllIcome come up foi fOl ' consideration 'ConsIderatIon from fromday fromday fromday day to dayThis day dayThis dayThis This means that 19 legislators leglslators willdecide wl11 will wl11decIde decIde the fate fate-to fate to - - to a large I rge degree degre degree-of degree of degreeofwhatever - ofwhatever f I hateer whatever \ hate\ hate \ er legislation leglslation is enacted durmg during durmgthe duringtwo duringthe the twoeeks two \ weeks \\eeks eeks \ remiming rem\mlng rem mlng remaining ' \ in the present presentseSSlOn presensession presentsession seSSlOn Many measures are e- e ected eected expected expectedto ' - ectedto ' to die dle ' in m the sifting slftrng committees ccmmittees Theywill They Theyw1l1 Theywill w1l1 will ne\ ne novel neel never \ el reach the house or sena senate senatefor senatefor te tefor for final passage or rejectionSKty rejection reJectlon * . * . * . * . Sl\tv Sl tv Si\.tv Si.tv Si .tv SKty \ . five lve ! bills bllls resolutions resolutlOns and mem mem- memorlals memorials memorials - orials orlals have up to Monday been passedbv passed passedbv passedby bv by house and senate Of this numbel12 numbel number 12 have hae ha\ ha ha \ ; e been approved by both legis legIS- legislative legISlatlve legislative - lative latlve branches The house has pas- pas passed passed pas passed - sed 31 and the senate 22 measures measuresleaV1ng measuresleaving measuresleaving leaV1ng leaving 53 for further consideration conslderation by byClther byeither byeither Clther either houseFour houseFour house houseFour Four measuies measmes measures have been defeated defeatedt defeatedtwo defeatedtwo t0 two t\\ t \ 0 in m each house Eleven have been beenWlthdrawn beenwithdrawn beenwithdrawn Wlthdrawn withdrawn in m the senate and 7 in m the ' I I I beeulpassed lower hou house e Fifty bills bllls have beeul been beenpassed passed thesehave m in both houses Eight of these , have bave passed both houses Twenty five flve fivehave flveha have ha ve passed the house and 17 thesenate the thesenate thesenate senate senateThe The two most important measures measuresp1.SSmg measurespassing pissing p1.SSmg p1SSmg passing . both houses are the senatejoint senate senateJomt joint Jomt resolution providing for ratifica- ratifica ratiflca- ratiflca - ratification ratiflcahon ratificai ratiflcaI - - I i tion hon by Utah of the national child chUd laborI laborL laborconstitutional laborconstitutional labor I L , constitutional amendment and theI the I i resolution paving pavmg- pavmg pavmgthe - the wiy W1.Y W1Y way . for a conI constltutlonal constrtutional con- con constitutional - - I ' , stitutional stltutlonal strtutional amendment exempting exempt1n fromtaxation from mI I ' taxation homesteads up to $2000 2000 $ in m mvalue I ' value valuePel valuePerhaps Peihaps Perhaps Pel haps the most important lmportant of bills bllls blllsJ J 1 | passed in the senate are the mdivldual individual mdivldualand individualand and corporation income tax bills bllls andthe and andthe the traffic trafflc safety measure In thehouse thehouse the house the most far reaching reachmg may be bethe bethe the state stores liquor lJquor hquor bill and themeh themetropolitan the meh metiQpolitan metropolitan opoman water district measureGrist measure measurei i Grist From the Legislative Leglstahve Hopper . Governor Henry H Bloods Blood s message messageat legLslature legislature at the opening of the current legisla- legisla legLsla- legLsla legislai legLslaI - i ture is growing day by day to be re- re regarded regarded regarded - garded as the basis upon which ane sane aneand saneand $ saneand . and helpful legislation may be enacted enacted'while enactedwhile , 4 4while ' while his hlS budget message forms the theI I ground w ' \ ork for much in m the way of ofworthwhile ofworthwhile ofworthwhile worthwhile ta taxation .ation ation > . programsLegislators programs programsLegislators . . Legislators Leglslators returned Monday from fromtheir from fromtheir fromtheir . their journey south\\ south southwards southards \ ards resolved to todevote todevote devote every possibleorkmg possible \ working \\orkmg orkmg aorling \ minute minuteto minuteto I Ito to strictly legislative leglslative matters whichi WhICh I i means prolonged sessions and elimina elimina- elimination elimination elimination - tion of long winded wmded debates and thelike th the thelike . l1ke like . With Wlth the national natlOnal $4 4 $ 800 000 000 000rehef 000relief 000i , relief rehef and public publ1c works program st111 still st111In stillin stillin In the making makmg Utah legislators leglslators are arefaced arefaced arefaced faced with witI1 the task of how to make male makethIS malethis makethis thIS state states s statutes conform with wlth the theaaministratlon theaaministration theaaministration hardlybe aaministratlon aaministration set up It can hardly be accomplished without wlthout the federal federalprogram federalprogram federalprogram program an accomplished factThe factThe fact factThe The liquor l1qu r problem is not yet out ot of ofthe ofI otI I the w s \ oods oads nods and will not be until thesenate the thesenate thesenate senate his h1s has had its Jts s s'ijr sijr ' y Good authoi-ities authoi ities authOl- authOl author- author authOlitles authorities - itles ities look for a battle royal between the thet thetwo thetwo t0 two t\\ t \ 0 branches on the licensing hcensmg of by- by bythe bythe by-the by the - the drink drmk sales by hotels and restaur restaur- restaurants restaurants restaurants - ants and clubs Three quarters of ofa ofa ofa a million n111110n mullion dollars rlollars will wlll be available avallable for forgovernmental forgovernmental forgovernmental governmental purposes if a bill blll bllllntro billintro intro lntro- lntro intro- lntroduced introduced introduced - duced in m the senate last " week "eek eek is passed by passedby both houses It puts into use Gov Govel Goveinor Goveinor einor el nor Bloods Blood s refunding plan post post- postponing postpcning postponing - poning pcning payment of the initial imtIal $750000due 750000due $750 750 $ 000 000due 000due due on the $2000000 2000000 $2 2 $ 000 000 bond issue float float- floated floated floated - ed at the last legislative leglslatlve session until until1940 1940 and makes this thlS sum available availablelthout availablewithout availablewithout \\lthout lthout without \ fixation t1.xahon t1xahon taxation . One thing is cer- cer certainUtah cer cer- certamUtah certain - tam-Utah tam Utah tain-Utah tain tain - Utah will have ha\e ha e \ underway in m the thene'lr theI thenear theneir I ne'lr nelr near ' future many additional addJtlOnal miles mlles of ofhlgh ofhighs ofhighway hlgh\\ hlgh highs hlghay \ \ ay as a result of the current leg- leg leglslative legislative leg legislative - lslativeolk islative lslative woik \\olk olk work ' \ |