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Show - Special Session SessionFinishes SessionFinishes SessionFinishes Finishes WorkB WorkRi Work ( Ri B , James Conrad ) When the special se session sescron lOn ofutah ofUtahs of utah Utahs - s 26th ' " ' " legislature I"i'e3a Iie3a ' " ' m-r m r - > adJ adjourn adjourned a hmirn ourn slIlC suit d e last Saturday at 6 20 20em 20pleasantl3suhprrsed ed d em jeven even n the legislators wore wcre pleasantl3suhprrsed pleasantl3suhprrsedto leasantI ) SUi prJscd to fmd find they theyn had pad theypad accomplished m in one week \ \ eck a aob alob ob that _ many inv invtake pred cted eted would wouldt lob take , ? ke ? ? sot not t less thanIt than 10 0 days da ) sand sandmaybe s and andnaybethree andmaybe maybe naybethree naybethreethan thl thiee ee weeks weeksIt It was vi \ as a hard working \ \ orking orkmg legis legislahve legislative legislative lahve lative body that got over all the . esented 1--3 1 3 - - m - the t U call calo all allt of ofGov ofaw -t t - bUSlIless eHebertnBd eHebertnBdMin Min aw awcalo 1 Gay GayeHebertnBd Gov Herbert B Maw along g gwith ' providing provldmg emergency emergcncy fmantlal finanBaal fman finan fmangl with th . \ -gl gl tlal Baal - , aid ald to the 1947 Centcnmalce1ebrat Centennialcelebrat Centennial Centcnmal Centennialcelebrat celebrat ce1ebrat on and adopting adoptmg twoe twoofiUtah two efforts to keep kecp sectlomof sections sectlom , lointed pomted e . landssfrom fall ' ofiUtah of Utah lands from fall rigtperc rigtpercmanently ng permanently per permanently manently into mto federal controlFast controlFirst control First Fast of all a11 the legislature legislaturesent legislaturesent legislaturesent sent to the people of the statefive statefive state L five more proposed conshtutlon constitution constitutional conshtutlona1 a1 al amendments making makmg eight 111 in 111aU inall } aU all to be placed on the ballotMV ballotSov ballot , MV Sov oy 5 Two amendments proposed proposed pro pcsed posed b bi by ) the state tax ta'C taC ' stud studycommittee studi study ) ; committee commJttee concerning cencernmg cencernrng the fman finan fmancmg financmg fman'cmg fmancmg ' cmg of a minimum mmlmum school pro program program program gram on an a flexible fle'Clble fleClble ' basis of ofmore ofmore ofmore more equalized equahzed ta taxation .atlon atlon : > . and dlS dis distnbution trlbutiOn tribution passed without an anamendment anamendment an'amendment anamendment ' amendment But because it was wasj wasdeemed wasdeemed j deemed not vital to the school schoolprogram schoolprogram school\ school schoolprogram \ program or an urgent need at atf atr atth atth atth f r th s time tlIne a third ta tax tai : > . study com corn cornt cornmittee cornimittee t \ mlttee mittee proposal to amend the theconshtuhon theconstitution theconstitution conshtuhon constitution in 111 an such a way that thatall thatall thatall all natural resources includingol includingof mc1udmg including 01 of and gas be taxed , the same sameas sameas sameas as metal mmes-on mmes on mines-on mines mines - on a net pro proceeds proceeds proceeds ceeds basis-was basis was basis - was killed in m the thesenate thesenate thesenate senate after unanimous unammous passage passagein passageID passagem ID m the thg th houseAcceptm houseAchepting house Accepting Acceptm Achepting a proposal of the thegovernor thegovernor thegovernor governor the legislature also.ent alsocent also alsoa .ent ent cent . a & to the people for \ ote a"con acon anon anonsttutional a"const a'ronsttutional aronsttutional ' " ' st tuhonal sttutional amendment to em empower empower empower power the legislature to change changethe changethe changethe the location locahon of certa n state m an mstltut anstrtut institut stltut strtut ons to allow the state to toubI toutil toatll ubI util ze Bushnell Bushne11 general hospItal hospitaltor hospItalfor for institutional mshtuhonal purposes purDoses if the theSl4 theK Sl4 114 ! 000 000 installation mstallahon is ac acqu acqured acQU qu qured red Other constltubonal constitutional constltubonalamendments constitutionalamendments constitutionalamendments amendments propo proposed ed to the theelectorate theelectorate theelectorate , electorate t \ would \ ould allow the legIS.Jture legnature leg | . ! isature IS.Jture ISJture nature to raise or 10erth loser-the loser the loserthelatter 10\\ 10 lower \ \ erth _ - thelatter Jatter latter provided provJded as a result of ofhou ofhou olhou hou e a amendments-salanes amendments salanes amendments-salaries salaries amendments - salaries of ofslate ofstate ofstate slate state elective elechve officers off1cers dunne dunnl during ! a atenn atent aterm tenn tent of office and to raise butnot but butnot butnot not dimmish dlmmlsh diminish the salaries salanes of su supreme supreme su- su - trane preme court tourt and district dlstnct JudgesThJs judgesThis judges This ThJs would allow the state of off offcais offcals f fcais c als anq an4 and the judges to accept accent accenton accepton on Jan 1 1947 the salaries salanes ap an approved anproved anproved proved in the 1945 session of the thelegISlature thelegislature thelegislature t- t tAlong legISlature legISlatureAlong - Along with these five amend amendments amendments amendsients ments on the ballot this fall will wille willethe willpe e ethe the three passed in m an 1945 one oneof oneo ] 01 of [ which would permit the state stateto statetax stateo to tax federal property Another Anotherould Anotherould Anothervould ould permit the state to tax taxederal taxederal taxederal ederal lands and the other otherould otherould otherwould ould provide provJde the election of ofcounty ofCounty ofcounty county attorneys every four fourars fours fourears ars s instead of or every two twoears twoears twoyears ears presentActuallv presentActually as at present Actually Actuallv the action taken last lasteek lastreek lastseek eek reek on the f rst six joint Jomt res reslubons reslutrons resiluhons lubons lutrons constitutionI concerning toncernmg constitubon constitution constitutionil 1 I amendments ! five ive of which whichassed whicharced whichlassed assed arced took care tare of all ques quesons quesons quesons ons ' put 'Put by the ! governor Iovernor Thp The ThpU'St Thelist Thpirst U'St USt list ' four were in m the offIC of fie fic al call calld callad d the salary measures were weredded weredried werelied dded dried in his opening opemng message toug to tou ' ug u ? 5Appropnatlon 5Appropriation 5 Appropriation Appropnatlon of a half m 11 11on 11on 11on on dollars to finance fmante the Cpn Cen CenSinai CPUaimal I Imal Sinai mal program came after theslature the theslature delmed delined slature s1ature in m rn joint Jomt session thel de detoed lmed lined thetate thefate to act on a reouest of the thelate tate fate Centennial Centenmal CommIssion Commissiontat Commissionat resolton at the lawmakers pass a resol resolon resol"on resolon " ton on r recommending eommendmg the state stateard stateand stateoard ard and of exam ners declare a aef aete a'act aact ' ef ete c t not to exceed pxceed $500 500 $500000 500000 $500000Or $500000'or 500000or $ ' or the commission s use Both useBoth hou house * , actpd acted on authon authoTI authorr authorrof ; ' 01 of an ODinion OUlmon opinion from Attorney Attorneygeneral AttorneyGeneral I G General thathe eneral Grover A Giles thatI that that"e he "e e " poiernors golernors o\ernor o ernor \ s request for the thewslature l thel I slature gslature to hear the commls commis commison commis"on commison I " On opene opened the way wav for Intro Introurhon introdfamllion introS-i0'1 introS i0'1 i01 urhon - ' " ' of HB HE 1appropn3tml 1 appropriating appropn3tml ! 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" :11)1'11 11111 anti antira : ) ' ra 'ltrn'1 ltrn1 ' + ' inn ' r , . w thr1rawal thrirawal 0 0anti nd rid ndIl1 ridm "O\flll1Jtplv "O O flll1Jtplv "nkimafc1v nkimafc1v " ' \ Il1 m istpiv : 1 q 001000 ono 001\ 001 000 \ ooo 000 'cre cre acres ' cre < ( " "western western " , . western Utah for mrliif mill mrli if tary target range purposes The Theother Theother Theother other introduced mtroduced by Senator SenatorIMehch SenatorMelich was a lesolution lesoluhon resolution requesting requestmg request 'mg mg ' mg ing the president and secretary secretaryof of the interior mterIor to revoke re\oke re oke re'oke reoke \ ' a pre prewar prewar prewar war withdrawal of magnesiumand magne magnesium magnesiumand < ; lUm lUmand and potash lands in 111 southeastern southeasternutah southeasternUtah southeasternUtah utah Late in 111 the session ture gaye gave unanimous unammous approval approvalI approvalto I ) to a measure memorializing memorlallzmg thecivil the thecIvIl thecivil cIvIl aeronautics board to ap approve approve approve prove airline alrhne service betwecn between betwecnUtah betweenUtah betweenUtah Utah and Arizona Anzona for feedersodsueal feeder feeder.IodsueJ feeder.lodsuKci feederlodsuKci feeder.lodsuKciTtuuic .Iodsu-eJ .IodsueJ .Iodsu Iodsu eJ sodsueal . . - l1-eWJIU l1 eWJIU ireurpun -Ttuuic Ttuuic - [ - pw puu .1dJJUdssudtahon aa5uasssdtatron . .oSuassed oSuassed .1dJJUdssud 1dJJUdssud aa5uasssd . tation tahon tatron tationNo tahonNo tatronNo No little htUe attention was ga ned neddurmg nedduring nedduring durmg during the session seSSlOn by lawmakers lawmakersproposmg lawmakerswhether lawmakersproposing proposmg whether whetheror w ether or orthe or thenot the notae not ae aeconvenvote people a convenvote convention vote t on on onw ont onwhether becalled be becalled becalled called to revise and amend the the'conshtuhon theconstitution theconstitution 'conshtuhon conshtuhon ' to this thiseffect thiseffect constitution A resolution resoluhon thlsleffect thlsl effect was overwhelmingly overwhelmmgly pass passed passed passed ed the senate but it died in 111 th th'house 'house house ' house where Reresentative Reresentatlve Bo Bonacci Bonacci Bonaoci nacci ( D Price ) characterizedthe the feel ng In explaining explainmg h s sno sno no vote he said it afforded affordedan an opportunity opportumtv to get even with withthe withthe the house of lords ( meanll'll meanllll meaning meaningthe meaningthe ' ! the senate enate ) for its action against againstthe againstthe the gas and oil 011 ta tax " billAnother bill Another measure introduced introducedby ( ( by Senator Lamoreaux ) and andkilled andkilled andkilled killed in m the senate was one onepro oneproposing pro proposing p 0 Sin g a conshtutional constitutional conshtutionalamendment constitutionalamendment constitutionalamendment amendment to place in m the theof thehand6 thehands ' hand6 : ; of the state tax commls commis commission , slon sion the lob Job of assessing assessmg all tax taxable taxable taxable able pro property pert ) in m the state |