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Show Legislature to toEnd toEnd toEnd End Hectic HecticSession HecticsSession ( I Today TodayA A telephone message from fromSenator fromSenator fromSenator Senator Melich l\Iehch l Iehch \ at 4 . o 0 clockthis clock clockthIs clockthis thIs afternoon said that t'1e t1e Pie t'1esenate Piesenate * ' 'iesenate iesenate ' senate had lust inst voted to over override override rIde Gov \ Maw l\law l law Masv s veto of the theClass theClass theClass Class Band B and C aopropnationto anpropnahonto appropriationto anpropnahon appropriation to counties counhes and cities elhes SI"teen SIteen Sixteen Sixteensenators Sixteensenators " senators voted to override override3ust overTlde- overTlde override- override overTldeJust overridejust - 3ust Just barely a conshtuhonal constitutional conshtuhonaltwo constitutionaltwo constitutionaltwo two thirds majority ma3ority The ac achon action action hon tion of the senate means that thatcountIes thatcounties thatcounties countIes and cities will con contmue continue continue tmue tinue to receive Class Band BandC B and andC andC C road funds Theppro The \ppro ppro ' \ ippropria { > rJa rJatlons tlons tions appropnations ippropriations , Mill asill \ III be larger than here heretofore heretofore heretofore tofore as the legislature leglshture vot voted voted voted ed to increase mcrnse the Class Chss Band BandC B and andC andC C road funds by $500 500 $ 000 000There 000There There is no possibility posslblhtv ofpassing of ofpassmg ofpassing passmg passing any . additional 1.ddItlonal 1ddItlonal school schoolrevenue schoolrevenue schoolrevenue revenue legislation Senator Senator'Iehch SenatorMelich SenatorMelich 'Iehch Iehch Melich ' stated The legIslature legIslaturewIll legislatureavill legislaturewill wIll avill qdjoum 1.dJoum 1dJoum idjoum . this eveningFollowing evening everung Following Followmg one of the most mosthectic mosthectic mosthectic hectic sessions in m the history of ofthe ofthe ofthe the state the 27th Utah leglsla legisla legislature legisiature ture will adjourn adourn ) some time hme to tonight tonight night according accordmg to a telephonemessage telephone telephonemessage telephonemessage message from Senator Mitchell MitchellMehch MitchellMelich MitchellMelicli Independent Mehch Melich to The Times Indepen Independent Independent dent at noon todaySenator today todaySenator Senator . Melich M.ehch Mehch stated that thatsenate thatthe thatthe the senate would avould vote this af afternoon afternoon afternoon ternoon m in an attempt to over overrIde override override rIde Gov Gay Maw s veto of the theClass theClass Class Band B and C road approprla appropnia tlons tions appropnations approprlatlons appropniations to counties and cl cities les The Thehouse Thehouse Thehouse house yesterday overrode the thechief thechief thechief chief executive s action on this thisveto thisveto veto The vote in m the upper houce houe upperhou upperhouce upperhoue e Senator Melich Mellch predIct predIcted predicted predicted closeSenate ed would be extremely etremely ' ! : close closeSenate closeSenate Senate pl-oponents pl oponents proponents - of the appro approprlatIon appropniation appropnation prlatIon pniation ' ivere 'were were were having havmg difficultin thfuicultin d thfuicult f1cult } m in rounding roundmg up the ne"essary neessary " two necessarytwo ne"essarytwo neessarytwo thirds majority to reverse the reversethe governor's governors ' ' vetoIn vetoIn veto vetoIn In his veto message mes"age mesage " the gov governor governor governor fundsheretofore ernor urged that tht that , the funds heretofore paid out of auto registration reg regIstrahon registration Istrahon istration money to counties and andCI andcit andcit roadfunds CI cit t es as Class Band B and Croad C road funds be diverted to the schools schoolsThe The much debated school bIllwas1mally billwaslinally bill was1mally waslinally was .finally finally . passed by both housand houses hous es and sent to the governor yes yesterday terday Th s measure provides zarovides amInImum aminimum a minimum schoolfunds of $3300of $3300 3300 $ of school funds foi fOl each classroom umtItS unitits unit umt its purpose being to raise themlIDmum theminimum the minimum mlIDmum salaries salanes of school teachers schoolteachers in the state Where the themoney themoney themoney money meetthe is coming commg from to meet the increased mcreased school costs is the theperplexIng theperplexing theperplexing perplexIng ClassB question If the Class B and C road funds for countiesand counties countiesand countiesand and cities are retained by over overrIdmg overriding overriding rIdmg riding the governor in m the sen senate senate senate ate SenatorMelich SenatorMelJch it seems probable Senator MelJch Melich said that the school schoolfunds funds bya will have to be raised by a tremendous increase mcrease in m thestate the thestate thestate state school levy A state levy levyof levyof levyof of 23 7 mills would be requlr requir ed required requlred Severalof Several of the high bracket bracketcountlesGrand bracketcountiesGrand bracketcounties countles--Grand countles Grand counties-Grand counties - - Grand being bemg one of ofthem ofthemwould them-would them would themwouldalso - - would also have to impose 1m im 1mpose impose pose retain.the retainthe retamthe high local levies to retam retain . the theynow same amount of money they now have for schools In Grand Grandcounty Grandcounty Grandcounty county if l the property tax sys tern ten-i ten i schoolfunds - is used to raise the school funds a local levy of about fivemills fIve fIvemills fivemills levyof mills in m addition to state levy of 23 7 mills would have to beset beset be beset set to raise the same arnoi . money now available avalhble avail'ible availible ' for teacher teachen teach teacher I er en salaries Any increases mcreases in m the thesalanes thesalaries - salaries salanes of Grand county teach teachers teachers ers could ni not > t be paid unless the theI district dlstrlct sets still higher levies I leviesAs As the situation now stands It Itappear itappear appear that Grand county taxpayers taxpayers tax payers centmcrease centincrease ayers are facing facmg a 100 per cent ncrease mcrease increase in m ' their 'their school property taxSenator tax thatevery Senator Mehchstated Melichstated Melich Mehch stated that every effort is being bemg made by the senate to figure : out outsome some someway way of raising the needed neededschool school funds without resortmg resorting to the high property tax but the house today served notice that it would not approve admIssion of any new legislation and in 1Il 1Iltended intended tended to adjourn sine sme die dle tills this thise tillsevenmg thisevening evening evenmg andC BandC evenmgThe eveningThe The veto of the Class Band B and C road funds if upheld by the senate will be bea a severe blow to tod toGrand Grand county and Moab cIty These funds have practically financed fmanced the county s road op erations eratlOns during the past eight eightyears years and the elimination ellmmatlOn of the appropriation theapproprIatIon would mean a se severe vere curtailment of work local officials IfIclals fficials local11 localfficials state _ |