Show Moab Lawmakers End Session Leave Salt Lake City for Now T T-I Capitol Bureau Salt Lake City Southeastern Southeast Southeast- ern em Utah's two legislators legislator's packed their law books las last week and left Salt Loke Lake Cit CIty and the 1961 session of th the State Legislature One of them Rep Melvin S S S. S Dalton DaHon D Moab D-Moab is resigned to returning within the next two months for a special legislative session but the theother other ther Sen Charles A. A Steen left th legislative halls for good see above bove story Rep Dalton will probably trek back to Salt Lake City In company com corn pany lany with whoever is named by Coy Jov George D. D Clyde as Mr Steens Steen's successor primarily to consIder what have proven themselves to be two of the most controversial and critical of the states state's money bills blUs They are re expected to deliberate ate over a one-half one cent statewIde statewide statewide state state- wide sales tax C that would bring the statewide sales tax to 2 cents and the special public school construction n bill the governor governor gov gov- vetoed once during d the I I regular session The governor governor was expected to turn thumbs-down thumbs on both these measures again At any rate Rep Dalton said he felt pretty good about the session In gen general ral the states state's schools were treated well and the legislature legislature legis legis- lature gave some consideration to to everything of major importance tance Rep Dalton said adding however that of the more than measures considered It Is hard to take tak an Inside look at t them all aU in 60 days The brightest spot In the thele le legislative legislative le- le picture for Grand county coun i ty and Rep Dalton Dalto was the brisk ani and unanimous approval received by the bill blU Sen Bill 92 withdrawing Cane Creek potash land from oil and gas leasing This action triggered a 30 million development for potash mining which will boost Moab's economy with a permanent home Industry Rep Dalton had sharp words of criticism for the legislature however as the session closed I They hey louse U House leaders lenders waited too too long to bring out the major ma ma- jor revenue revenue measures he pe said so that we were forced to vote salary raises and appropriations without knowing where the money money money mo mo- ney was to come from Crom i I think the people state employees employees employees em em- who already were were makIng mak mak- ing lag good salaries were given too large raises he added We Ve Ve tried to keep increases down to 5 per cent but administrators S of some of the big departments got 10 per cent raises I voted against the 10 per percent percent percent cent raises but did vote for the raises td county officials Rep Dalton declared These raises brought county salaries up to toa toa toa a livable standard Talking of taxes Rep Dalton said he is sure the state will get by ay without having any additional addition addition- al taxes levied on property but feels eels the one-half one cent sales tax ta increase is Inevitable in the special special cial session This will be needed to pay for lor some of the Increases voted by ay the legislature which the extra extra extra ex ex- ex- ex tra taxes coming from an expanded expanded ex ex- state economy will not take care of of he said Concluding Rep Dalton sold saId he ho has enjoyed this his second term as a state representative and that he has appreciated all they Grand count county residents have said and done to help hImin him himIn himin In his decisions as the county's representative |