Show The Utah Legislature The rho fourth th week of or tile the session flon o ot of of r the twenty-first twenty Utah L Ila- Ila lure turc shows seven measures liar have passed both hoth house fin rind mid senate am and three of or these have hC been n approved c hy ly the go governor or The three approved l e Il measures are arc hou house e bill hill 14 nn an emergency nl bill hill extending illg to April 1 15 1935 the period of re redemption at lt low Interest of or property facing tile sale Ie for delinquent taxes tuxes house 1111 1 appropriating OO O for expenses es and house concurrent concurrent concurrent con con- current r resolution 1 extending sympathy sympathy sym sym- pathy wIthy to Rep nep Slough of or on th the death of his daughter The senate n adopted opted 2 2 which would free homes and farms up to toO 1 2000 O of assessed valuation nn and automobiles automobiles au nu- and other personal property property property prop prop- erty up to from taxation If this ibis bill Is approves approved b by the house bonse and the thc governor Jofe ln or the 19 7 T ture turn will have before it the problem of t making the n necessary laws to carry out the provisions supplied by iy the above resolution Two years will elapse before the effect of this measure reaches the time property owning public Amendments to the governors go committee omm of ot 40 49 program for the control of or liquor are springing ing up upon on an n efer every hand but the state warehouse warehouse ware ware- house bouse plan substituting a program for the thc state sale at nt wholesale seems to have arouse aroused a gent great deal enl of t Interest Establishment of a fi teachers teacher retirement retIrement retirement re re- re- re system was proposed Under Under Un Un- der del its provisions any member ofa ofa of a n teachers teacher's association would b be he el eligible eligible el- el to retirement after 30 O years years' service on reaching the n age e of CT Gi In Inthe Inthe Inthe the case of men and amI GO CO in the case of f wom women n. n The house committee on bl highways highways high high- h. h ways reported unfavorably on the hill LIU to Increase drivers drivers' license fee from 25 cents to 1 Echoes of m mass s meetings held heM In mining centers of or Utah were heard as IS the fourth week of the session vas under tinder way The mass meetings were ere held In protest to further taxation tax tax- of ot mines mines' and mining the cc n being that Utah Is almost hoUy dependent on mines The Peterson bill If passed will have e havethe havethe the effect of causing miners to be paid from the time they reach the shaft until they leave rather than thans thanas ns as s at present wherein they are paid only after atter reaching the work work- ings underground IR Legislators favoring favoring favoring oring increased taxation on mines and nd minerals point out that their program provides for levies on dividends dividends div div- rather than on production Three bills bills' of Intense Interest to farmers of ot the state were Introduced Introduce e ed in the house by M. M L. L Holbrook Davis IDa one Increases the minimum mini- mini mum weight requirements for the content of berry containers another moth moth- er cr a n feed bill Is designed to compel manufacturers of stock feed teed to list ingre ingredients lents of their products by labeling the original sack or ba baIn bag bagin in which the tIle latter are sold The thIrd bill would delete from rom the present law eg egg grading stan standards ards The state board of or agriculture would woul be given gInn p power to set up standards under the tIle bill Utah's dairy and beef beer industry will sponsor sponsor sponsor spon spon- sor a 11 bill which will raise the tax on ou butler butter substitutes It has bas been pointed out that the increase would amount to 15 l per ler cent on substitutes containing less than Ulan 70 per cent domestic domestic domestic do do- fat TI Highlights I gh ts from flom the tile budget message of Gov GO Blood I am against Increased taxation if it can possibly l be avol avoided e There should be no relaxation In Ju the rigid control control control con con- of oC expenditures but I cannot close dose my eyes eres to the necessity o ot otome j some onie increased appropriations to meet demonstrated demonstrate needs The public demands nn and expects more I from the state stale government than ever ev ev- efer ever er before in spite of the peoples people's own plea for economy Two years of experience in attempting to operate operate oper oper- operate ate state government on drastically re reduced legislative appropriations have serve served to prove that there Is Isa isa isn a n I point nt In expenditures below which it Is not economical to go That point was reached reache and passed lurIng during the present biennium The budget h herewith presented to you reflects the apportionment believed belleve just to the several participants Inthe Inthe in inthe the estimated total of or general fund revenues The total of budgeted Items is l or less than the estimated revenue for the thC biennium A A. mass of ot assorted bills fills the legislative hopper hop cr Although taxation tare taxa tion Uon liquor labor and educational bills bUls were in the spotlight during the first weeks of or the session the time Miscellaneous list reads all aU the way from tram congratulating con President F. F D D. Roosevelt Roose on his third fifty birth birth- ny to one authorizing the killing of f dogs dohs which have c annoye annoyed live lIve- tock stock HB lIB Requires Requires railroads to provide pro- pro vide Tide uniform signals at railroad crossings R HB 40 pro l providing ln for payment garment by the state of ot all costs Incident to removal of ot prisoners prisoner from county jails to state prison on A A. bill creating a state board of shorthand reporters was introduced by hy Senator Ira Hugging Huggins sn SD 10 lOT would provide for the time registration of all musicians under the state board designed ed for that purpose SR sn 84 Si would place all abstractors under zinder a n stale abstract ct commissIon slon t 4 |