Show N Ne my i. i s s o F ra ate D VI IUa g 1 l Legislature Wr-J Wr gr i il df nt A-nt t f. f 1 v II T e P mart Increased i Revenues d I an Re Be- 1 I Fare Session t tV V venues 1 11 00 t. t to 0 Convene 0 o. o J January U 11 11 k P SALT BAir LAZE LAK Dee Dec SO SOUP I UP VP UP-Bythe By the time the 1933 of legislature convenes in tn incoming ln- ln coming Mate o officials will probably be too worried by problems problems-of pr of governmental gov eov- 1 expense and taxation to realize realise prosperity is t return return- returnIng Ing unemployment ing decreasing and aDd much mot i f the country la isi beginning to i again t with few 1 economic om c worries M rf O fc 4 V v v II business ss men report report re report re- re port the meet most moat active and remunerative season in is number ra-number t of years yeara of of or them r In an an time all high ch e ich a picture does not 1101 confront con veu- veu front the 1937 legislature C ca conven convening ing 11 j Mart Many officials feel that in order der to provide adequate funds lot to governmental gov expense during the forthcoming biennium lature will be forced 4 to e enact new tax I measure Others Other are arti hopeful hope hope- rid ful i that new revenue measures win will not be necessary bu but they ad they mst may t be Others others' whistle in tn the the- dark and choose to let Jet the matted n the le legislature convenes Wh Whatever the outcome one thing df If the I goes the the full the full fuD limit in tn following I the to homestead tax exemption bT by voters atthe atthe at atthe the November election n new rev revenue J must n. n necessarily be f odd found r uM As AA A. A passed at the polls the act pro provides pro pro-I homes the vides vide for tor exempting homes to the extent of 2000 2900 ancl and personal II pro pro pro-I property perty up to 3 r Y Amount of exemption however actually rest rests resta In tn the hands of the to legislature officials point out Few Pew believe the lawmakers will go ID the limit in tn providing relief to home to-home borne owner Such a move no not note only would Jeopardize a principal sauce of state income but also atso would be UD impolitic many feet feeL The amendment amen amen- dment dment only one of or five propositions to to receive voter receive voter endorsement squeaked through but the Barest barest ma majority tr n nOn On the other ore aide side of the t ts s I ste ul exemption picture is II the re report report report re- re port of the committee of Nine re released re 1 leased recently revealing that the Committee will wW recommend Jer adoption of the the- amendment amend ment meat with wit the greatest exemption pc possible While city tax structures structure would would would-be be unaffected by such web sett action a Committee Chairman Miller Mil MD- ll her ler estimated that un under the Committees Committee's torn Com new exemption pro tax losses would be as follows State and aDd local school funds funds' 1 i 1000 Counties and the state fund The committee advanced a hall Pau dozen dasen f balancing the to loss They Ibey Included possible increase of in tn liquor revenues rev rev- enuel added Income m Continued on page four I NEW PROBLEMS FACE PACE INCOMING LEGISLATURE tr n pan page one ODe a- a a revised reVIled metal met mines mines lii t tax iii x and tram from a natural tural gas CU tax tu Additionally several forma forms of 01 bank tax hiss haw been advanced with po 1 yields ranging r from to W e returns of or ofa a a l general M tax iii ft a Ii t t on iron ore have not been com corn compiled piled but both sources source have been eyed as u likely fields for new in In- in- in comes But powerful lobbies and numerous numerous num erous legal tangles tangle would be confronted confronted confronted con con- fronted In bringing about such ucb a revision Observers feel cease conse- that a fun full exemption of homes and aDd personal perlOW property is Sa unlikely at this this session on t Direct primary primary legislation for doe or many yean years the pet issue of small political units outside Salt Lake sake county and more populous are areas treas is almost certain to be one of the first problems taken up by the le legislature leg leg- I With both parties finally pledged to back baek a direct primary law nominating nom near m convention opponents nom nom-I feel there is Ia scant Kant possibility of so- so called machine politicians salvaging salvaging sal sal- the old IY system teni from the Capitol grist mill at this thIa time LI Liberalization of the state liquor liquor control act Insofar as It U applies to beer licenses Is la another issue certain to bring forth considerable action early in the session The Democratic platform views this Phase of revision Ion as aa encouraging temperance It Is likely however that temperance or organizations n an anthe and d the State Bete Liquor Commission anxious an an- to maintain Its Ita control over r beer parlors parlor will wW oppose It on co grounds that more beer part parlors art will mean more enforcement dif dif- Acuities and subsequently ran more e Infractions |