Show Reapportionment Funds Fund School Top Problems Facing Legislators t tt ash II L ELAND on job iob In Senate t Kyr r 4 z ASHEL MANWARING delegate to House State Stafe Senator Leland and State Rep Ashel Manwar- Manwar Manwaring log ing before they left to take their places in the new nelv state legislature legislature ure that openEd Monday were agreed that reapportionment finance and education will be top problems for the lawmaking body's six week Ue BULLETIN Senator has been ap ap pointed chairman of the high high- highways highways ways and aeronautics committee and also a member of the follow follow- followIng following Ing committees agriculture and irrigation appropriations and public health welfare and In- In Institutions institutions Senator warned that reapportionment will come due to the decision of the US Sup Sup- Supreme Supreme reme Court how It will come will be a major problem for the solons IF THE heavily populated heavily populated ur- ur urban ban areas gain control of the legislature it will affect Uintah County greatly In such fields as water rights the senator warn warn- warned warned ed If H Uintah County has to share its representative he favored sharing him with the neighbor neighbor- neighboring ing counties of Duchesne and Wasatch populations with similar or grouping Uintah with Daggett and Grand counties Senator is particular particular- ly particularly close to the school problem as he was a member of the edu- edu education cation committee to in the last leg leg- isla legisla ture Ile He commented on the firm tax base that Uintah County has due to its mineral gas and oil development and reserves HE THOUGHT it likely that a tax increase will be approved and will b be necessary to keep the state government operating I even at its present level leel al- al though although he said he dislikes tax increases as they tend to dis- dis discourage discourage courage new industry He approved of additional funds for tourist promotion and also said he believed that some funds als also should be allocated for industrial development Senator said he he is urging a range long program of promotion for the development of industry I shall attend an all hearings bearings and committee meetings to be informed on all the major issues and I will not sponsor a bill unless it has real merit the senator stated State Rep Manwaring predict predict- predicted predicted ed the new session will be one of the most challenging in its history lIe also warned of the dangers of reapportionment to Uintah County and said that the state must be kept out of financial bondage Si I DO NOT believe in a too centralized government either state or federal he averred lIe He has urged a laying aside of personal feelings and a work work- working ing so that the state may grow without too heavy a tax burden Both legislators have bave expressed express express- expressed ed their approval of freeport but have warned that freeing too much property from taxation would place a heavy burden on property owners BOTH HAVE said they were not in favor of increasing pro pro pro- property perty taxes but finding addition addition- additional al revenue from other sources Alternatives suggested have been a one half percent increase in the sales tax or a small In- In Increase in crease in the state income tax Senator has said he was not in favor of removing the present immunity of the gov- gov government government from lawsuits lIe said that lawsuits lawsuit might ruin some counties or increase taxes to pay for insurance against law law- suits Both Senator and Rep Hep Manwaring are arc Democrats Charting strategy for the Dem majority as House floor leader will be Rep Clifton N publisher of the Uin Uin- Uintah tab tah Basin Standard SENATOR served during the last legislature as chairman of the powerful rules committee and also as a mem- mem member member ber of the committees committee for agri- agri agriculture agriculture culture and irrigation education and state federal and military affairs and civil defense lIe was also a member of the house of Representatives from Continued on page 8 Legislators Continued from page 1 lie is a past president of Uin tah Cattle and of Uintah County Water Users lIe has ser ved as chairman of Uintah Coun ty Hospital Board and has bas been beena a member of the board of trust ees of the State Leukemia Soc lety HE ALSO HAS served on Ash ley by National Forest Advisory Council on Uintah County Upper Colorado River Development Committee and as a member of Uintah County Water Conser vancy District lie Ilc has bas been a raiser cattle for formost or most of his adult life Rep Manwaring has served liS as chairman of the Board of I County Commissioners on the I Central Utah Project lIe also served in the House of Representatives from 1962 1961 Ills HIs other civic activities in in- in include clude four years as Uintah Coun Coun- County ty Commissioner three years on I Ithe the hospital board and two years on the school building commit tee I lIe has served as bishop high councilman and In other I Church offices all of his life I By occupation he is a farmer and stone and brick contractor |