Show W by M STATI j J CAHOON C A t i 1 I 1 7 d I 1 0 41 salt litho lake city special to tho the news prospects for economy in ili state government grow din dimmer linor and dimmer no as tile biennial session of the utah legislature passed its halfway mark this week measures Aloa proposing salary increases to tho the state auditor treasurer court reporters and a resolution urging tho the governor to raise salaries of all state oin em aloyes havo have received approval of tho the lower house which at tho the same halite exhibited a tendency of opposition to any ally attempt to reduce tho the heavy tax loud load on oil the grett great mass of tho the citizens of tho the state legislation granting it a increase to court reporters was passed by tho the house as an emergency measure and will restore tho the reporters to their old salary of 2400 in 1945 tho attitude of the house members can best be illustrated by the remark of rop rep james L nielson Nl elson R San peto who said 1 I oppose this bill to increase court reporters salaries because I 1 thought economy was to be the keynote of this legislature but I 1 ant am rapidly being forced to flange change C my mind two income tax measures were by the legislators tito the first by rep S IV elswood D weber to repeal tile the entire on tiro state individual income tax low was killed and tho the second iii measure ensure to ralsa personal ex by republicans quayle cannon jr and frank both of salt luke lake was do feared but brought back before tho house on oil motion inot loii to reconsider this bill now lies on oil tile house table white ats sponsors await a moro more opportune opp time to bring it before tho the body for consideration era tion during debate on oil the income tax measure inoa sura nn all anti economy noto was sounded by rep J W reed D salt lake or of tile appropriations committee who said tile tho committee already was waa searching for additional sources of revenue to meet needs roll call on the income tax measure to increase exemptions showed the following represent natives voting tit in tho the negative andorson Aulo Aa dorson iBon D utah brinker iloff it wayne christenson R San pote durham D snit salt lake duvall D salt lake el llott ilott 1 D utah frost it R kane holt D salt lake ingleby M I 1 salt lake jenkins D I 1 weber jensen D emery jones R san junn juan loveridge Loverl dge D utah marsden R iron midgley D salt lake Milli ninn D juab murdock joan Z D davis myers flyers it garfield Gartl eld noble D cache penrose poni ose D salt lake D summit reed need D salt lake J E rees it morgan T al roes noes D salt lake roberts D utah robinson III rich schenk D cache Bt staples aples R sevier stevens R wasatch and ward D box E elder I 1 d e r absent and not voting greenwood D salt lake nielson Nl elson ra R Si jaxson it IL tj and ll it 11 uintah tall excused hop cannon changed liali ht voto to NO to on oll abl a bin him lit in to move for a reconsideration adoration do ration of tile bill bembera of tile house fill terni III bloc joshed several lays days later inter during dolato debate on their me to i farmers of tax on oil agricultural prod products lets which havo have boon been processed and returned to the producer following their earlier stand on oil tile tho bill 1111 to increase tax exemptions empt ions lotis in which they contended eliat it should bo be it a privilege to pay taxes I 1 ir 11 GC CH to krant grant owners of homesteads si it 1000 exemption where the said home hoino or homestead la is occupied by tile tho owner was introduced in ili tho the house during tile tho week with bills offering both prop orty will and income tax ta relief lit in tho the house gristmill there probably will vill bo be bunty of back of tho the scenes horse lionso trading befaro tho the house members mon ibers voto veto on oil either I 1 ino asuro again inn ii speaking of horses 9 D B 98 to legill ize horse racing and pari parl betting batting lit in utah was reported back on oil tile tho floor of tho the benato by tho the agriculture committee without recommendation rc and its chances tor for final passage were considered conal derod practically nil however senator juno june kendall Kon dall D I 1 juab professes to son a bright future for ills his bill 1111 but ono one suspects that while lie he Is wholeheartedly hear tealy backing tho the inot measure ho lias has tongue in ell cheek e ok when continued on page four |