Show ft w s I 1 ader ep me 4 JIG t UY ity W WWW W WW W UTA I 1 I 1 STATU Hl Al ll SUh J J ell I 1 I 1 OON P M I 1 B 0 oil I 1 0 SALT LAKE CITY special to co tile news despite the possible unconstitutionality of their actions members of tile tho utah house of representatives front froin 26 25 of tile states 29 counties count lea have successfully cess coss fully stopped an effort by representatives from utah web or gi davis dails and salt lake laho counties to enact legislation providing provia tag for i a te re of seats in tile the house the nig dig pout four counties count loa had a population in fit excess of in fix 1940 according to federal census figures while tile tho remaining 25 26 counties had residents representing this population in the lower house aro are 30 representatives while the remaining maims are represented by an all equal number of house members mom bora that Is where politics enters the picture under the present representation the 26 counties standing together can call defeat any legislation desired by tile tha other four counties count lea if the ro re apkor tion ment bill had passed tho the four counties would havo hava 36 35 votes the 30 votes from tho the 25 outlying counties statutory law provides that the people of tho the state shall bo be represented in the lower house on tile tho basis of one re presenta tite for each inhabitants or major fraction thereof but that each county of population shall bo be entitled to tit nt least ono one representative tile constitutionality of tile ors ora actions was questioned ile bo causo of a mandatory section in the state constitution which in effect says buys that eliat the legislature 11 shall provide for ro apportion eilent following each decennial U S census it tho the census shows the nood need for such apportion reapportion re ro mont representative J welton W 0 11 0 n ward D box elder santes on oil tile tho house floor that lie ho wits was forced to vote ln in favor of thel the measure lo asuro because ho he regarded a 0 noll NO vote veto its aa W a violation of tits hla constitutional anth other members from outlying counties who voted in favor 0 of tho the bill were sushan alice smith R dag gott gett and amos D robinson D rich several days later inter top rep james L nielson Nl olson it San poto stated on tile tho house floor that tie ho would favor the measure ir if it came before the body again as lie ho had decided that hla his constitutional oath made it mandatory tor for him to vote for the bill defeat of tile the measure can be partially blamed on three salt luke lake and weber county cepro the alie time of tile the final vote wibb senta tives who were absent at the result showing a 2828 28 28 tie the additional three votes would have meant success instead ot failure for the proposed proposed act during arguments on the measure proponents of tile tho raap ro ra ap portion ment pointed out that under tho the present setup set up tho the counties of daggett grand rich and plute with a total population of i only tire are represented by lot four members la in the house while the residents of utah county are ara allowed only five house votes even under the proposed apportionment reapportionment re utah county would be allowed only six members in the lower house utah taxpayers already suffering from a badly bruised and discolored tax jaw suffered another blow on the chin when the house killed a bill by rep grant AlId midgley gley L salt lake and pred fred J D juab to eliminate lini nate the two per cent sales tax on food and food products despite an increase in fit sales tax revenues during the tit july 1942 january 1943 period rep A outstanding welfare exponent in ill tile the house arose against the measure and shod shed crocodile toni tonis s while say ing that passage of tile measure would completely allu out tile tho reserve fund of oe till the welfare tin tho vote on oil tile tho tax reduction 1 in measure on st 1 ro f follows w 8 bolt representatives boll D I 1 salt lake duvall D salt lit lako 0 kellott Kl 1 I llott oft D utah roto gut 1 D utah lial laday U D hatch D cacho holt holt 1 stilt salt lako Joli jonkins kills D 1 or er larson it nuch Ducho stio ameail or D I 1 grand arand Alid gloy D stilt salt aniie I annu Atil linian D dual noble D cacho cache D bobor no flo borts D utah robinson D rich and ward D box aldor lov AGAINST rop reson tat ives andorson anderson I 1 D utah butali DrInk brinkerhoff erhoff it wayno cannon it salt lako lake christenson it IL Ban San poto durham D salt lako lake eldwood El awood D I 1 frost R kano gardner D di washington halo D salt lako lake it salt lake In globy D salt latta jack D salt lalo lake jonson jenson D emery jones jonea II 11 san juan kerr ri it box elder eider D utah Al tibey stilt salt lako lake marsden it II iron merrill D salt lake murdock Murdoc lt 11 II beaver Al murdock D davis albors IL II galfield gal field nielson Nl elson it II San poto tc penrose D salt lake nna mussen D summit rood D salt lako lake rees noea R morgan rees D salt lako lake schenk D continued on last pago page under the capitol dome 1 I 11 continued from pago page ono one cacho cache smith sinith it daggett baggott Dag gott D salt lake staples U R soviet stevens St ovens it II wasatch babatch Wa Batch it H uintah walker D salt lako lake whittaker R plute lind and white D weber and not vitilla atop corlese Cow leso lese D carbon greenwood Gro enwood D salt bait lako lake jonson D weber Alo zloy it II salt lake paxton 11 millard and st abin D carbon additional hou couo pe action included 01 udea passed SD 40 41 tind and 42 to on en courado mine alno leasing in utah by relieving mine owners of tho the cost |