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Show Report From The State Legislature BY D. A. TEBBS I will not give a detailed account of the daily happenings in the legislature, it would take up too much space. You should follow de-Itails each day in the dally newspapers. I have found that if you vote yes on a bill you may or may not comment, but if you vote no you are expected to explain your vote. I voted "No" on the bill creating a State Museum of Natural History at the University of Utah. I felt that we can't afford everything and although this bill did not call for an appropriation at this time it seem-cd certain that it would come back next year for an appropriation. I felt that we have other good organizations col-lectlng museum Items so was not too anxious to establish an organization In Salt Lake that would draw museum pieces from Southern Utah to build a museum at the University in Salt Lake. The bill passed 52 to 11. Not one of the bills pro posed has been defeated, most of Jhem passed with an unanimous vote. There have been 112 bills introduced in the House to date, 10 to 15 bills coming in each day, few of them create new laws and most are amendments to existing laws. The passage of House Bill 38 created a good deal of Interest. This Is the bill which would eliminate the present requirement that 13'a per cent of the sales tax revenue be placed In the uniform school fund. The bills passed by the House this week are Bill 51 which eliminates from the State's smoking law the ban on smoking in public transportation waiting rooms and dining rooms of restaurants and hotels; 25, that adds conservation of water to Soil Conservation law; 56, which will allow county treasurers to use serial or code numbers in lieu of property descriptions when publishing delinquent tax notices in newspapers. |