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Show Hirschi And Miller Introduce Measures In State Legislature Among his major activities of the past week in the Utah senate, Claud Hirschi, senator from Hurricane, introduced S. B. :'.65, appropriating $27,000 to Dixie college for the purchase pur-chase of property. He was honored with appointment to the senate sifting committee, which will determine deter-mine those measures on the upper house calendar or in the hands of standing committees as of last Friday Fri-day to be reported out for final action ac-tion before the close of the session. Senator Hirschi voted no on S. B. 91, prohibiting trespass on state lands for grazing purposes or removal re-moval of natural resources. Representative L. N. Marsden, Jr. of Cedar City Introduced H. B. 158, redefining "labor dispute" so that it would be limited only to situations situa-tions In which a majority of employes em-ployes in a collective bargaining unit are concerned, and providing that picketing would be unlawful except In such disputes. Representative Albert E. Miller of St. George Introduced H. B. 169, appropriating (27,000 for the purchase pur-chase of land for Dixie college. By UARDA McCARTY The fate of Governor Herbert B. Maw's far-reaching government reorganization re-organization plan rests with the Utah state senate following the surprising and practically unanimous unani-mous passage last Friday by the house of representatives of H. B. 82, the single measure encompassing encompass-ing all of the chief executive's proposals pro-posals for executive, departmental, and commission revamping. It now remains for the 23 state senators to decide in what form they will consider the governor'3 proposals as the one all-Inclusive H. B. 82 or in the apparently favored favor-ed assortment of 39 bills recently Introduced in the upper house to individually cover the varied phases of the plan. Legislative experts predict pre-dict that the passed house bill will be discarded and reorganization enacted in the series of attorney -analyzed measures. At the close of the 41st session day Saturday the 39 reorganization reorganiza-tion bills and at least 10 others allied al-lied with reorganization were under consideration, with legal assistance, by the senate committee on revision and enrollment. It was expected that some of the measures passed upon as constitutionally drawn, would reach the senate calendar this week. In the meantime 382 of the 510 bills and resolutions Introduced up to last Friday night remained unacted un-acted upon by either senate or house. Of the 510 total, 52 had been passed by both houses. Of these, Governor Maw had signed 11 to place them on the statute books. Twenty-one bills and resolutions had been killed by the two legislative branches. Nine had been withdrawn. The house had 27 senate-passed measures to act upon and the senate sen-ate 19 house-passed measures. Approximately 100 of the 382 bills and resolutions as yet unacted upon had to do with taxation and court or legal procedure divided about 50 each. Another 50 had to do with state government reorganization. Fourteen concerned education, 15 traffic or highways, 13 were of interest in-terest to labor and 11 to water users. Thirteen carry appropriations. Ten relate to elections, 10 to defense, five to housing, five to fish and game, six to welfare, six to liquor sales and eight to health. A dozen or so have to do with agriculture and livestock. Others relate to civil service, pensions, and marriage. Several are of regulatory nature, while near.y 10 seek establishment of commissions or boards. The senate last week passed the house-approved bill authorizing counties to levy a tax for participation participa-tion in weed eradication programs, the house bill strengthening supervision super-vision of benevolent and mutual Insurance In-surance companies, and another house bill making it optional rather than mandatory to maintain a city court in municipalities or more than 5,000 population. The house passed senate-approved bills bringing federal fed-eral employes residing in Utah under un-der the state income law, and authorizing au-thorizing the fish and game department depart-ment to use certain state-owned lands adjacent to Great SaltLalce for recreational activities. In addition to passing H. B. 82, the lower house approved H. B. 83, liberalizing the old age assistance act. |