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Show " Under The CAPITOL DOME By James Conrad Members of Utah's 27th Legislature Legisla-ture moved into the business of law-ni:-k!ng this week on Capi.ol Hill, while mulling over in the bsck of I their minds the broad legislative program outlined by Gov. Herbert B. Maw in his general message. The Republican party for the first tune In nearly a decade and a half Is holding a ma or position in the UUi Legislature, and its over-v. over-v. helming majority In the House combined with a Democatlc majority ma-jority of only one vote in the sen ate, will determine the success or failure of the administration's program. pro-gram. Cognizant of this fact, Governo-I Governo-I Maw In the opening paragrah o his address declared: "The people through their votet have divided the control of th( two houses betwren their majo ui'iiiic-u parties. Tiie responsibility responsibili-ty for whnt is accomplished by thlf legislature, therefore, must be equal !y borne by both groups. Th's divided di-vided control can prove to be highly high-ly beneficial if the two houses will ';-k harmoniously with each o'.her l-r the general good, and if the .eglslatiire will pemlt the executive branch of the government to coop-Tate coop-Tate wIKi It in all Instances where cooperation will be helpful or beneficial. ben-eficial. On the whole the Governor's mes-snge mes-snge may be viewed as an economic security program. Major proposal-In proposal-In his program included. Agilculture- First, creation of a non-partisan bonrd, financed by s 1 $1,1)00,001) revolving fund, ' a' faclll late constructloji of small dams ant reservoirs. Secondly, federal ale construction of the Central Utah water and jwwer project and an appropriation ap-propriation of $150,000 to enablt the state to employ experts to study and to protect the state's water rights on the Green and Caloradt Rivers. This latter program to he carried out in connection wl.h th( division of these river waters b? Upimt Basin states Compact Commission. Com-mission. Livestock Industry Addltlona' financial support for livestock shows, large scale research In poul try nnd livestock diseases, contro of predatory animals, agrlcuhurp research, research Into supplementing supplemen-ting ringe grasses, fire control am foil conservation, plus studies InU the advisability of the establish ment of meat nnd wool processlnf plants In the state. s Mining and Manufacturing A mend Utah's taxa'lon and regula tiry laws to encourage manufac turlng enterprises to locate plant In Utah to process the state's raw materials. Tou'Lst Industry Retention o the Safe Department of Publlcltj aii-l Industrial Devlopment for promotion pro-motion of more than a $70,000.00 tourist industry in Utuh. Roads Increase from 4 to ( .ents per gallon In tax on gasollni for a period of five years to Initiate Init-iate a 20-year $275,000,000 road pro nielli at n minimum rate of $13,760, m annually, to Include $93,000,00( In federal funds. (This program, 'ml lined by federal and state en-ulneers en-ulneers at the governor's request overs only construction, reconstruction recon-struction and maintenance of the ta e .system.) In ndclii Ion, the g vernor iiirpc' -intendment of present motor fuel ax laws so ns to place some lla-'jlllty lla-'jlllty on Interstate truckers as If now borne by Intrastate truckers. Welfare Repeal of county property pro-perty taxes for welfare purposes tc iffset Increased gasoline tax. (Thl vould reduce assessments on homes, 'arms and other real property 5 mills In most count les and more 'ban 3 mills In all counties.) A-mendment A-mendment of public welfare In whereby n welfare client's iiome 'owned and occupied by hlm. and IK lot on which Its stands," may ' o the only real property dlsrcgard-d dlsrcgard-d In determining his public as-i Istnnee grant. To allow the state I 'o take liens on mortgaged proper-y proper-y where monthly Installments paid by the recipient, are Included In Continued on Duck Page Capitol Dome Continued From Front Page itaje relief grants and are considered consid-ered as capita expenditures by the elfare department. Centennial Immediate ppi'iop-rlatlon ppi'iop-rlatlon of $831,500 to cover Centennial Centen-nial Commission budget. ($500,000 )f this amount would be set up in revolving fund and prob.ibly woulr be returnable from lees recelvd at special centennial events). Other recommendations by the governor favored approval of his State Veterans Advisory Council report re-port to be submitted during the session: urged great care be exerted exer-ted in deciding on advisab'lity of purchasing Bushnell hospital pro-rrty; pro-rrty; requested study of the State Prison situation and suggested a-.ioptlon a-.ioptlon of retirement plan for state, county and city employees. While the governor agreed with he Utah Association of County of-lrials of-lrials as to the nied for eliminating eliminat-ing county property taxes for welfare wel-fare purposes, he failed to touch on 'he sub ect of city nnd county par-Mclpation par-Mclpation in state liquor profits, a nposal urged by both the county ifflcinls association and the State Municipal League. The Governor touched bi'f brlef-'y brlef-'y the State Tax Study Committees' program which is expected to re-' -elve a great deal of attention during dur-ing the session. This committee will ecommend a $3,800,000 tax reduc-lon reduc-lon to be attained through a $700- 000 reduction In the property tax for roads and streets; a $1,300,003 reduction in property tax for welfare wel-fare purposes (as proposed by the governor) and a $1,800,000 reduction In the unemployment compensation tax. These reductions would be offset partially by $1,000,000 to be added; through tax equalization for school urposes; a. shift of $500,000 In automobile au-tomobile registration fees from the publicity department to the B and C road fund and $1,000,000 additional addi-tional to be obtained through an increased markup In liquor prices. |
