Show WI AW ley AM 1 af g Z d I 1 fixing by both legislative branches of as the states biennial contribution to the teachers retirement fund passage by the lower house of bills providing for local option by counties cities and towns educational study eight hour day marble machine regulation repeal of f the average monthly inventory law setting up of medical cooperative and for amendment of the constitution to permit split legislative sessions approval by the senate of measures to appropriate tor for a study of occupational diseases to increase the markup mark up price of liquors and wines to put the state highway patrol under civil service and to place health departments of first and second class cities under civil service killing by the he senate of a bill proposing to tax natural gas and by the house of a measure to raise the mine occupation tax out of a ine melange lange of nearly 00 bills approved by either the upper or lower house last week these are considered outstanding in importance to tile the state at large only one the teachers retirement measure won the approval of both branches up to Fatur saturday day night with sine die adjournment but four days away the legislators had acted upon approximately of the bills introduced three have been passed by both houses and signed by the governor these include five resolutions and memorials twenty two have been killed and 43 withdrawn for ono one reason or another nine have been tailed on monday there were 57 senate passed bills nw awaiting alting action by the house and 74 house passed measures awaiting action by the senate ten tell bills passed by both branches were awaiting approval or disapproval of governor henry II 11 blood who has thus far vetoed but two measures one disapproved because of a technical defect has been re passed I 1 thes adopted teachers retirement fund MR bill limits the states contribution to the fund to each biennium blenn lum the retirement system Is costing the state general fund more than for the current biennium blenn lum the request for alie th e ensuing biennium was more than several measures to lessen the states burden had been introduced and the approved one is regarded as a compromise the senate passed the bill 1111 friday the retirement fund now contains more than payments to date have been about the local option bill passed the lower house by a vote of 87 37 to 21 under it counties cities and towns may decide whether they will have hava state liquor stores provisions being that one fourth of a political ent entity itys a registered voters may petition for an all election if a majority decide against the sale of it liquors it will be unlawful to operate state liquor stores or make files in the area the educational study bill pro vides for the establishment of a commission to investigate the various school systems with a 11 view of reporting educational needs to the 1941 state legislature the measure calls for an appropriation of commission members will servo serve without pay the eight hour bill as adopted extends the 8 hour law to till nil industries trades and occupations excepting canneries and con carll s packing peri perishable shuble goods Dolue domestic servants are not included tho the iii arble gamo game regulation bill creates a state board of amuse nimit control to regulate the licensing ing ind and taxing fixing of marble machines pin pill games and similar devices in willell which the element clement of skill predominates Il its supporters favored a tax large laige enough to put the ma keliinoi elicic s out of business repeal of the average income law ended many months of opposition on oil the part of business and hidu industry stry to what they held to be ini harmful infill burdens imposed by its provisions the repeal vote was IS 48 to 8 mealing large measures of support from all legislative elements Il the health cooperatives measure puts put a form of socialized medicine into effect if pissed passed by the senate and unproved by the governor the organization of medical cooperatives will be permitted by law under the bill as amended tile the board of heatch would direct tile the cooperatives membership of which would be restricted to IL ie gil gal residents of the area affected affef affer ted 11 II T J R 1 calls for a constitutional amendment to provide for split legislative sessions it alms to correct existing conditions caus ed acl by bv a jam jain of bills at the end of tile present sixty day session by providing pio viding a recess during which legislators may better famil familiarize arize themselves elves with proposed legislation 4 approval of the bill to provide for foi a study of occupational diseases Inel included tided in the work mens compensation act its sponsors expressed hope that the study will result in reports upon which action by the 1941 legislature may be based the liquor markup mark up bill provides for or an increase in the price of liquors by a SO 50 to 60 per cent markup and in wines of from 40 to 60 50 per cent A senate passed measure provides for treatment of ailing min ers at the state tuberculosis hospital to be erected at ogden another will enable the state to participate in federal aid to education if proposed national legislation Is enacted by congress unemployment compensation Is clearl flod flea by another approved bill |