Show der e OF 5 x 5 ICE ap pp 14 to I 1 U S P A service the fellow who complains about too loo many laws being enacted by utah state legislatures may have to pull in tits his oars a bit concern itil the statute making activities ot of tile tho current twenty second session it tile present rate of lawmaking la is maini tallied until its close for more than five weeks the lot log Isla is latora tors have been proposing new las scores and scores of them and arguing regarding their re respective pec merits or demerits the riet ae insult stil t has been the placing on oil tho the states statute books ot of exactly five new laws and none of 0 these are ot of such character as to affect the commonwealth common mon wealth and its people in ili any but the most cursory fashion governor henry 11 II blood lias has signed seven bill billj and resolutions approved by both senate and house cut but only five of these will become laws one is an all emergency meas measure tito extending the time tor for procuring automobile license plates another was a house concurrent ni n congratulating president roosevilt Roose Roos voll evolt on tits ills birthday neither of 0 these will be recorded as ag statutes only two ot of the five that will become laws of the state following tho governors ial apar 0 oval va I 1 might be classed as achieving any claim to general importance ona provides for the distribution of funds returned to the state from taylor grazing act lees fees and their expends expendi A arp ther allows allowa commercial processing plants to use infected fruits under tinder department of agriculture su pervis ion the appointment of a senate sitt ing committee and turning over to it of all bills on the house ca calendar lendar tor for action may speed matters in that branch of the ture hereafter the tale fate of a senate bill will depend upon how important the committee members deem it many will never again see daylight now that the senate has passed a direct primary measure it seems seema certain house approval being practically assured that utah electors will have their first opportunity to lo nominate party caridI candidates dates by a direct vote instead ot of at conventions at regular primary elections next september preceding the tha general eltion option in november practically every solon had something to say tor for or against the direct primary law several who voc ed opposition to the measure as introduced trod voted tor for it on the final roll call the consensus of opinion among those these was that the people expected the legislature to give them the direct nominating privilege and had so expressed themselves in both democratic and republican republica n party platforms these speakers against and voters tor for the bill like the measure as it now stands elands they saw in it a union lemon that would causo cause a lot of harm some of 0 the many amendments adopted assuaged the fears ears 0 of a few objectors but senators billings peterson snow and stevens stuck to their guw guna with willi i nay inay votes senator silas E tanner of loa has introduced new tactics into senatorial debates hits bits of humor shafts of sarcasm clothed in dry wit and sharply pointed witticisms the they y come as a decided relief after hours ol of desk pounding and oratorical orator iril lights flights by fore ora and again sla with nearly two scot score 0 bills in tile the legislative hopper calling for appropriations 0 and diversions of 0 public funds aggregating nearly or a sum aum nearly equal to the entre estimated revenues for the ensuing two years and the regular biennial appropriations bill balf yet yel to come from the joint appropriations committee governor henry 11 II bloods plan tor for a balanced budget no increase of property taxes and no material disturbance tur bance banco ot of the states financial set get up ill la Is threatened with destruction unless the two houses do some ruthless sitting sifting and killing ot of bills in the next three weeks action by a majority of the benali in passing S D B 2 creating an old age pension mid fund over the administration hills bills designed to extend old ohl ago age aid on a basis of 0 need la ii taken lakon to indicator dicato In ind leato that the majo illy in this body at least Is determined to get gel money ey for cor a straight 30 a month pension for every person aged 65 or over in the state and CO 60 a month for couples over that age whether other dectis are cared for or no this action Is regarded as more than thail a more mere threat to the governors balanced budget plan unless the house croves r roves more attentive to administration pleas than the senate in ili connection with the pension matter matte there are other bills pending which would appropriate more than twi million dollars for old age pensions a sum greater than the estimated d loss in ili revenues that would bo be occa boned by enactment of 0 the homestead cx exemption emption lawand law and no definite ic tion has giai yet been taken on this measure in the house where it la Is being considered in ili committee this problem ot of spreading ita ii million estimated revenues over at al state needs without crippling already existing functions and without adding to the tax burden of the leopla Is the paramount one before the law at at present and before sitting committees committee or both kiouses uses area rr ea huge and vital task tho the senate h tr q already named such a committee and it went into action this week the house will name one in the near future in the hands of 0 these committees and in ili the soundness or it i soundness of financial judgment ot of the legislators rests the issue vt et budget proposal Is 13 to be preserved or ignored senator daniel stevens was sue with ills his branch banks bill the house passed it this will permit the milford bank to establish ft branch at beaver senator holbrook of 0 davis da via antio deuced two now ulla bills designed to increase state slate revenue one Is tor forr a use tax of 2 per cent on property imported into the state tor for use or storage and the other is a tax of I 1 mall all on oil each dollar of interest bearing bank deposits |