Show I 1 UTAH legislature SET FOR WHIRLWIND FINISH senator stevens and rep theobald introduce BJUS bills Liquids represented by liquor and an w water ater held the centea center ot of the law making stage during the sixth week ot of the twenty first utah legislature the first beverages beverages of 0 hard and semi hard varle varieties ties held the spot light in fit the house ot of rep representatives resen tat ives for practically the entire three day session of last week net result was passage by a substantial majority 41 to 19 of tile the state stores liquor bill with all semblance of private sales sale banished the second aqua pura was in the forefront but a brief halt half hour this was long enough however to pass the long talked ot metropolitan water bill and thereby enable governor henry 11 blood to advise the federal reclamation bureau of the favorable action in time to save millions in fit governmental appropriations for the proposed deer crook project the measure empowers cities to participate in water corporations and irrigation projects a companion bill to two others still pending moat important of senate activities during the week was passage of a bill to permit the tha carrying out of governor bloods bond refunding plan under which the legislature can raise in state revenues during tile the biennium blenn liim without levying any additional taxes the chief executive suggested that the bond issue floated in 1933 be refunded so that initial payment be not due until 1940 such action would release three quarters of a million milli dollars earmarked tor for bond redemption and interest payments to the general fund of major import in speeding up legislation was the appointment in house and senate of so called sitting committees committe ee senator eldred M royle of utah county heads beads the upper house committee of seven and mrs reva beek beck bosone house denal socratic floor leader the lower branch committee of twelve these commit tees will fix dally daily calendars and be responsible in large measure tor for further legislation A conceited statewide movement to confine taxation to general tax measure the junking of many special taxes gained decided momentum on capitol hill as representatives of industry and business big and little demanded abolition of tax measures favoring special groups at the cost ot of others income corporation po ration franchise sales and gasoline taxes were classed as general dozens ot of measures introduced touching practically every subject matter capable of legislative action will probably never see the light of day again as tar far as final voting Is concerned they will die in the sitting sifting committees included will be many tax bills and resolutions proposing state constitution changes four senate bills one house bouse bill and one senate joint resolution were passed in the upper house last week they were S J R 8 proposing an amendment to the state constitution deleting the requirement that cities of the first and second class have separate school districts S B authorizing the issuance of refunding bonds whenever better rates or more convenient times of payment are offered enabling the state to carry out governor bloods refunding plan S B 17 reducing the legal rate of interest on loans from 8 to 6 per cent and on contracts from 10 to 7 per cent 11 B permitting financial institutions under supervision of state banking and insurance departments to make loans and advance credit in accordance with the federal housing act S B 5 revising the state statutes relating to political conventions and primaries and S B 6 forbidding any public officer of teate ate or federal government or employed qualifying tor for elective public office until his position Is relinquished lut shed and forbidding public offic ers or employed emp loyes to serve as delegates to political conventions tho the lower house passed three bills as follows 11 13 63 fixing length ot of car limit ot of freight trains to 70 cars and passenger trains to 14 care cara hauled in utah 11 II B 41 the state stores liquor bill dratted drafted by the committee of 49 minus provisions permitting private sales by licensed hotels restaurants and clubs and H B the metropolitan water district measure me asuro senator daniel stevens stevena voted yes on all measures passed by tho the senate last week excepting S B 6 ile he cast a nay ballot on this bill ile iio introduced two bills S B D 17 arranges for negotiation of an interstate crime prevention agreement and names the state attorney general as representative in such negotiations S B makes it a misdemeanor to fish between october 31 and juno june 16 ot of each year representative evan B theobald voted no on the train length measure yes on the state stores liquor hill bill and yes yea on the water district bill ile he introduced 11 B providing tor for the financing of 0 the state public service commission by imps ing a regulation tee fee on public utilities representative frank D low of 0 beaver voted no on the train length bill no on the state stores liquor bill and yes on the metropolitan water district bill ile he introduced two measures 11 13 declares tho th 0 existence ot of a state and national agricultural ri einer emergency gency 11 B authorizes the state land board to sell or dispose ot of water wells drilled by it |