Show al Q to the homestead exemption bill of exemption from taxation of a home valued up to 3 and personal property up to passed both houses and is now law kicking into a cocked hat the bal alced budget submitted to the leg slature early in the session by gov blood the jon t appropriations corn com cittee presented an appropriation bill calling tor for 7 5 6 3 3 9 5 4 48 8 tor for the next biennium bienn lum th s is the largest appropriations bill ever presented to the legislature in the history ot of the state the old age pension bill will call for the expenditure of 1 a year the revenues to cover the propos ed appropriations lay in increased sales taxes increased revenue from laiq bior more funds from mines a higher tobacco tax new use tax and a tax on deposits bearing inter est besides a number of other tax imposing measures the strongest criticism was leveled at the liquor charging marble machines against law in some of the liquor agencies and ru mors asking for special in tion tha aftermath was expressed in the so called progressive gang wants mants some choice jobs for faithful workers Critic sin was directed at the tern tem of the land board in buying and selling bonds adopting an attitude att iture of to heck with the budget an overwhelming majority in the lower body railroad e I 1 the pension bill through a second time over the warnings of a persist ent but ineffective minority that the measure could not and never would become an operative law because the money monety was not provided to pay the states portion of the 30 a month to each needy person over 65 and because the bill was in such shape tl ti e government would not match the state allowance under the terms pro vided the senate passed the bill bequir ing monthly report of the proceed ings of the county commissioners ui less all signs tail fail labor will be able to I 1 of more legislation pro ci red duni g the current session than any other single branch of endeavor governor blood had signed eight of these three more were on the way for his approval or disapproval utah had the proffer of another building git gif last week the salt lake chamber of commerce edifice the lower house passed a resola tion 1011 approving president roosevelt s proposal to reorganize the U S su preme reme court but similar action is held eld up in the senate |