Show ar e IMP i I 1 IMP U S P A service with only 11 actual working days of the 60 day utah state legislature remaining 12 it if they put the clock back until saturday night march 13 a seemingly task confronts senators and representatives if they are to take final action on even a comparatively ively small percentage of the proposed new laws still to reach a vote up to last saturday night gov blood had signed 27 measures to which both house and senate had given final approval nineteen have been passed by both the upper and lower houses the homestead tax exemption bill Is now in the senate sifting committee so are several other measures calculated to raise revenue taken awa away y if the hoin homestead estead exemption becomes a law the democratic state committee in a statement ill distributed among legislators late last we week recommended that bills introduced bearing upon planks in the bourbon Bourbo platform of 1936 should not be pressed for passage if they call for the expenditure of money far beyond the ability of the state to pay referring to the homestead taxi tax exemption proposal the committee declares that exemptions should be given gradually in order to aff time in which to work our proper substitutes procuring revenue from liquor sales is placed as secondary to the control feature the proposed direct primary law is held as expensive to both state and candidates care is advised in enacting social welfare legislation in order that it may accord with the national program intensive cultivation of the tourist I 1 st trade through di creation of a state advertising board and provision of from highway funds is off the 1937 38 crop will have to thrive without any state irrigation the creating bill was withdrawn the bill appropriating a P 1000 to each of the states counties to defray expenses of community celebrations is still in the house appropriations committee apparently with scant attention to governor bloods warning against legislation that would materially disturb the states revenue and taxation setup and necessitate increased taxation a majority in both the houses is pressing forward a 2 unlimited old age pension bill and a homestead exemption measure that as it stands will re L duce tax revenues an estimated 2 in the meantime some 67 revenue and taxation bills many of which are essential if the pension and exemption measures are to be made possible of operation rest in committees awaiting final action so persistently has a majol ity in I 1 the legislature adhered to the sd called cart before e the horse method of procedure that the legislative c ommittee committee of the state democratic organization in alarm has hashed a warning to the lawmakers in the I 1 I 1 i form ol 01 of a written communication placed on oil the t he desk of every depre and senator at the close of the week reiterating the plea pica for tafe rate and sane caution voiced by gov blood and adding a warning that the legislature stop look and listen before trying to beat the train to the crossing of legislative pru prudence derce and extravagant expenditure i tuesday was homestead ex exemption day in the house anouse and after a lengthy debate in which representative gordon made repeated futile eff efforts arts to change the amount of exemption to 1000 1500 and finally the bill carrying the fu full exemption 2000 was passed by a vote of 51 to 6 with 3 absent notice of intention to move tor for reconsideration was given by mr weg eland but the motion was not made so the bill was sent to the senate representative boyden of summit thought they were getting the cart before the horse in in passing an exemption bill before knowing where the money was coming from to pay for it L B johnson of rich warned of the funds required for old age pensions and urged caution pett of juab declared we are acting like a lot of hop heads dreaming pleasant dreams mason of box elder opposed it because he feared it would delay the day when tangible property will cease to bear the brunt of the tax burden the direct primary bill drew rather list listless les attention from the house rep selvin got an amendment through reducing the filing fees for candidates and the measure I 1 I 1 was finally left on the calen calendar darl pending further consideration I 1 I 1 |