Show eleonir by uarda mccarty cCarty BI I 1 senator alonzo F hopkin oi of croydon last week introduced introduce intro duc S B 82 making it a misdemeanor for 1 hunters trappers and fishermen to on an property representative L B johnson of randolph was assigned to membership ship on six house committees appropriations education braf traffic f le sate e ty public lands public service and state training school he coauthor co author ed H B 19 eliminating primary runoff run off elections the foll following wing committee assignments were ulven given floyd D williams of public lands chairman banking fish and game livestock military affairs and utah state representative don clyde of heber was made chairman of the house livestock committee and assigned to membership on the public lands fish and nd game revenue and taxation and public buildings and grounds committees ile he also co authored the bill abolishing primary runoff run off elections representative heber bennion jr of manila re received elved the chairmanship of the fish and game committee of the lower house he was also assigned to the committees on agriculture appropriations education highways and aeronautics and state prison he introduced H B 69 establishing a course on police science at the university of utah and appropriating for it i 1 representative joseph E rees of morgan will serve on the following committees banking highways and aeronautics aeronaut cs livestock public health agriculture and salaries fees and contingent expenses he coauthor co author ed H B 31 relating to sale ol of public lands and ir B 60 and 61 authorizing an annual tax levy of mill for weed eradication with cooperation of counties and landowners business as usual and plenty of it has been the rule in both branches of the current utah state legislature despite failure of governor herbert B maws governmental reorganization bill to reach the solons lai last week as expected in fact the legislators kept noses to the lawmaking grindstone by introducing many and sundry bills during the pas past t two weeks eighty nine saw the light of day in the senate the house was not far behind with 69 only one measure has passed both upper ani lowet lower branches H B 3 permitting 0 03 den to continue with one city judge I 1 many of the introduced bills se seek e k establishment of new commissions others ask ex state departments I 1 to added duties or I 1 make departmental changes P some c rr rry a appropriations while a few n quire additional a additional tax levies all in a al the legislators are proceeding I 1 a ng ing familiar lines and in so doing g giving ing little heed to the sweeping department ia ent cum assian changes ch es and allm eliminations nations proposed in governor maws reorganization program among the more important measures seeking departmental changes are five bills replacing the present public welfare department with a 3 member full vine time public welfare commission abolishing county administrative boards transferring the division of old age assistance to the new commission and giving it jurisdiction over state schools hospitals prison and self help associations children in custody ot of the juvenile court and all other welfare activities the follow the recommendations made in the governors reorganization message other measures introduced during the first two weeks of the session would create a state aate course of study committee to recommend school textbooks and changes 0 in courses of study housing authorities to undertake slum clearances state board of forestry and fire control state meat inspection service state board of pharmacy state barber board state apprentice council zoning commission and board of adjustment and a legislative isla tive reference bureau creation of these bodies may or may not fit in governor maws reorganization plans but their introduction shows that the legislators are not awaiting submission of the reorganization program before airing their individual desires there was every indication too that the lawmakers sought to clear the way for speedy consideration of the chief executives proposals as embodied in the measure to be presented early this week the miller bill repealing allocation of annually to clelea and counties for streets and roads was withdrawn with the understand standing that a substitute will be considered after the reorganization program 0 has been placed before the legislature bills introduced provide for uniform traffic laws abolish primary runoff run off oft elections ask local option on sale of liquors by the drink adopt wage and hour regulations for intrastate business exempt all house furnishings from personal property taxes provide industrial compensation for victims victim of occupational diseases fix a tax for noxious weed eradication set life insurance cooperatives and rei restore tore to the state minerals in state lands and in navigable waters I 1 |