Show 1 fp grinding steadily the twenty third utah state legislature opened its ts fifth week monday after completing a six day period that found lawmakers introducing discussing and passing measures that in many respects vitally affect the lives and daily doings of the states population with both morning and afternoon session under way this week senators and representatives are expected to clear legislative calendars of wany nany of the more than bills thus tar far introduced last week the 1 alwer house passed 15 measures and the senate nine making a total for the entire session of 23 in the senate and 25 in the house eight bills ive have a been killed and five withdrawn further evidence that the legislators are likely to heed governor henry H bloods plea for economy and not to make drastic changes in e existing governmental setups set ups that might reduce state revenues materially was seen in the attitude of the lower house on proposed liberalization of welfare laws and pensions to prison guards representatives s refused for example to approve a measure calling f for or payment of old age assistance to those over 55 instead of 65 age limit now in force another straw showing winds favoring economy and leaving things as they are in state governmental revealed itself in the killing by the senate of a bill establishing tab lishing a new state department of justice A r to favor sin smaller aller communities muni ties as against the larger cities was again shown in the passage of a bill by the house giving a larger share of auto license fees to the more sparsely settled districts following close on the heels of senatorial action frowning on efforts to give aeronautics gas tax monies to the salt lake city municipal airport and favoring its statewide distribution legislative wise acres visualized a close welding of smaller community interests that there will be efforts made to increase taxes was shown in the introduction early last week ol of a bill to increase revenue from personal income taxes by lowering exemptions empt ions and raising rates and another to boost the mine occupation tax still another tax bill proposes however to afford tax relief for the new industries not in competition with existing ones measures coming in ili for more than ordinary consideration last week included one forbidding marriages between whites mulattos octoroons octor malays balays and other races and the bill prohibiting employment by cities counties and the state of persons whose wife or husband is already engaged in gainful employment hundreds of public employed emp emD loyes will be affected if the prohibiting measure passes the senate and Is ap adroved by the governor As passed it prevents any married man or woman from being employed by the state or any of its TOli political subdivisions ft n s it if wife or husband is employed in private industry or otherwise the la u wages and hours bill received its first public airing in an open hearing held last week arguments presented apparently prefaced a bitter fight to be fought in ili both legs dative branches A bill sanctioning purchase of airlines stock by railroads held senatorial attention dur ing one session last week it was finally passed the first of several antici anticipate pater bills amending the new direct mary law reached the legislature last week it would eliminate ahr runoff run off primary and give the party nominations to the high candidate in the one primary to be held on the fourth tuesday in november A summary of bills already intro deuced show that those affecting thi business and professional worlie lead in number approximately 25 bills affect appropriations and claims if those thos e carrying appropriations become a law approximately half a million dollars must be spent by the state slate to carry out their provisions I 1 of approximately 30 b bills alls le i elating lating to revenue and taxation eight provide for exe exemptions re duLton refunds or repeals of existing ex itin levies five seek transfer transi er of f funds ud d and 4 propose new taxes I 1 i the senate has alread already passed a I 1 bill unanimously requiring that all isales I 1 sales tax revenues be used for welfare ona ana relief A pend pending ling measure reduces a countes coun tys share ot of public welfare costs cost from 15 to au 10 per cent ceni another defines income in old age assistance to cash income |