Show eg aa aa L tal detthof Dea a movement to authorize the sale of liquors and wines by the drink tentative approval of homestead and property tax exemptions in hi both houses putting the quietus on the proposal to bar governmental amplo employment of persons whose spouses aj are gainfully employed these were highlights last week of front line action at the twenty third session of the utah state legislature which on monday began its I 1 forty second day and its third to the last week of lawmaking deliberations erat ions presaging interesting action to come on measures of vital interest to the state as a whole was the introduction intro tro of several new bills A senate introduced old age assistance bill places payments on a need basis instead of the present 30 leas income basis another senate measure proposes that school classes up to and including the fifth grade be taught by radio A house bill prohibits sit down and stay in strikes limits picketing and use of labor boycotts other new bills of interest propose extension of the period in which a prece proceeding eding years motor vehicle license plates could be used to april 1 authorize an appropriation of for centenary observation and create a pro feruse program similar to fco the epic plan proposed in ca california lif the lower house continued to sound conomy economy note when 1 brensel to approve proposed salary increases for three state officials it did however grant lesser raises to two the homestead exemption movement was encouraged by house action making the exemption pill and four allied revenue measures a spee spec ial order of business for friday allied measures which exemption supporters figure will compensate for loss of tax revenues if homesteads up to 2000 in value are not taxed include a bill transferring occupation tax revenues to the state high school fund another diverting a year in liquor sales profits to the same fund another raising the mine occupation tax from one to two per cent on gross proceeds in excess of and a fourth increasing income taxes and lowering exemptions in the senate a bill to exempt home furnishings up to in value from taxation was advanced to 3rd ard reading without a dissenting vote this is taken to mean final adoption of the measure in the upper house two measures have to do with financing municipality owned utilities brought clashes in the senate last week supporters of S B declared that S B 59 was written by promoters of municipal po power er plants while those favoring the latter charged that S 13 was a private power company measure the forty first day of the current session closed saturday with house and senate bills introduced of this number only 61 had been acted upon passed by both houses killed withdrawn or vetoed by governor henry H blogh up to day night an additional aniie had bad been signed by the governor Gover vor the senate has passed 12 measures representatives have passed a like number which are nar ilithe in the cenate tor for action governor blood has vetoed one bill the senate last week passed a bill providing for the re revocation m of a drivers license and r p any motorist ris t who fails faila to satisfy a judgment returned as damages for personal inja injury y or property destruction the bill further provides that to regain the right to operate a motor vehicle the delinquent one must either settle the judgment in full or make satisfactory arrangements to pay it in installments and give proof of future financial responsibility in th the formoe form of an insurance policy real estate bond or se securities posted with the state the senate effected a compromise on the distribution of the aeronautic gasoline tax fund of nearly 50 by passing a bill allocating 45 75 per cent of the revenue to the airports where the fuel was purchased and 25 per cent to the state aeronautics fund tor for use aa a the aeronautics ComMIs commission slon deems best A major portion ot of the approximately bills yet to be acted upon are now in the hands of senate and house sifting committees excepting those on house or senate calendars and those as yet unreported I 1 by committees to which they were referred |