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Show LEGISLATORS AND SPECIAL SESSION ON TAX REVISION Solon 'i Pass Two Measures Spoi sored by Commission, GOVERNOR DERN THANKS MEMBERS Legislature ' Labors Summarize in Executive ' Message. While the legislative clock, be ing governed by a master clocl somewhere upstairs, stubbornl; refused to tell the legislative tin correct time, the gavels of Prcsi dent Hamilton Gardner of th senate and of David Stine, spca ker of e house, fell promtly a midnight Tuesday and closed thi special session of the eighteenth legislature. The actual mountair standard time of adjournment was 1:02 a. m. Wednesday . The work of the legislature wai summarized in a parting message from Governor George II. Dern which aaid, in part: "I have the honor to inform you that I have no further legislative legis-lative business to call to the attention at-tention of the eighteenth legislature legisla-ture in special session convened. "I avail myself of this opportunity oppor-tunity to -congratulate you upon your success in tiaking the first steps toward a thorough and scientific revision of the state's system of taxation. I have confidence confi-dence that the people will ap prove your actions, and thereby make ii! possible for the next legislature leg-islature to put into effect a new tax system that shall decrease existing ex-isting inequalities and thus promote pro-mote equity and contentment. ."Please permit me to express my gratitude for your cordial cooperation co-operation -with the executive department.", de-partment.", . , Pass Six Amendments To Eight Sections. The legislature passed six resolutions resolu-tions proposing . amendments to i- virtually over. S. J. R. No. 3 creates a state tax commission. Following is. the result of the Special Session and official action taken : SENATE SENT TO GOVERNOR 1 S. B, 1. Appropriating $60,0 from state higbwa fund for paving pav-ing roads on state capitol grounds 1 S. B. 2. Appropriairg $15,00-3 for improvements on state capitol ' grounds. , S. B. 3. Giving tax revision 3 work over to the state board of equalisation, a,nd appropriating $10,000. . S. B. 4- Continuing code com-t com-t mission three months. , i S. B. 6. Repeating laws re-i re-i quiring mailing: of copies of con-, con-, stitutional amendments to regis-t regis-t tered voters. IS. R. 7. -For filling vacancies in congress. i S. B. 8. Permitting University ( ' of Utah to collect Union building 1 fees, not to exceed $10 per annum, an-num, i 1 j S .0. M. 1. Relating to acqnir-ing acqnir-ing of Denver & Salt Lake by Denver & Rio Grande railroad. To the Secretary of State I S.,J. R. 2. Classification of! 1 property and elimination of in-! come taxes. . S. J. R. 3. Creating stata tax , commission. , . S. J. R. 5. Four-year old mora torium for mines. ! HOUSE ' i - Measure Passed Send to the Governor ; H, C JH .1. Petitioning con ' gress to amend the federa: hank- ing laws so as to authorize UlaJu, to impose an equitable t&x national banks. j H. B. 1. Appropriating $25,-: 000 to meet the expenses of the special session. 1 tL B. 2 Amending , the state building code and appropriating I $75,000 in addition to the $175,-! (00 already set aside for cousU-uo-tion at the state mental hoTpila'. j K. B. 6 Appropriating $12,-' ,000 for publishing tha constitu ' jtional amendments. H. B. 8 Strengthening the cig-:aret cig-:aret tax law. -j H. B. 9. trengethening the olemargarine tax law. I H. B. 4. Continuing the exis-.tence exis-.tence of the tax revision cmmis I ion and appropriating $20,003 I for the commissioners' salaries and other expenses. ( To the Sacretary of State ;H.- J. R.9. Relating to the location loca-tion of .the state prison. eight sections of Ihe constitution, and a number of bills of minor Passage of the two resolution sponsored by the Utah tax revision revis-ion commission marked the closing clos-ing moments of the 30-day session The first was S. J. R. No. 2, by Ryan, which classifies property :wd permits of an income tax, and makes some other amendments. Later came from the house S. J. R. No. 3, amended, but in such form that the senate could concur con-cur in the house amendments and that meant that the session - was |