Show utah legislature fatme set sa for whirlwind finish speaker granger Apro appoints ints sifting COM committee cittee of twelve to speed lawmaking by service liquids represented by liquor and water held the center ot of this the lawmaking stage during the sixth week ot of the twenty first utah legislature tho the first beverages of hard and semi hard varieties held the spotlight in n the house of representatives tor for practically the entire three day session ot of last week net result was passage by a substantial majority 41 to 19 of 0 the state stores liquor bill with all semblance ot of private sales gales banished the second aqua pura was in the forefront but a brief halt half hour this was long enough however to pa pas paa a tile the long talked ot of metropolitan tro water bill and thereby enable governor henry 11 blood to advise the federal reclamation bureau of the favorable action in time to save millions in governmental ap tor for the prop proposed oed deer creek project the measure empowers cities to participate in water corporations and irrigation projects a companion bill to two others still pending most important of senate activities during the week was passage of bill to permit the carrying out of governor bloods bond refunding plan under which the legislature can raise in state revenues during the biennium without levying any additional tabea tile chief executive suggested that the bond issue floated in 1933 be refunded so that the initial payment be not due until 1940 such action would release three quarters of a million dollars earmarked tor for bond redemption and interest payments to the general fund of major import in speeding up legislation was the appointment in house and senate of so called sitting sifting committees senator eldred al royle of utah county leads heads the upper house committee of seven ana mrs reva beck bosone house democratic floor leader fah the e lower branch committee of twelve these committees will fix dally daily calendars and be responsible in large measure for further legislation I 1 A c concerted ted statewide state wide movement to confine taxation to general tax measures with the limiting junking or many special taxes gained decided ed momentum on capital hill as representatives presenta prenta tives of 0 industry Indu siry and business big and little demanded abolition a b 0 liti on 0 of tax measures favoring special groups at the cost ot of others lers income corporation franchise sales and gasoline taxes were classed as general doze dozens of 0 measures introduced touching practically every subject matter capable of legislative action I 1 will probably never see gee the light of 0 day again as tar far as final voting its li concerned they will die in the tha sitting sifting committees included will be many tax bills and resolutions proposing state cons constitution tit ution changes pour four senate bills one house bill and one senate joint resolution were passed in the upper house last week they were 8 proposing an alil lennet lenn lt to the tha state tion lion deleana deleal de letl the tant cities ot of the tint and second clas have separate sert irato school districts a 3 authorizing fluth orl zing the issuance ot of re bunding bonds whenever better rate cr more ro times of 0 are offered g to t 0 sant zt tto tn ti y out governor Oo vernor banri ls plan pirn 17 tho the le letl vl rato rate of 0 inhere ln t on loans loani from 8 to 6 per cent and on fm enn myreta from in 1 to 7 per rent IT II B ina caal tot of 0 banking and I departments to make loans ord ond advance credi q in with the feder tedell il housing liou act 5 revising tho the state statutes relating to political conventions and pr primaries I 1 marles and S 1 I 6 forbidding any public officer of state or federal government or employed qualifying for or elective pub lie office until his position is relinquished ed and forbidding public officers or employed to serve as delegates to political conventions the lower house passed three hills as follows HD 63 fixing length or car limit of freight trains to 70 cars and passenger trains to continued to page toura tour l UTAH legislature URE SET FOR WHIRLWIND FINISH continued from front pas page 14 ears cars hauled in utah 41 the state late stores liquor bill dratted drafted by the committee ot of 49 ninus minus 1 provisions permitting private sales by licensed hotels restaurants and clubs anti and HB the metropolitan water district measure speaker walter K oranger granger of cedar city voted yes on all bills balla passed by the house last week including the state stores liquor meas u ure re tho the speaker made a most important move in speeding up legislation by appointing a sifting bitting committed ot of twelve members headed by mrs hrs reva peck Blo bonsono gone democratic floor door leader as chairman i ills handling ot of the delicate situations engendered in consideration ot of the liquor bill passed 13 won wille widespread spread commendation from both opponent and proponents or of tile commIt committed teO of 0 49 plan representative rj bowler of 0 gunlock voted no on the train bengt length is bill and ym yes oil tile the state stoics liquor control measure lie he was vai absent and not voting on it H B 1 12 senator wilford wilbord day of carowan parowan voted yes on all bills passed in the senate excepting S R B 5 lie he was wa absent and not voting on C legislators returned sunday from their trip to cedar city and dixie dlila college full ot of enthusiasm tor for the gracious anti and cordial treatment ex tended them by iron county citi zens they were equally enthused by their wj welcome elcome in st george and highly praised tho the Dixie Dixi ites eltes for the privilege ot of visiting boulder dam P t trip rip made possible by people ot of utah ia southland |