Show finance commission Is battle ground for state legislature by J 7 J C cahoon aci on utah state press pre association aasc aas c bation the state finance commission munis sion which has loomed be behind the scenes of the 1943 legislative session as the probable battle ground between adminis administration and anti ant tion forces has come into the open as the major bone of contention the senate not only drafted a set act of bills which if passed would strip the e governor an and his I 1 P pet commission nomis of practically collY all ail the power they have wielded during the past two tuo years but even went so a far as to cast doubt 0 on n the legality of the appointment oi of gordon taylor hyde finance co commission monO enc chairman A cross section of sentiment strongly indicated that a good in majority of the bills will find favor with the solons and ad will pass and while the house may not t wish to go quite so far as its companion body early events in the lower house indicate strongly gly that pro tion sentiment is a to state it bomser conservatively citi at ly not nat predominant and at least some of the measures would probably get house approval it is expected that the governor would exercise 4 his right eight of veto but the necessary two thud third vote to override the gubernatorial NO is more than th likely to assemble for at least some of the bills major changes provided for in the reorganization 0 n measure include I 1 taking fro from m the finance commission ocus sien all power over other state departments except that of an advisory nature the f finance cnance commission would have certain control ov iw er departmental expenditures but none whatsoever over department budget totals 2 adding three men the governor the secretary of state sate and the attorney general to the fl 11 nance comm commission and then giving the same three men in their capas capa city of state board of examiners veto power over finance commission acts effectively this gives the attorney general arid and the secretary of state authority to check the GO governor and his appointees of the fi nance commission at will 3 issuing of all state u warrants I 1 Q Is by the finance commission u without out the auditors tors signature now required but ut requiring the auditor to conduct a continuous post audit of all 11 de apartments part purt ments he also would be em powered to recommend that board of examiners stop payment on cm any warrant if he felt such act ion was justified 4 taking from the governor him self if the control cont rod of sales tax reven us for relief 1 and giving suh such co control to the welfare department during D u n it the week both democrats democrat ts and republicans in the house re rc committed themselves to the need 2 ree for changing the states present men direct dimet I 1 lern primary ie law but the democrats brats cou agree on a republican measure that was introduced and an d killed it however Howe vcr other bills proposing changes in the election law including one by sen sem claude hine hirschi h I 1 R washington to repeal I 1 the he e e entire n t me state law have hem been introduce int introduced e d gaining most favor among merin mem hem bers is a bill sponsored by the sen ate state and municipal affairs committee to provide lor for both a convention 0 ove rilo and primary amy election system for the selection of candidates through throughout ut the week house mem in bers beris seema seemed to be in a rebellious mood and most measures of state ickle wide interest considered were killed and quietly laid to rest |