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Show l:T-.-JV-i fre::i the cour.-.y were given crk ar.-.i Vilace L. Rac::::ill M-ib i C. S;x-clLa:':. will serve us State Legislature Appoints Committees tween ;:ro;;cr.er--i cf the rfcs;x-c::ve A nut'r;.;.- of pro;:r.".'d tax ilevi'.-i. A by : :: ; Ward C. H c: Davis c;:::y intr.-a5.--s , corv-j!-.-; franc:.: e - a;;rcx:- : h:ceme t-.xes abcu: 2i0 per c.-r.:. An-i An-i o'.her Klbr-!-: bill taxes cigars, i smoking ar.d cnt-wic? b-baccos and xnuff. Other senate tax bill increase j levies made on insurance companies I and fraternal benefit societies. Two ! bills tend to reduce taxes. One by I Senator Ira A. Huggins of Weber county proposes to amend the state ! constitution to enable the exemption I of homesteads up to $2000. Another by Senator George M. Miller of Carbon Car-bon county cancels all penalties and interest on delinquent taxes levied from 1923 to 1934 in excess of the two per cent penalty added at the time of delinquency. Social legislation proposed included a bill by Representative Stanley N. Child of Salt Lake county amending the state industrial act by providing compensation for occupational diseases, di-seases, eliminating insurance companies com-panies and self-insurers in favor of state insurance only increasing compensation com-pensation allowed, putting the industrial in-dustrial commission on a self-supporting basis and including all industries in-dustries employing more than one person. It is said the bill will raise liV I'. S. P. A. SERVICE Salt Laku City, January 23 Following Fol-lowing an initial week devoted largely large-ly to organization work, listening to vLit.ing .sixrukers, arid receiving the flr.it, of a promised deluge of bill, the twenty-fir:, t Utah Legislature Monday started its second week with 25 measures ready for consideration and Indications of many more to follow. fol-low. The upiM-r house, with its newly elected president, Dr. Herbert B. Maw, in command, was re.sixjn.sible for 17 of the proios:d new laws, or amendments to existing statutes. The house brought out eight bills. The senate ul;-;o led in introduction of joint resolutions with two in 1U legislative hopper. The lower house offered only one, fixing pay of legislative legis-lative employes. Senate and house members lived up to p re-session predictions in confining con-fining their early lawmaking efforts to measures having to do with taxes, social legislation and liquor. Eight of tile upper house bills had to do with taxation in some phase largely large-ly aimed at making the corporations and business in general pay more for doing business in Utah. Two house bills were tax measures. Social legislation had its innings in four house bills and three in the senate. Liquor of the hard variety most widely discussed of proposed 1935 legislation held the limelight with introduction of the state stores bill sponsored by the Committee of Forty-nine and Governor Henry H. Blood. Introduction Monday of the state licensing cf private dispensers measure, drafted by the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce, presaged a bitter fight on liquor legislation be- cost of compensation two and one-half one-half times over the present cost. Additional social legislation pro- I posed includes a senate joint resolution reso-lution ratifying the federal child labor amendment to the United States constitution; a bill establishing establish-ing a state planning commission; a bill to further safety on public highways; high-ways; a measure cutting interest rates for buyers of goods or borrowers borrow-ers of money, and one to clarify procedure pro-cedure in suing on an open account. Three elections 'bills offered by Senator Holbrook have to do with alterations in holding of party conventions, con-ventions, elections and party mar chinery. One of these bills makes it possible for a candidate to have his name placed on more than one party i ticket. The Utah county legislative delegation dele-gation fared exceptionally well in the matter of committee assignments, assign-ments, receiving a total of 24 at the hands of President Maw of the senate and Speaker Walter K. Granger of the lower house. Its members are represented on 20 committees com-mittees in all, including many of the most important in both branches. Dr. Hugh M. Woodward of Provo was awarded one of the most important impor-tant of all committee chairmanships that of. chairman of the senate committee on revenue and taxation. As head of this very important committee com-mittee he will play a prominent role in taxatian matters. He was also made a member of two other leading ; committees appropriations and claims and trade regulations. The latter will handle liquor legislation in the upper house. ! Senator Eldred M. Royle of Elber-I Elber-I ta was one of four senators assigned to six committees. President Maw also named him chairman of the committee on mines and smelting, before which will come much legislation legisla-tion affecting Utah mines. Senator Royle's other committee assignments are revenue and taxation, trade regulations, reg-ulations, health and labor, banking and commerce and judiciary. J Representative Frank M. Edman of Salem received four committee assignments. He will serve on the committees on state mental hospital, hospi-tal, municipal affairs, fish and game and judiciary. He is chairman of the first named. Mrs. Emily D. Aird, Provo representative, repre-sentative, was honored with places on six committees municipal affairs, af-fairs, public health, state training, school, industrial school-deaf and blind, state university and agricultural agricul-tural college and education. Four committee assignments fell to Hyrum Anderson of Lelii. He will serve on irrigation, highways and bridges, agriculture and public utilities. utili-ties. ' ' Jesse Hall, Payson representative will serve ononly two committees, but he is chairman of -the-important revenue and taxation group. That's 9. big job in itself. His other committee com-mittee .assignment is on public health. Elmer Holdaway, Vineyard representative, repre-sentative, will be chairman of the house Irrigation committee and serve also on the .committees . on manufacture manu-facture and commerce and revenue and taxation. Utah county senators and representatives repre-sentatives will accordingly ' have much to say about taxes, with four of them serving on taxation committees. commit-tees. Three will have a hand in liquor legislatation as committee-men handling the distribution problem. Early legislative activities saw. Senator Woodward appointed a member of a special committee to revise the senate rules. Senator Royle introduced the first bill by a Utah county delegation member a measure having to do with loan rates. In the house the Utah county representatives rep-resentatives divided their votes on an amendment to reduce the committee-fixed salaries of legislative employes. Mr. Edmand and Mrs. Aird voted nay twice. Mr. Holdaway Holda-way and Mr.' Anderson voted aye twice. Mr. Hall voted nay on the first roll call, then changed his vote to aye on the call following reconsideration. recon-sideration. Utah county was well cared for in legislative employe patronage. Four |