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Show Action of Vital Issues Taken as Session Wanes Measures Sponsored by Legislators Of Utah County arc Given Attention By U S- A. P. Service Legislation providing for increased income taxes and action paving the way for the conduct of Utah social welfare activities in conformity with the federal government program whatever it may be were outstanding outstand-ing phases of the eighth week of the twenty-first Utah Legislature. With but four days of the current cur-rent session remaining Saturday night, the assembled legislators were still confronted with solution of the vexatious liquor control problem; prob-lem; passing of appropriation bills carrying departmental acclocations of $5,421,178 99 from the general fund $250,000 above estimates, and various tax measures to be embodied embod-ied In a general taxation program. Much controversial legislation is still on the sesson books awaiting final action by either house or senate. sen-ate. Labor legislation, including the proposed changes in workmen's compensation law; limiting of trains as to cars, and 7-hour day for miners, mi-ners, await senatorial approval or rejection. So do several important farm relief bills passed by the house the produce license, contain- erate light and power plants; H. B 192, a direct primary law, and H. B-243, B-243, a 7-hour day for mine and smelter workers- S- B. 1 and 88, the corporation franchise and individual indi-vidual income tax bills were passed by the house as amended by the conference committee. Senator Dr. Hugh M. Woodward voted yes on S- B. 125, 127, 200 and S. J- R- 16 and no on H. B. 272 and 273- He voted yes on an amendment amend-ment to S- B. 109, which would have increased taxes on metal mines had it not been defeated. He voted no on final passage of the measure. Dr. Woodward introduced five measures: S- B. 227, authorizing the governor to create the Great Salt Lake corporation to develop the Great Salt Lake dyking project; proj-ect; S- B. 230, fixing a minumum registration fee of $100 for non-resident college students In addition to the regular fee; S. B. 228, in association asso-ciation with Senator Bamberger, creating a state planning board; &' B- 231, in association with Senator Wallace, a substitute for S. B. 227, and S. B- 235, in association with Senator Griffin, authorizing the state armory board to borrow $40,-000 $40,-000 for the construction of armories at Logan and Spanish Fork on condition con-dition that the board can obtain free labor or a federal grant. Senator Eldred M. Royle of El-berta El-berta voted ves on S. B- 125 and er weights and fertilizer and commercial com-mercial feedstuffs measures Eight house-passed utility control bills were also to be acted upon by the upper house. Measures passed by the senate and still subject to lower house approval ap-proval included a mine taxation bill leaving mine taxes as they are at present; a highway bill adding several sev-eral hundred miles to the state road system; a measure for assessment of public utilities on a rate base and another reorganizing the public pub-lic utilities commission, and the bill nermittins use of surolus sales H B. 272 and no on S- J. R. 16 and H. B- 273. He voted no on an amendment to S. B. 109, his own metal mine tax bill, which would have increased taxes on metal mines- He voted yes on final passage pas-sage of the measure after leading in the fight for his bill in its original orig-inal form. Senator Royle was absent and not voting on S- B. 127 and 200, due to his work as chairman of the very busy senate sifting; committee, which held frequent meetings to fix the senate daily calendars- Rrepresentative Frank M- Edman of Salem voted yes on all house bills as mentioned above. Representative Repre-sentative Mrs. Emily D- Aird of Provo voted yes on all but H. B. 192, being absent and not voting on this measure- Representative Jesse Hall of Payson voted yes on all but H- B- 30 and 192, voting no on these measures. Representative Hyrum Anderson of Lehi voted yes on all and Representative Elmer Holdaway of Vineyard yes on all but H- B. 30. He voted no on this bilL tax funds to make up deficiencies in school funds-Dozens funds-Dozens of other measures passed by either of the two houses await action by the other. That it will require extension of the session at least until Saturday to reach even a major portion of these proposed laws by stopping of legislative clocks is deemed very likely by all lawmakers. Under the new income tax law property tax offsets are eliminated, filing fee repealed, personal exemptions exemp-tions lowered and the rate of tax ation on individuals increased. If Governor Henry H. Blood signs the measure as it now stands single persons with net incomes of $1,000, $2,000, $3,000, $4,000 and $5,000 will pay respectively $4, $18, $42, $76 and $120; married persons with like incomes in-comes and no dependents nothing, $8, $26, $54 and $92, and married persons with three dependents, nothing, noth-ing, nothing, $9, $28 and $57- The corporation franchise tax bill as passed lowers the tax rate on corporation corp-oration incomes from 4 to 3 per cent and deletes property tax - offsets, off-sets, resulting in a net increase- The lower house disposed of several sev-eral Taylor bills proposing to give the legislature full taxing powers by tabling them. The senate defeated another measure giving legislatures power to make assessments. All of these taxation measures defeated proposed constitutional changes-Governor changes-Governor Blood emerged a victor along all legislative lines, every measure sponsored and urged by the chief executive having won approval ap-proval in both legislative branches. Included in the list were nine banking bank-ing bills passed last week. The governor's gov-ernor's bills providing for a social relief program will undoubtedly be enacted before the session closes. Important measures acted upon in the senate last week included: S- B. 125, assessing public utilities on a rate making basis; S. B. 244. giving the governor power to function func-tion for Utah in PWA projects; S-B- 127, increasing inheritance taxes; tax-es; S. B. 109; metal mines tax bill; S- B- 200, reorganizing the public utilities commission as the public service commission of three full-time full-time members. S. J- R- 15, giving legislatures power to assess property for taxation purposes was defeated. So were two house bills. H. B- 272 and 273, providing facilities for investigating in-vestigating Secretary of State Welling- Important measures disposed of in the house included: H- B. 30, a Great Basin Authority act for the development of natural resources through the dyking of the Great Salt Lake; H. B. 212, granting municipalities mun-icipalities the right to own and op-1 |