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Show Under The Capitol Dome ., J. J. Cahoon . .ah SUite Tress Association The state finance commission . .iieh hits loomed behind the scenes .. the 1SM3 legislative session a the ...obable battleground between administration ad-ministration and antiudminlstration . rces, has come into the open as ..ie major bone of contention. The senate not only drafted a . jt of bills which, if passed, would . -rip the governor of Ills pet com- tire state law,; have been Introduced. ChUning most favjor among members mem-bers Is a bill sponsored by the senate sen-ate state and municipal affairs committee to provide for both a convention and primary election system 'for the selection of candidates. candi-dates. Throughout the week, house members mem-bers seemed to be In rebellious mood and most measures of state-j wide Interest considered were Killed I and quietly laid to rest. Major action taken during the week by both houses Included: House: s.ussion of practically all of Uie , ower they have wielded during . ie past two years, but even went . j tar as to cast doubt on the ., gauty of Uie appointment of Gordon Gor-don Taylor Hyde, finance commis-. commis-. . ion chairman. A cross section of sentiment . ixongly indicated that a good ma- rity of the bills will find favor :th the solum alld Will pass. And 1. .tile Uie house may not .wish to go . . i te so far as Its Companion body, ..ly events in the lower house lndi-. lndi-. ..to strongly that proadministra-.jii proadministra-.jii sentiment is, to state It con-. con-. Tvatively, not predominant, and , least some of the measures would . obably get house approval. - .t is expected that Uie governor - juld exercise freely his right of ..to, but the necessary two-thirds . ite to override the guebrnatorial Ao" Is more than likely to as- jmble, for at least some of toe cilia. Killed H. B. 33. by Representative Representa-tive A. B. Anderson (D), Utah, to give local boards of edUcaUon power to change boundary 'lines and to discontinue small school houses. Killed H. B. 12 by Representative G. A. Staples (R), Sevier, to provide pro-vide standards for slaughter houses and regulations for the sale, handling, distribution and labeling label-ing of meat and meat products. Killed H. B. 35 by Representative Quayle Canno Jr.J R), Salt Lake, to eliminate the runoff primary. Killed S. B. 51 by Mitchell Mellch (RJ, Grand, to require county attorneys at-torneys to be members of the bar. And killed H. B. 33 by Representative Repre-sentative S. W. Elswood (D). Weber, We-ber, to reduce annual auto license fees- from $5 to $2. Senate: Passed H. B. 1, by Representative Representa-tive Val H. Cowles (D). Carbon, prohibiting legislators from taking remunerative state appointments Major changes provided ior in ! iie reorganization measures ln--..lude: 1. Taking from toe finance commission com-mission all power over oUier state departments except that of an advisory ad-visory nature. The finance commission com-mission would have control over departmental expenditures, but none whosoever over department - judget totals. during Uieir leective terms. Killed H. B. 2D, the bill to license naturopath naturo-path in obsetetrics and minor surgery. sur-gery. Passed to third reading H. B. 28, the bill to raise school teachers' teach-ers' salaries, with definite promise that It would be amended to make sure that money approplrated would be used for no other purpose. Roll call tabulations on the above: H. B. 1 Yes: Senators Bailey, Child... Da wspn, Farr, Hlrschl. Hop-kin,' Hop-kin,' Huggins, Kelly, Kendall, Lund, McMurrinr Mellch, Morrill, . Rich, Richards, and Mr. President. No: Senators Ashton, Erickson, Miller, Nielsen, Romney and Warner. War-ner. Senator Chrlstensen absent. H. B. 29 was killed on motion of Senator Mac'f arlane to strike I the enacting clause. 2. Adding three men the gover-........ gover-........ uor, Uie secretary of state, and .the attorney general to the finance commission 7 and then giving-- the : ame three men, in their capacity of state board of examiners, veto Tower over finance commission acts. ..ffectively, this gives the attor-. attor-. jy general and the secretary of 1 tate authority to check the gover-rw gover-rw and his appointees of the fi- " ince commission at will. 3. Issuing of all state warrants !y the finance commission without . e auditor's signature (now re-- re-- ilred), but requiring the auditor . conduct a continuous post-audit ..'all departments. He also would empowered to recommend that t ie board of examiners stop pay-i.ionts pay-i.ionts on any warrant, if he 'felt -;ch action was justified. 4. Taking from the governor him-. him-. -.If the control of sales tax reve-i.jes reve-i.jes for relief and giving such con-..ol con-..ol to the welfare department. During the. week, both Democrats nd Republicans in the house re,-.mmitted re,-.mmitted themselves to the need jr changing the state's present " lrect primary law, but the Dem .raUucouldnt' agree on a Republl-an Republl-an measure that was introduced, nd killed it. " " ' . ..' However, other bills, proposing Ranges in the election law, lnclud- - one by Senator Claude Hirschi, '...:' t), Washington, to repeal the en- |