| Show 0 0 VIEWS FROM CAPITOL HILL by united press 0 0 SALT LAKE CITY utah mar 15 UP observers credited governor henry H blood with a one hundred per cent victory as the state legislature ended its sessions after approving all of bloods nominees for state commissions and departments the battle over appointments centering in the progressive con trilled trolled house was a major factor in in prolonging the session nearly three days beyond its scheduled closing time closing ceremonies were brief as legislators hurried to complete formalities at 1050 sunday night a house committee waited anthe on the senate to inform that body that the lower chamber had completed all necessary business and was ready to go home senators concurred and adjournment motions were made almost simultaneously in both houses legislators showed a propensity for investigations closing the session with approval of a f ive five man committee to investigate alleged unethical practices in the ses sion and empowered to investigate any state department or officer still breathing heavily as a result sult of the joint legislative committees mit tees report last week which shook the then state liquor and public service commissions completely out of office statehouse employees began to be wary of conversation again the report an outstanding highlight of the session charged public service commissioners with incompetency liquor commissioners with failure to comply with legal requirements failure to enforce the law and hinted at open graft other state departments came in for milder roasting beer came in for heated discussion in the last few days of the sessions as senators amended a house bill in order to deprive the state liquor commission of all power to control licensing and revoking of licenses As the bill was passed local governments will be in complete control of beer sales with no limit set for licensing fees victory for the local option forces was credited as victory victory for the state municipal league leader in the fight for home control the largest general fund appropriation in history providing for support and maintenance of state departments and institutions for the next two years slid through both houses late sunday today the administration faced face d the task of finding approximately difference between what the legislature appropriated and the states total estimated revenue largest single item in the budget was for the university of utah the state agricultural colle college collee e at logan was given s second largest item on cm the list A total of bills and memorials were passed and others were killed in committee or by striking the enacting clause of the total passed 50 have been signed by the governor have been passed in botn houses an and d forwarded for gubernatorial signature and 12 memorials and resolutions have been oka major legislation passed I 1 included general direct primary bill appropriation of annually from motor vehicle funds to be used on county roads and city streets a measure to provide return of funds returned to the state from taylor grazing t act fees and requiring they be expended for range rehabilitation bi relief old ag age e assistance bill providing maximum payments of 35 monthly to utahna 65 years of dge age or over appropriation of annually to fo arthe teachers retire ment fund provided money for the fir brement emens pension fund increased proposed social welfare expendi expends tures ures to a minimum figure over and maximum of over revenue approved a windfall tax from motor vehicle fund and surplus accumulates last session levied largest state tax 24 mills to support the large budget approved use tax intended to produce indirectly and to increase sales tax collections by created new mine tax expected divert from school districts and counties estimated to increase revenues by increased liquor prices 10 per cent labor passed employees regulation act brov providing I 1 d ng e eight eighth ilour h our collar to collar shift for underground miners approved approve d checkoff check off system of paying un union 1 on dues increased industrial compensation for workers who are employed comparatively short periods during the year passed a series of labor bills providing for registration of unions legalizing peaceful picketing setting up the state industrial commission as a labor relations board Il business Miness approved a group of measures measure s known as little designed to eliminate or lessen tain forms of cut throat competition fixing prices to afford a degree of protection to independent merchants liquor approved measure taking control of beer beer licensing from the state liquor board and vesting it in municipalities and counties liquor law enforcement to the newly created state department of justice farm approved state sou soil conservation act permitting the state to cooperate fully the national soil conservation program education j t established new junior college at price established new equalization fund to be known as uniform school fund the governor has until midnight march 23 to exercise his power of veto if there are any bills which he thinks are deserving of death at the hands of the chief execl tive anything signed before that hour and everything left unsigned after that hour will become law on the date specified in the measure or on may 12 32 the sixtieth day af after ter the closing of the legislature bills carrying an emergency clause and which received a two thirds majority become law immediately diatel y upon signing bills carrying ng an effective date become law on the date specified and the effective date of all others is 60 days after the session old age assistance bill and all those providing for assistance to blind dependent children and other needy groups july 1 1937 |
