Show VETOES T I 1 I 1 mm ION BILL civic clubs pledge support in urging veto at price meeting the homestead exemption bill passed by the recent session of the state legislature was vetoed tuesday by governor henry H blood in a brief veto message the chief executive declared that the state could not stand a decrease of tax revenue on the one hand and an increase of appropriations on the other as called for by his approval of the old age assistance si measure of senate president herliert herb ert B maw and S B 12 and which provide for other phases of social security such as aid to dependent children and needy blind the homestead ex crop tinon bill would have exempted owner oer occupied homes from taxation up tofa of d value e of 2000 and personal property up to requests for ve toof of the measure had come fo th e governor from the associated civic clubs of southern utah in meeting at price saturday and from other sources th the homestead act and other bills closely connected with it drew fire from many different angles at the price meeting of the civics clubs and no one present including several members of the legislature seriously defended it it was generally conceded that not enough thought had been given to the subject and therefore the house passed the buck to the senate and the senate to the governor Be forea vote was taken on the motion to ask governor blood to veto the homestead exemption bill C W love president of the association instructed that it would be a moral obligation of all directors of the association to assist in justifying the governor in his action they agreed that should the governor veto the bill they would give support through personal contact and action of local civic I 1 groups discussion at the price session brought out many interesting points as follows follow 6 that estimated figures of revenues and expenditures would leave the state a serious deficit that this loss would have to be absorbed by other sources and thereby place an unfair burden on more valuable homes and other sources that it would tend to retard the development of the natural resources and industry that the counties could not put the law into operation without greatly increasing their expense of handling the tax rolls that all people of the state should pay some taxes and that operation of the law would eliminate many and that it would therefore be possible to elect a legislature made up of people who pay no tax es which might be extremely dangerous to the future welfare of the state at their meeting saturday the civics clubs voted to urge congress to pass the bill now pending that would permit the federal government to provide funds to construct highways within the state without the state bearing its customary percentage of the cost the business session was held in the city hall at the sponsorship of price civic groups C W love jr was in charge the visiting women were entertained at a luncheon during the afternoon A banquet and dance concluded the days program sunday morning the executive board met to handle business that could not be finished because of lack of time saturday afternoon |