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Show WITH THE LEGISLATURE If the voters of Utah don't have new laws to guide them at the next election it won't be because be-cause the current twenty-sixth session of the state legislature isn't trying to frame legislation that will permit them just how to vote for whom. hills mne-iner from an extension of the county attorney's attorn-ey's term to four years, to a headless head-less ballot are already in the hoppers hop-pers of both houses and os the third week of the session concluded conclud-ed Saturday, assurances had been given thaat additional bills will be submitted to clarify the meth-ods meth-ods of both voting and counting the votes. There will be no more Maw-Lee ballot difficulties or their like, say the lawmakers. The requests for increased salaries sal-aries from everybody in public service from town board members to justice of the state supreme court, including all state elective and appointed officials a" weil as all employees of the state. The Legislature promises to scruitmze those lists rather minutely. Quite a number of the 112 bills submitted to the house and 123 in the senate give teeth to exist-ing exist-ing statues such as welfare provisions pro-visions making parents and guard ians financially responsible for custodial cases where possible and the house agricultural committee measure centering responsibility for soil and water conservation activities in Utah with the state board of agriculture. Th financial troubles the State Liquor Commission have got them selves into would be given legislative legis-lative relief under the legislative proposal of Reps. Selvov J. Boyer Boy-er (D-Springville) and Clifton G. M. Kerr (R-Tremonton 1 . The house gave its aDDroval to fourteen varied measures last week none of which developed much debate or opposition. They killed two proposals, one for a constitutional amendment that would permit 18 year olds to vote, the other calling for a certificate of inspection of motor vehicles before be-fore transfer of title can be made. m |
