| Show AT THE STATE CAPITOL WHAT OUR legislators ARE dorng DOING with three weeks of legislative work vork behind them members of the twenty first utah legislature are now engaged in proposed lawmaking represented in approximately already introduced measures checking up on tangible results of their up to the end of last week the lawmakers found that visible progress it not statistical had been made in the consideration of the three subjects of cf greatest interest to he at large taxat taxation ion liquor control and social relations the current week is expected to show much more in the way of actual accomplishment assets as revealed in finished legislation the most far reading development in taxation was the adoption by the senate of a joint resolution paving the way for exemption of home steeds up to 2000 from taxation ten new tax bills were introduced the most important of these is the administration bill increasing income taxes it substitutes for nn an earlier measure changing it only in setting vp lip a system of deductions against taxes paid tax rates remain the same liquor control had its innings in public hearings bearings when both state and private licensing systems were strongly advocated A move to hold joint sessions of house and senate to consider the liquor problem was defeated in the house the compro comero mise liquor bill as set up pro provides videE I 1 for state control through state ware I 1 houses for wholesale distribution of afi liquor to retailers licensed by local governments social relations were in the forefront with the adoption by the ho lw after cafter initial defeat ot of the resolution providing coil kofl ratify cation by bif utah of the propped child labora labor amendment to the federal constitution by a vote of 32 to 28 the sena i W had adopted the resolution I 1 bously it makes utah the twenty f second state to ratify I 1 passage by the senate of the bamberger tr afflic safety bill was vas a high spot in senatorial legislation it increases the state motor vehicle speed spead limit to 50 miles per hour makes it legal to turn right against a ted light at intersections ions restores the old hand and arm three way sl signals 19 makes hit andun drivers bable to days imprisonment imprison menti olds bolds drivers ot of klimest livestock lock acl roads liable in case of acir i t and limits tho the hiis ll 11 length of tt tacks ck to 35 e 1 ad eight of loal to 12 32 feet measures acted n in the senate last week were SA 28 enabling the state fish and game commission to borrow money from the state land bald board for public works projects 18 permitting the federal govern gover ment to buy lands for flood and nd iel erosion control 15 the traffic safety s bill ad 2 the hom homestead estea exemption measure 22 divert ing an 10 per cent of state gasoline tax gilds funds to city streets was killed in the abe senate by a 6 to 15 vote rural con jop opposed posed lit ti ecna or W D hammond ot of colb voted no on en the bill diverting gaso line tax monies to city and ves on S B 15 18 and 28 he was wag absent and not voting on SJ tl 2 homestead exemption Test lution the grand county solon rolon moved to amend the traffic safety bill raising the joeed limit to GO 60 miles per hour he e declared the 45 miles m les pe thourl law to 0 o be unpopular ani and advocated a higher speed as likely to bring ame er and more vid widespread espred observation ion the amendment was lost I 1 hammond introduced four bills last week and three on the I 1 last as t day adny of the lD previous weeks session one offered last week permits school districts to levy a maximum tax of 15 nills mills on the dollar the second lr armis il s county commissioners to comero compro compromise mise tax settlements when the mount involved is 1600 or less the third requires governmental units to offer any bond issue to tho the state land board and the fourth a like in respect tn A the board of ft loan commissioners the senators hr recently offered measures meas in abide pt bill increasing tie the tote tate rals tax from 2 to 3 tier ner cent fixing th ewt district school fund at 20 per annita of school copulation and a bill ln to the dist distribution ot of ante ante school funds representative emil kalmeer Gal meer tuan republics Republic rn solon aris one of the leanori in the tivit to defeat the labor resolution brin brinzing in a committee minori tv repart it on the house floor the e were based largely lar irely urion aion economie cco nomie grounds he said that states state with bad child labor conditions hould take care of their own problems and eliat inspector s might alg ht come into families fi milies to ten tell parents how to regulate re their affairs mr gammeter urged effectively the adoption of 1 in which coneless con eress ess is asked to establish a rational r park in the navajo strip within san pan juan county borders lie ile voted yes on this and all other measures acted upon in the tha house except the child labor rp resolution solution he twice voted ag this |
