| Show der ah ta i apra utah legislature takes conservative legislative course members of the utah state legislature near the halfway half way mark of the twenty third session se sion this week with approximately proposed new laws amendments to exiting ones and repeals awaiting action thus far covering three weeks of lawmaking activities 17 bills have received the ap approval prova of a majority of upper house members ten have passed the house of representatives f four our of which are approved senate measures the senate has killed three bills and the lower house has disposed of one through adoption of an unfavorable committee report the house has tabled two bills one has been withdrawn in the senate A summarizing of voting strength on measures backed by the so called ji liberal beral or progressive element indicates rough sled sledding dini ahead for legislation such as is embodied in bills aimed to set up wage and hour standards and for anything that smacks of increased expenditures or changes in the existing order of the states fiscal control and management conservative course indicated sign posts along the voting way point to a fulfillment of bf governor henry H bloods expressed desire for an economical legislative program and one which will keep away from any drastic changes that might prevent a balanced state budget that little willbe will be accomplished in the creation of new money spending depari departments ments or commissions or in burdening business and industry with increased taxation or regulation loads is the belief of legislative experts nevertheless there are many I 1 I 1 bills already introduced that call for a revamping of the taxation structure and more that would affect the daily lives of utahna both in cities and on the ahe farms some will be enacted into law but the consensus of opinion seems to be that the current legislature will leave things pretty muchas 1 they are excepting as to betterments that can be brought about without recourse to lavish expenditures or the favo favoring rink of one group to the detriment of another measures of statewide state wide importance measures of statewide state wide importance and interest that will absorb the attention of legislators within the next few days include homestead tax exemption payment of industrial compensation for viens victims ns of occupational diseases setting up of a wage and hour program for interstate commerce sale of liquor by the drink and local option several bills to safeguard motor vehicle traffic others to inci increase ease revenue for schools js and civil I 1 service for state county and city employees and appointees bills affecting taxation introduced in in the past week include exemption of metal producers with net incomes of less than from the occupation tax exemption of credit unions binions from taxation exemption from taxation of personal property up to in valuation depriving the state tax commission of power to eniti turn to pa age genine nine 0 rt A 1 under capitol dome continued from first page ate equalization proceedings among classes of property within counties requirement that the commissions statement to county auditors regarding assessment changes and its determination of the state levy bevy be made on or be august 1 making special im vf bement te ement taxes a men lien above any I 1 other excepting general property taxes and advancing by several days annual taxation proceedings of metro metropolitan polita n water districts bills affecting agriculture of interest to agriculturists and livestock growers are the following bills introduced last week providing that meat animals once inspected and found free of disease may be sold anywhere in the state without further inspection permitting the building of dams not more than 15 feet in height and not over acre feet in capacity without approval of the state engineer making death of livestock on a railroad right of way a prima facie case for i of damages appropriating 00 for ac a utah exhibit at the worlds poultry congress in cleveland 0 appropriating for suppression of poultry diseases creating a first lien in favor of producers upon farm products delivered to processors and to establish a utah state fruit tree improvement pro agency and appropriate to it for grading and certifying fruit nursery stock public health betterment other important measures introduced last week affect the public health legal transactions finance cities and counties labor trade state departments and the general welfare of the people fourteen measured meas measures ureA affect cities and counties ten have to do with health another ten affect legal procedures seven affect trade and industry four social welfare as embodied in old age assistance unemployment and civil liberties six touch upon operation of motor vehicles several others relate to state departmental affairs finance education labor and fish and game matters one health measure levies a 15 per cent tax on patent medicines and apportions a part of the proceeds to subsidize public health nursing A traffic safety bill proposes that four warnings by peace officers shall be the equivalent of one conviction tor traffic law violation another agricultural measure permits inspectors to destroy infected trees and plants labor laws face bitter fight bitterest lights fights of the session are expected to be waged over the occupational disease and wage and hour standardization measures friends of education will strive th might and main to procure aare school funds the bill to permit sale of liquor by the drink will provide another battlefield whether the house appropriations committee is to have full sway over appropriations is a current muddle measures that have attracted nationwide attention include the senate joint resolution asking congress to lift the embargo on shipment of arms and munitions to the spanish loyalists supporters of the resolution point to the fact thata recent gallup poll showed that 75 per cent of the people favor such an action A senate concurrent resolution endorses indorses indor ses the mccarren bill proposing per ounce as the price to be paid for lver i twelfth district legislators active leg legislative representatives from the t twelfth il elath district either bally or in association with other legislators introduced eight measures during last weeks session of the utah state legislature senator byron A howard of huntington introduced a bill providing for the designation on motor vehicle license plates of the county of registration senator francis S lundell of utah county cosponsored the measure senator howard introduced another measure to permit the building of dams not more than 15 feet in height and not over acre feet in capacity without approval of the state engineer and s still till another authorizing peace officers to issue warnings for lesser traffic law violations he offered by request a bill providing that four our di warnings by peace officers shall be equivalent to one conviction for traffic law violation representative eldon bryan of ferron introduced a bill providing for the distribution of motor vehicle license plates through county treasurers treasur ers with representative senta tive wallace H jenkinson of salt lake county he introduced a measure requiring an interval of from 3 to 30 days between application for and issuance of marriage licenses representative richard M dalrymple of moab introduced a bill providing that when a town becomes a third class city its officers will continue to serve until the ext election representative leland laland W redd of f la sal introduced a bill author zing the state land board to sell at private as well as public sales any lands under its jurisdiction he joined others in sponsoring bills providing that a committee of district school superintendents and other educators advise the state text book commission relative to changes in courses 0 of f study providing that school text books be changed every four years instead of every six and providing for submission by the state liquor control commission of ofa a budget each biennium senator howard voted aye on all bills passed in the senate last week excepting SIB 4 he was absent and not voting on this bill he voted nay on 26 permitting state and political subdivision employees to organize under the state labor relations act representatives senta tives voted aye on all bills passed in the lower house excepting that mr redd was absent and not voting on 35 |
