The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-03-03
income TAX Bill I
BEFORE semi
UTAH STATE SENATOR Va,
TO FURTHER TAX psos s y
OF THE STATE,
Would Have to Pay State Ia,
as Federal Tax'-Measurs p,,. "
Changes Time Of Annual
School Census.

""' 1T lhe uftem.. W.
session of the state senate with
amcndents.
The amendments made bv the s.,.
committee were on three ,inss
amount of income exempted wa,
duced from the present readns d,
bill, provision was inserted ina, !.
general property taxes may be dsd,-
cd from income taxes and the bin n.
amended so that thhe state esn.''
fund may retain enough of the n,
ceeds of administering the income 4.
law to reimburse itself for expense,
that connection before the remains.
proceeds are divided as per the te1'
of the Southwlck bill.
The bill as 1t went to the commlh.
carried the same exemptions as A.
federal income tax, $1,000 for sla,,
men, $1,000 for married men and hesA
OF families and 5000 for each depend
ent child.
The senate on February 2S passa
but one bill down to the house, n,
Wood house measure, changing IL,
time of the annual school census.
Nine measures were finally acta
upon in the house February rs. Seven
were passed and two were rejected &
At the same time eight bills were add r
ed to the calendar, leaving a net gan 4
Of one for the calendar. 1t seemed T.
that as fast as two or three bills wen
passed. or rejected, the senate would +
transmit from five to seven that had !
been passed in the upper house thus
adding to the houses work.
Sixteen senate measures and twen
ty-three house measures had met viii
executive approval on February u
The senate memorials which have
been approved are one providing To-
n messenger for the governor; ne
morializlng congress to increase Ii
duty on lead; memoriallzlng cOngrc
to aid In carrying out of the Gree
river project. and memorlallzlng con
gress to aid in irrigation by increased
appropriations for investigation.
Talk of adjournment is already be-
coming common. Members Of the sen
ate are said to be ready to adjourn on
the sixtieth day, without the consent
Of the house. In the house there's
already talk of either sitting com
mlttee, or else of having the house act
as n Sitting committee by keeping In
porting bills we'll up to the front d
the calendar.
The senate has seer The intrOduc
ton Of 1873 measures in all, yet ha
passed all but sixty Of these down L
the house.
With less than two weeks remalnln
of the present session, only seyent
bills and resolutions Of the approx
mately $50 introduced In the hous
have been passed by that body.
The Southwick antiifigarette BIZ
passed the lower house of the Utal
legislature. on February "a It hal
previously Deen approved by the sen
ate, and will become a law ninety day
from the date the governor signs tn
hill.
The bill passed is one making It IN
lawful to sell cigarettes and CIGARETTE
papers; to advertise cigarettes AM
cigarette papers; to. permit minors t
smoke In certain place. of business
for any person to smoke In certain en-
closed public places.
Five bills. including the antI-cgnr
cite measure, passed the house Feb
ruary "a. No new bills were added 70
the calendar. One memorial also
passed and one bill was killed, redue
Ing the third reading calendar to thai
extent. One additional measure was
taken from the calendar and recon-
mltted.
Thlrty-four rolcalls punctuated the
sessions of the Utah state senate on
February "a. As result IL was found
chat the senate had taken final action
on fourteen bills and had passed
twenty-five from the second readlns
calendar to the third.
A measure providing for state
bond issue OF $1,500,0O0 for the CON
structlon Of state roads, passed ins
house on February 20. The bill hau
been presented by Represen'9lNs
Gay.
Companion measures 10 the o-
creating the one-man land board We'v
passed by the house under Suspension
Of the rules. An effort TO delay ~.
iournment until the key BILL creauns
The department of registration was
passed, was unsuccessful, and the cOn'
panlon bills must await the eha''
ment Of the key measure.
The bern wOrkmen's compensau,OS
bill, a measure TO enact INTO %
changes recommended by the 'nuu,
trial commission in its annual repD's
has appeared on the senate caieuus
The senate on February 20 killed us
measure proposing to give the peOp
Of Utah opportunity to say whe'ne IN.
not they wanted a constitutions
yentlOn. ~.
Senator Kinney's bill to ehap,e ,,,.
governing authorities Of the u, ,s',l
sity Of Utah or the Utah Agrlcu''~ .,.
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