, 1891-01-03
REVIVED AGAIN. '
The Attorney General and Semi
Monthly Pay Bills
Are Once More Brought to the Sur
face in the Legislature.
Fish Commissioners Deficiency
Appropriation Discussed.
The House.

lances in the house yesterday. The two
particular targets were the attorney gen.
eral bill and certain ieatures of the de-
fciency appropriation bill. When the
latter was called up in committee of the
whole the first snag struck was the para
graph approDiating 81, 200 as a deficiency
contingent for the fish commissioner. 1t
was shown that if this was allowed the
fish commissioner and the hatchery would
cost the state IS. 100 for last year. If the
fish commissioner wouldn't keep within
the bounds of his appropriations Mr..
Brown thought he should be taught a
lesson by the legislature refusing to make
up the deficiency.
Mr.. Hall thought if the hatchery could
not be run on the amount appropriated,
the state would save money by closing it
up. Where was the use Of the legislature
making biennial appropriations for certain
officials if they might come in to the next
legislature and be reimbursed for any
amount of money which they might see
fit to expend. Why not throw the
treasury wide open to them at once and
do away with the formality of passing a
deficiency bill.
Mr.. Coleman wanted to know what had
become of the SO. 900 that had already
been appropriated.
Mr.. Langheldt said it could be found in
the printed report of the fish commits
sioner and handed a copy over to Cole
man. That gentleman after searching
through the report found a paragraph
which stated that IAN itemiEed account of
the expenditures is submitted herewith"
Mr.. Coleman called attention to the fact
that no such itemized account was printed
with the report aud as far as he could
learn zone had been fled with the auditor
as the law required.
To this Mr.. Sutherland simply made
the statement that the amount had been
contracted for work at the hatchery; that
the present incumbent would probably be
relieved of the office 10 a short time and
there should be no accounts left outstand-
ing against him. He failed to justify the
fish commissioner on any other ground.
1t was finally decided to refer this mat
ter to a committee.
The committee of the whole recon-
mended that the appropriation of s 1900
for the salary of the geologist be reduced
to 81, 300 and to cover the period up to
Nov. 30. 1890. The contingent of the
same official was reduced to 1862. is.
The section appropriAting s. $500 for fair
associations was stricken out and in this
shape the deficiency bill was recommended
to the house for passage.
The special order of the day in the
house at 2o'clock Yesterday afternoon was
the motion TO reconsider the vote by
which the bill creating the office of attor-
ney general had been defeated. The mo-
ton to reconsider prevailed after a stormy
debate. The bill then came up for
second reading. A motion was at once
made to reduce the salary from 1880 to
81, 200. Mr.. Sweet wanted this salary
further reduced to $500, but his motion
was lost. Very lively and energetic
speeches we're made against the bill by
Messrs, Brown, Hall and Baker, while
the measure was defended by Mr.. Bond.
1t was ihally agreed to place the salary at
1920. The attorney general is required
to draw up all bills required by the leris-
iatdTe. He is to get no further p~erduisite
except when called upon by a board of
county commissioners in any county of
the state. in which case his actual travel
ing and hotel expenses shall be paid by
the county asking his services. The bill
was ordered engrossed and passed to a
third reading by a vote of II to IL. Tn
less more strength can be secured by
those favoring the bill it will undoubtedly
be killed on third reading when an aye
and nay vote is had.
NOTICE OF a NEW BILL.
By Mr.. Bond: Repeating section $40
of the Revised Statues, relating to aid
for fair associations.
A NEW BILL.
By Mr.. Haley: Authorizing munich
pal corporations to grant franchises for
street railways. Incorporated towns are
authorized to grant franchises for q lim
tied time BY such motive power as is
usually employed. Tho towns granting
the franchises may establish such %restric.
tons as are considered necessary in the
operation, of street railways.
SENATE FILES ON FIRST READING.
By Mr.. Russell: Creating the oflle of
state inspector OF coal mines. BY Mr..
Russell: Providing again=t accidents on
railways and limiting the honr- Of service.
BY Mr.. Chatter.on: Regulating the ad-
mission of building and loan associations,
By MI. Chatterton: Adopting the Re-
vised statutes and Session Laws of 1888
to 1890. Senate substitute: Providing
for the manner in which incorporated
companies shall be taxed. Senate joint
seal committee: Providing for a great seal
of the state. By Mr.. Chatterton: Com
bining the insane asylum bond tax fund
with the state bond tax fund. By Mr.. Mon
dell: Regulating abstractors of real es.
tate. These we're all read a first time and
reported to the appropriate committees.
RESOLUTION.
Mr.. Amoretti introduced a joint resolu-
ton memorializing the commissioner of
Indian affairs for an additional agency on
the Shoshone reservation for the Arapa-