The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-02-21
WITH OUR LAWMAKERS.
Doings at the Capitol During
the Past Week.
SALEM, Feb'y 1e, 1895.

SALEM, Feb'y 1e, 1895.
At the close of work Thursday there
had been $40 house bills introduced, be-
ing within six of the total number intro
! duced during the last session.
Senator Ra1ey's bill for an act to pro- |
vide for the building of branch insane
asylum on the lands selected and pur-
chased by the state at Union, Union
county, and appropriating money there
for, which passed both houses last week,
provides that within thirty days from the
approval of the act, the governor, secre-
tary of state and state treasurer, acting
in their capacity as board of commits
sioners of public buildings of the state
of Oregon shall hire a competent archi-
tect, who shall, under the direction of
the board, draw plans and prepare speci-
| fcations for building suitable for All
insane asylum building, together with
the necessary outbuildings, barns, and
| fences upon the site heretofore selected
and purchased by the board. Said build
ing shall be capable of accommodating
400 patients and planned with view to
the future building of wings OK additions,
: if necessary. The building shall be built
of wood or stone and shall be of the
best materials and most appropriate mod
ern style and arrangement. The board
may appoint some suitable person to act
as superintendent of construction at
salary not to exceed So per day for each
day necessarily employed as such superin-
tendent. The board shall receive for their
services no other comp ensation than their
actual travelling expenses and other nee
; essary expenses incurred. The total cost
of the building and all outbuildings, i'm
provelnents, ppurtenances, furniture,
fixtures, and everything necessary to fully
complete and equip said ncl,.,asylum,
together with the salaries and expenses
of architect, superintendent, and board
of building commissioners shall not ex-
ceed the sum of $4,000. Ike enler-
gency clause Of the bill is as follows:
'Inasrluch as the insane asylum at Salem
is now filled with patients, and as it is
necessary that the said branch asylum be
built Immediately, this act shall take
effect and be in force from and after its
approval by the governor.
One Of the most important measures
passed during the session was Represen-
tative Daly's lieu land bill. From its
| introduction in the hause to its final pas
sage in the senate last Friday vigorous
war was waged against it. Almost every
scheme possible was worked by the school
land ring to defeat the measure, but they
found formidable oPponentin in Mr.. Daily,
who guarded and guided the bill through
both houses in safety. The passage of this
law will put an end to the scanda1ous
operations of the band of spectators
which has been in control of the state
school lands for years, to the enrichment
of its members through Questionable
means. By his persistent efforts in secur-
ing the passage of this bill in the face of
so many obstacles, Mr.. Daily has made a
reputation for himself that is statewide.
The bill provides that the governor may
appoint an agent to select all lands dofla-
ted to the state by the United States, and
TO ascertain all losses sustained by the
state by reason of the occupancy of sec
tions IS and 36, by or through the United
States government, and when such losses
have been ascertained then to select from
the best timber, or other lands owned by
the United States government, lands in
lieu of sections IS and 36, occupied by
the government; said agent shall receive
as compensation for such services sum
not exceeding 81, 2co year, and reason
able travelling expenses, uuder the super
vision of the governor. That all lands
in lieu of sections 16 and 36 be and the
same are hereby Withdrawn from sale for
a period of two years; that the board
of state land commissioners proceed I'M
1nediate1y to ascertain all losses which the
state has sustained by the reason of the
occupancy of sections Is and 36, by or
through the United states government,
and when such losses shall have been
ascertained, then to select from the best
timber and other lands owned by the
United States government, lands to make
good such losses, and to perfect title to
them to the state. No lands selected un-
der the provisions of the act shall be sold
for sum less than $a.5o per acre, and
the board of commissioners for the sale
of school and university lands, and for
the investment of the funds arising there
from, may sell any of said lands to the
highest bidder. An emergency clause
provides that inasmuch as large guam
tity of this land has been actually occu-
pied by the United States government as
a forest reserve and requires immediate
attention, and an emergency exists, the
act shall go into effect Immediately after
its signature by the governor.
Ex-Representative Jefreys has been
about the lobbies during the past week,
but no one seems to know for what pur :
pose. He is seen to buttonhole members,