The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-22


qualifications of school election voters
requires that the voter shall have paid
an annual tax on $3.50 worth of prop
erty. The present law is somewhat
lax, and more or less confusing. There
is some doubt of the constitutionality
of McClung's bill, but the judiciary
committee will pass upon that ques-
tion. Senator McClung says the trou-
bles at the late school election in Port
land and Eugene led him to prepare a
more desirable law.
The inevitable deduction -for-indebt-
edness bill has been presented to the
senate. 1t comes from Senator Daw-
son, of Linn.
The question of supplying each mem
ber of senate and house with copy of
Hill's Code of Oregon, evoked some de-
bate in the senate. McClung presented
joint resolution that the secretary of
state be ordered to purchase ninety
copies of the code. He afterward ex-
planned that similar resolution had
been adopted by the senate, but, mas
much as it was only a senate resoll-
tion, the secretary Of state was unwill-
ing to comply except on joint request
thought that from an economical stand
point, twenty-five copies would be
sufficient, ten for the senate and fifteen
for the house. Price of Umatilla sug-
gested that fifteen copies would be
sufficient for the senate, giving one to
each new member. McClung's resolu-
tion was finally adodted.
Another subject of debate was the
resolution requiring the appropriation
bill to be prepared sufficient time be-
fore the close of the session to permit
careful examination. One member
wanted the bill prepared within the
first twenty-five days. This was gen.
orally regarded as too soon to be prac-
ticable, and it was finally settled that
the bill should be before the senate
five days before the close of the session.
Senate Committees.
President Simon has announced the
standing committees of the senate as
follows:
Agriculture and Forestry-Johnson,
Hughes, Holt.
Assessment and Taxation-Hughes,
Patterson of Marion, Price, Mulkey,
Mackay.
Claims-Selling, Carter, DAILY.
Commerce and Navigation-Harmon,
johnson, Dufur.
Counties-Mackay, Gesner, Talyor,
Gowan, Driver.
Education-McClung Harmon, Null
key.
Elections and Privileges-Mulkey,
Gesner, Smith.
Engrossed Bills - Gesner, Reed,
Mitchell.
Enrolled dBills-Calbreath,P Patterson
of Washington, and Gowan.
Federal Relations-Bates, Taylor,
Dufur.
Fishing Industries-Reed, Michel,
Patterson of Marion.
Horticulture - Carter, Calbreath,
Holt.
Insurance and Banking-Bates, John
son, Driver.
rrigation-Price, McClung, King.
Judiciary-Gowan, Brownell, Mich.
ell, Smith, Dufur.
Revision of Laws-Patterson of
Washington, McClung, Reed, Hobson,
King.
Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry
Calbreath, Driver, Daily.
Military Affairs-Price, Haseltine,
Gesner.
Penal Institutions-Driver, Hobson,
Selling.
Mining-Johnson, King, Holt.
Municipal Corporations-Haseltine,
Harmon, Calbreath.
Printing-Michell, Mackay, Smith.
Public Buildings and Institutions
Hobson, Patterson of Washington,
Wade.
Public Lands-Patterson of Marion,
Mulkey, Dawson, Haseltine, Wade.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT, Gowan, Patter-
son of Washington, Mackay, Dawson.
Roads and Highways-Dawson, Car
ter, Hobson, Brownell, Daily.
Ways and Means-Taylor, McClung,
Selling, Hughes, Dawson.
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