Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-02-26
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SENATE.
Board to Control the Practice of
Medicine in the State.

During the discussion of the medical
| bill in the senate, Rich said that there
were ten times as many regular physic-
| lans in this state as eclecticS and home
| opaths while the bill made them equal
| on the board, and that the amendment of
Davis of Oneida in putting two alec
paths on the board instead of three, and
| two homeopaths in stead of one, would
| give the combined homeopaths and eclec-
| ties a majority, and enable them to con-
| troll the board on all questions
| Nelson replied that the bill as drafted
would give the three regular physicians
| an opportunity to combine against anu
overcome the other schools, by making an
| alliance with some one of the three rep
resenting those other schools.
Blaine thought that if it was necessary
to create a board to regulate the practice
of medicine it was just as necessary to
have one to regulate the practice of The
| law.
| In opposing the bill Young said he want
tors charges.
The bill was fought stubbornly by the
minority, amendment after amendment
being offered and lost, and the measure
was passed with the exception of the Sec
ton regulating the fees for attendance
upon patients.
The Truck system.
Before its indefinite posJponement there
was a breezy discussion of senate bill No
II, to prihibit the truck system, and t
prevent deductions from wages, excepting
for lawful money actually advanced dur
ing which Rees said mining company
operating at Gibbonsville and having
store determined to run all the othe
stores out. 1t succeeded in it's purpos
by obliging it's employees, who composed
the bulk of the population, to trade at thu
company store.
Turner of Bingham said Idaho had to,
many resources to develop to indulge il
indiscriminate legislation against incor
| porations.
The case of the Morning mine at Null
Ian was cited by Young. He said tn
, company had a store that absorbed tn
, trade to the detriment of the citizen
who had built up the town.
Donnelly said that the Morning min
broke three banks and that the compan
now operating it had never got thei
money back. If they were conducting
store it was because they were oblige
to manage in every possible way to lie
duce expenses.
The senate passed the bills:
Making the terms of town trustees tw
years instead of one.
, Providing for the regulation of slaugh
ter houses in cities.
House bill relating to mortgages o
growing crops.
, Reducing the number of state univel
sity regents from nine to five.
, Reducing the legal rate of interest
I per cent, and the contract rate to
per cent.
Providing for the sale of text books
pupils.
Repeating the section of the statute
imposing a license for theatrical perfol
mances
The senate killed the bills:
To pay the DeLamar Mining Compan
for bullion stolen.
| To complete the Little Salmon divisio
y of the state wagon road.
Il To fence railroads right of way an
pillow fire guards.
Bills Introduced.
i The following additional bills have bee
4 introduced in the senate:
Y No. H-By Rees, to avoid contracts
y notes waving exemption rights
r No. 75.-By Harris, reducing the nun
| pSA VI ASSShtS VI the state unlVerSit
= from nine to five.
No. 76.-By Ballentine of Blaine, maxim
further appropriation of $40, 600 for pay
ing salaries and expenses of the session
No. T.-By Ballentine of Blaine, n
propriating $500 for the relief of w. 1
d Hurd, leglslated out of office in Loga
county.
5 No. S.-By Rees, regarding attorney
e fees.
g No. 79.-By Coughanour, providing &c
horticultural inspection.
: No. @.-By Bennett, relating to qualif
n cations for practicing law.
r No. Shy Ballentine of Blaine, regu
lating the assessment of live stock drive
5 from one county to another
No S2.-By Bassett, relating to assess
D ment and collection of taxes.
No. S.-By Harris, for the relief of pei
sons in arrears for interest on lands pul
: chased from the state.
No. &-By Kellar, making it unlawfr
7 ] for any county officer to leave the stat