Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-02-23
IDAHO LEGISLATURE.

Boise, Idaho, Feb. 16.-The senate
rushed business through in a lively
manner, and several measures received
attention. The house irrigation bill
was acted on in just thirty-tive min
2tes. The entire calendar was cleared
up. Among the new bills introduced
were the following: BY Wright and
Church, "a state banking law; by Church,
to remove the State Normal school
from Albion to Pocatello; by Bulge,
regulating fees to be charged by county
officers The house passed the high
liquor license Sunday-closing bill. II
makes the license $500 year in eitie.
and towns, payable In advance. Sa.
looms are to close at 10 p. m, and on
Sundays. bill was passed to compel
county treasurers to settle with the
state tr easurer more promptly. The
fish and game bill was also passed,
after somewhat interesting debate.
1t provides for the appointment of
state game warden, with a deputy in
each county. The resolution for the
governor to appoint five commissioners
to the Paris exposition, to serve with
out pay, was passed.
Boise, Idaho, Feb. 17.-The legisla-
ture worked hard yesterday, and the
senate held a night session. The
county salary measure occupied the
afternoon in committee of the whole
In the senate. The maximum salary
of sheriff was fixed at SO, 200 and the
maximum for assessor raised to 5000,
For probate judge the maximum was
reduced to 81, 200 and for school super
intendent to the same figures, The
other maximums are as follows: Clerk,
$4,000; treasurer, 81 500; attorney, $500;
coroner, $500; commissioners, 81 900.
An effort to kill the high license gam
bling bill failed In committee OF the
whole, the house took up Moody's bill
to add portion of Shoshone county to
! Nez Perce, and the bill was killed by
vote of 25 to 23. Kingsley's bill pro-
viding for the deposit of public funds
in the bank Offering the highest rate
of interest on monthly balances was
killed by vote of 27 to l6.
Boise, Idaho, Feb. 1s.-The follow
ing bills were passed by the senate
yesterday: A bill appropriating 81, 800
to help in the construction of a wagon
road through immigration canyon, in
Bear Lake county; senate bill No. So,
by Brigham, to restrict the slaughter
of game on private lands; senate bill
No. At, by Mcdonald, relating to the
fees of notaries; Senator Fogg's bin
| No "a nd nnniGh
passing and stealing rides on cars,
engines and trains, and authorizing
trainmen and employees to arrest and
prosecute offenders against this act;
senate bill No 55, by Brigham, extend
ing the time for final payment on state
lands; Senator Wright's bill to pro-
mote the study of anatomy.
An important bill passed was house
bill No 1888, for the appropriating and
distributing of water; the condemna-
tion of lands for canals, bitches and
conduits; empowering the boards OF
county commissioners to establish
a maximum rate for the use OF
water. The senate bill prohibiting
Indians from carrying arms during the
close season was passed The house
district irrigation bill was passed, as
was also Johnesse's bill providing that
agreements between prospectors shall
be in writing A senate bill was
passed by the house which provides
for bringing criminals convicted oi
capital offenses to the penitentiary,
where they shall be executed.
Boise, Idaho, Feb 19.-The senate
yesterday passed the license and gamb
ling bill, after hot fight The bill
for the codification of the laws of the
| -, 10, al In ha
senate bill No. 8, by Hayes, relating Il
peremptory challenges, was defeated
by vote of % to Is. Senate substi
tute to house bill No. 2l4, pertaining
to the licensing of auctioneers, wa
passed by vote of 35 to 0. House bill
No. 2s5, providing for terms of the su
, preme court at Pocatello, was passet
by vote of 20 to IL. House bill No
SOL by the committee on house lands
authorizing the state land board to ac
cept deeds on mortgages instead o
instituting foreclosures was passed b.
vote of 81 to /.
Boise, Idaho, Feb. s1.-ln the hous
yesterday the following senate bin
were passed; Amending the charter G
Lewiston; for the consolidation of il
corporated towns and villages; gram
, ing to railroads right-of-way owe
school lands, The senate killed tn
state examiner bill by vote of II to
: Among the bills passed were the 70
lowing; BY Bulge, appropriating So, 81
Z to build wagon road in Bear Lal
county; by Public Land committee,
cancel claims against settlers on stat
: land which have been declared TO
( feitsd; by Reynolds. regulating IL
4 manufacture and sale of imitation bu
ter. Owing to doubt as to the reg
: larity of the passage on Saturday
e the high license gambling bill, Il
}. friends of the measure voted on IL
motion from the opposition to recol
slider. 1t was then re-passed by vo
of II to 10.
Corbin Made Major-GeneraI.