The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-10
IDAHO COUNTY SALARY BILL
SCHEDULE ADOPTED BY THE
STATE SENATE.
Eight-hour Bill Indefinitely Post
poned-Many New Bills Intro
duced-House Kills Poll Tax Bill.
(snecial to The Herald.)

Boise, Ida, Feb. AT the opening
of the house session today the report
of the committee of the whole was TAX
en- up. The recommendation that
Kingsley's bill, requiring htigantS to
pay the jury costs, did not pass, was
concurred in-2S to 11-and the bill was
indefinitely postponed. Moody gave
notice of reconsideration.
When Peterson'S bill was presented
today, raising the poll tax from So to
So and exempting those who pay prop
erty tax, came up on second reading,
a fight was made on it and it was in
definitely postponed.
The bill by the judiciary committee,
prohibiting outside attorneys from
practicing in Idaho came up on third
reading, but was recOmmitted with in
structions to amend it so as to exclude
attorneys from the states only that
have similar laws.
Bills were introduced as follows: By
Patterson, authorizing the secretary Of
state to purchase 200 copies of the
fourth session laws; by ways and
means committee, authorizing the in
veStment by the state in warrants of
any amount in the 1893 wagon road act
sinking fund in excess of the sum re-
quired to pay the coupon interest due
or to become due in the next year; by
Glahe, providing a fine for justices of
to turn over to their successors the
records of their offices.
The following bills were introduced
today in the house: By Stephens, pro-
viding for contract road districts; by
Nicholson, making forfeiture and pen
atty for failure to maintain stakes and
notices of location of mining claims; by
Madden, to confer certain powers upon
benevolent corporations providing
homes for homeless, neglected or
abused children; by Stark, amending
the lien laws; by Madden, proposing
a constitutional amendment to permit
the manufacture and sale of liquor.
The most interesting session Of the
senate since the opening of the legis-
lature, apart from the passage Of the
gambling bill, was held this morn
ing. When the consideration of the
Bulge salary bill came up as a special
order, for four hours the senate wres-
tied with the measure, and amendment
after amendment was proposed to the
bill, mostly affecting the salaries, but
few being adopted. As the bill came
from the committee of the whole, the
salaries are fixed as follows: Sheriff,
not more than $1,000 and not less than
81, 600; clerk of district, not less than
81, 900; probate judge, not more than
$1,000 and not less than $500; assessor
and collector, not more than $2,250 and
not less than 1000; treasurer, not
more than S1.500 and not less than
$1,000; attorney, not more than $500
and not less than $500; superintendent
of public instruction, not more than
$1,000 and not less than $500; coroner,
not more than $3.50 and not less than
500; surveyor, not more than $500 and
not less than 500; county commission
ers, not more than $500 and not less
than 500.
Arbuckie's eight-hour miners bill
was Indefinitely postponed before the
secretary had got through reading it.
Of the new bills introduced was one by
Wright, exempting property owners
from paying poll taxes. Two bills were
passed-French' university regents bill
and Patterson's dental bill.