Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-02-24
IDAHO LEGISLATURE.

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was acted on in just thirty-five min
utes. The entire calendar was cleared
up. Among the new bills in Introduced
were the following: By Wright and
Church. state banking law; by Church,
to remove the State Normal school
from Albion to Pocatello; by Badge,
regulating fees to be charged by county
officers. The house passed the high
liquor license Sunday-ciosing bill. 1t
makes the license $500 a year in cities
and towns, payable in advance. Sa-
looms are to close at 10 p. M, and on
Sundays. A bill was passed to compel
county treasurers to settle with the
state tr easurer more promptly. TIE
fish and game bill was also passed,
after somewhat interesting debate.
1t provides for the appointment of a
state game warden, with 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. 1.-THE legisla-
ture worked hard yesterday, and the
senate held 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 81, 900 and the
maximum for assessor raised TO So, 900.
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,
81 900; treasurer, 81 500; attorney, $500;
coroner, $500; commissioners, 1000.
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 Perez, and the bill was killed by
a 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 v>+r of 81 to 10.
Boise, Id s'eb. 1S.-The follow
ing bills wel. passed by the senate
yesterday: A pill appropriating So, 500
to help in the construction of 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. AZ, by Mcdonald, relating to the
fees of notaries; Senator Fogg's bill
No. So, to suppress and punish tress-
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. SIS, 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. 1873, for the appropriatinR and
distributing of water; the condemna-
ton of lands for canals, bitches and |
conduits; empowering the boards of
county commissioners to establish |
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 of
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
state was also passed. In the house,
senate bill No. 8, by Hayes, relating to
challenges, was defeated
by vote of 20 to Is. Senate substi-
tute to house bill No. 214, pertaining
to the licensing of auctioneers, was
passed by a vote of 35 to 0. House bill
No. 2S5, providing for terms of the SUI
preme court at Pocatello, was passed
by vote of 26 to 12. House bill No.
Dol, by the committee on house lands,
the state land board to &C.
cept deeds on mortgages instead of
instituting foreclosures was passed by
a vote of 81 to 1.
Boise, Idaho, Feb. 21.-fn the house
yesterday the following senate bills
were passed: Amending the charter of
lewiston; for the consolidation of in
towns and villages; grant
ing to railroads right-of-way over
school lands. The senate killed the
state examiner bill by a vote of IL to 8.
Among the bills passed were the fol
lowing: BY Bulge, appropriating 81, 500
to build wagon road in Bear Lake
county; by Public Land committee, to
cancel claims against settlers on state
land which have been declared for !
feited: by Reynolds. regulating the
and sale of imitation but
ter. Owing to doubt as to the regu-
arity of the passage on Saturday of I
The high license gam bling bill. the
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notion from the opposition to recon-