Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-02-17
IDAHO LEGISLATURE.

the bill appropriating $75O4. OF to Win
ter, Parsons d Boomer, 1864. 81 to the
Wisconsin Marine and Fire Insurance
company and S615.60 to the Fuller
Desk company. The supreme court
had recommended that these bills be
presented.
Bills were passed as follows: By
Johnesse, providing that only one
member of private corporation shall
be bona fde resident of the state; by
Arbuckle, fixing eight hours as days
work in mines; by Kingsley, governing
the issuance of county warrants.
The committee of the whole recon-
mended the passage of a bill prohibit
ing attorneys from other states prac-
ticing in Idaho unless they become
| bona fde residents of this state.
Among bills introduced during the
day were: BY Fisher, increasing the
| terms of the supreme court from four
to six, two of them TO be held at Poca-
tello by Peterson, fixing the poll tax
at IS.
In the senate Gooding's joint memoir
ial for encouraging American line of
merchant marine was presented. The
afternoon was spent in the committee
J of the whole with Senator McMurrin
in the chair, the calandar was cleared
up, the committee killed McBee's house
bill relating to homestead of head of
family, and knocked out the provision
in the Reynolds imitation butter act,
and which made it a misdemeanor for
any county attorney neglecting to
prosecute on complaint being made.
The senate, in committee of the
whole, killed the house memorial pray
ing for election of president and vice
president by direct vote of the people.
Boise. Ida, Feb. 1O.-In the house Of
representatives Bixby moved non-con-
currence in the recommendation OF
the committee that the district mine
inspector bill be indefinitely postpond-
ed. The motion was lost, II to %, and
by vote of 81 to 20 the bill was in
definitely postponded. The favorable
recommendation of the committee on
the bills prohibiting outside attorneys
from practicing in this state was con-
Cured in and bill was sent to third
reading. when it was recommended
with instructions to amend it SO as to
exclude attorneys from those states
only that have similar laws. The sem
ate wrestled for four hours with the
salary bill. Arbuckle's eight-hour bill
was knocked out before the secretary
had got through reading it. Notwith-
against such summary treatment, 1t
was indefinitely postponed. Two bills
were passed, French's university re-
gents bill and Patterson's dental bill.
Boise, Ida, Feb. 1.-The legislature
adopted joint resolution yesterday
morning on the deaths of Idaho soldiers
in the Philippines, and adjourned as a
further mark of respect. The senate
adjourned until Monday morning and
the house until today. In the senate
the bill prohibiting state officials from
transacting any business outside of
their official duties, and the Watts
Ainslie river improvement bill, were
indefinitely postponed. In the house
the bill to abolish capital punishment
and the poll tax bill were indefinitely
postponed. No bills were passed.
Boise, Idaho, Feb. 12.-The house
was in session but short time, adj
journment being taken before noon. to
permit the members to attend the
obsequies OF Hon. P. A. Regain.
The following bills were introduced
in the house: By Conant, for the ap-
pointment of an oil inspector; by
Kingsley, for the appointment of an
horticultural inspector; by McBee,
authorizing divorces to be granted in
cases of insanity; by Johnesse, requir-
ing that agreements with prospectors
be in writing; by committee on state
affairs, regulating insurance companies
and fixing license; by public lands COM
mittee, authorizing state land board to
accept deed from the mortgagor Of
lands held by the state as security for
school money; by Dilatush, to provide
for the making of surveys and exami-
nations by the state engineer for the
reclamation of the arid lands of the
state; by Peterson, providing for regis
tration of births and deaths, requiring
midwives as we'll as physicians to
make reports; by Kingsley, providing
for local option liquor law; by COM
mittee on ways and means, repeating
section 1879 of the revised statutes,
which fixes the compensation of GER
tain county officers in respect to col
lection of taxes.
Boise, Idaho, Feb. 14.-Yesterday
was a busy day in the senate. The
river improvement bill was passed. IA
to 3. Other bills were passed as fol-
lows: By Ainslie, granting to rail-
roads the right of way through state
and school lands; by Wright, regulat-
ing the price of medicine and surgery;
by Hooper, making it unlawful for any
Indian connected with any United
States Indian agency to have in his
possession or to bear firearms during
the close game season; by Stacy, pro-
viding for deputy clerk of the
supreme court at Lewiston; by Good
ing, to suppress contagious and infec-
tious diseases of sheep; same, to in
crease the Office of state sheep inspect
or and of deputy state sheep inspector;
by Hays, prohibiting justices of the
peace and probate judges from issuing
warrants unless in extreme cases with
out first being approved by the county