The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1905-02-24
LETTER FROM BOISE.
Weekly Legislative News From
the Capital. n

priations committee of the house
and the finance committee of the
senate, have been holding nightly
meetings throughout the past
week, and have finally decided on
the first draft Of the general ap.
preparation act. Following are the
amounts provided in the bill for
the different departments Of the
state:
Governor, SIG, 200; secretary Of
state, $Io,SIo; state auditor, $I6,-
500; attorney general, $751; 700;
state treasurer, s12,2oo; school
supt., $4,000; travelling library
commission, 81, 900; board OF hor
ticulture, $I2. 500; mine inspector,
81, zoo; commissioner Of immigra
ton, So, 600; state engineer, SIo,-
500; adjrtant general, 81, 900;
sheep inspector, 81, 100; state land
board, $40, 900; state board of
pardons and canvassers, Sroo;
state university, Sal, 200; Idaho
Industrial Reform school, SIC. 900;
Lewiston state normal school,
S34, 400; Albion state normal school
$40, QUO; academy of Idaho, $685.
900; soldiers home, $2z, 900; asy-
lum for the insane SIS, 900; state
penitentiary, $50, 900; deaf, dumb,
blind and defective youth, $25 :
900; insurance commissioner, S.
900; capitol building, $40, 900;
Miscellaneous expenses, (insuring
buildings and paying bonds of
state officers. IS, 900; insurance on
general fund warrants, $4,000;
fish and game fund, 81, 900; legis-
lative expenses, $50, 900; Lewis &
Clark exposition, $35, ooo.) The
appropriations provided for above
give total Of S647,oro. With
other absolutely necessary appro-
priations it is now expected that
j the total will reach something
more than $3.50, 900, or 1915, 900 a
year.
Ex.State Auditor Turner, has
made the following estimate Of the
! income from the endowment funds
; Of these institutions for the years
1905 and 1905 to aid in their main
tainancc:
University, $26.o14.1o. normal
schools, $34, a5o.5I; academy OF
Idaho, 50, IS; insane asylum,
$3,o65.S3; penitentiary, $aoao;
soldiers home, s2,355.38; reform
school, $694.I7. This makes a
total of $77,6oo.73. Following the
| reorganization of the state land
board, it is believed the endow-
mcnt funds will, within the next
few years, earn enough from year
to year to pay the cost of MAIN
tanning these institutions.
The investigating committee OF
the state land board reports that
the general government had do
mated 668, oSo acres for the several
institutions specified in the ad-
mission act, but the committee
does not state how much of this
has been selected. Thirteen of the
counties are in arrears $I2,oo2. o.,
and eight counties have a surplus
to their credit to the amount OF
$7,4a5.93. About 9, $50 acres Of
timber lands have been sold con
trary to law in Shoshone county
alone, on Dec. 20, 1902. The
committee found a number of dis
crepancies in the books, but state
that the members were convinced
that an effort has been made dur
ing the past two years to correct
the methods OF business.
In the senate the. committee ap-
pointed to make an investigation
OF Miss SCOTS books and vouch-
ers III connection with the trans
portation and care of the defective
youth of the state. According to
this report during the past two
years the average attendance of
deal, dumb and blind has been 80.
OF these ~ have been at the Og-
den, Utah school, ~ at the Color
ado Springs, COL, school and
asu6t NJ <1,o Nco.o..n.. w,