The Teton peak-chronicle., 1905-03-02

counties a further bond Issue ~
s4o'oOO or $4,000 will be provid.
cd. Then if the governors $ promo.
sition that state examiner be nro-
vlded for, the expense of that Office
VIII probably have to be made the
subject of direct approp1 iation.
Flfty-six days of the session have
passed and the regular session will
expire at midnight on next Thurs.
oay, but it is almost certain that
the session will last out the week
II is now expected that Governor
Gooding will send all his appoint
ments in to the senate for con6rma.
tion on Thursday, giving that BODY
an opportunity to consider them
critically.
This week will be a decidedly
busy one. 1t is expected that both
the house and senate will hold
evening sessions. This has been
the case with the house during the
past ten days. Until the latter
part OF the week the senate had suc-
ceeded IN keeping up with its work,
out from now on this will be diff
cult. One of the measures that
have been fought out to the bitter
end, has been the house bill provid-
ing for the creation of the counties
OF Lewis and Clark from old Koot-
enai county. The bill, which pass
ed the house, early last week, has
been recommended for passage by
the committee of the whole in the
senate, with but one dissenting
vote. Governor Gooding has an
nounced that if the bill is passed,
he will appoint the present county
officers of Kootenai county to like
positions in one or the other of the
new counties. These officers in
clude the present auditor of Koot-
enai county, democrat.
The county depository bill passed
the house on Saturday night, and
it is expected will be made a spec
ial order in the senate for Tuesday.
This is regarded as probably the
most important piece of general
legislation of the session. 1t is not
generally thought that the counties
will benefit materially by the enact
ment of the law, but it will tend
to purify elections, and at least to
some extent will enable the coun-
ties to secure some small return
from their unused funds. This
bill, as it passed the house, provid-
ed that the law should not become
operative until the second Monday
in January, 1906.
A bill in which the administra-
tion is deeply interested. is now un-
der consideration in the senate. and
the vote on final disposition will
probably be taken early this week.
This is the bill providing for the
creation OF the position of state vet
ernarian, and the prevention of con-
tagious diseases among animals.
There have been thirty-one bills
which have passed both houses and
have become laws through the Sig
nature of the governor. So far not
a single bill has been vetoed. Fol
lowing are the bills which the gov
ernor has signed since Feb. %. (up
to that date a short syllabus of the
laws enacted has been printed y
Senate bill 14-Providing for the
issuance of bonds for the purpose
of constructing sewers and sewer
age disposal works, and for the
payment of such bonds by install
ments. (Boise sewer BILL
H. B. Exchanging the boun-
daries between Kootenai and Latah
counties.
S. B. 43-General sewerage bill.
H. B. 2-Providing for the ad-
mission to Soldiers Home of veter-
ans of Spanish and Philippine wars.
H. B. 19-Relative to appropria-
ton and diversion of public waters.
Water appropriation must be used
within FIVE years. or such water
right becomes nulli6ed.
H. B. 27-Arranging for keep
ing of female prisoners out side
state.
H. B. 58-For the supervision
of supplies at insane asylum and
reform school by governor. secre'
tary Of state and attorney general.
H. B. SO Providing for issuance
of coupon bonds, proceeds of sale
of bonds to be used in erection OF
court houses and other public build
ings.
II. B. 96-Relative to presenta-
ton of claims against estates. and
providing that holder of mortgage
on real estate may foreclose without
presenting his claim to the admin
istrator or executor.
H. B. 1O6-Providing for the Is
,,,,o,ca of interest bearing school