Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-27
IN THE LEGISLATURE.

IN THE LEGISLATURE.
Salem, Jan. 1.-THE following were
among the 10 bills introduced in the
senate today: To protect Eastern oys-
ters planted in Oregon waters; to
amend the law fixing the boundary of
Grant count; to create the Malheur ir-
rigation district; to make death penalty
apply to trainrobbery; to authorize the
Lewis and Clark fair to condemn pri-
vate property.
The purpose of the irrigation district
DILL is to enable the people of the Nal
heur country to overcome the obstacles
in the way of government irrigation
work.
A bill raising the statutory age of
consent from 16 to 18 years was laid
on the table.
In the house five bills that had been
vetoed by the governor were read.
One, for higher salary for Multnomah
county school superintendent, was not
sustained. The other four, authoriz-
ing additional expenditures by the
state dairy and food commissioner,
amending Astoria charter, to bond the
warrant Indebtedness of Multnomah
count, and for executive mansion and
other appropriations, were sustained.
A joint resolution to adjourn legis-
lature February 10 was referred.
| -Thirty-fve new bills were read for
the first time in the house today,
among them being: To make gambling
felony; to authorize special tax for
bridges in Portland; to protect coal
mines and miners; to compensate In
dian war veterans of 1866, and appro-
priating sac, 200 therefor; to create
railroad commission; to create Eighth
judicial district; to create Tenth judi
cial district; to enable electors to vote
without new registration when they
move to another precinct; to amend
local option law.
Local option by precincts only is the
purpose of the house bill. If it be-
comes law prohibition in counties as
a whole and groups of precincts will be
abolished.
Salem, Jan. 1s. - The right of the
people to exercise the referendum pow
er is to be protected by Governor
Chamberlain and notice to this effect
was today served upon the two houses
of the legislature. In special mes.
sage the governor told the members in
plain language that they are attaching
emergency clauses to many measures
which are not designed to meet real
emergencies and that he will fee.
bound to disapprove such bills if passed
in that form.
Seventeen bills were passed by the
senate, all of minor Importance except
| ing to the localities directly interested
being mostly changes in city charters
Among the new measures introduced
were: To raise the salary of the assist
ant warden of the penitetiary from
5000 to 81 200; to amend general roa6
laws; to make it unlawful to shoe
from or upon any public road; to de
fine rights of riparian owners fronting
on the Columbia river; to provide fol
forming of dyking districts.
) The senate defeated the house join
, resolution asking congress to call /;
constitutional convention for the pur
pose of adopting an amendment provid
ing for election of United States sen
? ators by direct vote of the people.
l Three bills passed the house today
as follows: To extend the Bancroft
} bonding act for sewer and street i'm
provements to all incorporated towns
: to empower corporations to act as ad
: ministrators, executors, receivers
: guardians and trustees; to authoriz
: county courts to appropriate lands fo
| road purpses.
Twenty-seven new bills were rea
for the first time in the house.
The first large appropriation bill ap
peared in the house today carryin
s $133, 147.42, of which SAT 900 is t
f cover deficiencies, $50, 1000 the expense
: of the present legislative session an
e $35, ,881.31 for meeting unpaid seal
!. bounties.
Salem, Jan. 10. = Thirteen senat
bills and two house bills were passe
!, ! by the house today, among them were
- To establish Third Eastern Orego
: : District Agricultural society; to estat
. lish- county and city boards of health
to require teachers in public school
: to give 80 days notice of intention t
. quit; to fix the fees to be charged b
county recorders.
A bill was introduced to take th
appointment of fish warden from th
t board composed of the governor, secre
n tary of state and state teasurer and Civ
a it to the governor. A similar bill wi
8 be introduced in the house tomorrow
n Among the other new measures were
IS To amend the code so as to change th
d WiIIamette's Display at Fair.
e Willamette IIniversitv Salem-Daa