The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1907-03-01
IN THE LEGISLATURE
Doings of Idaho's Lawmak-
ing Body.
DRAWING TO A CLOSE.
No Test Oath.-No Local Option.
Employers Liability Bill.

Feb. ls-Glcason's anti-forest re-
serve resolution passed the house 32
to Z. Gleason opened the debate.
FalloL made prepared speech IN
favor of the resolution.
The house passed bills: to keep
probate courts open at all times; al.
lowing state auditor to issue duplicate
warrants for lost originals: for. $40. 900
to build roads in Idaho county;
creating state board of osteopathy.
The bin to license gambling was in
definitely postponed.
Feb. l9-The test oath bill as
amended some days before so as to
conform to the constitution, was
passed by the house, by vote of Al
to 5. Two members were absent.
Seven Mormons voted for the bill and
five Mormons voted against 1t. The
two absent members were Mormons.
The senate passed house bill rs,
providing penalty for Illegal con-
veyance of articles into or out of the
Denitentiary.
Feb. 20 The house passed the
local option bill by vote Of 30 to 81,
fixing fiat saloon license of $3.50,
but eliminating the local option pro-
vision. Other bills passed were: H.
b. 144, notary public bill for new
counties; 80, raising salaries at peni
tentiary; 90, describing lawful fences;
10, for 3 instead OF 5 incorporators;
SO, fixing school elections on first
Monday IN April; 14l, regulating
stringing of telegraph poles across
railroad tracks; S. B. 67, indexing
| deeds.
The senate passed senate bill 96,
! allowing justices to appoint constables
, when necessary; and house bill Ill,
requiring teachers to have s years
experience before being granted state
! rtifcates.
| Feb. 81 The senate, by a vote OF
/ IA to 6, refused to concur Ia the
: house amendments to the test oath
bill, previously passed by the senate
omitting the words 'patriarchal'
and "celestlal", but passed by the
house amended SO as to include those
words. 1t was strict party vote
the democrats favoring the amend
ments. The senate passed senate
bills; concerning repair Of public
roads; making illegal the wearing Of
society emblems by persons not en-
titled to wear them; regulating fee.
of notaries.
The house, after strong fight
passed the bill to create Clearwater
county out of part Of Nez Perce. Tht
vote was 26 to 90. Other house bill.
passed by the house were: requiring
branding Of explosives; concerning
damages to telegraphs and telephones
relating to sale of personal property
providing for distribution of propert,
of persons who die iptestate.
Feb. 22-The house passed the EN-
ployers' liability bill, previously pass
ed by the senate. The bill wa
amended raising the limit OF damage
for death from $4,000 to $500.
The senate acted upon number o
measures Of minor Importance, recon-
mending several Of them for passage
Rev. G. L. Tufts of Portland wa
arrested second time by the sergean
at arms for violating the antilobb
law by talking IN the interest of th
. Sunday rest bill.
At l0:30 p. M, nearly all the men
bers of the legislature left on
special for Twin Falls to remain owe
, Saturday and Sunday.
, Feb. 25-The railroad commissio
r bill came up again in the house, bu
S an amendment by Sewall to have tt
4 constitution amended creating a raj
way commission failed of the necessal
Z two-thirds vote. The house passe
S. B. No. 4, providing for easier prt
! ceedings in garnishment cases; H..
!. 81, allowing exception of $1,000 fir
= from taxation of property of civil vi
), veterans; II. B. III, providing +
! sale of copies of state laws as printe
The house committee recommend