The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-02-21
IDAHO LEGISLATURE.

The house has passed a bill provfd-
ting for accepting q government grant
for the Agricultural college at Mos
COW.
FRUITS bill diverting accumulation
In the scientific school fund to the
agricultural college fund OF the uni
yersity has been passed by the senate.
A bill OF considerable interest to the
waterusers OF the state is the one In.
troduced In the house by Bsilantine to
prevent destruction OF canals. head
gates. etc.
The house and senate sergeants- at.
arms have been instructed to rigidiy
enforce the anti-lobby law In the legis-
iative chambers and around the cap
itol building
McCrnckens local option bill was
defeated IN the house by q vote OF Is
TO 80. The final debate on the meas
ure, which was OF fiery nature. last.
ed nearly two hours.
A delegation from Lewiston arrived
| In Boise last week for the purpose OF
hghting the county division bill intro
duced by Senator waidrip for the ere
alton of the county Of Loio.
The house bill by Abbott providing
| for the creation and division OF new
| school districts and one by Cavan-
| sugh providing q paving and curb
ting fund In city and villages has been
| passed.
Senate bill by McClear and Butler
TO dispose OF money received from
forest users in each county where u
originates. 10 per cent To roads and -
| per cent TO the school fund. has
passed.
/ Speaking Of the anti-child labor bill.
one OF the members is quoted rs say
| Ing that he'd rather support . bill that
would devise sure and easier method
than he has yet found. TO persuade
them to work.
One OF the BILLS to be- presented In
the house at an eariy date is to abolish
the death penalty here In Idaho, and
make imprisonment for life the az
treme punishment for murder or other
capital crimes
Seaweifs railroad commission bill
has been indefinitely postponed This
finally disposed OF all the measures OF
this nature before tho Legislature and
tho house has gotten right back
where Il started from.
3. b. No, Is, by Truitt. providing
that moneys In the agricultural col
iege fund be appropriated To tho
general college department OF tho
state university during 1907 and 1905.
has been passed by the senate.
| Ats.a. a.L. A.. ....... -. A. rmsm. -
tween the city council and the Com
merciai club over the proposed new
city charter, The latter IL In favor
Of the charter bin now before tina
legislature, while the council ID op.
posed to many features OF It.
The senate on the sth passed the
following bills; ny Butler. TO prevent
the careless use OF firearms BY Ien
sen, 10 secure interest on state fund
by McCutcheon. 10 regulate corpora
tons. by Mccutcheon. relative K
probate courts and terms thereof n,
Truitt, requiring report on universit,
lands.
II. d. 90. by Stanford. Ia the estra,
law presented by him some time ago
! and withdrawn for this Substitution.
provides an easier. shorter method o
: bringing the owner and the taker.ul
! together. and provides that the owne
!. shall have the right 10 redeem within
I certain time, after the legal sale Q
!. the estray.
= The house and senate on the SCI
received q communication from Gee
E. Boos. special commissioner OF tn
a Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition, to b
held Ia Seattle, asking the co-opers
! ton OF Idaho In the enterprise. Gov
: GoodinE has recommended that q III
eral appropriation be made by tn
. legislature for the states represen
q tation nj the exposition. and such nc
4 tion viii probably be taken.
Representative johnson has the hor
Z or OF Introducing the Sunday rest bill
y In the house, II closes all saloons an
!. other places OF business on Sunday
excepting only hotels, drug stores an
, restaurants. IL In made d misds
!. meanor TO violate the Sunday ciosinl
law, with fine OF SIS To 800. or I'm
prisonment up To 30 days, and bot
fine and imprisonment for the secon
ofYense.
H. u. o.. by Johnston. Stanton
!. and webster. provides amendment
10 the law for the establishment q
A n state sanitary board of livestock
One Of the duties OF this board Ia b
look after the destruction OF predz
y tory animals. The board may hir
expert hunters who furnish their ow
guns. and who are TO hunt, trap. 20
IL son or otherwise kill wolves. coyote
!" aud other predatory Wild animai'
= They may pay $3.50 day for thes
services. but the skins and trophie
=, ~ the chase are 10 be the property q
/. the county.
% The house passed cavanaush
II Boise independent school district bill
and having passed the senate. II
), now on III. way 10 the governor.
also passed Bishop Iloseny's healt
'e board bill which many people do ~
consider sufficient To meet the need
of the state.
M The house has passed cavansugh
bill 10 prohibit, Illicit conveyance
"A articles into the penitentsary by on
side parties. also Abbotts bill pc
Or hitting veterans of the Spanish-Af
cFkrap aua yaafan war~ Ia aufsr b;