The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1907-01-19
GOVERNORS MESSAGE
Recommendation Made by Chamber
lain to Legislature.

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Salem, Jan. 15.-Governor Chamber
lain delivered his biennial message this
afternoon to both houses of the legisla-
ture in joint session. His recommen-
dations follow:
Election of Jonathan Bourne and
Frederick w. Mulkey to the long and
short terms, respectively, as United
States senators, in accordance with the
result of the direct primary election.
Passage of law creating railroad
commission, following generally the
measure prepared by the Portland
chamber of commerce.
Enactment of laws to make the tax
burden fall more evenly ON personal
property and corporations.
Amendment of the inheritance tax
law to the graduated system, with addi-
tional clauses to make evasion impossi-
/ BILE.
A graduated tax on incomes from
So, 900 up.
Decided increase in cost of commits
sions to notaries public.
Withdrawal from sale for 10 years of
the remaining state tide lands.
Purchase of the Willamette locks.
Appropriation to operate the portage
railway until the 1909 session. A new
personnel for the board of portage
commissioners.
Appointment of an expert accountant
to audit the books of all state officers.
Creation of the Office of expert ac-
countant, with duties to make uniform
all state and county bookkeeping and
check funds of state and county officials
Enactment of an anti-pass law, with
an appropriation to pay expenses of
public officers on public business.
A reciprocal demurrage law.
Continuance of the library commits
sion.
Investment of compulsory visitorial
power in some state authority to cover
private asylums for insane.
A law providing for supervision of
banks in Oregon.
A stringent anti-lobbying law.
Deposit of surplus state funds in banks
at interest, the deposit to be safeguard
ed by bonds or other collateral.
Escheatment to the state Of funds in
banks where the depositors have not
been heard from for over seven years.
Prompt action to establish an insti-
tute for feeble-minded and epileptic
children.
Publication of itemized statements of
the source of campaign funds and pro-
hibition of campaign contributions by
corporations.
Compulsory lectures to their classes
by public school teachers on tubercu ,
losis.
Measures looking toward eradication
of scabies in sheep.
Punishment of wildcat mine promot- |
eTs.
Flat salary for the state printer and |
erection of state printing Office build |
ing.
Board of control for normal schools, !
with the normal school appropriations
in one fund, to be distributed by this !,
board
New apportionment of senators and
representatives.
Transportation of convicts to the pen
itentiary by penitentiary officers.
Conservative legislation for employ !
ment of convicts in new fields, without
abandonment of the present system at
once.
Appointment of state engineer to
supervise construction of new roads.
Appropriation for state representation
at the Alaska Yukon-Pacific exposition,
and some kind of representation at
jamestown.
A new irrigation code. Extreme
caution should be used in changing the
tentative measure framed by the Port
land board of trade irrigation bill COM
mittee.