The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-02-22
II LEGISLATORS.

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surety, has passed the house.
Surridge has introduced in the
house a joint resolution asking con.
gress to remunerate those persons
who suffered loss in the Nez Perce
Indian wars.
Senate bill No. So, by McCutcheon,
providing that certified copies of all
deeds recorded, defective or not, may
be used as evidence in court, was
passed without opposition.
House bill No. 81, by Mcleod, lin,
iting the amount of wage exemption
against execution for bills contracted
for the n~ecessaries of life, was killed
In the house by a vote of 80 to 6.
By an unanimous vote the house
passed a bin ap~propriating 5 4,51G.94
to pay deficiencies incurred by the
state up to this time in the Steunen.
berg murder case. The bill was passed
under suspension of the rules as soon
as 1t was introduced.
Representative Fogg's Pest" bill
has passed the house The bill pro.
vides that upon petition of 100 resi-.
dent taxpayers of any county the
commissioners may leXy a tax for the
determination of crickets ~grasshop.
pers, rodents or other pests.
OF seven house bills passed on the
18th, two were of much importance.
These were the Fallon bill, making
eight hours a days work for miners
and mill and smelter workers, and
| Whites bill prohibiting boisterous
a~musements on Memorial day.
Senate bill No, 81, by Jacobs, pro.
hits the use Of badges, buttons or
other insignia or passwords, ritual or
ceremonies of any lodge or organiza.
ton by persons not entitled to do so
and furnishing the violation of the act
by a fine of not to exceed $50
In the senate a resolution has been
introduced by Pence, providing for an
investigation of the accounts of the
state veterinarian and live stock san.
itary board. 1t Is said that the affairs
Of this department are badly mixed
and the resolution calls for a commit.
tee of three to look into matters rel
alive thereto.
The optional license bill was taken
up again last week, and a sliding scale
of license adopted, this being from
$500 to $3.50. An addition was made
providing that no license shall be
granted over remonstrance of the ma
jority of the voters of the precinct.
In this form the bill was recommend.
ed for passage.
Senate bill No. SO, by 1ruitt, pro.
yides that the land commissioners be
requested to make a statement Of all
the lands the proceeds or interests of
which are for the use of the various
funds of the state university at Mos.
cow, so that the board of regents may
know the exact status of the funds at
their command.
Representative JOnes's bill. Great.
ing districts in the state and pro
viding penalties for stock running at
large; Fallon's eight-hour bill; Whites
bill to prevent the dissertation Of
Memorial day; Mulally's tax bill and
Jones's bill giving married women the
power to make wills the same as men,
have passed the house.
House bill No. 1876, by the judiciary
committee, provides for a revision
and modification of the statutes of
Idaho. 1t provides for the printing
of not less than 500 copies of the
statutes, which are to be sold at $40
for a book not to exceed 800 pages
and one cent a page a book for all
above that number of pages
Senate sub. No. a by Butler provid.
ing by an amendment for a simplifica.
ton Of the procedure in cases of gar
nishment, has passed the house. The
bill provides that the process in cases
garnishment shall consist of one
action in court instead of two as here
thereby cheapening and max.
ing the process less circuitous
B~allantyne, in closing his remarks
on the railway commission bill, said:
we have had a bill here for the ex-
termination of the cricket and grass
hopper pest. We ought to have made
it to include the railroad lobby pest.
| hereby serve notice that ! shall
bring some Of these fellows to an
swer for their despicable work"
The house passed the bill making
the legal rate for advertising 81 an
inch. 1t indefinitely postponed Whites
bill to abolish capital punishment
and, In committee of the whole, rec.
the bill for the creation
Clearwater county for passage. This
off the eastern end Of Nez Perez.
The boundaries were changed in some
particulars.
After killing off the anti-pass bill
hat was passed by the house some
weeks ago, the senate switched around
put through two county division
bills unanimously. These are the
house bills creating the counties OF
Bonner and Twin Falls, the former
rom the upper portion of Kootenai
the latter from the western part
If Cassia.
Senate sub. bill No. Is, by Bull ,
er, providing punishment for persons ,
with firearms, has been
passed, Mr.. Butler explaining when the
)ill came up for final passage that It's
object was IN make DprgCns that