Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-03-07
PASSED IMPORTANT BILLS.
What the Legislature Accomplished
During the Session.

Salem-Many important bills passe
both houses of the Oregon legislator
at the session just ended, and consid
elable number were defeated. The an
propriations are very large-amountin
to some SO 500, ,000-and no bills passe,
raising any considerable amount of rev
enue by new methods.
Several bills for new revenue wer,
defeated. Among them was that o
Representative Beals to tax timbe
holdings on the basis of cruisings sub
mitted to assessors by their owners
Another was that prepared by the late
tax commission and introduced by Rep
resentative Freeman taxing public ser.
vice corporations on their capitalized
net earnings. A third was that of Rep.
resentative Settlemier for collection OF
taxes on land that had escaped taxation
in the last six years.
One of the defeated measures Of large
moment was that of the Portland board
of trade, for control of the water pow
ers of the state. Another was that for
$50, 900 appropriation for extension
of the portage road to The Dalles.
First of all the enactments was that
for railroad commission. The bill
for this law was introduced by Repre-
sentative Chaplin and the three commits
sioners already have been appointed -
T. X. Campbell, c. B. Aitchison and
Oswald West.
Representative Jones, of Polk, is
father of a successful bill appropliating
$500 900 for free locks at Willamette
falls, contingent on the national gov
ernment's appropriating an additional
sum sufficient to provide the locks and
maintain them.
Representative Eaton, of Lane, has
the credit of having secured enactment
of bill granting to the State universe
ty an annual standing appropriation of
$l25,0 900.
Representative Jackson, of Douglas,
introduced a successful bill appopriat-
ing 800, 600 for National Guard arm
ories.
Representative Perkins, of Jackson,
has the credit of securing for fruitmen
law to prevent false labelling and
branding of packed fruit, and Of anoth- |
er law to prevent false marking of nur- !
sery stock A third bill of his permits
olchardists to kill birds that destroy |
crops, but this bill is in danger of
veto.
Representative Slusher is father of
successful bill creating sheep commits :
sion and sheep inspector, and author /
izing inspectors of the bureau of animal
industry to exercise police powers in
the state for eradication of sheep scab.
Representative Settlemier's bill pass
ed both houses to appropriate 100000
for the Seattle exposition in 1909.
representative Edwards was pro-
moter Of an important enactment to
raise the per capita tax OF school dis
trcts to 81.
Representative Nawter of Jackson
had bill passed to create one board of
regents for all the nOrmals, also to ap-
propriate $40 600 for the Ashland nor
NAL. Representative Barrett Of Una
tilla did the same for the Weston nor
NAL, in the sum of $35, 900. Senator
LOughary secured enactment of his bill
providing $50, 900 for Monmouth and
Representative Jackson put successful
rider on it appropriating $27, 900 for
Drain. Representative Carter of Ben
ton secured passage of a 1925, 900 APP
for new buildings at the
State Agricultural college, and Senator
Johnson of a $75 900 appropriation for
Representative Beals is author of an !
enactment creating the Office of cheese, :
dairy and creamery inspector, as dep +
nty to the state dairy commissioner.
Representative Driscoll introduced :
the bill for the act creating the Port of
columbia District of Multnomah, Co. 2
umba and Clatsop counties, for regu- P
ation of towage and pilotage at the
mouth of the Columbia river. d
Senator M. A. Miller, of Linn, has
o his credit compulsory education l
aw, which promises to be the most l
Effective measure of the kind ever pro- q
posed in Oregon. k
Among the most important senate C
bills enacted was the Haines banking d
,ill, which, though acknowledged to be
is believed to be wise b
Measure for the reason that it is the
of state supervision of bank ST
ng. $
Senator NJ. G Miller, of Linn, was 8,
he author of a bill that has passed p,
10Th houses providing for the loaning eI
f surplus funds in the state treasury to 9,
anks giving security and paying in /,
crest on daily balances.
Senator F. j. Miller, of Linn-Marion dl
ecured the passage of bills for the es.
ablishment of an institution for the 81
aeble-minded, an institution for which
here has been general demand in or
er to place under control a class of pc
eople not fit for the asylum but who st
ught not to be at large.
Senator Sichel fathered two bills pc
nat will have considerable effect. One
rovides for the working of husbands
ho fail to support their families, and in
le payment of 81 so day to the fam
V for their support. The other pro- 13
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