The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-02-15
IDAHO LEGISLATURE.

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! Truths bill diverting accumulate,
! IN the scientific school fund to tn
agricultural college fund of the uni
Verslty has been passed by the senate
A bill of considerable interest to TIL,
"~ater-users OF the state is the one in
troduced in the house by Ballantine tt
prevent destruction of canals, head
gates, etc.
The house and senate s~ergeants.at
arms have been instructed TO rightly
enforce the anti-lobby law in the legis
lative chambers and around the cap,
itol building.
McCracken's local option bill was
defeated in the house by a vote of Is
to 80. The final debate on the meas.
ure, which was of a fiery nature, last.
ed nearly two hours.
A delegation from Lewiston arrived
IN Boise last week for the purpose of
nghtlng the county division bill intro
duced by Senator Waldrip for the ere.
alton of the county of Lolo.
The house bill by Abbott providing
for the creation and division of new
school districts and one by Cavan-
augh providing a paving and curb
ing 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 1t
originates, rs per cent to roads and rs
per cent to the school fund, has
passed. |
Speaking Of the a%nti-child labor bill,
one OF the members Is quoted as say.
ing that he'd rather support a bill that
would devise a 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 early date is to abolish
the death penalty here in Idaho. and
make Imprisonment for life the ex.
IRENE punishment for murder or other
capital crimes.
Seawells railroad commission bill
has been indefinitely postponed. This
hnally disposed of all the measures of
this nature before the legislature and
the house has gotten right back
where it started from.
S. B. No. 2S, by Truitt, providing
moneys In the agricultural col.
lege fund be appropriated to the
general college department of the
state university during 1907 and 1908,
been passed by the senate.
A bitter fight is now on in Boise be-.
the city council and the Com. {
nercial club over the proposed new ,
'lty charter. The latter Is In favor !
II the charter bill now before the l.,
legislature, while the council Is Cd.
POSED to many features of it.
The senate IN the Sth passed the r
GLOWING bills: BY Butler, to prevent
ne careless use of firearms. BY Jen.
10 secure interest on state fund.
'y McCutcheon, to regulate corpora =
IONS. by M~cCutcheon, relative tc q
rebate courts and terms thereof. Bv =,
'rultt, requiring report on university y
lnds. d
H.. /. 80. by Stanford, Is the estray r
wv presented by him some time ago, b
nd withdrawn for this substitution. II d
roVldes an easier, shorter method of II
rlhglng the owner and the taker.up 7
and provides that the owner a
lall have the right to redeem within
certain time, after the legal sale of
10 estray. 81
The house and senate on the 9Th r.,
'ceived a communication from Geo, =,
Bo0s, special commissioner of the
aska-Yukon-Pacitic exposition, to be
I'D IN Seattle, asking the c%o.opera- "
IN OF Idaho in the enterprise. Gov. ~
mas recommended that a lib
al appropriation be made by the
for the states represen-
ton at the exposition, and such ac- dc
IN will probably be taken. IN
Representative Johnson has the hon W.
or introducing the Sunday rest bill '
the house. 1t closes all saloons and .u'
Ter places Of business on Sunday, 10
only hotels, drug stores and tht
It is made @ INSIDE 49,
'anor to violate the Sunday closing sin
v, with a fine Of $25 to 500, or i'm. poi
sonment up to 30 days, and both w
G and imprisonment for the second tro
ense. vac
B. 81, by Johnston, Stanford
d Webster, provides amendments :
the law for the establishment of w
state sanitary board Of livestock. w
g of the duties of this board is TO liz
k after the destruction of preda. sal
y animals. The board may hire we
'ert hunters, who furnish their own ma
and who are to hunt, trap, poi. wo
or otherwise kill wolves, coyotes as
other predatory wild animals. su,
~ may pay $3.50 a day for these .,n,
vices, but the skins and trophies ~.
The chase are to be the property of W.
county.
he house passed Cavanaugh's
Sc Independent school district bill EXP
having passed the senate, it is
: on the way to the governor. 1t
passed Bishop Lovesy's health A,
rd bill, which many people do not mil,
slder sufficient to meet the needs "I
he state. !
NOR
house has passed Cavanaupb,a no