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manager salary snail De teIulnSu
by the board of directors, who shall
not have jurisdiction over the county
Judges, justices and constables. Sal
aries of county officials shall be fixed
by the people of their respective
counties, and not by the legislature.
Officers who may be elected in Nov
ember, 1910, and those who are now
in office, shall serve until 1912, but
shall do so under the direction OF the
county business manager.
Courts to BE Reformed, Too.
The courts do not escape in the
proposed constitutional amendment,
but few changes are made in this
branch of the government. No Dill
with the emergency clause attached
shall be enacted to change the sal
aries of Judges, or diminishing or in
creasing the number of judges, or
changing the term OF any judicial
officer. Only such opinions of the
Supreme Court shall be printed as
decide new questions Of law. III the
Supreme Court shall be of the
opinion, in considering an appeal,
that the judgment Of the court ap-
pealed from was such as should have
been rendered in the case, such judg-
ment shall be affirmed, notwithstand-
ing any errors committed during the
trial; or II, in any respect, the judg-
ment appealed from should be
changed, and the Supreme Court
shall be of the opinion that 1t can
decide on what judgment to be en-
tered in the court below, it shall
direct such judgment to be entered
in the same manner and with like eff
feet as DEGREES are now entered in
equity cases on appeal to the Su-
preme Court.
The bill provides a board of three
Peoples inspectors of government, "
and they shall be editors of the
Oregon Official Gazette, which shall
be published quarterly and contain
such matters as may be necessary to
keep the voters of the state informed
as to its government. The Gazette
shall be mailed to all voters. The
board Of inspectors shall be watch
! full for any defect or imperfection in
the state and local systems of gov
ernment, and it shall be their duty
to investigate the management of
every public office and of every pub
lie institution supported by public
funds, They shall criticize and re-
port through the Gazette solely for
the good of the public service and in
formation of the citizens, without
motive or desire for personal OF
partisan advantage.
All reports of county and state
officers shall be published in the
Gazette and any citizen or officer
may have any proper communica-
tion inserted therein by paying for
the actual cost of its publication No
general news or commercial adver-
tising shall be published in the
Gazette. The board shall be chosen
at the November, 1912, election, and
at the November, 1914, election, and
thereafter they shall be chosen for
a term of six years. Their salary
shall be $4,000 per annum and travel
ing expenses, payable quarterly The
Order of Grangers and Patrons of
Husbandry of Oregon, the Federated
Trades Convention of Oregon repre-
senting organized labor, and the as
sembled presidents OF the boards of
trade and commerce in Oregon may
recommend to the governor the
names of three persons for appoint
ment, to serve until November, 1912
Mr.. U'ren gives out the names OF
the following as his associates in
framing the measure; Thomas G.
Greene, VIII DAILY, Henry L. McGinn
Henry Hahn, f, McKercher, L. S. j
McAllister, w. p Olds, c. II. Chap.
man, G. M. orton, II. Parkinson, b
Lee Paget and C. Il. S. Wood, o,
Portland; Frank Williams, of Lents;
f. NJ. Gill, of Dufur, and w. A. Hunt
ley and c. Schuebel. of Oregon City