The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1910-12-29
RECOMMEND
BETTER LAWS
County Commissioners Com
mittee For State Recon-
mend Many Changes

The legislative committee appoint
ed by the State association OF County
Commissioners, representing every
county in Idaho. consisting of Robert
Sterling. T. r. Sherman, ]. e. Ker-
rick. s. f. Scott and w. d. Huffaker.
following a three days session in
Boise, concluded Saturday might to
recommend the enactment of laws
looking to the bettement of the pro-
cedure and conduct of county govern
ments In part as follows:
"The collection of all road taxes in
money.
"The granting OF power to county
commissioners to let road building by
contract, wherever practical, and
where not so practical to have the
same done at the expense OF the
county, by the day, payable out of the
road fund.
g The passage OF law maidng ev-
cry section line a public highway in
so far as the same can be legally
done.
ITO abolish the office of county
road district overseer, and to place
the sole control and management of
road in the hands of the county
commissioners.
That salaries of county surveyors
be fixed upon such a. basis ais to OBJ
tain and retain for the various coun-
ties the services of efficient civil en-
gineers.
ITO lepgthen the terms of county
commissioners so as to retain at all
times at least one member upon the
board. A four or siK-year term is
recommended.
Corporation Employees.
ITO compel all corporations and
persons to furnish lists of employees
to the proper county road officials,
making said corporations and per-
sons personally responsible for the
collection of road poll and hospital
taxes from the said employees, and pro-
viding penalties for failure to com
ply with said law.
ITO provide for compulsory EN-
ployment of county and state prison
ers upon the public roads.
ITO provide for the eradication of
noxious weeds.
minded.
ITO make wife desertion a felony.
ITO amend the law of condemna-
tion of roads SO the grantees or own
ers OF abutting road land. who be-
come grantees during condemnation
proceedings, shall take said lands
with notice of said proceedings.
ITO provide for the establishment
of good road districts in such a way
that district may be established GOV
ering parts of two or more counties.
County Road Convention.
I'VE further recommend that Inn
mediate organized action be taken fol
the improvement of our county roads,
and to this end we advise the calling
E of state association of county COM
: missioners to meet in Boise on Jan.
S "a, 1911. at 10 o'clock a. m, then and
: there to organize, permanently elect
r officers, and appoint committees for
i the coming two years, and to confer
o with the proper legislative committee
c and We do hereby call meeting OF
said association for said time and
!, place.
t THE secretary of this board, e
j. r. Sherman, is hereby appointed as
;. a committee of one to prepare a pro
n gram for said meeting and to make
4 the proper arrangements therefor.
g I'VE further recommend that the
O various boards of county commission
ers of the state appoint delegates
+. from among their own members tt
h attend said meeting. 1t is furthel
y recommended that the boards o.
a county commissioners of the stats
Of pass resolutions seeking the aid q
>. the members of the legislature O
.. their own counties in the promotiol
of said legislators be provided witt
copy thereof. The secretary of thi
committee Is hereby instructed t
n mail to Governor-elect ]. II. Hawle,
t. and to each board of county commis
h sioners of the state copy of thes
a. resolutions"
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