The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-02-24
FREAK LEGISLATION IN IDAHO
AND ELSEWHERE

no legislature. The 30-day marriage
banns bin is about the only, one that
comes within that description, bar
ring the bed-sheet proposal.
There is yet time, however, ana
rumor has it that the unbarbered gag
about taxing bachelors is to reap
peer, with an addendum for the ben
eft Of old maids, and a pension for
twins
There is also some talk OF meas
ure making it misdemeanor to
treat IN saloon and felony 70
butt in"
Turkish cigarettes that work while
YOU rest may be barred by announcer
enactment.
It may be made obligatory upon
the pastor to post the names Of those
who snore in church.
In another embryo law IT IS pro-
posed to establish suitable ratio
between the ingredients in "muili-
gan" which bears the same relation
to cookery that some Of the actions
dom-nothing very satisfactory IN II
but 1t will do in pinch.
Still another is to regulate the
printing Of labels for canned goods
and bottles. If red ink Is used, the
letters must be subducd in delicate
tracings. 1t will be unlawful to put
less than two oysters in the soup and
all shell fish must be carefully man
toured before being placed on the
market.
If all the freak legislation intro
duced by legislators throughout the
United States were passed and be-
came laws, what funny country TINS
would become. Indiana has furnish
ed one of the most recent examples.
It is a bill requiring every person
wishing to take drink to take out
license.
Representative Colvert, of Benton
i
county, Indiana, has prepared the
bill. 1--WE have personal licenses TO
hunt and fish and do other Things
and follow out certain occupations,
said Colvert, $50 why not a license
to drink? It would be a source OF
heavy revenue to the counties and all
moneys derived from the sale of IL
censes could be turned over to the
! educational fund. Licenses could DC
issued in the form of small pocket
card permits reading that the holder
has been licensed to drink.
From Colorado comes the interest
ing news that bill is about to DC
introduced in the legislature OF tna'
!, state providing that any surgeon who
shall perform an operation for ap
pendicitis and thereafter be unable
to prove that the appendix was II
a diseased condition, shall be guilt,
OF malpractice and punishable undel
the penal code.
Iowa's contribution is bill max
ing 1t unlawful for you to put youl
feet on your desk-that is, II yot
happen to be legislator. A resolu
ton has been introduced In the leg
islature prohibiting legislators from
smoking in chambers and from put
ting their feet on desks while die
tating to feminine committee clerks
and stenographers.
That much abused class, the poo
bachelors, are being abused ono
more, this time in New Mexico
where a bill has been introduced II
the New Mexico legislature providing
for the classification of bachelors ant
widowers and the levying Of a ta'
against them. Bachelors between tn
ages Of, % and As are to pay 81
annual tax.
AS for texas, not content with max
ing drastic prohibition laws which
forbid you from taking a drink Q
your own whiskey out of your owl
flask on railroad train, or in sigh
of residence, the legislature is nov
earnestly considering the enactmen
of a law to put you in jail II yo'
ever dare to use bad language to tn
telephone receiver. A bill introduce
in the Texas legislature by Represent
alive Vaughan, making 1t a crimina
offense to swear over the telephon
has already been reported favorabl
from the house committee on Grimm
al Jurisprudence. "
or course everybody knows abou
Nebraska's famous sheet bill. RI
\ preventative Link introduced 1t.
is measure to compel hotel propris
tors to furnish bed sheets nine fee
in length.
The tongues Of the railway static
agents in Missouri may be loosene
IL a bill introduced into the legisl'