The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-01-20
WITH IDAHO'S LAW MAKERS
What 10 Happening in Both Branches
Of the State Legislature.


10, providing for recall of officials
who are delinquent in their duties.
The following bills were introduced
in the house: Creating Ninth judicial
district to consist of Bonner county.
Providing for protection of workmen
and employees as regards comulsory
residence at company boarding hous.
es. Authorization of additional judge
in Fourth judicial district.
The senate passed a measure appro-
priating $4,000 to build spillway in
the Mackay dam under state super
vision. Confirmed the appointment Of
Sam J. Rich, as immigration commits.
sioner, his term to begin February
Is. A drastic antitrust law was in
troduced, as was a measure to prevent
the sale of state lands to the PotIatch
Lumber company.
A bill was introduced in the senate
on the 18th to stop the Potlatch Lum-
Der company from grabbing $4,000
acres of valuable timber land. The
matter is under investigation by the
state land board. The sale was held
up in December by supreme court
Injunction.
Good roads will receive the earnest
attention of Senator Haight of Cassia
county. 1t is subject of.whicn he is
deeply interested. He attended the
good roads convention at Ogden last
year upon the invitation of Governor
Brady, and for years he has been
making close study of the subject.
The bills of Importance introduced
In the house on the 18th provide for
the sale and issuance of state bonds
in the sum of 100000 for the COM
pletion of the central section and the
west wing of the capitol; for the crea-
ton of the county of Snake River,
taking almost half of Bingham county,
with Idaho Falls the county seat; for
the initiative and referendum; for
the regulation and the apportionment
of the county and state school fund
by the county superintendent; for
the construction of five miles of pub
lie highway in Bingham county from
Ross Fork to Gibson's Crossing.
Amending the divorce laws and
specifying the time within which ac-
ton should begin; changing the game
law so as to change the open season
on deer, elk, mountain goat and noun
tain sheep; amending the trespass law
as especially applied to the construc-
ton of dams for the flooding of proper
ties, private or public, and making it
unlawful to admit minors into pool
rooms, billiard halls and card rooms,
were bills introduced mot the house
on January IL.
Death and destruction to the thistle,
mustard and cockle-bur is the purpose
Of bill introduced by Senator Worth
S. Lee of Elmore county at the SEES
sion of the senate on the 18th. 1t pro-
vides for the extirpation of the Rus.
sian, Canadian and Chinese thistles,
white mustard and the cockle-bur.
Provisions are made for the carrying
out of the purpose of the bill, even to
the selling of the land upon which the
noxious weeds are found, if that De-
comes necessary.
Senator Macbeth has plan for the
gathering of all of the adult blind OF
the state and placing them in a home
in connection with the Idaho state
school for the deaf and blind, at Good,
ing.
Bills and resolutions pertaining to
the further amending of the Sunday
rest law, permitting the theaters, play
hDusec mnvipu pia+urac aud coapio
railways to operate on that day; to
the organization of another county to
be known as Kamiah county and de.
timing the lines of Nez Perez and
Idaho counties; to the amending of
the constitution of the state submit.
ting to the electors the question
whether or not the number of supreme
court judges shall be five instead OF
three: to provide for a constitutional
amendment making the number of
senators in the state SO and the rep
resentatiyes 80; to provide for the
further equalization of taxes; to de-
fine the name of priest and minister
of the gospel and to determine who
shall be permitted to solemniZe mar
riages, and many others were intro
duced at the session of the house on
January 10.
Senator Kerns has introduced a bill
to give power to city and village auth
orities to assess a portion of the cost
Of sewer construction and other pub.
lie improvements against unpatented
lands in cities and towns.
A bill has been introduced in the
senate which provides for a $4,000
issue of bonds to construct a bridge
over the Snake river in Gilmore and
0wyhee counties at Loveridge.
Senator William H. Hornibrook of
Twin Falls. president of the Idaho Di-
rect Legislation league, introduced
two joint resolutions in the senate
Thursday, the 18th. One of these pro-
yides for a constitutional amendment
establishing the initiative. The other
provides for another constitutional
amendment to establish the referen-
dunn. Similar resolutions were intro
duced in the house by Frank NJ. Kirby
Of Boise county.
The house has adopted rule to
the effect that no bill shall be in
troduced in that body after the 45th
Jay of the session, unless by common
consent. The senate is considering
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