East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-01-13
House Will Consider Meas
ures Chamberlain Refused
to Make Into Laws.
NEARLY ALL ARE
INCREASE SALARY BILLS
Former Governor Refused to Approve
of Plans to Raise Salaries of County
Officials During Present Terms of
Office-Announced Intention to
Use Veto Is Firmly Adhered To.

Salem, Or, Jan. 13.-House bills
passed by both houses at the twenty
fifth legislative session two years age
and which were vetoed by Governor
| George E. Chamberlain have been
made the order of business in the
house for o'clock next Tuesday af-
ternoon. There were Is house bills
vetoed, the majority of which were
so-called salary bills, increasing the
salaries of county officials during the
term for which they had been elected.
It was the announced intention of
Governor Chamberlain early in the
session to veto all such salary bills
that came before him. Among these
was house bill No. 349, having for its
purpose the increase in the emolu-
ments and salaries of the offices of
county judge, county clerk, sheriff
recorder, treasurer, county school SUI
perintendent and county assessor OF
Benton county.
Other Proposed Increases.
House bill No. 341 purported to in
crease the salary of the county judge
of Coos county
No. $40 attempted to increase the
constable of the Eugene justice dis
| trict.
No. 326 was returned because it at
tempted to increase the salary of the
school superintendent of Columbia
county
A similar bill. denominated house
bill No. 303, attempted to increase the
salary Of the assessor and his deputies
in Marion county from $4,000 to s5,-
900.
No. 1876 attempted similarly to in
crease the salary of the county school
superintendent of Wallowa county.
No. 10 had for it's object the in
crease in salary of several officials of
klamath county during the term for
which they had been elected.
No. 109 attempted to increase the
salary of the county assessor of Coos
county.
No. 90 had for its object the in
crease of the salaries of the. deputy
district attorneys in the counties of
Lane Benton and Lincoln.
80. SO proposed to permit the s.
SCISSOR of Tillamook to employ dep
uty at an annual salary of $500, when
the law already in effect gave the
county court authority to allow the
assessor such deputy hire as he re-
pu.red and was necessary. 1t also at
tempted to increase the emoluments
of the deputy clerk.
No. 63 attempted to increase the
salary of the county superintendent of
jackson county during his term Of Of
flee.
Mclaughlin Home Trustees.
A bill providing for the appointment
of a board of trustees of the Nc
Loughlln home, at oregon City, and
appropriating $3.50 to be expended
toward the permanent preservation of
the home located at oregon City. for
merly owned by DR.. John McLough-
lin, was vetoed by Governor Chamber
lain for the reason that the ground
upon which the house was situated
had been sold and the house had been
removed to another quarter and be-
cause of this removal and the uses
to which the house had been put dur
ing the past few years, it had become
entirely disassociated with the revered
memory of it's former owner.
Would Injure Orchards.
No. PIG was vetoed because it pro-
posed, according to the governors in
terpretation of it, to eliminate from