The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-12-28
GOVERNOR CALLS SPECIAL
SESSION OF LEGISLATURE
Law Makers to Meet January 15th 1872 in Twenty Days
Session to Revamp the Tax Laws of the
State of Idaho

forcibly called to the attention of
the people, mainly for the reason
that 1t has never been enforced.
Officers have heretofore evad-
ed the law and continually violat-
ed their official oaths apparently
thinking thereby that the ineffi-
cheney Of the law would be cor
rected.
Present System Vicious.
The vicious system hereto
fore prevailing, which set utterly
at defiance not only the law itself
but the ordinary principles of
good government upon which
every law is based, has gradual
ly grown up and the people have
so become accustomed to viola
tions Of law that many become
discontented because of its en-
| forcement.
The enforcement of the rev.
enue law during the present year,
white not as complete as it should
have been, has, however, called
attention in the most effective
way to the corrections necessary
to be made. The people of the
state are awakened to the neces-
slty OF the changes being made
and the Legislature has the OPP
portunity Of acting intelligently
upon new system because of the
lnefficiency of the old method has
been effectively demonstrated by
It's enforcement.
Many Changees Needed.
There are many changes that
should be made in our laws.
There are many matters that
should like to submit to the legis-
lature for it's action, but | would
not have felt justified in calling
a special session except upon the
all important subject of a
thorough revision of our revenue
laws and the necessary laws per-
tanning thereto.
The special session will be
limited, so far as its existence is
concerned, to 20 days, | realize
that many other matters could be
presented demanding attention,
still | am satisfied that so to do
would distract the attention of
the members of the legislature
from the main subject at issue
and might result in failure to
give us proper revision of our
revenue system. SO believing, |
have, although it has been with
great regret, in many instances,
resolved to submit no questions
to the special session except those
connected with the assessment and
collection of the reevenue. There
will, therefore, be no other mat
tiers to which the attention Of the
legislature will be directed and
upon which legislation can be had
Other Subjects Tabooed.
81 particularly regret that |
cannot, consistently with my
duty, have legislative action up
on such matters as an increase in
the number of judges of our
supreme court, necessary amend
ments TO the charter Of Boise
City; amendments to the law re-
garding the extension of city
boundaries SO as to prevent a city
like Boise from being so hedged |
in by surrounding municipalities
as to prevent its proper extension
to the presidential preference bill, |
which / believe is demanded by
large majority of our people; to
the division of the second judicial
district and to a number Of other
matters that are of great import
ance. These things will have to
rest until the next regular session
and in the meantime can be care
fully thought over by the people
and by those selected to legisla-
tive positions.
Must Eschew Politics.
1t is true that some of these
questions would occupy but little
of the time of the session, but to
submit them and to have a vari- |
ETY. of subjects not connected with
the revenue system before the
legislature would give an oppor-
tunity to those who are not anx-
ious for change or who would |
desire to play politics at the COM
ing session to distract the atten-
ton of the members to such other
subjects and keep such subjects
in allegiance during the session