The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-12-29
CALLS SPECIAL SES-
SION OF LEGISLATURE
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Governors Proclamation

!. Governors Proclamation I
i Whereas, an extraordinary oc- i
i. casion requires the convention /
X of special session of the state 1
4 legislature; i
4 Now, therefore, | James H. i
i Hawley, governor of the state of !
!. Idaho, by virtue of the authori- I
+ ty in me vested, do by this proc 1
!. lamation call the legislature of 1
!. the state of Idaho to meet in 1
i. special session at the capital at 1
i. Boise City, in Ada county, Ida I
I. ho, on the 18th day of January I
i. 1912, at IL o'clock M, for the /
i following purposes and none i
!. other, to-wit: i
i For the purpose of revising 4
+ the revenue laws, providing +
.s'new system of assessment, equal !.
!. ization, levy and collection of +
i. taxes; amending or repeating !.
!. laws relating to poll taxes, +
!. whether for general or read pur- /.
\ poses; amending or revising the !.
i. corporation tax laws amending /.
1. or repeating the laws relating +
i. to livestock, sanitary and pred +
i. atory animal taxes; amending 4
!. all acts or parts of acts pre- i.
!. scribing the rates to be levied !.
X for state, county, municipal, !.
i. school and road purposes; /.
4 amending all acts and parts of i.
i. acts prescribing the limit of !.
!. bonded Indebtedness for county, !.
\ municipal and school purposes; !.
!. proposing amendments to the !.
!. revenue provisions of the consti- !.
i tuition of the state of Idaho; 4
i. proposing an amendment to ar +
!. ticle Is, section 6, of the con- !.
!. stitution of Idaho, so as to make !.
!. the county treasurer ex-officio 4
4 tax collector; proposing addi- +
i tions or new sections, or amend :.
4 ments to existing sections of the :.
!. constitution of the st, te of Ida !.
+ ho, limiting the rate of tax lev !.
1. les for county, municipalities i.
J. and school districts. j.
i. The legislature may also pro- !.
4 vide for the expenses of the ses- !.
i. sion, and other matters incident !.
i. al thereto. i
+ In witness whereof, have 1.
j. hereunto set my hand and 1.
!. caused the seal of the state of 1.
i. Idaho to be affixed by the Sec /.
+ retary of state, this 23rd day !.
i. of December, 1911. 1.
+ BY the governor. i.
+ JAS. H. HAWLEY i
j. Attest Governor /.
+ WILFRED L. CLIFFORD, +
X Sec'y. of State. I.
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(Pocatello Tribune)
Governor Hawley is as good as his
word in the matter of the special ses-
sion of the legislature. The forego-
ing is copy of the official procla-
nation issued Saturday, calling the
members to meet in Boise at noon
Monday, January Is. The governor
is as good as his word also in con-
filming the work of the special ses-
sion to consideration of tax matters,
and to them alone. A revision of
the tax system and provisions for cer-
tain constitutional amendments bear
ing on tax matters are to monopolize
the time and attention of the law
makers for the entire 20 days they
will be in session.
In the following statement Gov
ernor Hawley outlines what he hopes
to accomplish by means of the special
session. At the same time he gives
again his view on the present tax
system and points out his reasons
for demanding a change. ]
In his statement the governor
says:
THE underlying principle upon
which I based my call for a special
session is the necessity for a change
In the revenue laws of the state and
The submission of constitutional
to the people which, in
with the legislation hope
will be enacted, will make complete
revenue system founded upon prin-
,iples that will do equal and exact
Justice to every taxpayer, and abso-
utely prevent the inequalities of the
past from being continued in the flu
.ure.
"The absurdities and inequalities
)f the revenue law as 1t has hereto