The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1913-02-06

The Hurd or Grange bill provides
for election of delegates in road dis
tricts, these delegates to attend
county road meeting to determine up
on road questions.
House overrdes More Vetoes
The following vetoed bills were
passed by the house:
Bill requiring depot agents to post
at once information received as to de-
layed trains for the convenience of
the travelling public Requiring abut.
ting property-owners on county roads
to destroy thistles and other noxious
weeds. and providing a penalty for
not doing so. Requiring school direc-
tors to pay for material and labor
where. through their own careless
ness, contractors leave unpaid bills.
Prohibiting expenditures over and
above the sums appropriated for any
public institution or department of
the state and creating an emergency
board to look after such work. Pro-
viding that no expenditure shall be
made before an appropriation Is made.
Question When Vetoed Bills Effective
Just when the veto bills Of tho gov
ernor that have been passed by the
constitutional two-thlrds majority of
both houses go into effect is a ques.
ton that has arisen in the light of the
fact that "a number of the governors
vetoed bills have gone over his head.
It also develops the point as to
whether the vetoed bills, which have
been passed Notwithstanding the veto
of the governor, are subject to a ref
erendum of the people.
The members OF the senate judici.
airy committee have reached a conclu'
sion that the vetoed bills do not be-
come laws until 30 days after ad.
journment of the legislative session
and are subject TO n referendum of
the people IT such is desired.
Saloons In Depots Prohibited
Under amendments which have been
made TO the uosklns bill IN the sen.
ate regulating the sale OF liquor near
depots. the bill now prohibits the To-
cation Of q saloon IN any depot. under
the same roof as the depot, or in an
adjacent building. Originally the bill
was intended to prohibit saloons from
being located within 800 feet Of n de-
pot. The bin Is also amended 90 ex'
clude drug stores from It's provisions.
Bill Propeses Petition Regulations
Tho name of every person or com
pany interested In an initiative meas
uro must have his. her or It's n1mo
plainly printed on the cover OF any
petition circulated under the initiative
law and must make known to 'he
world thnt he, she or it is 20 interest
ed. according 10 proposed amend
mont TO the initiative law, introduced
by Representative Latourette, OF Multi
NOM O. 90 ,y o. tho house.
Tub bin also provides that no per
son may solicit for pay more than ?5O
names on any measure without first
receiving from the governor license
something like a notarial commission
after which he may proceed.to solicit
Protects Wages From Loan Shark
Protection against loan sharks is the
object OF n bill introduced by Senator
Farrell. II provides that no assign
ment of wages shall be valid 10 secure
loan of less than 5000, unless II Is
accepted In writing by the employer
and no such assignment is to be held
valid, whom made by married man.
except by the written consent OF his
wife.
Free Textbooks Advocated
Senator Day introduced a bill pro-
viding that free textbooks shall be
furnished in all the public schools OF
the state except In high schools. The
bin provides that each school district
shall pay for It's own books.
Any teacher or anyone connected
officially with the public schools is
prohibited from in any way being fl
nancially connected with the purchase
OF such books
legislative BreVities
Resolutions OF respect on the death
OF Captain James Blakely' OF Browns
a-l,to1 h,r hnfh houses