Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-07
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decides that it should not pass, such
bill should not be printed without the
4 order Of the house in which 1t was in
i troduced, and no bin should be order I'd
! printed until 1t Is correct in form and
i composition. If such q rule Is estab-
4 lished and enforced it will be unneceS-
i sary to have bills reprinted because Of
/ deficiencies in form or composition 3r
of failure to comply with the rules If
i the house in which introduced, or be-
cause its author may have overlooked
4 some provision of existing law which
would make the bill as introduced in
consistent or unnecessary.
Auditing of Legislative Expenses.
An examination of the practice here
tofore prevailing with reference to the
payment of bills incurred during the
progress of the legislature shows that
there has not been, in recent years at
least. an auditing committee appointed
for the purpose Of Passing upon the
validity of claims presented against
the state and growing out of the oper-
ations of the legislative department. In
some sessions at least bills have been
sent to the state board of examiners
with nothing further than the check
without any direct supervision or con-
troll, haye contracted the expense for
which the bills We're submitted. Tn
der this practice the members of the
| legislature have had no knowledge of
what they were spending money for,
and no idea oe the total so spent until
they have been brought face to face
with exhausted appropriations.
7 =, if,o acl, fhar af,
appointed an auditing committee, whose
incurred by their respective houses be
fore the same are sent TO the state
board of examiners.
| l suggest also that your rules should
be amended in such manner as to re-
quire that a list of all bills audited and
tentatively allowed by the auditing
committee shall be printed in the jour
nal at least two days before the same
are sent to the state board of exam
liners. In order that any member of the
house in which such bills have been
incurred may have the opportunitS. of
Directing to their certification by the
auditing committee, or Of making such
inquiry into their validity and the ne
cessity for mourning them as he may
see fit
Legislative Procedure.
1t may not be inappropriate for me
at this time 20 invite your attention to
certain matters OF legislative proceed
ure, the neglect OF which has caused
trouble, Inconvenience and msunder-
standing in the past, together with
heavy increase in expenditures.
An examination of appropriation bills
~
gests The belief that the members
thereof were of the opinion that every
appropriation made for any purpose
during the session of the legislature
must be repeated and re-authorized In
a general appropriation bill submitted
near the close OF the session. This is
wrong in practice and incorrect in
theory. Any bill may contain a pro-
vision making an appropriation and it
is unnecessary to repeat appropria-
lions so made in a general appropria-
ton bill. This being true, there is no
reason why bills making the regular
appropriations for our state depart
ments and institutions should not be
introduced as early In the session as it
can be learned what the requirement
Of these departments and institutions
will be for the coming biennial term.
All such appropriation bills should be
introduced not later than the fifteenth
day of the session. and thew should he
considered and passed not Ia fer tbon
the thirtieth day of the session. Such
a procedure would hermit me. as gov
ernor. To closely examine and sernti-
niZa III. annfonriation bn1s nassaa h,,
you. and in the event that 7 found any
which did not INV
there would be annie time In
which might return the Same for vour
further consideration during the SEES
sion. II seems TO have been custnm
in previous legislatures. and II was
particularly the ease In the last lepis.
Iature, that the general augmentation
bill was not introduced until the last
regular day of the session such nro-
cedure conpaIs the governor either 70
sign the general augmentation lin