Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-02-11
HOUSE GETS DOWN TO
ROUTINE BUSINESS
Several UnlmpOrtant Bills Passed
Olsen Would Shut Out For.
elgn Electricity.

The house today passed the Upton
bill to reimburse Richard Williams
and others for the 1926 they expend-
ed in the purchase Of IL acres of land
adjoining the site of the Champoeg
monument in Marion county, for the
Government Provisional Park. The
bill originally called for a $4,000 ap-
preparation, the plans being to spend
the money left over from reimbursing
the men for the improvement of the
park, and the building Of an auditori-
um, but in committee this was cut
out.
The men TO be reimbursed are: e.
B. Williams, James Failing, W. H.
Pope, George A. Harding, Joseph
Buchtel, F. x. Matthew, John Mimic,
A. Bush, NJ G. George, Richard Will
llams, F. H, Holman and P. H. Darcy.
Darcy
Parsons, of Lane, created laugh,
after roll call, when he shouted: "This
is the first bill carrying a dollar in
appropriation that the Marion county
delegation has not hollered against" :"
Among the other bills passed today
probably the most important was that
Of Latourette, repeating section 1541
chapter 8, of Lords Oregon Laws. It
Is claimed that this will do more to
prevent fraud of all kinds in Oregon
that any blue sky bill that could be
passed, as 1t removes a barrier which
sharpers and criminals have made use
Of to prevent prosecution. This strick-
en- out reads as follows.
Upon trial for having, by false
pretense, obtained the signature of any
persons to any written instrument, or
obtained from any person any valuable
thing, no evidence can be admitted of
a false pretense expressed orally, and
unaccompanied by a false token or
writing; but such pretense, or some
note or memorandum thereof, must be
in writing, and either subscribed by or
in the handwriting of the defendant"
Among other bills passed for the re-
form Of legal procedure was one by
Latourette providing that a grand jury
can be kept in session until its work
Is completed, with a time limit of six
months, and another providing for the
charging Of more than one crime in
the same indictment, in separate
counts, and one by Barton providing
for the releasing of courtesy or dover
of husband or wife of unsound mind.
Other bills passed today were: By
Mitchell, appropriating $4,000 for the
aid of the work of the Oregon Social
Hygiene Society; BY Abbott amend
ing election law to permit county
clerks to use canvas ballot boxes, as
well as ones Of leather.
The bill to permit Multnomah coun-
ty to bond itself to build the proposed
interstate bridge between Portland
and Vancouver was introduced today
by unanimous consent.
introduced in the same way was
one by the ways and means commit
toe nppropriating $4,000 for the ncxt
two years eor the support and mainte.
nance of the University Of Oregon's
medical department at Portlnnd
A bill was introduced by Olson pro-
viding that Oregon retaliate against
Washington with a himilar law If that
state passes a contemplated bill to
put a prohibitive tax on current gem
Grated in Washington and sold out
side that state. The Washington bill,
IL is claimed, is intended to put the
Northwest Electric Company of Ore
gon out Of business.