The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1913-01-23
OREGON Lawmakers
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-' Soes thIousn IL VIII virtually do
away with the state purchasing board
BY placing the duties of that board
with the state board OF control.
The appropriation OF $4,000 year
which is carried for the salary OF the
governors secretary is practically a
duplicate of the present cost to the
state for that office. Now he acts as
clerk OF several boards OF the various
Institutions. In event the board OF
contrel bill goes through these duties
would be taken from him and his sal.
ary dropped to $1,000 year.
While numerous acts for the repeal
Ing OF laws which provide for public
sffices and commissions have been in
troduced. at the same time, for the
first week OF a session. IL is fairly well
holding its own as to bills creating
new public offices.
One bill creating the Accident In.
dustrial commission provides for three
commissioners, each TO receive a salary
OF $4,000 year, thus carrying provis.
ion in this bill for salaries alone of
s1O.S00 year or S21 500 for biennial
period
Another bill which creates a chair
of logging engineering at the Oregon
agricultural college, carries with it an
appropriation OF S65,000.
A bill has also been introduced to
provide for the examination OF rural
credits in European countries which
carries an appropriation for the ex.
penses Of the investigators.
The bill providing for Bureau Of
Mines and Geology Is practically Great.
ing new bureau, although there is a
Bureau OF Mines az the Oregon agri.
cultural college which will be done
away with II this bill passes.
The bill creating state board Of
control really creates no new board
but does away with "A number OF old
ones and centralizes and expands
somewhat the duties OF the present
state board which Is made up OF the
governor. secretary OF state and state
treasurer.
interstate Bridge Wins First Round
Multnomah won the first round In
It's battle for legislative consideration
OF an interstate bridge between Wash.
ington and Oregon over the Columbia
river, when the senate indorsed a
house resolution providing for n com
mittee TO meet with the Washington
legislature.
The resolution provides that a com.
mlttee OF two from the senate and
three from the house shall meet with
q like committee from the Washing
ton legislature TO confer on the ques'
tion OF the advisability OF the bridge
and the ways and means to secure the
desired result.
Invited to View Hill's Good Roads
Governor West and all the members
of the legislature were invited by Sam
u,. li.ll TO be- his guests AZ his expense
on VISIT TO Maryhill Wash, TO in
spec, h.s seven varieties OF good roads.
II o. thought favorable action will
be tal.o9. us the time set for the visit
IL either saturday or Sunday, when |
the work Of the session will not likely
be seriously affected, The legislature
is given the choice OF two dates, sat
urday, February S, or sunday Febru
AIRY g.
Changes In Oregon System Proposed
The initiative and referendum and
the corrupt practices act are belng |
made in prospect the subject OF nu- /
merous amendatory acts at the pres /
ent session. but according TO indica- |
tions the majority of the amendments /
to these acts which have already been /
will meet with scant favor I.
from the committees 10 which they I.
have been referred,
Among the acts is one thpt provides .
that no more than two constitutional .
nor five general laws .
shall bee submitted 10 the people at any /.
one election. Another bin proposes .
that after an initiative bill has recelV'
ed so many adverse votes it shall not |
go on the ballot again for a period OF
six years
The corrupt practices act is also the
subject of "a large number OF bills
which propose amendatory clauses
Check on campaign Expense is Urged
with thy view OF confining the eN'
poal ar. ol money, either in behali ,
M, arrtret any initiative measure, 10
the publicity pamphlets and newspa-
per advertising, Representative Blan'
chard, of Josephine, introduced bill
in the house which, if pass d, viii
proceedings with rela-
ton to initiating measures ana wag'
ing campaigns with relation to them
The bill. i'm brief, prOYides that II