Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-02-05
Recall Of
Judges and
Other Bills

author, and which are intended to
simplify the election laws of the state.
Among other things these bill provide
for a longer time for voting and for
counting ballots, and time limits for
filing petitions.
Another bill, introduced by Blan-
chard of Josephine, would revise the
textbook system of the state. One
provision Is that the state itself could
publish textbooks, and sell them to
school children at cost, If the prices
asked by publishers were regarded as
exorbitant.
The law provides for a textbook
commission to consist of four men,
bers to be appointed by the governor
with the state labor commissioner
serving as secretary, with vote, and
the state superintendent Of public in
struction serving as chairman Of the
commission, but without power to
vote. The commission will be au-
thorized to change textbooks as often
as the county superintendent, by ma
iority vote, favor the change,
Bills introduced were as follows
BY EIurd, fixing salary Of clerk Of
the State Land Board at $2iOO year
BY Parsons, relating to petitions for
county roads,
BY Parsons, providing manner of
Inheritance for ilegitimate children,
BY Parsons, relating to reports of
county fair grounds,
BY committee on assessment and
taxation, providing for collection of
taxes on personal property.
BY Homan, authorizing the pur-
chase of county fair grounds,
BY Blanchard, providing for uni
formity Of school textbooks.
BY Carkin and Handley, defining
experimental test and demonstration
farms, and providing for their loca-
tion.
By Forbes and Smith, to create the
18th judicial district.
By Carkin, authorizing supreme
court to prescribe uniform rules Of
procedure.
By Forbes, establishing a dry farm
ing experimental station in Crooi
county.
BY Hagood to provide a manner for
nominating and electing judicial Off.
GERS.
BY Handley, providing a method of
consolidating municipal corporations,
BY Carpenter, creating a police re-
lief, health and pension fund in cities
of over $4,000.
BY Carpenter regulating working
hours of employees engaged in selling
drugs and medicine.
Ey Massey, to repeal all Of the game
laws on the statutes.
By Upton, enabling the jury to FIN
death penalty in first degree murder
cases.
BY Forbes, TO establish an irrigp
tlon agricultural experiment station
in Crook county.
By Gill, providing that county clerks
shall mail sample ballots.
BY stanahan fixing salaries oI
Hood River county officials,
ny Anderson Of Wasco, to regulat,
taking Of salmon in western portion
of Columbia river
BY Anderson Of Wasco, regulating
r fishing in Columbia river.
2 by Reames, relation to escheats Il
5 the state.
i by Hughes, eXempting certain pror
+ critics from taxation.
BY Hughes, to give Union soldier
and sailors preference in public EN-
, ployment,
4, by Hail providing for marking an,
, branding Of cans, casks, egs, etc.
4 Py committee on elections, amend
i Ing general election laws.
Il Ply committee on elections, provii
ing manner Of posting election notice
by committee oil elections, proyId
y Ing for filing certificates Of nomina
a ticn,
o BY committee on elections, con
t STRUNG vague portions of electio
IS laws.
J by committee on elections, proyt
INK for filing nomination petitions
" by committee on elections, proyiC
v ing manner Of circulating nominatin
~ petitions,
IT by committee on elections, provlC
! i;g manner " placing names on II
a ballot
- ny committees ON elections, PROVE
n ing manner Of abstrating votes
II by committee OF elections, proccc'
Q. ire for county clerks in sending 81
lp giract to secretary Of state.
!, ny committee on elections, repoa
4 Ing section Trmidlng for manner
canyasslng vote
n by committee on elections, provi
l' Ing manner OF registration,
!, by committee on elections, met