Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-03-12
IDAHO LEGISLATURE
COMPLETES WORK
LAWMAKERS WERE UNABLE TO
BRING SESSION TO END ON
SCHEDULE TIME.
Worked Four Days Overtime in Order
to Attend to All Measures, Many
Of Which Were Sidetracked in
Final Stampede.

Boise. Idaho.-The thirteenth Idaho
legislature adjourned sine die Mon.
day night, March 8, at 10 o'clock.
after clearing away the general appto-
priation and general deficiency bills,
the educational and charitable, penal
institutions and judicial court bud
gets.
To meet the drain on the state
treasury during the years 1915 and
1916, to pay the money so approRri-
ated, the ad valorem tax, setting a
maximum limit OF $1,5OO,OOO, was
passed
1t is believed that outside revenue
from the federal government and the
sale of lands. etc, when added to the
amount raised by the ad valorem tax,
viii be sufficient to meet the expenses
of the biennium. The saving over
two years ago will be about $S50,000.
The sixtieth and last per diem day
of the legislature fell ON March 4, but
owing to the fact that important meas
ures, including the revenue acts. had
not been agreed upon and the two
gerheads, the legislature worked four
days overtime. Conference commit
tees settled the differences between
the two houses, agreed upon the bud,
gets and prevented a continued dead
lock.
The joint conference committee was
in session most Of the day, going
over the senate amendments to the
educational budget The final result
OF their labor was that the senate
amendments, with two or three excep-
tons, were left unchanged The small
revision only added several thousand
dollars. The total carried by the bill
as finally approved was $687,69
The general appropriation bills, to
which the senate amendments were
accepted, carried $610, 172.50; the ju>
dicial budget, $250,000; the general de-
ficiency act, $52,437.74, and the Chart
able. and penal institutions, $363,O00.
The senate amendments to the gen,
eral appropriation bill resulted In
ten per cent reduction ON salaries of
heads of departments and subordi-f
mates.
The senate defeated the general de-
ficiency act at the morning session on
March 8, reconsidered the vote i'll the
afternoon, and passed 1t.
In the final stampede of bills seek,
ing passage the more important that
survived were the acts by the ihves-
tigating committee creating a bureau
of accounting to check all state de.
partments, and vesting power III the
public utility commission.
The anti-slot machine act, placing
a ban also on certain games, was
killed through indefinite postpone
ment.
The governor vetoed the Pleasant
View-Holbrook road act approprla ting
$4,000 and the Elliott bill to revive
the state grain commission act
The senate passed the house work,
mems compensation act, carrying a
$4,000 appropriation, and sent 1t to
the governor. Not a dissenting vote
was registered against it in tho SEN
ate. Attempts were made to attach
a number of amendments to it III COM
mittee of the whole, offered by SEN
ators is behalf of the Boise trades
council, representative of the labor in
terests, but they were voted down.
Senator Macbeth moved and secured
suspension of the rules and the bill
was passed. Speaker Conner was
given the courtesy of the senate floor
and spoke to the merits of the bill.
The senate also passed house bin
No. 339 creating state depository
board; house bill No. 308, permitting
county commissioners to employ a
county agriculturist; house bill No.
298,, allowing each of the three new
counties created this session to elect a
senator and representative; senate bill
No 142, abolishing private employ
ment agencies
The abatement and injunction bin
passed by the senate was copied in
the main from the Iowa law, which.
though 1t has been declared uncon-
stitutional there because of the man.
ner In which 1t was passed, is said to
have survived the test of the courts
as to the legality of its provisions.
Members of the Perch club are
pleased with the new fish and game
law, according to Surveyor General
Utter, and believe the result will be a
renewal of interest in fishing and
hunting. General Utter is the head
Of the club.
Unusual surprise was manifested
over the action of the house in defeat
ing senate bill No. 80, the object Of
which was to permit Idaho to Join
with and take advantage of the fed
eral Ieserve banking act, SO that this
state could benefit by its terms. Gov
ernor Alexander signed the Iowa
abatement act, house bill No. l31.
Speaker Conner was made the re-
ciplent OF beautiful gold badge set
with rubies, presented to him BY his
Republican friends in the house. Ell.
rod of Bannock made the presentation
and the speaker was so affected that
he could only murmur his thanks.
Her Business.
ut is no use trying to steal a march