Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-03-12

and their d~eputies-and members of
the legislature-shall be given free
transportation by common carriers.
The amendment to give free rides to
members of the legislature was pass
ed by the senate.
IDAHO LEGISLATURE.
The senate passed the house work
mems compensation act carrying a
$4,000 appropriation and sent it to
the governor. There was not a vote
against it.
The senate passed house bill No.
339, creating a state depository board
house bill No. sos. permitting county
commissioners to employ a county
agriculturalist; house bill No. 39S,
allowing each of the three new coun-
ties created at this session to elect a
senator and representative; senate
bill No. 142, aholishing private EN-
ployment offices; house bill 152, re-
classifying counties and raising salar-
les of county commissioners; house
bill 267, appropriating 237,0 600 for the
courts of the state, and house bill
325, making Ineligible to hold office
any official who creates a debt in
excess of his appropriation.
House Passes Bills.
RecIassifyfng salaries in newly
created counties.
Prohibiting the killing of doe deer
and COW elk
AS amended by the house, creating
the office OF director of farm mar
.kets.
Recognizing the state highway
commission and empowering it to EN-
pIoy state ~convicts on highway sys-
TEN.
Renew Fight for Court.
A bitter fight developed in an at
tempt to recall senate bill 203, pro-
yiding for one term of the supreme
court in Occur d'Alene instead of in
Lewiston, and n term in Pocatello
for the southeast, thereby abondon-
ing Lewiston supreme court building,
but the attempt to recall the bill
failed.
Selway county's proposed county di-
vision enabling act, to create Selway
county out of Idaho county, was kill
ed in the house. The proposed con-
stitutional amendment to increase
required valuations of new counties
to $5,000,000 was passed, together
with a bill creating a commission to
modify the irrigation laws.
Senate Confirms Appointments.
The senate confirmed the appoint
ments of H. w. Mitchell of Nez Perez,
George E. Erb, of Lewiston and En-
nest Parker of Grangeville as trus-
tees of the Orofino asylum; George
F. Steele of Occur d'Alene and J. H.
Smith of Nampa as state engineer.
The House Defeated the Bill.
The house defeated the bill the
object of which was to permit Idaho
to join with and take advantage of
the federal reserve banking act so
that this state could benefit by it's
terms.
Governor Alexander has signed the
Iowa abatement act.
The senate presented President
Taylor with a beautiful diamond and
sapphire pin.
Among the more important bills
passed by the house Sunday was SEN
ate bill No. 261, by Elrod, which pro.
vides a radical change in the revenue
system of the state, revising the pres,
ent system and basis of assessment
and classifying counties into sever
classes. The house also passed the
senate bill closing the season for trout
in Elk River, Clearwater county, from
August / to October 1, and senate bill
No. 1872, placing the Carey act irriga
, ton works under jurisdiction of the
public utility commission.
The thirteenth Idaho legislature ad
journed at 1890 Monday night after
clearing away general appropriation
and general deficiency bills, education
: al and charitable appropriations, pena
institution and judicial court budgets
To meet the DARN on the state treas
ury during the years of 1915 and 1916
7 an ad valorem tax act setting the max
imum limit at $1,500,000 was passed
1t Is believed that revenue from tn,
federal government and from the sal,
of lands, ETC., added to the amour
raised by the ad valorem tax will b,
t sufficient to meet the expenses of tn,
r biennium. The saving over two year
ago will be about $350,O00