Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-03-12

AlIer DelNS out 10 hours the jury
at Grangeville, in the Frank Hye
case returned verdict of second
degree murder, carrying with it a
sentence of from 10 years to life, at
the option of the court. When the
verdict was read Hye collapsed. Hye
killed his wife and Hugh Kennedy on
the night of October 4, 1914
While the movement against the
railroad companies has become ma
ton wide, the Idaho legislature has
passed law providing that sheriffs
and their deputies, state officials
and their deputies-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 vote
against it.
The senate passed house bill No.
339, creating state depository board
house bill No. 30S, permitting county
commissioners to employ a county
agriculturalist; house bill No. 1898,
allowing each of the three new coun-
ties created at this session to elect a
senator and representative; senate
bill No. 142, abolishing private en-
ployment offices; house bill 152, re-
classifying counties and raising salar-
les of county commissioners; house
bill 267, appropriating $4,000 for the
courts of the state, and house bill
1875, making ineligible to hold office
any official who creates a debt in
excess of his appropriation.
House Passes Bills.
Reclassifying 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-
ploy state convicts on highway sys-
tenn.
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 one 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 bill creating commission to
modify the irrigation laws.
Senate Confirms Appointments.
The senate confirmed the appoint
ments of II. w. Mitchell of Nez Perez,
George e. Erb, of Lewiston and Err.
nest Parker of Grangeville as trus
tees of the Orofino asylum; George
F. Steele of Occur d'Alene and j. II
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 oil
the federal reserve banking act sc
that this state could benefit by its
terms.
| Governor Alexander has signed the
Iowa abatement act.
| The senate presented President
Taylor with beautiful diamond an6
sapphire pin.
passed by the house Sunday was sen
ate bill No. 261, by Elrod, which pro
yides 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 trou
in Elk River, Clearwater county, from
August / to October l, 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 1O:30 Monday night aftel
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
an ad valorem tax act setting the max
imum limit at $1,500,000 was passed
1t is believed that revenue from thu
federal government and from the sal,
of lands, ETC., added to the amour
raised by the ad valorem tax will b.
sufficient to meet the expenses Of thu
biennium. The saving over two year.
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