The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-01-22

by lifting the constitutional restrfs
lions for the sale OF public schoe
lands Ia the senate and the introdus
ton OF an anti-alien law in the hous
OF representatives were the two fea
lures OF Wednesdays session OF TIL
Idaho legislature.
The policy of the educational com
mitteeg of the two houses was an
nounced through the introduction /,
the senate or proposed constitutions
amendment to abolish the office d
state superintendent OF public instruc
tion and confer the duties OF the do
partment on the commissioners OF edu
| cation.
The anti-alien land law was intro
| duced ~ representative Anderson oil
bonneville county BY Its terms, alier
| persons, corporations and associations
are prohibited from acquiring title to
real estate In Idaho. The measure
may raise the same alien question that
confronts California In case an alien
inherits real estate in Idaho he must
either become q citizen or sell the
property within live years, according
TO the Anderson bill
Inc state highway commission law
IL attacked In senate bill No. 6. Ii
came from the state affairs committee
and seeks to take from the highway
commission apportionment and distri.
button along counties rs per cent OF
motor vehicle license paid by automo.
bile owners in the counties.
Under suspension OF the rules the
senate passed the $4,000 appropriation
Dill recommended by the governor for
the use of Expert Gleason to complete
his investigation into the treasury
shortage.
An Iowa abatement law was intro
duced In the house by Johnston of
bingham and Shattuck of Bonneville.
Anderson OF Bonneville introduced a
Dill making 1t misdemeanor to fail
10 label explosives and extending
terms OF county commissioners from
TWO to six years, Shattuck OF Bonnie
vile fathered constitutional amend
ment permitting the sale of 100 sec
tons OF school land year. McMur-
ray OF Cassia introduced an amend
menf to make assesSors ex.officio tax
collector.
The necessity for calling a constitu.
tional convention, the first In twenty
ave years. or since the constitution
was drafted, was squarely presented
70 the legislature by e. Il. Elliott OF
Bonner county. He introduced two
companion resolutions, the first linn
ting the number of delegates to at
tend the convention to fifty, and not
less than twenty, and the second set
ting forth the necessity OF the conven,
tion.
The senate received three bills on
January IA, one OF which is of import.
ance. 1t Is by Graham Of Ada. and
seeks to amend sections 113 and 121
OF the 1913 session laws so that the
4 per cent penalty on the second tax
lnstallment can be removed, increases
the penalty to be added on DELINQUENT
taxes after the first Monday In July
from 8 to 10 per cent.
Complete revisions of the fish and
game department of the state. bring
Ing 1t under the supervision of a com.
mission, Is provided for in the Kiger.
koelsch bill, introduced in the house
during the brief morning session Jan.
uary IA. The bill calls for a radical
change in this bureau and is probably
the most important introduced in the
lower house so far this session.
Senator Ravenel Macbeth was FIST
elected to the state senate from Gus.
ter county for the 1901 session. He
was elected again in 1905, and has
been in the senate every two years
since then. His present term is his
seventh
Only the lower house will take part
n the investigation Of the affairs at
ne state capitol. The senate will re-
main free. so that should the investi-
ration disclose anything that the
iouse might consider basis for i'm.
,eae -ment proceedings against any |
tate official, the upper branch of the |
legislature will be in position to sit |
IS jury.
The house passed the $4,000 appro.
'riation bill to aid Examiner Gleason
n the treasury probe.