Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-19
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billiard bill, providing for the repeal Of
the old statute requiring the taking of
state census every five years, alter.
mating with the federal census, and
identical with the Dimick bill passed
by the senate last week; and another
was the Huston bill, providing for the
preservation Of waterfalls, streams and
other scenic beauties along the Colum-
bia river and the third was the Jack
son county delegation bill eeding to the
United States jurisdiction over Crater
Lake National park The Lewis bill,
providing for an increase in the number
Of challenges allowed each party in Sc.
leeting jurors in civil cases from three
to five, was killed by indefinite post.
ponement.
While the Jackson county delegation
bill, ceding Crater Lake park to the
United States, was up for considera-
tion and final passage, Miss Marion B.
Towne, Of Jackson county, the first
woman member of an Oregon legisla.
ture, delivered her maiden speech of
the session and won the additional dis
tinction Of having been the first wo.
man to have addressed an Oregon le.
gslature from the floor Of the house.
Upon recommendation of the Judi
ciary committee, the Seheubel bill, pro.
viding three per centum tax upon
the gross receipts Of sleeping car COM
panies, refrigerator ear companies and
oil companies, was referred TO the com.
mittee on assessment and taxation.
This move, it is understood, was made
TO avoid the defeat of the measure
through an unfavorable rccommenda.
tion from the judiciary committee and
his companion bill to this, providing
for per centum tax upon the gross re.
ceipts Of express, telephone and tele-
graph companies, now in the hands of
the ways and means committee, will
probably take the same course as the
ways and means committee Is inclined
to report the bill unfavorably on the
/ ground that it is opposed to the policy
Of heaping unnecessary burdens Of ex.
pense upon public service corporations
during these times Of financial stress.
Nineteen new measures were intro
duced in the house this morning, among
! the most important Of which were sew.
eral introduced by Chairman Davey, Of
the committee on printing, which ro.
pcals all old statutes requiring that the
printing Of certain departments Of
state be paid for out Of the printing
fund. These bills contemplate the re.
duction Of n great amount Of printing
expense incurred by the state depart.
ments every two years and In the In.
terim by providing that all printing by
these departments be paid out Of their
maintenance fund. The departments
mentioned in these bills include the in.
heritance tax fund, superintendent Of
public instruction, state fair directors
forestry department, state board Of
health, bureau Of labor and state H.
brary board,
Representative Blanchard r bills pro.
posing to change the meeting Of the
Legislative assembly from the odd Ia
the even years and the time for filing
initiative measures with the secretary
o fstate 10 on or before the first OF
January Of the legislative years, az out
lined in another story in this issue
were also introduced in the house this
morning.
The following bills were introduced
in the house this morning;
II. p. 1873, by Blanchard Fixing The
time for filing initiative petitions.
II. B. 1929, by Blanchard-Ch Changing
time for holding Legislative assembly.
II. b. 1870, by Cordwcll-Giving drug
gists right to sell alcohol on prescrip
tion.
II. b. 1871, by stott-For relief OF
Miss Ella Ellefaon, 5000.
II. B. 1872, by Schuebel-To instruct
school children on harmful effects OF
alcoholic liquor
II. b. 1888, by Anderson (Clatsop)--
Relating to capture Of young sturgeon.
II. B. 1874, by Changing fisca
year for stnte business.
/ II. y. 1886, by Vawter--Limiting In
heritance tax liens
H. b. 1876, 1877, 1888, l39 lao, 14l
li2, by committee on printing Requir
ing several departments 10 pay fol
printing out Of their appropriations.
H. r. l43, by childs-Relating I,
letting contracts on public buildings.
IT, b. lil, by IIinkle--Govcrninl
election Of county school mperintend
cnts.
II. b. llb, by printing committee
Requiring departmental printing by re
nppetiye department
II. B. liG, by Joncs--Abolishing I'm
nahe game reservation.
II. II. ll7, by Barrow-Limitini