The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-02-26
COMMISSIONS IN
IDAHO ABOLISHED
MEASURES SENT TO GOVERNOR
4 WHICH WILL REDUCE THE
STATES PAYROLL.
Bridge Appropriations Bills Approved
and Several Aspiring County Dl-
vision Measures Meet With
Defeat.

s fSui uaiy ~ WhS u DuSy udy LOT the,
Idaho legislators, and large amount
OF business was transacted
In the senate the measure was APP
proved which abolishes commissions,
and the bridge appropriations bills
were sent to tha governor for his APP
proval
Senator Day OF Moscow, who had
served notice that he would ask for a
reconsideration Of the vote by which
the Thongs bill was killed, said he
would not urge reconsideration, and
the measure is now in the discard
The house spent its time killing on
aspiring county division measures
and debating in committee of the
whole. These Developments, to,
gether with the passage of the Ander-
son act to abolish the state tax com
mission. passage OF the Clark bill 10
abolish the several state offices of
water commissioner, the calling off of
the fight ON the public utilities COM
mission through failure to reconsider
the vote taken on the Thomas bill,
and veto of the anti-commission gov
eminent act, made the session an In
teresting one.
The Kamas county division bill
went down to defeat during the morn
ing session OF the house. 1t was by
Evans OF Lincoln county, and sought to
divide Blaine county by submitting
the question of division at an election.
The house killed the measure by
vote of 81 to 20.
During the afternoon session Pay
cite county, seeking to be created out
Of Canyon county, met the same fate
and was voted out of existence on
roll call of 80 to 19. BY taking the
Butte county division bill from their
reading and sending 1t to committee
of the whole for amendment, this act
was saved from the slaughter.
The house passed one important
act in the Randall act creating state
board OF accounting.
Governor Alexander vetoed house
bill No. 118, the anti-commission gov
eminent act, by Ada county delega-
ton, and seeking to precipitate Boise
into a municipal fight neSI spring, by
trying to repeal the Black commits
sion form of government under which
Boise Is now acting, having adopted 1t
three years ago in place of a charter.
The veto message, long one, was
read and laid on the table. The gov
ernor scored those seeking to defeat
Boise's present commission govern
ment as the ones who seek to acquire
from the legislature that which they
could not secure at an election by the
people.
| Among the appropriations approved
and sent to the governor were S12..
500 for bridges In Custer county over
Pahsimaroi river; $4,000 for bridge
across the Snake river between Can
yon and Owyhee counties at Mussell;
$4,000 for a bridge over Salmon river
above Whitehead, in Idaho county.
The Idaho state tax commission is
doomed to adjustment. This fact was
established on February iS in the
senate of the thirteenth legislature,
when that body adopted a report OF
the committee of the whole recon-
mending for passage, by almost unani-
nous vote, house bill No. 20, by An
derson, which passed the house OF
representatives and which calls for
the repeal of the act that created the
commission two years ago.
Senator Rockwell tried to save the
commission, but his appeal fell on
| Qtdl tdAb. 0OfCinVtN <tlOAdhQCt AOS~
commended adjustment of the commits
sion in his message because of the
supreme court left it with only cleri
cal powers In a decision some time
ago. So strong was the viva yoce
vote to abolish 1t that not even a
record vote was taken.
In attacking the Anderson bill, Rock
well branded the state board of equal
lzation, which has constitutional tax
and equalization powers, a farce"
Ever since the creation of the tax
commission bitter conflict has waged
between it and the board of equaliza-
| ton.
The bill seeking to create Gem
county out of the northern end of
Canyon county and part of Boise coun-
ty came near passing the senate un>
| der suspension of the rules, but an
adjournment prevented 1t.
| Governor Alexander sent three mes
sages to the senate announcing he
| had signed senate bill No. so. which
will go into effect within sixty days
In local option counties, and, when it
does, will close every brewery oper-
| ating in these, for 1t amends the local
option law by prohibiting the manu-
Eacture of Intoxicating beverages in
prohibition counties. He also signed
the Rockwell nepotism act, senate bill
No. 16, which makes any official incl
igible for office who appoints or votes
TOR the appointment Of a relative by
affinity or consanguinity within the
third degree.
The third message of the governor
vetoes senate bill No. 20, by Sweet
and others, appropriating $4,000 for
the Northwest Livestock association
at Lewiston. Economy is the grounds
given for the veto.
A bill presented by the committee
on live stock and approved by the
house last week requires that one bull
be ranged with every ten COWS, but
permits two or more owners of cattle
10 join in the ownership of such bull
they range not more than thirty
COWS.
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