Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-01-21

| lne outlining OF q new lanu policy.
by lifting the constitutional restric.
tions for the sale of public school
lands. in the senate and the introduce
ton of an antialien law in the house
of representatives were the two fea-
lures of Wednesdays session of the
Idaho legislature
The policy of the educational com.
mittee, of the two houses was an.
nounced through the introduction in
the senate of proposed constitutional
amendment TO abolish the office of
state superintendent of public instruc,
ton and confer the duties of the de-
partment on the commissioner of edu-
cation.
The anti-alien land law was intro
duced by Representative Anderson of
bonneville county. By its terms. alien
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 citizen or sell the
property within five years, according
TO the Anderson bill
The state highway commission law
D.
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
bill 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 ard Shattuck of Bonneville.
Anderson of Bonneville introduced a
bill making it a misdemeanor to fail
to 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
lions of school land a year McMur-
ray or Cassia introduced an amend
ment to make asses~ors ex-officio tax
collector
The necessity for calling a constitu-
tional convention. the first in twenty
five years. or since the constitution |
was drafted. was squarely presented |
to the legislature by E. Z. Elliott OF |
Bonner county. He introduced two |
companion resolutions, the first linn.
iting 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-
ton.
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
installment can be removed, increases
the penalty to be added on delinquent
taxes after the first Monday in July
from 6 to 10 per cent
Complete revisions of the fish and
game department of the state. bring
ing it under the supervision OF 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 q st
elected to the state senate fror. 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
in the investigation of the affairs at
the state capitol. The senate. will re-
main free. so that should the investi-
cation disclose anything that the
house might consider basis for i'm
peae -ment proceedings against any
state official, the upper branch of the
legislature will be in position to sit
as a jury.
The house passed the $4,000 appro-
priaticn bill to aid Examiner Gleason |
in the treasury probe.