Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-05-14

poses. Heavy penalties are PROVIDED
for violations of the terms of the act
or for permitting property to be- so
used.
OTHER IMPORTANT ACTS.
Among the more important laws
effective today in this state are the
following:
An act prohibiting Illicit traffic III
narcotic drugs. This law makes it
unlawful to sell, to manufacture for
sale, to furnish or give to any person
or persons within this state any CO.
caine, alpha or beta ucaine, opium,
morphine, heroin, chloral hydrate or
any sale or compound of any of the
foreign substances.
An act making unlawful the APP
pointment of relatives by state, county
and city officials.
An act providing for the construc-
ton of dams and booms in the Clear
water river and placing supervision of
their construction under the public
utilities commission.
An act creating the bureau and
direction of farm markets, appro
priating $40, 900 therefore, the bureau
to list and assist in the sale of farm
property, bring new settlers into
Idaho and prevent fraudulent adver-
tisements of lands or promotion of
wildcat real estate schemes.
SALARIES REDUCED
Acts reducing the salaries of regis
ter of the state land board from $4,000
to $500, state land commissioner
from $500 to $4,000, the public utili-
ties commissioners from $4,000 to
$500.
An act authorizing county commits
sioners to give emergency employment
to residents of counties when in need
and when they make application for
work.
An act creating the Idaho Techni-
cal Institute with two years college
course at Pocatello, replacing the
Academy of Idaho.
An act known as the .lazy hus-
band" law, making wife desertion an
extraditable offense..
An act permitting construction and
maintenance of power lines for cor
poration's own use without first secur-
ing certificate of convenience and
necessity from the utilities commits
sion.
An act amending the mothers pen
sion law, providing trustees to admin
lister pensions and making wives whose
husbands are confined in predetermined
or insne asylums eligible fer pensions.
An act abolishing private employ
ment agencies and substituting in lieu
thereof municipal employment agen-
cies.
COMMISSIONS CREATED
An act providing for the creation of
improvement districts in logged-off
land and swamp sections and placing
jurisdiction with district courts.
In addition there were number of
important emergency laws passed and
approved which have been in operation
since adjournment of the Legislature
or on and after their passage. The
Legislature also re-created the state
highway commission and created a
minimum wage scale commission to
investigate wages paid minors and
women which has organized and start
ed work as we'll as commission to
codify the irrigation and drainage laws
which has also been appointed. The
only new department created was that
of the bureau of farm markets, while
the tax commission was abolished.
The session laws of 1915 have been
issued in bound form by Secretary of
State George R. Barker. Due to the
fact the governor vetoed SO of the
bills passed, including large number
Of "pork barrel" measures, the bound
form of the session laws presents a
smaller appearance. The volume con-
tains 496 pages, laws index and all.
The session laws of 1913 contain 709
pages.
Governor Alexander vetoed in toto
or in part a number of appropriation
bills. Those vetoed in part, that is,
where the appropriation or appropria-
tions were reduced, stand in the ses-
sion laws as published under the hands