Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-02-09
HOUSE PASSES THREE
BILLS THIS Morning
TWenty-Eght Bills Are Now
On Calendar For Third
Reading

AltF the house had total of
2S ! or calendar up for third
readih, o passage the entire
morning III, t body was con
sumed in tht y of three
bills, one of VII Sheriff
Singler (Jackson c, aim for
$1,000 reimbursement /, return of
prisoner from Boise, 4Iaho which
was passed, and the otner TWO are the
Judiciary committee bill, amending the
present statute creating and regulating
the accountancy department of the Of
flee of insurance commissioner, which
failed to pass by one vote, and Repre-.
sentative Forbes bill providing for the
ratification Of the lease of Summer
and Albert lakes for the purpose Of de-
veloping the mineral resources thereof,
between the state land board and Jason
G. Moore.
This latter bill occupied over an
hours time in debate this morning and
was still up for consideration when the
house recessed at noon to be taken up
again at 9 O'Clock when the members
Of the state land board were invited
to be present and enlighten the mem
bers as to the true status of condi.
tions in connection with the negotia'
tions for the lease Of the lakes and
the legal questions which arise in the
controversy. This leaves 25 bills tC
be acted upon during the remainder Of
the day and means that the house will
hold night session tonight in order
to clear the desk. WheR-the house ad
iourns this afternoon it will be &c
meet again at s clock tonight
The Judiciary bill, amending the ac
countancy department act by modify
ing its provisions so as to require the
exporting of the county records ouly
once in every two years, instead OF
every year as now provided and permit
the county courts to select its own ac
countants to expert the county books
aroused a heated discussion and it wa'
defeated when the vote was taken
Representative Smith, Of Klamath was
sponsor for the bill and he was sup
ported by Representative Davey, OF
Harney, but there was a powerful ar
I
der the leadership Of Representative
Vawter, Brown (Thos) Of Marion
Wagner, Elmore, Sehuebel, and Others
who opposed the system on the grounC
that ii was an undue and unnecessary
expense to the taxpayers, willed upOr
them without their consent, and un
satisfactory in its results. Objection
was also made to the allowance Of the
insurance commissioner of $500 addi
! tiOnal salary under the provisions Of
| the present law with was retained il
the amendatory bill, and the appropria
tion of $4,000 prescribed for carrying
out the provisions Of the act. The ap
preparation is a reduction Of 5000
/ from the present law.
When the. Summer and Albert lake
lease ratification bill came up for con
sideration it provoked a storm of de
bate pro and con, in which numerou
members took an active part and tn,
question was finally laid over unit
the afternoon session in order that tn
members Of the state land boar,
might appear and provide the hous
with full information concerning tn
situation in all of its details an,
numerous angles from the standpoin
of law and the facts leading up to tn
award Of the lease to Jason Moore un
der 40 year contract. This ques
tion has been discussed from ever
point of view in the newspapers 70
several months and has been given fou
open hearings before the Joint CON
mittee Of the house and senate an
still there were some members Of tn
house who claimed they were not sui
ficiently informed to cast an intelli
gent vote upon the measure.
Keep hammering away while await