Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-02-20
Governor Withholds His Signature
From Bills While Solons Wrangie


grcgate Of SIS bills had been introduc-
ed in the house and 3l2 in the senate.
a grand total Of S27 bills in both
branches, which is about 200 short of
the total number introduced during the
session of 1913. OF the total number
Of bills introduced in the house lS3
were either Indefinitely postponed,
failed to pass, tabled or withdrawn in
both branches, and total Of 372 passed
the house or senate or both.
OF the house bills passing both
branches 10 had been signed by the
governor up to Thursday Of this week,
when the chief executive laid aside his
pen 20 await the pleasure of the legis-
latya assembly in removing the OBJ
stables to legitimate legislation and
prog .ess. Of the 3l2 bills introduced
in the senate an aggregate Of PA pass
ed one or both houses, and of these 80
had oeen signed by the governor up to
day before yesterday. An aggregate Of
l0j senate bills were indefinitely post
poncd, failed to pass, were tabled or
withdrawn.
When the governor hung up his pen
on Thursday morning, after the dead
lock had developed to such a stage in
both branches over the appropriation
bills and consolidation blockade that he
deemed it necessary to take no fur.
ther action until break is made one
way or the other, he had signed and
filed total of llS house and senate
bills, and he now mas between 60 and
70 bills piled up on his desk which he
will dispose of as soon as the legislative
brea, is made. But three bills have
been signed during the past three days,
none since Thursday, one of which was
the Prohibition bill, house bill 1862, and
the other two were: II. b. 334, by
Forbes, ratifying the Summer and Albert
lakes lease, and H. B. 45S, by Barrow,
permitting the erection of bridge con.
Meeting RandOlf island with the main
land in Coos county.
Up to this morning the governed had
signed the following bills.
Bills Signed by the Governor.
s. b. 9, by Dimick, abolishing office
of state immigration agent.
s. b. 20, by Vinton, fixing time of
holding court in twelfth district.
S. b, 80, by Moser, amending the
law as to counterelaims.
s. b, "A, by Langguth, pertaining to
examination Of witnesses.
s. b. 80, by Strayer, changing time
of holding court in eighth judicial dis.
trict.
s. b. so, by Bingham, fixing COM
pensation Of commissioners Of Lane
county.
s. b. 90, by Lienenweber, to permit
cities bordering ON navigable rivers to
dredge material from their beds.
s. B. %, by Hollis, providing for the
bonding of local agents of the state
land board.
S. b, lld, by Kiddle, to amend the
laws relative to appeals.
$. B, "a, by Strayer, to provide u
state recorder Of brands and the man.
ner Of and fees for recording and trans.
ferring same.
5. B. 49, by Langguth, to repeal dead
codes sections relating to emoluments
Of county officers.
s b, 1876 Substitute for $. B. 2o), by
committee on horticulture, authorizing
welfare commission to allow women to
work more than 10 hours II day in can.
neries in cases Of emergency.
H. b, 3, by Schuebel allowing cities
and towns jointly to own waterworks.
H. b, %, by Lewis, allowing merg.
ing TO municipalities; carries an emer.
gcncy clause.
H. b. AS, by Jackson delegation,
ceding to federal government iurisdic.
tion over Crater lake national park
II. b. 30, by billiard, abolishing state
census act and declaring an emergency.
II. B. Al, by Huston, providing for
satisfaction of mortgages by foreign
executors, administrators and guar.
dams,
H. b, So, by Olson, creating district
courts, defining their jurisdiction and
providing systems Of procedure.
IL. B. rs, by Olson, exemptlng GER
tain personal property from execution
under attachment.
H. b. AZ, by Olson, amending the
codes rclotlye to abolishing Justice aud
creating district courts,
II. b, 81 by Olson, companion act to
che preceding.
H. b. So, by Hunt relates TO labor
liens for cutting logs.
IL. b. l47, by Barrow, relative to
killing Of salt water crabs in Coos
county.
II. b, 90, by Allen, regulating parole
and discharge of insane patients from
state hospital,
II. b, lO6, by Stott, amending the
codes as regards claims for laborcrs
wages
II, b, 100, by Smith (Multnomah)
prohibiting signs and placards ON state
highway.
Ii. b. l5l, by Blanchard, allowing vet.
Grant Of the Civil war to fish and hunt
without licenses.
Ii, II, 10, by Clatsop delegation, pro
viding bountics on scalps OF coyotes
and coyote pups,
II. d. ~ by Olson, comforting the
right Of eminent domain ON certain cor,
porations,
II, d, 1852, by judiciary committee
repeating chapter 96S Session Laws Of
1913.
II y, 80, by peirce (Cooe aud Curry)
repeating appropriation 20 fight bu.
bonic plague,
Il, r. 100, by Huston, amending the
codes os regards limitation OF action
10 recover rcol property,
II b, ls3, by Huston, amending the
codes relative to girls reaching thei,