The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-02-02

shows that overpayments, with
the exception Of one payment to
Storey q Murphy, contractors on
the capitol building, were due to
mistakes. Suit is recommended
to be instituted against the con-
tractors TO recover the sums lost.
j. w. Wiley and Frank Coffin.
members of the old commission.
presented their designations to
the governor. The report shows
that the S75O,OOO capitol build
ing bond issue was sold at the
best market rate obtainable. Mr.
Gleason reported that it was not.
Having created three new
counties, the 18th Idaho legisla-
ture does not propose to add an
other government unit to the list
and killed without ceremony the
Buhl county measure, seeking TO
create a new county out Of the
west half of Twin Falls county.
There are three other county di-
vision measures pending before
the legislature and they will be
dealt with summarily. Definite
assurance that this program will
be followed, together with the
introduction of the state instruc-
ton budget and a number of i'm
portant bills constituted the la
bors in both houses Saturday.
The state instruction budget
was revised after the house had
refused to abandon the Albion
normal school and had indefinite
| ly postponed The act seeking this.
il was introduced in the house.
Appropriations are provided for
state Institutions as follows:
University Of Idaho, Moscow.
$3.50, 300, State Normal school.
Lewiston, sf93, ,29O, Academy of
Idaho, Pocatello, SlO2,5OO, In
ldustrial Training school, st. An
thony, $4,000, Deaf, Dumb and
Blind school, Gooding, Sii4.OOO.
State normal school Albion sifO.-
500.
The university and normal
schools have incomes from fed
eral aid or interest funds total
ing S473,0OO, which reduced the
total to be drawn from the school
tax to S733,59O for the entire
budget. In addition to the above
$4,000 is asked to meet the ex-
penses and salaries Of the state
board of education.
The senate passed the house
concurrent resolution, by john
son to permit removal of the state
furniture to the Idaho building
at the San Francisco exposition.
II killed the Anderson mutual fire
insurance bill.
Appointment of G.. R. Hit as
state bank commissioner was
confirmed.
The democratic state primary
bill was sent to the republican
state affairs committee to be re-
drafted.
The state highway commission
Is recommending that the legisla-
ture bond the state for 100000
To- build a state highway from
Lewiston to the south of the state.
Public meetings are now being
held by the joint highway com
Iuittees of both houses.
1t is practically impossible for
= the members of the state board
p Of examiners to personally ex-
e anime every voucher which is
= turned in against the state .ae-
cording to a statement made by
q Governor Alexander. The board
s has just now started on work
3 which should have been commen-
? ced three weeks ago and claims
q amounting to about $780, OF
d three timber associations of the
north have been refused approx
? al. This amount had been ex-
t pended in lighting fires.
: The bill creating a game re-
? serve in the central part of the
t state has passed the senate. The
d house bill permitting schools ane
g churches to insure in mutua
s companies was killed