Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-03-12
IDAHO LEGISLATURE.


IDAHO LEGISLATURE.
The senate passed the house work
mems compensation act carrying a
10000 appropriation and sent it to
the governor. There was not a vote
against it.
The senate passed house bill No
339, creating a state depository board
house bill No. 30S, permitting county
commissioners to employ a county
agriculturalist; house bill No. 1893,
allowing each of the three new coun-
ties created at this session to elect a
senator and representative; senate
bill No. 142, abolishing private en-
ployment offices; house bill 1862, re-
classifying counties and raising salar-
les of county commissioners; house
bill 267, appropriating $4,000 for the
courts of the state, and house bill
1875, making ineligible to hold office
any official who creates a debt in
excess of his appropriation.
House Passes Bills.
Reclassifying salaries in newly
created counties.
Prohibiting the killing of doe deer
and COW elk
AS amended by the house, creating
the office OF director of farm mar
kets.
Recognizing the state highway
commission and empowering it to en-
ploy state convicts on highway sys-
TEN.
Renew Fight for Court.
bitter fight developed in an at
tempt to recall senate bill 2O3, pro-
viding for one term of the supreme
court in Occur d'Alene instead of in
Lewiston, and one term in Pocatello
for the southeast, thereby abondon-
ing Lewiston supreme court building,
but the attempt to recall the bill
failed
Selway county's proposed county di-
vision enabling act, to create Selway
county out of Idaho county, was kill
ed in the house. The proposed con-
stitutional amendment to increase
required valuations of new counties
to S5,OOO,OOO was passed. together
with bill creating a commission to
modify the irrigation laws.
Senate Confirms Appointments.
The senate confirmed the appoint
ments of H. w. Mitchell of Nez Perez,
George f. Erb, of Lewiston and Err
nest Parker of Grangeville as trus-
tees of the Orofino asylum; George
f. Steele of Occur d'Alene and ]. II.
Smith of Nampa as state engineer.
The House Defeated the Bill.
The house defeated the bill the
object of which was to permit Idaho
to join with and take advantage OF
the federal reserve banking act so
that this state could benefit by its
terms.
Governor Alexander has signed the
Iowa abatement act.
The senate presented President
Taylor with a beautiful diamond and
sapphire pin.
Among the more important bills
passed by the house Sunday was sen
ate bill No 261, by Elrod, which pro
vides radical change in the revenue
system of the state, revising the pres
ent system and basis of assessment
and classifying counties into seven
classes. The house also passed the
senate bill closing the season for trout
in Elk River, Clearwater county, from
August 1 to October l, and senate bill
No. 122, placing the Carey act irriga-
ton works under jurisdiction of the
public utility commission.
The thirteenth Idaho legislature adj
iourned at 1920 Monday night after
clearing away general appropriation
and general deficiency bills, education
al and charitable appropriations, penal
institution and judicial court budgets
To meet the DARN on the state treas
ury during the years of 1915 and 1916
an ad valorem tax act setting the max
imum limit at $1,5OO,00O was passed
1t is believed that revenue from the
federal government and from the sale
of lands, ETC., added to the amount
raised by the ad valorem tax will be
sufficient to meet the expenses of the