The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-06-03
AN IDAHO SOCIALIST
HIS EMERGENCY LAW
IT REQUIRES COUNTY COMMITS.
sioNERs TO GIVE SIXTY DAYS
WORK TO APPLICANT.

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! as much with as little trouble as Sen
ator Bowman of Adams, the lone 70.
, cidlist member of the house and the
, author OF the new Idaho emergency
, employment law, which went into ef-
feet Saturday.
Senator Bowman, calling himself
the ultimate minority, put himself IN
good with the republicans of the sem
ate the first day of the session by vot-
ing for Senator Hart for president.
He made himself Jake" with the
democrats by voting with them on
several matters during the early part
of the session, and when his two pc,
bills came before the upper house they
were passed with votes to spare and
ad equal luck In the lower house.
The emergency employment law
reached Its final destination on the
same day as the statewide prohibition
law, the governor signing 1t in the
presence of the same crowd as attend
ed the ceremonies on the LIQUOR bill
The law will be known as CHAPTER
81 Of the Session Laws of 1915 1t is
said that there isn't a measure like I,
in the United States Senator Bow
man asserted that he copied it after
a measure now In force in New zea-
land
Provisions of Law.
The board of county commissioners
of the various counties will be admin
istrators of the act Any person who
is a citizen of the United tSates ano
has been a resident of Idaho for an
uninterrupted period of not less than
six months shall be entitled to emer-
geney employment.
| No person shall be entitled to more
than so days employment during
fiscal year
The county commissioners must
designate employment each year that
shall be designated as emergency en-
ployment. The compensation shall be
fixed by the county commissioner
shall be a reasonable amount for a
living wage.
An applicant for emergency en-
ployment shall appear before the
clerk or the commissioner and shall
make oath to the fact that he is
citizen of the United States; that ne
has been a resident of Idaho for per-
Tod Of six months: that he Is a resden,
of the county: that he Is unable to Sc
cure other employment: that he doe-
not own or possess negotiable real OF
personal property of total value or
$1,000: that he has or has not depend
ents and, If he has dependents, he must
name them; that he has not been en-
played at emergency employment dur
ing the past IL months and that he !
will perform any labor that is assigned
to him in as workmanike a manner a. 1,
possible.
Duties Of Officers.
The auditor of the county shall Is :
sue to the person who has performed |
such labor warrant for the amount
due such person upon the presentation
of voucher signed by the road over
seer or other person having charge OF
any emergency employment Such
voucher shall state the number or
hours of performed labor and the
amount due,
The county treasurer Is bound to re-
port TO the county commissioners at
each meeting the amount spent for
emergency employment.
The county auditor shall certify to .
the state auditor the amount paid out q
each year when he makes his annual '
return of state taxes. Fifty per cent !
" the total amount paid out shall ne /
'efucted from the state taxes paid by O
zach county. $
The names ~ all persons given en- .
REGENCY employment shall be kept by
he state treasurer. S
Violations of the act shall constl-
ute a misdemeanor.
Employment on any specific work
5 not designated.
Operation Being Watched. L
While the law is entirely expert v
mental, 1t Is being watched through c
mt the country by those who have e.
cen considering the question OF un- ~ =,
mployed which secures such a grin n,
n the nation each winter. on fo
S road through the legislature IN
reat many of the legislators doubted %,
ne effectiveness of the measure. but 70
that they were willing to give ed
n trial m
The author in his speech for the re
III before the senate said: Men are 81,
two classes, beggars or workers.
'e have to feed men, be they eithe, ~
sggars or workers. If we do not feed
lem by lawful employment, we feed
em in our poor farms, our ialIs o. Sc
If prisons. If we provide emergenc,
nployment we can find out who are
e workers and who re tho hoe.,.a ~, 4, .