The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-03-05
Alexander VetOeS
Appropriation Bills
TWO DISTRICT PLAN is KILLED
Logging Roads Given Right OF Eminent Domain
Commissioners To Have Supervision

Boise, Idaho, March 2.-The
house today rejected by an over
whelming vote the proposed con-
stitutional amendment to abolish
the state senate and to provide
for one house to constitute the
legislature, the resolution intro
duced by Representatives john
ston and Koelsch, both leaders
in the present assembly. Be
fore the resolution, No. 4, was
killed, Representative Koelsch
asked to have it amended by
striking his name from it as one
of its authors. Representative
Johnston championed the act, but
only his own and a few other
votes were registered for it. The
resolution had as its object the
short ballot.
Definite action on the Conner
workmen's compensation act was
laid over until tomorrow in the
senate. The measure, house
bill i5l, was a special order of
business in committee of the
whole this afternoon and was
considered at length, a number
of amendments being offered.
Owing to its Importance the bill
was allowed to retain its place
for further consideration.
In future husbands who desert
their wives in this state will be
subject to arrest and extraditiOn
on a felong charge, and if con-
victed may be sentenced to hard
labor in the penitentiary, for the
house passed senate bill No. 1ti,
by Thomas, the lazy husband act.
1t had the backing of all the state
women's clubs, organizations and
federations.
The congressional district bill,
giving to the eight norther
counties, together with Adams,
Washington, Canyon, Boise, Gus
ter and Lemhi counties, seper-
ate congressional district, to be
known as the first district from
which to elect a congressman, and
to the southern Idaho counties,
10 be known as the second district
from which the other congress-
man is to be elected, was recon-
mended out for passage, and to-
morrow an attempt will be made
to pass it under a suspension OF
the rules.
Governor Alexander announced
he had signed house bill 67, Civ
ing to pocatello college, to be
known as the Idaho Technical
Institute, a two-year college
course. At present it is known
as the Academy of Idaho, and
only has an academic course. He
also signed senate bill ~, the
Bowman employment agency act
A complicated situation devel-
oped in the legislature today over
senate bill 100, carrying a S26,-
600 appropriation for the Kine
Hill extension irrigation project.
which measure Governor Alex
ander approved in part and veto
ed in part, cutting it down S13,-
600, for the senate judiciary COM
mittee in its report to the senate
on the veto held the governor
was running counter to the con.
stitution and could not veto al
appropriation in part. His ac.
ton in so doing, the committe.
held, makes the bill stand as
duly enacted law in the form j
passed the legislature, carrying
the entire appropriation.
Governor Alexander, on tn
grounds of economy, also vetoe
Aouse bill i54, by Clark of Gus
Ter county, appropriating $3.50
for the erection of five bridges il
Custer county.
The following important bill
we're disposed of today:
The senate passed house bill
$50 and PSI, by Hunt, Kiger an
Hull, enlarging the eminent do
main act to build logging road
and giving county commissioner
supervision over the same.
Passed house bill 204, by Con
ner, providing the organizatio