Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-01-27
Measure Previously Passed
House and Is Now Ready
to Go to the Governor of
the State for Signature.
FIRST NEW COUNTY
CREATED AT SESSION
Companion Measure for the
Creation of Butte County,
Amended in Committee of
the Whole and Then Rec
commended for Passage.

The bill creating CamaS county out
of territory in the southwestern corner
OF Blaine county has the hon =. of being
the first division issue to survive the
present legislature. Originating in the
house, where it was introduced by Rep
resentatives Albrethsen and Adamson,
it passed that body several days ago
and today the senate approved and
passed the measure, sending it to the
governor. It's companion, the Butte
county bill, creating new county by
that name out of part of Blaine aud
Bingham counties, was recommended
for passage out of the committee of the
whole but not formally passed, owing
to the fact amendments made must be
printed. These amendments place the
county in the Sixth judicial district in
stead of the Ninth Had the amend
ments not been necessary the bill would
| have passed the senate this morning
and accompanied Camas county to the
governors chamber
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT BILL.
Besides passing the division bill the
senate was confronted with the First
congressional district bill introduced
this session, which is destined to be-
come one of the most important meas
ures to be considered by either house.
It's authors are all Democrats, so that
1t is taken to be an administration
measure. BY 1t the state is divided into
two districts-the First and the Second.
| These districts are composed of the
following counties and it is over the
division that q lively fight is promised.
+ First district-Adams, Boise, Bound
rary. Bonner, Benewah, Custer, Canyon,
clearwater, Gem, Idaho, Kootenai,
Lewis, Lemhi, Latah, Nez Perez, Sho-
Ishone and Washington.
Z Second district-Ada, Bannock,
Blaine, Bingham, Bonneville, Bear
Lake, Cassia, Gilmore, Franklin, FIRE.
mont. Gooding, jefferson, Lincoln,
Madison, Minidoka, Owyhee, Oneida,
Power, Twin Falls, Teton.
BY this division the northern and
part of the western part of the state
comprises the First district, and the
southern and eastern part of the sta.e
the Second district OF the 81 counties
in the state II are placed in the First
district and 20 are placed in the Sec
ond district, including Ada county in
which the capital of the state is To-
Gated.
The senate passed senate bill No. 13
! by Grant, which gives the trustees of
! school districts the right to apply to the
! probate court for probation officers for
their respective districts.
Senator Grant also introduced bill
in the senate of interest. It seeks to
provide for the protection of hardwood
and nut bearing trees and their segre-
cation into tracts where such protec-
ton may be had. Another bill that
made its appearance in the senate
places the minimum for an auto license
fee at $40 and the maximum at $50
Senator Rockwell spoke at length in
favor of the Camas and Butte county
division bills, showing that the people
in the districts favor the new counties.
Arco is named the county seat OF
Butte county and Fairfield the county
seat of Camas county.
The senate read into its records a
protest from the commissioners of Sho-
shone county against the state tax un't
legislation planned to be introduced u
the present Legislature.
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