The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-02-23

session--New Irrigation Code Pas
ed-sis Per Cent Tas LIml,stlc
Observes = Appointments cenflrr
sd-oeiinquene Tax Law Amsnds
To Vote on Land Grant Tax
An,i-cIssrstts Law Passed.
salem. .-oving TO the congestion o
business in the senate, brought abou
iargely By the fight over what il
known as the paving bin. whicl
would bond the state for ss.VoO. 90,
for highway purposes. the Iegisla
ture was unable TO complete its worn
Saturday aud in order 10 clear up un
finished business OF Importance both
houses adjourned until Monday
when the senate adjourned Saturda,
night about loo bills stIIl remained
on The calendar. but the house calen.
dsr was in better shape.
Monday was the 4sd day Of the
present session. but really only the
ssd actual working day. Member.
get no pay after the 4oth day OF the
session
While the se.ooo.o0o bonding meas
ure passed the house by a vote Of
- to 2a IL did SO only after spectac.
ular battle, during which II was as.
serted that Governor swithycombe
would veto the measure IL IL carried
an emergency clause This threat OF
veto WIS effective for the emer.
gency clause was eliminated. as IL
passed the house, leaving an oppor-
tunity TO invoke the referendum.
Measure Has Hard Time PASSING.
When the house took up the bin
for final action prospects were mot
bright for its passage. Several of
the 3s members who had signed the
measure when it was introduced were
Eayering- But after nearly two hours
OF argument and parliamentary man.
euvertng the bill went through sub
stantially in the same form as orig.
inally introduced.
After blocking action on the $4,000.
600 road bond bill in the senate for
several hours by voting down every
motion 70 suspend the rules and bring
Il up for passage. senator's opposing
the bill agreed 10 let ii come before
the senate on its merits and refer il
to the people for approval.
Features Of Road Bond Bill.
Provides for a 5000. 900 bond issue
to construct system OF highways.
Bonds to carry 4 per cent interest
and TO be refunded by throwing all
automobile license taxes into a fund
for that purpose.
The highways win extend into ana
through every county OF the state, /
giving Oregon one OF the most com. |
prehensive road systems OF any OF
the states.
Administration OF the funds and /
construction OF the highways viii be q
under the supervision OF the state |
highway commission and state high
way engineer. provided for in the new 6
Dad code which has passed both n
louses of the legislature. a
Adjournment until Monday not only (,
ave plenty Of time for consideration
4 the road measure, but did away in m
large part with the feyerish and o,
ellmell rush usually incident to the u
inal night OF the session. n,
Few important Measures Left. In
OF the 100 or more bills on the cal. ei
ndar when adjournment was taken
aturday night, aside from the road la
onding bill. few Of them were OF ri
luch importance, as the two houses
ad acted upon all the big measures.
Among the bills passed during the la
.ssion perhaps a dozen may be re- m
lrded as constructive legislation of VI;
al interest to the people Of the state
large, and these affected particular dc
1es of business or moral issues. Oh
The measures OF benefit indirectly ha
the general public and directly to ma
rlculture, insurance, education, lum-
ring, militia, public utilities, chill co,
en- and morals. are: II
Irrigation aided with needed code co,
lendmeDts; the insurance code; Sta
e military code brought into con- ,
unity with federal snactments; the by
ain standard adopted; the bill 10 thu
force the bone dry law; rural school sta
ms Iengthened; streams opened TO ent
,ging; needed revision in the high. by
y commission law provided; cut ser
oat competition In public utilities I
vented by passage Of the certlfi- Eat
e OF public convenience bill; steriI. tax
lion act passed and the antl-cig. A
tie law strengthened. in
Irrigation Code Enacted. dou
he irrigation district code passed pro
senate with a few minor amend ford
its In which the house immediate Bar
This new code is one bon
be big pieces Of legislation which mat