Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-18

Boise are paid by persons and interests
DESTROYS of securing control of party
organizations and who are willing to
expend money for that purpose
Under the statutes of the state Of
Idaho, a citizen has the absolute right
to give to any other person a power
of attorney authorizing him to perform
any act or acts as fully and with as
much legal effect as II performed by the
person himself.
'Tf man has the right to authorize
another person to convey his realty or
satisfy a mortgage, or perform other
acts of Importance, he certainly should
have the right to authorize another
person to represent him at political
committee meeting, and ! am there
fore. compelled to withhold my sigma
ture and approval from this bill"
CREpITING INTEREST.
ST am transmitting herewith senate
bill No. 1855 without my approval.
This bill seeks to regulate the in
terest received from daily balances of
state moneys deposited In banks of
this state by requiring that interest
received shall be credited by the state
eral funds forming the principal upon
which such interest is computed. No
good purpose can be accomplished by
such a measure which would result in
great confusion in the keeping of the
accounts OF the state treasurer's office.
It can make no essential difference to
any state institution, whether educa-
tional, penal or charitable, whether the
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maintenance come from direct appro-
priation or from the small income that
might be received through the deposit
of those funds temporarily In the banks
of the state.
DOES NOT AFFECT TAXES.
1T will not increase nor will it de-
crease the tax bill of the people one
way or the other. If the money is
placed in the general fund as at pres
ent, it will lbe taken from that fund
by appropriation of the legislature for
the benefit Of these institutions which
is the only purpose that could be served
by adding the small interest received,
to the endowment income of such in
situations.
The idea of the legislature seems
to have been that in some manner or
other the different institutions Of the
state are separate and distinct srum
the state Itself, whereas, they are only
4 Tart of the state and any mono vs.
goin gtoward their support come from
the general purse and no harm is done
to any such institution If moneys re-
ceircd are placed into that general
purse and taken out by a legislative
appropriation"
BILLS SIGNED.
The following bills we're signed by
the governor:
House bill No. 314-Providing for the
modification and dissolution of irriga-
tion districts.
House bill No. S13-Making one of
two deputies appointed by the state
bank examiner a chief deputy whose
salary shall be raised to $1,000 per an
mum and providing for appeals from
decisions of the examiner.
House bill No. 272-Allowing rail-
roads to issue passes to any member Of
the legislature who is an actual and
bona fide employe of n railroad, but
prohibiting such employe if mem
Der OF the legislature, to use the pass
travelling to and from the place where
the legislature is in session.
House bill No. 144-Providng for
elimination of agricultural lands from
cities, towns and villages.
TO
The District of Columbia was orgin-
ally called the territory of Columbia,
but it was soon changed to district as
more convenient term. In fact, the
term district was in use before terri
tory, and for many years Kentucky
was designated a district of Virginia
and Maine district of Massachusetts
Both for acreage and production
sugar beets broke records in the Unit
ed States this year, about 91S,SO0 tons
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