Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-02-13
APPROPRIATION BILLS
PASS LOWER HOUSE TODAY


Appropriation bills to the number of
seven were acted on this morning by the
house of representatives. and six sue
eeeded in getting by, while one was re-
referred to the ways and means commit
tee. There was little discussion of the
items Of the bills as the necessities of
the institutions had been thoroughly
tbreshed out in the meetings of the
joint committee on ways and means.
The bills were introduced by that com
mittee.
Appropriations were made for the
Oregon state penitentiary, the school
for the feeble minded, for the depart
ment of the state engineer, for the main
tenance of the state library and SUI
preme court library, for the payment of
the salaries of circuit judges and dis
trict attorneys, for the Oregon Soldiers
home. The appropriation bill for the
Oregon state industrial school for girls
was re-referred to the ways and means
committee.
Seven other house bills and three sen
ate bills were passed this morning and
three bills killed by indefinite post
ponement.
The only tilt of the morning took
place when Crandall's bill to fix the
maximum rates for railroads on the
basis of earnings was reported back adj
versely by the committee on railway
and transportation. Representative
Crandall took the floor in an endeavor
to have the house not accept the re-
port.
He said he had gone over the railroad
situation thoroughly and spent a great
deal of time in preparing the measure
which he thought would be equitable to
the railroads and the public alike. He
cited to support his side the great rail
road contentious in one of the middle
western states where the railroad COM
mission attempted to reduce rates ON a
railroad and it was enjoined as it was
declared to have exceeded its authority
and that such matter rested with the
legislative body. Representative Gran
dali declared he was trying to safe
guard the rights of the people and give
the railroads square deal.
He was opposed by Representative
Forbes and Callan, the latter explaining
why the committee returned the adverse
report. Callan said the committee heard
Mr.. Crandall, the railroad representa-
tives and decided it was not good
bill.
When it came to a vote the report of
the committee was adopted and the bill
indefinitely postponed.
Many Bills Were Passed.
The following bills were passed this
morning:
H. B. No. 1888, by Ashley. Requiring
uniform sales act.
H. B. No. 1863, by Jones of Lane.
Making it a misdemeanor to remove
mortgage chattels from the county in
which the mortgage is given.
H. B. No. 435, by Stott and Mackay.
Permitting county courts to contract
with library associations.
H. B. No. 4s0, by Mueller. Permitting
Columbia county to reimburse James
Garfield for injuries received.
H. B. No. 5l1, by Mackay. To ap-
propriate money to entertain returning
members of Troop A and Battery A.
II. b. No. 519, by committee on roads
and highways, To provide for sur
veying, opening constructing and i'm
proving public roads.
H. q. No. 52l, by committee on irri-
cation, fixing price to be paid for water
rights.
s B. No. e1S, by senate judiciary
committee Providing sewing clause
to acts amending or repeating criminal
statutes.
S. B. No. 14S, by Senator Handley.
Amending the law relating to the ire
ducible school fund.
S. b. No. 1SS, by Senator LaFollette,
Providing for transfer of insane and
feeble minded to Oregon state hospital
The following bills were indefinitely
postponed;
H. B. No. 300, by CrandaI. Provid-
ing for filing with the public service
commission time table and schedule Of
railroads, when change in same is de
lcedure in trials.