Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-27
What House Has Done In
First Half of Session

With the session of the Twenty
ninth legislative assembly onehalf
gone, there remains yet large portion
of the heavy business to meet and dis
pose of. According to an anonuncc-
mcnt of Speaker Stanfield just before
adjournment yesterday for the over
Sunday recess, there had been total
of 342 bills introduced into the house
of representatives. Of this number
80 had been disposed of. The total
number of bills was "A less than was
before the house ut the same time at
the 1913 session. 1t was the opcnion
of Speaker Stanficld that the usual
rush at the end of the session will be
avoided this year and that the house
was going to make record for
economy and efficiency.
This announcement brought applause
from the members. Adjournment was
then taken until 1880 O'Clock Monday
morning when house bill 100, or the
"bonc dry" measure, is made special
order of business.
During the past three weeks the
house passed 81 bills originating in the
house and originating in the senate.
OF this number eight house bills have
been signed by the governor and win
become law ninety days after the sign.
ing unless an emergency clause it at
taehcd.
Fifteen house bills were indefinitely
postponed, and one senate bill in the
house met the same fate. Five house
bills have hccn withdrawn for one rca-
son or another. -Four have been laid
on the table for further considerations
One bill, that relating to making coun-
ty school supcrintendcnts part of the
school board for the purpose of choos-
ing teachers, was killed when it came
up for final passage.
The house bills signed by Governor
Withvcombe are, in sbrief, as follows:
House bill No 10, by the Deschutcs
County Delegation, changing and reg
ulatimg the time and place of holding
court in the Eighteenth Judicial dis
trict
House bill No. H. by Representative
Clark, relating to the duties of county
school superintendent of sherman coun-
/ ty.
House hill No. H. by the Dcsehutes
county delegation, fixing the terms or
the county court of Deschutes county
and prescribing the salaries of the Of
fieers of the court
House bill No. 20, by representative
Jones Of Lane, providing for the school
census to be made in the first week OF
November instead of in October.
House hill No. SO, by Representative
Jones of Lane, regulating the distnhu'
ton of the school fund,
House bill No. ~, by representative
Bean, providing for approval OF loans
from the school fund on lands under
certificate Of sale from the state.
House bill No. so, by the Joint Ways
and Means committees, apropratmg
S25 900 for the expenses of the legis'
lativc session.
House bill No. SIS, by Representative
Portwood, granting county courts pow
or TO rcpav road bonds in yearly IN.
stallmcnts and aholishing sinking
! fund.
With the above list Of bills passed
ana approved il can readily be seen
thot only small business has passed
lhoth houses so far The big pieces OF
LEGISLATION are yet TO be passed upon
such as the high ways measures, inc
consolidation measures, and the msur'
ance code, which has not yet been m
troduecd into the house.
/ The majority Of the hills in the
house have 10 40 with minor matters,
and require practically only the recon-
mendation OF the committees to which
/ they are referred to send them through
with little moro than an explanation
BY the author.
II is expected that tho latter part Of
the session viii be more interesting
4 when the bills regarding consolidation
II Of commissions, the insurance code, de-
Ihnquent children bin, and the bone
j drys measures and the appropriation
I bill comes up for final passage
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