Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-09
Only Governors Signature
Needed to Create Two
Districts in the State for
Election of congressman
NORTHERN COUNTIES
IN FIRST DISTRICT
Second Includes Southeast
and Most of the Southwest
Amendment Providing
for Increase in Limit of
Bonded Indebtedness.

If Governor Alexander signs senate
bill No. 10 by Hill, Stevenson, Cum
mtngs, jackson, Evans, Curtis and
Kinsolving, Idaho will be divided into
two congressional districts. the First
and Second, for this measure passed
the legislature Thursday. Under the
provisions of this bill the First district
will be composed of all the northern
counties and two west central coun-
ties or Adams, Boise, Boundary, Bon
ner, Benewah, Custer, Canyon, Clear
water, Gem, Idaho, Kootenai, Lewis,
Lemhi, Iatah, Nez Perez, Shoshone
and Washington. The Second district
will embrace Ada, Bannock, Binghom,
Bonneville. Bear Lake, Cassia, Ell
more. Franklin, Fremont, Gooding.
jefferson, Lincoln, Madison. Minidoka,
Owyhee, Power. Twin Falls and Teton
counties. Each district will be entitled
to one congressman and shall elect him
from the votes cast in the respective
districts.
! At the pre- ent time Idaho is elect
! ing it's congressman at large. Both of
the congressman during the past two
years, Addison T. Smith and Robert NJ.
McCracken were from southern Idaho.
The present congressman are from the
north and south respectively, Burton
l.. French from the north and Con-
! gresham Smith from the south.
| BONDED INDEBTEDNESS
! A resolution of Importance that
passed the legislature yesterday is
senate joint resolution No. 10, by Pet
tibone and Randall, proposing an
amendment to the state constitution
| to increase the maximum bonded in
debtedness of the state to / e per cent
| of the total assessed valuation OF Ida
no. This will place the maximum of
| the bonded Indebtedness at $6,500,000
| providing = margin which it is be-
| lieved Idaho will be found beneficial.
| While not of such vast importance,
| although the butt for many a joke dur
| ing the session the Johnston of Bing
ham and Anderson of Bonneville wag-
on tire bill was passed by the legs-
lature Thursday after every member in
the two houses had painted it red and
taken a joyride in it.
The following bills We're passed by
the senate at its Thursday session:
BILLS PASSED.
The following bills were passed:
House bill No. 122, by committee on
agriculture and observation-disclosures
ing for the determination of obnoxious
weeds,
House bill No. 262. by committee on
charitable and penal institutons-Ap-
propriatlng the sum of $4,000 for the
maintenance of convicts at work on
/ public highways.
House bill No. 113, by Bennett Sims
and Barker-Appropriatin 100000 for
the construction of a wagon bridge
across Snake river at Owsley's ferry.
House b!l No. %, by Kribs-Relat-
ing to the use of machinery and equip
ment in drilling holes in mining to pre-
vent the escape of dust.
House bill No. 81, by Johnston and
regulating the width of
wagon tires.
! House bill No 1874. by McMurray--
Amending laws relating to Carey act
projects.
House bill No. 1871, by committee on
misunderstanding the state board
of agriculture, locating the state fair
in Boise ard a livestock show at Lew
iston.
House bill No. $3.50, by appropriations
jcommittee-Creatin commission to
make an exhibition at the Golden Spike
exhibition at ogden in 1919, and ap-
propriating $4,000.
House bill No. 212, by fish and game
tommittee-Giving justices of the
peace jurisdiction over game law viola
tions by reducing minimum penalty.
House bill No. 81, by Cannon, Giles,
Kribs and observation-disclosures form of
ballot for elections, placing names of
presidential candidates on ballots.
House bill No. IA, by Jones-Provides
ways and means for dividing highway
districts.
House bill No. 102, by Hanson. Bark
er, Sims, Collin-Appropriatin the
sum of $4,000 for a brideg across
Snake river to Hansen bridge site.
House bill No. 2S5. by committee on
acknowledgements $4,000 for the
Boise summer school