Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-02-15
WAR BREAKS OUT IN
IN l4TH SESSION
OF LEGISLATURE
UPPER AND LOWER HOUSES OF
LEGISLATURE KILL EACH
OTHERS MEASURES
JUDICIAL DISTRICT FAVORED
Bill Making New Judicial District of
Idaho, Lewis and Neg Perce Counties
Gets through Lower House.

Boise, Feb. 13.-The legislature is at
loggerheads over the right of way for
bills originating in either house and bit
terness was caused by the summary
decapitation of house measures in the
senate today, with the result that the
house promised to retaliate and held up
or killed senate measures. The question
was also raised over the validity of
bills, as emended, that have passed the
lower house. The discovery was made
that the journal does not contain
amendments, and as this document is
the only record of the legislature as ap-
proved from day to day, the failure to
record amendments may jeopardize some
important legislation.
The strained situation between the
two houses arose when it was learned
| by the lower house that the senate had
killed eight house bills, including the
Ipenltentiary reform measure which
eliminates testimony of a convict as to
former prison records, the McGowan bill
| requiring life insurance agents to be-
come residents of the state before they
can sell insurance in Idaho, and others
| relating to juries and peremptory
| challenges. The senate held the bills
were immaterial and only served to clog
the calendar. Two other important
bills were as badly treated. The re-
publican measure calling for an ex-
animation and audit of the state land
| department books was killed and the
house bill giving the public utilities
| commission supervision over securities
! of public utilities was recommended for
indefinite postponement.
In retaliation the house laid on the
table the senate bill seeking to accept
the terms of the rural post road act,
| the Nelson bill relating to fees in dis
trict courts, the Atherton irrigation
project bill, and the Big Lost river
game preserve bill. The senate reso-
luton calling for an amendment to the
state constitution so county commission
ers may rotate in office was killed.
The house state affairs committee re-
ported out the state division resolution
with the recommendation that it go to
the committee of the whole where its
fate will be settled later in the week
The six farm markets bureau bills were
amended in committee of the whole and
recommended for passage under sus-
pension of the rules. They literally ex-
tend the power of the director of farm
|
House joint memorial No. 7, by com
mittee of forests and forestry-Asking
congress to create national forest out
of the Thunder mountain region.
House bill No. 10, by Giles-Creat
ing the tenth judicial district out of
Nez Perce, Idaho and Lewis counties.
House bill No. 81, by Cannon, Giles,
Kribs and Packhan-Revising the bal
lot so that the straight ballot is elimi
mated and names of candidates for pres
ident appear thereon.
Representatives. Miles and Shearer
championed the tenth judicial district
bill, which follows out Judge Steele IS
recommendations.
The INDECENT child law is to be
strengthened as the result of bill in
troduced in the house. If passed it will
greatly strengthen the Children s Home
Finding and Aid society which has
homes at Lewiston and Boise. The
courts have held that these homes
could not give their consent to the adj
option of dependent child taken from
its parents or custodian involuntarily.
The new bill will give this power to the
board. The probate courts are given
jurisdiction over homeless and depen-
dent children and the children s homes
are given the right to receive them and
later place them out in homes temper
arily or give consent to their adoption
to foster parents. Should parents or
custodians of children object they are
given Is days in which to state their
objections in the courts. The court re-
serves the right to adopt the child out
to persons of good moral character but
no order of adoption can be made TN.
til after the child has been committed
three months Power to reseind any
such order is held by the court com
mitting the child or children. Right of
appeal to the district court from the
order of the probate court is reserved,
which is not the case under the present
or old law. No child can be committed
after attaining the age of Is years.
Publication for adoption is provided if
personal service cannot be secured and
if it is thought for the best interests of
the child committed to the st. Anthony
reformatory it may be transferred 10
the children s home.
Representative Quinlan of Idaho
county proposes to get action on con-
struction of the first section of the
Lewis and Clark highway III the pan