The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-02-07
What THE OREGON sOLONs ARE DOING
Ritnsr IniIOducesBIll ior new PenItsntiay Building

3 authority TO spend 5000 Of the public
. money for this purpose.
]. Capital Punishment Bill Introduced.
: Death penalty for all persons here
after convicted in this state OF mur-
} der or treason In the first degree Is
provided for in q proposed constitu-
J. tlonal amendment introduced In tho
! senate by Senator Dimick.
! No alternative penalty is provided,
, 80 II the amendment should be passed
, by the legislature and approved by
/ the voters Il would mean that all per.
sons convicted OF murder in the first
degree must be sentenced TO death.
The amendment. II adopted. would
be self executing.
Governor Signs Eight Measures.
Eight bills have been signed by
Governor withycombe and filed with
Secretary Of State olcot,. They are:
Soldiers and sailors commission
bIll. appropriating 100000 and carry
Ing an emergency clause. Now effec.
tive.
Measure appropriating s552.ss5 to
meet deficiency appropriations Of the
emergency board. Emergency clause
attached.
Measure appropriating $4,000 70
pay per diem and travelling expenses
Of members OF the legislature and sal
aries OF clerks and stenographers.
Emergency clause attached.
Bill empowering cities and towns.
without consent of property owners
affected. TO annex property that has
been or win be surrounded by the city
limits. Measure has particular appli
cation TO Portland.
Two bills by Senator Baldwin plac.
Ing state bank members OF the federal
reserve system on the same footing as
national bank members.
Measure empowering the state high.
way commission to sell obsolete or
wornUut machinery.
eminent domain for county courts and
the highway commission SO that use
may be made of property before COM
pletion OF condemnation proceedings.
Blii Provides For New State Prison.
Authority 10 construct new peni.
tentiary building at a cost Of 100000 ,
Is sought In bill introduced by Sena-
tor Ritner. The bill provides that the /
question be referred to vote of the ,
people at the next general, regular or I
special election. /
II the bill becomes q law, the board |
OF control will have authority to use q
$125.0o0 annually for four consecutive
years to pay for the cost Of the new
building. II is not required that this
amount shall conform TO the per I
cent statutory limitation. ?
May Abolish Parole officer. a
Senator LaFollett, OF Marion coun- '
ty. has introduced bill for the aboli- 6
tion Of the office OF state parole Of Z
ficer. The bill. which would amend Y
the present law. would make It the Q
duty Of circuit judges when paroling
persons to make written conditions OF n
The parole order. to be forwarded to a
The warden OF the state penitentiary, G
instead Of to the parole officer. and
that the persons paroled re-
port to the warden instead OF the par.
,le officer. I;
Liquor Laws Are Tightening. a
Two bills aimed at bootlegging were Y
Introduced in the senate by Senator
sberhard. One provides that munic-
In the senate by Senator
'ourt and the other gives a municipal q
udge the right to issue search war b
ants In seeking to suppress the liquor D
raftic. Under the present state law
hese powers are delegated only to
tate officials,
Legislative 5revItIes.
Representative Schuebel's bill pro-
iding for creation Of a board of con-
iliation and arbitration in labor dis
utes met defeat in the house, =
Representative Thrift offered joint v
lemorial asking congress to retain i,
ie United States employment service. -
The house passed the joint resolu-
on Of Representative Smith. Of Multi,
omah, providing for q committee to 90
vestigate the wood shipbuilding In. ~
istry and enlarged Il to cover the
eel shipyards as well.
Curfew shall ring each night for the a.,
mines IFS bill introduced by Repre- 90
ntative Dennis becomes q law. All
'gs must be safely tucked into bed ,,
! s o'clock each night and remain -,
ere until o'clock the next mora a.,
8, under this BILL W
Representative Bean has introduced
bill providing for $4,000 appro- +
iation to create revolving fund fou