Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-13
Finds Both Measures Inconsis-
tant as They Contain an
Amendment Providing for
Two Judges in Sixth District.
STATE TO MANUFACTURE
Approval Given to Bill That
Permits This-Statee Maxi
mum Interest Rate Reduced
From IL to 10 Per Cent.

Inc Two Judicial district bills passed
by the legislature proposing the crea-
ton of the Eleventh district out Of
Washington and Adams counties. there
by dividing the Seventh district, and
the Twelfth district out Of Bonner and
Boundary counties. met with the dis
approval of Governor Davis Wednes-
day night. He vetoed them. They
were companion measures of the act
providing for the appointment of an
other judge in the Sixth district, but
this bill failed. The Eleventh and
Twelfth district bills, however, were
passed. but to conform with the bill
that had been defeated, both contained
an amendment relating to the extra
judge in the Sixth district. This was
found by the governor to be inconsis-
tent. He therefore decapitated them.
Disapproval was also given to senate
bill 1877 by Booth, Nonpartisan. which
provided for the formation Of cooper
ative, associations, and house bill 264
by Hugo and Givens, authorizing coun-
ty commissioners to lend financial aid
to county councils of defense.
REASONS GIVEN
In his veto message on the two judi
cial district bills Governor Davis said:
House bill No. 1874 proposes the di-
vision of the seventh judicial district
and house bill No. 1923, the division of
the eighth judicial district in both of
which districts two judges are now au-
thorized The bills merely divide the
districts, but retain the present judges
Without any apparent benefit the eff
feet of the acts would seem to be ar
bitrarily to divide the work of the dis
tricts which is now equitably divided
between the judges by agreement.
There is stronger reason, however,
for disappearing these particular bills,
since both provide for the election of
two judges in the sixth district, a mat
ter injected by amendment to conform
to senate bill which failed to pass.
The main change which would be
brought about by these measures. if
approved, would therefore relate to an
Incidental matter which it was the OBJ
vious intention of the legislature not
to pass as disclosed by it's action on
the other bill The proposed change in
the sixth district would not take effect
until the election of 1922 before which
time there is another regular session
of the legislature. There seems to be
no necessity, therefore, for either Of
these measures"
WHY OTHERS VETOED
The chief executive gives as his rea-
son for disappearing the Booth Coop
erative association measure:
This bill so far as it seeks to pre-
vent use of the word cooperative in
the name of any firm, association or
corporation not actually operating on
the cooperative plan is commendable.
1T seeks to repeal, however, in the
guise of an amendment, the following
provisions of the statute:
Corporations, associations and CO.
partnerships, as well as persons, may
become incorporators and members OF
such cooperative associations, provid-
ed the same Is not organized or con-
Quoted for the purpose, directly or in
directly of fixing the price, or regulat-
ing the production of any article OF
commerce or of produce of the soil, or
of consumption by the people,
Opinions may differ as to the cor
rectness of the legislative policy en-
bodied in the foregoing section, but il
is in almost the exact wording of the
state constitution, article ii, section ?
An amendment or repeal of the provi-
sions should, therefore, be directed t.
the constitution"
The act recreating the state council
of defense takes care of the county
councils and for that reason Governor