Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-03-14
LEGISLATURE AD-
JORNS Sine DIE
Rush to Get Through Appropria.
tions, Members Then Rush
to Trains.

legislature adjourned sine die at
| $50 o'clock sonight, two days
after the last per diem or sixtieth
day, and following a rush to get
through much important pend
ing legislation, including meas
ures carrying millions in appro-
Ipriations and bonds. 1t was the
first daylight adjournment that
an Idaho legislature has taken for
some time.
The closing ceremonies were
marked with simplicity. Imme-
diately after the gavels dropped
in both houses, senators and rep
resentatives prepared to leave
Boise for their homes.
The grand total of appropria-
tions including bond issues and
tax levies approved by the legis-
lature on the final day of the ses-
sion is close to $9,000,O00. The
joint conference committee of the
two houses at the closing hours
agreed on the items in the big
appropriation bills. Practically
all these stricken by the senate
through amendment were rein
stated, including the $4,000 for
the Lewiston livestock show and
the Boise state fair; $4,000 for
the new feeble minded institute;
$5, 900 for the Blackfoot asylum
and the $4,000 the senate at
tempted to remove from the pub
lie utilities commission appropri-
alton. The $4,000 for the adju-
tant generals department was
refused and So, 800 was appropria-
ted for the bureau of child well
fare. The Shoshone Falls park
bill carrying $4,000 was sent to
the governor, passing the senate.
Among the measures that were
approved by the two houses as
the result of the conference were
the following:
$4,000,000 in treasury certifi-
Gates to operate the government;
the ad valorem tax measure to
raise $2,000,000 and 100000 in
treasury notes to secure a loan for
the Improvement, of the high
ways. Segregated these appro-
priations provide $551, 500 mis-
cellaneous for the purchase of
grounds for the Lewiston Normal
and the Pocatello institute, tuber-
culosis hospitals, etc.; $2,2001, ,685
for other state educational institu-
tions; 100000 for the completion
of the state capitol building; ST.
462,035 for state departments.
$265,715 for overdue claims
against the state and $780, for
other purposes.
Important among the measures
that were defeated in the final
hours of the session were the
following:
The senate measure to increase
the salaries of elective state offici-
ais with the exception of attorney
general and mine inspector, lost
on a tie vote of 26 to 26; the SEN
ate bill to add another judge to
the sixth judicial district, defeat
ed by vote of'25 to %; the Mel
son log boom toll bill for naviga-
BILE streams, which was definitely
postponed. That was the last
bill acted upon by the house:
In the senate the the student
travelling expense bill, the senate
act to amend the law providing
for an increase of judges to the
supreme court, the department of
public investment act and the
Boise summer school bill carrying
an appropriation of $4,000 were
defeated.
The senate made its last con-
firmation when it ratified the ap-
pointment of Lawrence E. Wor-
stell, Wallace attorney, as a
member of the industrial accident
board, sent to the upper house by
the governor. The appointment