The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-05-28
LEGISLATIVE NOTES

BOise.-The second county division
bill to be passed by both houses went
through the house on February 3, and
went to the governor for signature. 1t
is the Jerome bill, creating the county
of Jerome out of portions of Minidoka,
Gooding and Lincoln counties, with
Jerome as the county seat, and while
one of the smallest counties in the
state in area, is one of the richest in
valuation and most compact
1t is the fOrty-third county in Idaho
and will be approved by the governor.
The vote passing it was As to Is.
The reclamation of 100000 acres
of land in Idaho to furnish returning
soldiers with work and to supply them
later with farms was urged upon con-
gress by the fifteenth Idaho legisla-
ture on February 8. when. under sus-
pension of the rules, the house of rep
resentatives passed a memorial to that
effect. The land included is in the
upper Snake river country in eastern
Idaho, where the Dubois project is To-
Gated. and the Big oruneau and Sun
nyside, in southern Idaho.
Several conferences have been held
here already over this proposal with
the Officials of the reclamation service.
who are favorable to it, The govern
ment is asked to supply the state with
the necessary equipment to carry on
the construction work, much of which
was purchased and used during the
war.
Conscientious DIRECTORS of the type
recently DISCHARGED from Fort Leaven-
worth will have no part in the soldier
benefits provided in a tax exemption
measure which was introduced in the
senate by W. S. Walker of Boundary
county.
Death by decapitation was melted
out by the house of representatives to
house bill No. ID. by Drake and Peck
ham. abolishing capital punishment as
the penalty for murder. The bill was
killed when Charles D. Storey, Ada.
succeeded with a motion to strike the
enacting clause upon consideration of
the measure in the committee of the
whole.
house. a bill by Representative Tyer
of Ada authorizing county commission
ers to add a trained nurse to the coun-
ty officer list was made the subject
of lengthy general debate before It
was approved by the senate.
Emergency employment by authority
of county commissioners for the bene-
fit of persons out of WORK who have
been residents of the state not less
than six consecutive months is pro-
vided in bill introduced in the sen.
ate by F. H. Judd, Clearwater.
A new method of taxation for power
interests is provided for in bill IN
troduced i'm the house. Under its pro-
visions they would be assessed accerf-
ing to the amount of power they de-
velop, or. if they are held for power
purposes but not developed, according
to the amount of power it is estimated
they might produce.
Under suspension of rules. the house
unanimously passed house bill No. 10,.
by Owens and Featherstone, creating
powerful soldier settlement board 10
acquire lands and develop and irrisate
them for settlement by Idaho soldiers
and sailors. An appropriation of $780,
600 is provided in the bill.
Reconsideration of vote accepting
a committee report that house bill No.
So, by Cough and Bonnell. an enabling
act for county division questions, be
not printed. resulted in the measures
being brought to life in the house Of
representatives. -