The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-01-24

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and an early adjournment taken. II
there is serious conflict the session
may 60 over the 60 days.
Abolishes Existing Boards.
The administration act, known as
senate bill No. 10 abolishes virtually
all existing commissions, boards and
offices, including the public utili.
ties commission, industrial acciden,
board, director of farm markets, fish
and game warden, board of health
pure food inspector, state mine in.
spector, bank commissioner, insur.
ance commissioner, insurance mes.
senger, state engineer, state highway
engineer, register and commissioner
of the land department, state chem.
list, state veterinarian, etc.
In lieu thereof and in direct re.
Spouse to and under the governor
by appointment, there is formed a
cabinet of nine commissioners over
the heads Of as many separate de.
partments, whose, salaries run uni.
formly at $500 per annum. They
are to take office and their depart.
ments are to come into force and
effect March 80 of the present year
Combined and grouped under these
commissioners are nine departments
to which are attached advisory
boards, the members of which serve
without compensation. The commits
sioners forming the cabinet. Their
under officers and the duties as.
signed to their departments together
with the rights and powers of each
follows:
Rights and Powers Outlined.
Commissioner Of agriculture, as
sistant, director of animal industry,
director of plant INDUSTRY, director
of fairs-combine work Of State
board of agriculture, director Of
farm markets, state board of horti-
cultural inspection, bee inspector,
veterinarian, recorder of brands,
fish and game warden, sealer OF
weights and measures.
Commissioner of commerce and
industry, assistant director of bank
ing, director of insurance, manager
Of state industrial insurance-Com-
bine work of public utilities commits
sion, insurance commissioner, in
surance manager, board of appeals,
state bank commissioner, state bank
ing department.
Commissioner of finance-Com-
bine work of state examiner, deposit
tory board and perform their duties.
Commissioner of immigration, la
Dor and statistics, inspector of mines
Combine the work of industrial
accident board ana mine Inspector.
Commissioner of public welfare,
public health adviser-Combine the
work of board of directors of asy-
lums, sanitarium, soldiers home,
board of health, dairy, food and san
itary inspector.
Control Public Works.
Commissioner of public works, di-
rector of MISUNDERSTANDING the
work of state highway commission,
highway engineer, trustees of capitol
building, Hepburn park commission.
Commissioner of reclamation, di-
rector of water resources-Combine
the work of state engineer and board
of land commissioners insofar as the
latter apply to Carey Act projects.
Commissioner of public invest
ments-To control, loan and invest
all funds, to lease and sell lands.
Commissioner of law enforcement
Combine work. of fish and game
departments, examining boards for
physicians, dentists, osteopaths, ex-
aminers, accountants, architects,
nurses, supervise registration and
licensing Of automobiles, establish
standards of education.
House Gets Bills.
In the house there was introduced
a bill seeking to abolish capital pun
ishment and providing in lieu there
Of life Imprisonment.
A memorial to congress urging
passage of pending legislation to
make federal post road aid available
for the more sparsely serted sections
Of the west was held up because it
was not printed when an offer was
made to pass it under suspension of
The rules.
The first bridge bill to make its
appearance calls for an appropria-
ion of $4,000 to construct bridge
lear Hagerman across the Snake riv-
er. Another act would authorize
he state to purchase and distribute
vaccines as a preventive against dis
Ease.
The senate killed Off the vaccine
Dill, companion to the one intro
luced in the house, by refusing to
rave If nrinfed hill introduced in