Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-01-28
WASHINGTON'S
LEGISLATURE
DOINGS

t'on code, providing for state gov
eminent on the cabinet plan, has
been introduced in the house and
has been the big consideration in
legislative circles here this week.
The bill was prepared by special
commission in cooperation with the
governor and provides for appoint
ment OF 10 directors, to be in charge
OF the various departments of state
government ut annual salaries rang
ing from $4,000 to $500. The de-
partments and directors salaries are
as follows:
Department of business control
Director. $500. Duties: Highway
commissioner and supervisor Of pub
lie utilities.
Department Of efficiency-Director
$4,000. Duties: State examiner.
Department of business control
Director, salary not fixed. Duties:
State manager; general supervision
Of state institutions; purchasing
agent
Department Of Observation-Disclosures
$4,000. Duties: Taxation, banking
and municipal corporation supervis-
ion.
Department of health-Director.
$4,000. Duties: Regulation of vital
statistics.
Department Of conservation and
observation-disclosures, $500. Duties:
Forestry, geology. reclamation. sur
vey and hydraulics.
Department Of labor and industry
Director, $500. Duties: Supervis-
ion OF Industrial insurance, safety
and industrial relations.
Department OF observation-disclosures
or. $500. Duties: Supervision Of
agriculture, dairy. live stock, foods.
feeds, drugs, oils, weights and
measures.
Department of licenses--Director
$4,000. Duties: Replacing all ex-
amining boards and license depart
ments.
Department of fisheries Director,
salary $4,000. Duties Supervision
Of fisheries, game and fish.
The code provides that the gov
ernor and the directors shall sit as
an administrative board to direct and
supervise the affairs OF the state.
Go Into Effect March 81.
The code carries an emergency
clause which would make it effect.
i've March 81. Governor Hart has
declared that, il given the power of
the code, he will wipe out the 3d.
100000 state deficit expected March
81 and have a large balance built up
within a year. The code would alb
dish nearly 100 different depart
ments and commissions, consolidating
them in the department government.
Although the governors code has
been the main legislation introduced
SO far this session OF the legislature,
other important bills have been
placed before the house and senate.
Two bills would prohibit marriage
of whites with negroes, mulattoes or
Mongolians and would raise the ma
jority age of women to q and pro-
hibit their marriage before majority
without consent of the parents.
Another bill is designed to prevent
reflections now upon conscientious
DIRECTORS" during the war.
One house bill would regulate
manufacture and sale of milk prod
ucts; another the licensing of dental
hydienists; another would appro-
pirate $4,000 for Americanization
work among adults; one would au-
thorize flag at every polling place
during elections and another would
regulate divorces.
Senate bills Of the week would pro-
vide pint of milk daily for each
school child under IL years of age:
regulate sale of small arms; estab-
lish an old age pension fund; compel
persons registering for voting to de-
clare party affiliation; put state
banks under the guaranty act, and