The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-01-28
REPEAL OF HIGHWAY
TAX IS PROPOSED
BILL BEFORE IDAHO LAWMAK-
ERs PROVIDES FOR REPEAL 9
OF TWo-MILL TAX LEVY.
Ada County Representative Proposes
to Do Away With Public Utilities
comnission.--Reeis of
Farm Names Proposed.

providing for the repeal of the 2-mill
tax levy for maintenance of state high
ways, as recommended by Governor
Davis in his message. A motion by
Senator Seaver to refer this bill direct
to the printing committee developed
opposition to repeal of the tax.
Senator King is author of bill
which provides for increasing the sal
aries of the justices of the supreme
court from $4,000 to $4,000 per year,
and those of district judges from $4,000
to $4,000 per year.
Registration of farm names with the
department of agriculture is proposed
in Senate bill No. 81, introduced by
Clark of Bear Lake county. The bill
does not make such registration man
datory, but provides for 50 regis
tration fee and prescribes a penalty
for violation. .
Senator Gilchrist introduced meas
ure providing for the regulating of
wild west shows, roundups and shows
of that character. 1t provides that
they can only be given under the di-
rection of the department of law en-
forcement, and requires adequate pro-
lection for spectators and provides
for license fee.
Senator King introduced a memorial
which requests that congress pass
without delay the McCumber bill pro-
viding for the payment of pensions to
nf +ho twill 10,
stead of every three months, as has
been the custom.
Two of the seven bill introduced in
the lower assembly, were of unusual
Importance. House bill No. 20, by
Storey of Ada, proposes to do away
entirely with the public utilities COM
mission, and place all original actions
affecting service of utilities corpora
tions in the district courts. House bill
No. II, by the committee on education,
is the anticipated county suit bill for
school districts. .
Congress is asked in a house joint
memorial, introduced by Representa-
tive Anderson of Ada county and
Welker of Washington county, and
passed by the house under suspension
of the rules, to make an additional
land grant of $4,000 acres for the sup
port and maintenance of the soldiers
home at Boise. s.-
The expected attack on the office of
the commissioner of education was
sprung on January 10. 1t is contained
in House bill No. SO, introduced by
the house committee on education. On
it's face the measure purports to fix
by statute the salaries of the heads
of the various state educational in
situations, taking that discretion from
the state board of education.
The bill amends sections 797 of the
compiled statutes, which empowers
the state board of education to en-
ploy directing heads, instructors and
other employees at the educational in
situations and commissioner of edu-
cation, and to fix their salaries.
BY the expedient of not mentioning
the office, the education committee
seeks to abolish the office of COM
missioner of education. Twice in the
last five years the people of Idaho
have defeated proposed constitutional
amendments to abolish the elective Of
flee of state superintendent of public
instruction.
Improvements on land not to exceed
the amount of $1,000 in assessed valu-
alton to any one family are made ex-
empt from taxation in a bill intro
duced in the senate by Senator Van
hoesen of Adams county. The purpose
of the bill is to encourage home own
ership.
The measures introduced in the
house en- January 10 were not OF
great Importance. There were only
three, and two were offered by the
state affairs committee as part of its
program for reducing transactions and
records in the state auditors office to
business basis.
The committee on, appropriations
recommended defeat of Senate bill No
%, which would require the state to
pay over to the Idaho Technical in,
stitute funds received from the fed,
eral government for the military train.
| ing of students.
Three bills were introduced or
January Is, one by Burkey amending
the state game laws so as to permit
shooting of Chinese pheasants in Jer
ONE county. Senate bill No. 40, by
King, also an amendment measure
providing for admittance to the sol
diers' home of all honorably discharged
soldiers, sailors, marines and nurses
Of the great war with Germany
The first alien land bill placed be.
fore the Idaho state senate was put
out of commission on January Is. Il
was killed by indefinite postponement