The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-02-25
EDUCATION BILL
KILLED IN IDAHO
MEASURE ABoLIsHINo OFFICE OF
STATE CONNIE siONER is
VOTED DOWN.
House Takes Action to Aid in the
Sale OF 100000 Bond Issue
for Benefit of Roads in
State of Idaho.

VI TIRE Oiflct Ol Jile STATE COMMISSIONER
of education, was sent to the morgue in
the idaho senate on February II by
indefinite postponement. 1t had been
In the hands of the committee on edu-
cation for some days and was reported
out with recommendation that 1t not
pass.
The machinery of the body which
originates tax measures was thrown
into high speed when the house of rep
resentatives suspended all rules and
introduced and passed House bill No
2S3, authorizing an expenditure of $685.,
600 to help float the S2,000,000 worth
of state highway bonds voted by the
people in November. The measure
provides for the employment by the
state treasurer of fiscal agent or
broker to help sell the bonds.
An economy measure, of a sort, was
reported on the house calendar and
passed without dissent. This was
House bin No. .249, by the committee
on state affairs. 1t repeals an appro-
priation of $4,000 made by the fif-
teenth legislature to enable the depart
ment Of public works to purchase fac
tories for making woodworking mate
rails.
A measure passed by the house on
February II prohibits any state Of
fetal from making trip outside Of
Idaho at the expense of the state, ex-
cept on funds specially appropriated
for the purpose and on vouchers coun-
tersigned by the governor
The travelling carnival, with its
gambling games and immoral shows, is
an outlaw in Idaho henceforth, or will
be if the senate follows the lead set by
the house on February is when
House bin No. III was passed. This is
a bin by the judiciary committee
which absolutely forbids such SHOWS
TO operate in the state.
An appropriation of more than $780,
900 for the equipment and maintenance
of the state tuberculosis hospital at
Payette is provided for in bill intro
duced in the senate by Senator Witty,
$4,000 of the amount being for main
tenance during 1922.
measure of statewide interest
was introduced by Whitcomb, on Feb
ruary 16 providing for a raise in the
salary of the governor from $1,000 to
$500 per year.
The introduction of thirty-seven new
measures in the senate marked feat |
ure of the session on February 10, it |
being the last day in which bills can |
be introduced except by unanimous |
consent or through a sitting commit
tee.
Among the measures passed on Feb
ruary 16 was one of great interest to
the farmers of the state. 1t was House I
bill No. 62, which provides a scheme
for cooperative marketing. The bill
is patterned after the California law
which provides a method for the for
nation of marketing associations for
handling farm products.
House bill No. 129, providing that
one member of the public utilities
commission must be civil engineer
was defeated by vote of 20 to 5.
Senate bill No. 1853, requiring hos
pitfalls exempt from taxation to admit
and care for patients of any regularly
licensed physician upon the same
terms and conditions as patients of
any other physician, was killed by in
definite postponement.
Northern Idaho has asked permits
sion of the sixteenth Idaho legislature
to secede. A resolution was introduce
ed in the senate on February Is, of
xx,b;<l, Co,o+oro (,briotonSon Eaathar- |
stone, Johnson, Reberg, Jones, Fisher,
Kerrick, HALEY, King and Porter are
the joint authors, calling for the hold
ing OF a convention in the adm .nistra-
ton building at the University of |
Idaho, Moscow June 90 1921, of dele
gates from the various counties in
cluded in the proposed new state for
the purpose of adopting constitution
to be submitted to the electors of the
new state for their adoption or rejec-
ton
The boundary lines of the new state.
as outlined In the resolution include
The ten northern Idaho counties. This
territory claims a population of $780,
300. area OF Sc, 1000 square miles and
valuations of S150,000000
The house passed the Hall bill ,
authorizing the appointment of COM T
mission TO investigate the ACCESSIBILITY. /
IF locating an agricultural college in c
he Snake River valley and the Van de
Steeg real estate license measure.
Senator Featherstone's ice company
pill was voted down in the senate. 1t 1
provided for making ice companies SUBJ 2
ect to the regulations of the public O
Utilities commission.
The senate measure providing that
he state or any of its political sub
may do work by day labor J
when conditions make it advisable was :.
passed by unanimous vote.
Senate bill No 1874, which provides
or the immediate repair of all injuries a
o streets, highways or bridges at the Il
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