The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-02-02
SENATE REPEALS
HIGHWAY LEVY BILL
AFTER HOT DISCUSSION VOTE
WAS 38 TO 5-OTHER LEGIS-
LATIVE NOTES.

law enacted by the 18th session o.
the legislature, passed by the senate
this morning by vote of 38 to
The long-expected fight on the bill
broke when it came up for third read
ing. Seth Jones of Idano county
leader of the opposition faction
sought to stay action by moving that
the bill retain it's place on the caleli-
dar. This brought an objection from
Senator Seaver who announced the
bill had been before the senate long
enough for final action.
Senator Whitcomb presi lent pro-
tenn, favored the measure but sought
to have the bill recommended 10 the
; committee for further consideration
stating that, without certain knowl-
edge, the senators could not vote in
telligently on it. He informed the
senate that if the motion to send the
bill back to the committee prevailed,
he would at once introduce reso-
luton requiring the state highway
I department to make report on it's
work, what it had done, where the
: money had been expended, what they
had received from counties and from
the federal government
The Twin Falls solon most strenu-
ously opposed the motion. He stated
that without fear of contradiction he
would submit to the senate that the
measure was drawn without any re-
1ation to any other measure and that
it had no relation to any other issue
unless such were injected into it. He
declared it carried out g direct
pledge made to the people in the last
campaign and that the senators
should be men enough TO stand up
and carry out those pledges. He
urged that the issue be met now as
the bill had been under consideration
long enough to get any information
desired.
Senator Jones of Idaho county
sprang into the breach in an attempt
to save the measure. He contended
that in his county the politicians who
spoke from the stump had pledged
themselves for the North and South
highway and that the highway could
not be completed and maintained un-
less the levy continued. Directing
his remarks at Senator Seaver, he
declared a report had been read to
the senate a few days ago to show
that the highway department had
vast sum on hand whereas it did not
have any money and the report was
wrong.
Senator Seaver rose to point of
personal privilege, declaring that
there was no investigation of any
senator as far as he knew. The chair
ruled that personal illusions must be
cut out.
Senator Jones then continued his |
plea for postponement of the bill un-
til further facts on the finances of I
the state highway department could
be secured.
Revive County Unit Bill
Though the house of representa-
tives defeated the county unit school
district bill, motion prevailed later
to reconsider it's vote and the bill may
yet pass the house after amendment.
tive Irel GudmundSen of
Cassia county, who Monday changed
his vote for that purpose, moved to
The motion carried by a
vote of 29 to 23
Chairman Hall of the education
committee then moved that the bill
be placed on general orders for
Raise Bonding Limit
House bill No. 78, also by the COM
mittee on education, which raises the ,
bonding limit of Independent school
districts to 8 per cent of their assess
ed valuation, was passed without de-
bate and without a dissenting vote.
This is one of the relief measures de-
signed to enable districts which have
grown in school population beyond +
heir means to supply school rooms
and facilities, to increase their reve- ,
1ueS.
Pass Three Measures :
Three state affairs committee bills
we're passed in short order, being the c
bills relating to court re- !
,orter's salaries and transcript fees. S
Attempts to amend them by raising e
'eporters' salaries had failed Satur- n
lay, and they went through as intro n
luced by the committee bill was 1
,assed which deprives the depart G
nent Of law enforcement of it's d
pecial fund derived from fees receiv- a
d for occupation registrations. All
uch fees will hereafter be deposited J
irectly in the general fund of the
tate.
Other Measures
A senate bill, by the senate judi ! !
iary committee was given the sane :.
ion of the house also. 1t gives a new =
efinition to the crime of involuntary .
!
City Planning Commissions r
Three minor measures were also a.
assed and only two new bills were es
Introduced. Time was consumed by cl
ttempts to revive the two educa- J;
onal measures defeated yesterday, n,
ne of which was successful The bills pt
assed include Van deSteeg's S. B. m
10. 13, which authorizes cities to te
reate city planning commissions as Js
dvisory parts of their government. tn
arrish H. B. No. SO, placing the su- w
rene court clerk on flat salary al
nd depriving him of special fees as W
,porter of the court decisions, and n,
arlington H. B. No. 80, requiring p
,xtons to record numbers of burial 19
OTIS on death certificates as = link in w;