Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-03-01

sion of the rules by a motion of Bot
tolfsen of Butte county. Following
of the rules, but before the
vote on the bill had been taken, Storey
of Ada county announced that he
would vote for the measure. but
though that the machinery for the ex-
penditure of the one hundred thousand
dollars was loose. The commission
created by the bill for the administra-
ton of its measures was referred to
by the Ada county representative as
irresponsible
Quite nonchalantly the house passed
a measure Thursday morning calling
for the issue of $3,000,000 worth of
treasury notes. 1t almost went to roll
call without a word of comment The
only dissenting votes were those of
two democratic members who sus-
pected the issue might be for the pur-
pose of covering up deficits of a re-
publican administration.
1t was house bill No. 254, by the COM
mittee on appropriations, and was
dl afted as a replica of a similar meas
ure passed by the fifteenth Legislature
1t will provide cash in the general fund
for payment of warrants drawn for
current expenses in advance of tax re-
receipts, and thus will place the state
on a virtual cash basis. Meanwhile
as the treasury receives remittances
of tax money from counties, they will
be placed in a fund to redeem the
treasury notes. The latter will draw
the same interest in all probability, as
registered warrants, but state employ
90 xuhn mold in, or~ay re will hn
able to cash them without discount.
Railroads operating in the state of
Idaho will not be compelled to build
fence along their right of ways. The
senate Monday morning defeated the
King and S. K Clarke bill which would
require such action, by vote of II to
16, with 10 members absent and not
voting Van Hoesen of Adams county
democrats minority leader. led the
opposition to the measure and declared
that if such legislation was enacted it
would cost the railroads considerable
money. He cited the Pacific and Idaho
Northern railroad as an example of
where such a law would mean the dis
banding of the road.
King and Clark spoke for their bill
anu u SOU 10 PooontoNs my bAoSA
their argument on the grounds that
the stockmen should not be made to
bear all the burden. Let them raise
the rates on shipments We don't
care. What we object to is having to
lose the stock because there are no
fences along the right of way" Senator
Clark said
Albion is still an issue in the senate.
Senator Hegsted introduced senate bill
No. 29S from the committee on educa-
ton Monday afternoon providing for
the removal of the Albion State Normal
school to Burley on ground to be
chosen by the state board of education.
The bill went directly to the committee
on printing
Republican members of the house
caucused Monday night for the purpose
of hearing a report of the special com
mittee appointed to draw up road
program Tie committee had only a
partial report to make but the subject
matter was discussed until late hour.
Division of the two million dollar
bond issue was the matter on which
the committee reported. 1t is proposed
to proportion rs per cent to the coun-
ties, to partially compensate for loans
to the state Twelve and one-half per
cent is to be distributed for construc-
ton work in the neutral zones of the
state and II and one-half per cent, or
two hundred fifty thousand dollars, is
to be known as a revolving fund. To
date the committee has no program
for maintenance or other items asked
for in the governors special message
of February to the amount of ST.
COS 900. One member said when he
came out OF the caucus that he thought
the proposed gasoline tax of 2 cents
per gallon was dead"
4 With only more days of the session
left. the sixteenth legislature is con-
fronted with the problem of disposine
of deluge of bills awaiting action as
we'll as satisfactorily handling all the
appropriation bills for the state and
the bills concerning the highway pro
gram of which there are seven.
Already on the senate calendar are
more than 70 house bills demanding
the attention The corresponding
number of senate bills in the house is
between 25 and 80. Both houses have
a full calendar of measures originating
in their respective bodies and many
LEGISLATORS are of the opinion that the
wheels of the machinery will have t
be thoroughly creased and the acceler
ator will have to be stepped on" if al
the business is to be handled before
the six days have elapsed.
Appropriation bills, as soon as they
are introduced, will be given right-of
way. This announcement was made