Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-01-18
SOLONS PLAN TO
CUT EXPENSES
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ty, real or personal providing how
ever that citizen of any foreign ma
! ton, the laws of which do not permit
an American citizen to own land there
in, cannot own or lease lands in the
state of Idaho"
Thompson of Minidoka introduced a
bill into the senate Saturday morning
governing the collection and expendi-
ture of money raised for political pur-
poses. The bill requires the filing with
the secretary of the state and the
county auditor, within 20 days after
the election, an itemized account Civ
ing the names of subscribers to the
fund and the way the money was used.
If the collections are made within the
year the statements must be filed on
June l and January /.
The measure further provides for
penalty Of six months in the county
Jail or a $500 fine or both. The chair
referred the bill to the committee on
privileges and elections
The hands of county commissioners
will not be tied from making improve
ments on public buildings for their
counties in excess of $1,000, without
first submitting the question to the
voters, if bill introduced by Senator
Porter of Latah county becomes law.
The bill provides that the limit be
raised from $1,000 to $4,000, which the
commissioners may expend on county
buildings and above that amount the
Question must be submitted to the vot
ers.
Two measures introduced into the
senate Tuesday are of direct public
import. Both are fathered by Senator
Boughton of Kootenai county. They
are senate bills Nos. II and IS, The
former provides that a party calling
for a jury trial in civil action in
either the justice or probate court
must deposit the jurors fees and mile
age for each day the case is on trial
with the court as security for trial.
While this is required in some of the
lower courts, the action at present is
optional with the presiding Judge.
The other measure is of interest to
residents of Independent school dis.
tricts 1t requires the candidates for
school trustees of such districts to file
notice of their intention to become
candidates not less than 10 days or
more than 80 days prior to election.
House joint resolution No. pro-
poses an amendment to section 10. ar
ticle rs of the constitution of the state
of Idaho subject to the electors of the
state for their approval or rejection
the question of whether said section
shall be so amended as to provide for
the election of one county commits
sioner for a term of four years and
two county commissioners for term
of two years; and to provide also for
the rotation Of the four year term
among the commissioner districts in
the county.
House bill No. provides for an
amendment to section 4595 and 1896
of the compiled statutes regarding
marriage and prohibits the marriage
of first cousins and the marriage of
Caucasians and Mongolians.
House bill No. amends section
1907 of the compiled statutes and pro-
hibits the form of gambling known as
Indian stick games" which is com
mon among the Indians on the Lapwai
reservation in Nez Perez county.
House bills and 6 authorize the
state land board to extend the time
of payments on state school land
sales and leases during the present
biennium. They embody the recon-
mendations of State Land Commission
er l. H. Nash. growing out of his ex-
perience in selling and leasing school
land.
The first of these twin measures
would nprpnit hoo rd Nf Io,d ooY,a
missioners to extend the time of pay
ment on moneys due to the state as
rentals for the years 1921 %, to DC
tober ! of each year, thus enabling
the lessons of these lands to secure in
come from the lands to recoup their
losses in the depression of 1920. The
second bill provides a method for the
land board to withhold cancellation
of contracts for sales of state lands by
new agreements with the purchasers.
exacting bond from the purchaser to
cover the payment of the Indebtedness
in the discretion of the board.
House bill No. amends section
6216 of the Compiled Statutes to in
clude further classes of employment
for which no compensation can be
claimed under the workmen's compen-
sation law. These include harvesters.
threshers, employees in banks, offices
or merchantile establishments and en-
ployes of school districts or county
or road districts.
House bill No. 10 amends sections
1872 and 1878 which relates to farm
laborers' liens on agricultural work
for labor performed thereon.
An amendment will be introduced
during the present session of the leg
Iislature. asking that the benefits be in
creased for mothers under the terms
and provisions of the mothers pension
law
The mothers pension law was passed
by the Twelfth legislature. Under the
law there have been paid to mothers
with children. but without support
from their husbands, thousands of dog
I lars. The measure is said to have been
of great benefit to mothers and child
rem in every county in the state.
AS the law now stands the benefits
are SIS per month for the oldest child
and IS per month for each additional
child. Women who are interested in