The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-02-16
TAX RELIEF BILL
PASSED BY SENATE
ALLOWS EXTENSION OF TIME
FOR PAYMENT OF TAKES TO
JUNE OF PRESENT YEAR.
Seeks to Give Relief to Farmers .
Idaho Because Of Breakdown Of
the Market on Farm Prod.
ucts Of the State.

III passed the Witty tax exemption bill,
the first to be introduced in the SEN
ate this session, by the close vote Of
~ to p.
This meaure affects every taxpayer
of time for the payment Of 1920 taxes
to June Of the present year. The
taxes became delinquent the last Mon
day in December Of last year. 1t seeks
to give relief to the farmers, because
Of the breakdown of the market on
farm products. /,
The house bill which permits towns
and cities to exceed their budget upon
a petition of majority of citizens,
passed without dissenting vote.
The senate bill, providing for the
disOrganization of highway districts,
passed with only two negative votes.
The state affairs committee Of the
house on February 10 introduced a
measure designed to make money
available in the general fund during
the biennium sufficient to pay claims
against the state as they arrive, by the
issue of treasury notes in the total
sum of $3,OOO,OOO.
Representatives Egbert and Storey
introduced bill to request all state
| department heads to file with the state
| auditor at the end of each biennium
a sworn statement of department ap-
preparations, expenditures and bal
ances for the information of the legis-
| lature.
| House bill No. SO, by the committee
on education, was passed without dis
cussion. 1t permits rural high school
districts to levy to the extent of 10
mills and bond to the extent of 6
per cent of their assessed valuation,
and also provides ways and means for
such districts to disorganize.
| The house passed by unanimous
| vote senate concurrent resolution No.
Z, endorsing the Smith-Fletcher bill
in congress for the impOunding Of
water in Yellowstone park and the
erection of the proposed Fall river
reservoir.
In a special message to the legis-
lature on February Governor Davis
sets forth a program to be followed
during the next two years to carry
out the state highway program, the
legislature having repealed the two
mill highway levy law. He asks that
legislation be passed paving the way
for the sale of the 100000 bond
issue voted at the last election and
that from the proceeds 60 per cent be
distributed by alloting 60 per cent for
use on state highways in the different
counties prOportionately to the
amounts contributed by each county in
1920 and the remaining 40 per cent be
used in neutral zones.
Compulsory cooperation in the con-
struction of state highways should not
be required. he holds, and provision
should be made for counties to 60
ahead with construction of state high
ways within their boundaries If they
50 desire. Counties and highway dis
tricts should be empowered to bid on
road contracts, he contends. Cover.
nor Davis asks for legislation cover.
ing these points.
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passed by the legislature creating q
state sheep commission to eradicate
scabies among sheep, and named the
members of the commission as fol
lows: Hugo Spront, Boise, six-yeal
term; B. Thomas Morris, Pocatello
and Andrew Little, Emmett, -four
years; Charles Clay, Higgins, and
Fred Gooding, Shoshone, two years.
| The house has passed the education
committees unit bill, on which a Sc
we're fight was waged earlier in ths
session. The vote was thirty-five tt
twenty-one.
The senate has amended the seizure
the bill by the committee on bank.
and banking making it misdemeanOI
to make or issue false statement
concerning the financial condition Of {
bank or trust company and prescribing
q penalty.
.. The seate has amended the seizure
: law so as to include airships among
the vehicles which may be seized b!
officers of the law when used To-
transportation Of liquor.
BY an overwhelming vote the hous'
Of representatives on February
passed the Senate bill No. 66, repeal
ing the 2-mill highway tax law, pre-
; viously passed by the senate. Tn
vote in the house on final roll call wa
IS to 4 against.
Governor Davis in his message re
. commended the repeal Of the 2-mil
law.
The house on February 8 passed tn
senate memorial to congress urgin
Z passage Of the Smith bill to permi
construction of reservoirs in the Vel
, lowstone National park and to max
investigation Of the charges that tn
! building Of such reservoirs will damag
the scenic beauty Of the park.
A measure providing that the lieu
tenant governor shall receive hi
, | travelling expenses to and from tn
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