The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-02-09

BILL PASSES SENATE
LIMITS EXPENSES OF OFFICIALS
AND EMPLOYEES TO SIS PER DAY
MANY BILLS INTRODUCED.

, Boise-Senate bill "a by Brooks.
limiting expenses of state officials
and employees to S. a day outside
railroad fares and which has been
termed the anti-junketing bill,
passed the senate of the Idaho legis-
Iature Thursday by vote of "a to
y. On roll call Senator Callahan, who
spoke for amending it, changed his
vote for nay to aye and after an
nouncement of thS result, gave notice
that on Friday he would ask for re-
consideration of the vote.
The senate also passed house bill
80, requiring vote of two-thirds of
Irrlgatlon district electors to approve
contract OF sale of surplus power;
senate Dill 30, excluding time occu-
pied by employees- on state, county,
ana munlclpal work in going to and
from the statutory eight hour day.
ana senate bill "a, governing the sale
OF county property at public auction.
Ihe public utilities election bill.
winch would also have classified the
personnel, with one farmer and one
hydro-electrical engineer was killed
by margin of one vote by, the house
today. The vote stood 81 to 80.
Physical examination of EMPLOYEES
IN restaurants for the prevention of
social diseases met death by indef-
mite postponment in the house.
An anti-Ku Klux measure, spon-
sored by Representatives Egbert and
Line, is new house bill, making 1t
felony punishable by from five to
twenty years in prison to conceal
identity for the purpose of intimid-
atlng person In the state The bill
provides =" that when two or more per-
sons, being masked or their identity
concealed, call upon or visit to place
fear or do bodily harm to any other
person, they shall be guilty under the
act"
County Unit Districts.
One of II new bills introduced was
house bill lat by the commission on
calling for the formation
of county unit consolidated school
districts
House bill 152, another of the new
ones provides for the department of
agriculture to take over the fund and
office of the state seed commissioner
now in the university extension df-
vision.
All persons driving motor vehicles
in the state of Idaho would be re-
1ufred to take out a license under
he terms of senate bill 1854, intro
iuced in the senate.
Re-Designates Highways.
Senate bill 157 re-designates the
main highways of Idaho. 1t gives the
lame "old Oregon trail to the east
md west highway in south Idaho
heretofore known as the Idaho Pacf-
ic highway The east and west high.
way in the north heretofore known
IS the north Pacific highway, would
'e named the Yellowstone trail.'
The highway from the Utah-Idaho
inc north, now known as the Idaho
Jtah highway, would be renamed the
Yellowstone Park highway.
Bill 156 defines the words Road
nd Highway
Bill 158 would permit counties,
ighway and road districts to coop
rate with the state in the construc-
ion of roads. No. 159 provides for
eversion to the highway funds Of
nused portions of the money al
1ted to highway districts and coun-
es for road work.
No 100 governs the kind of tires
-hich may be used on vehicles oper-
ting over the roads, prohibiting
leafs and other protuberances ex-
ept in certain instances.
No. 161 makes the state treasurer
ustodian of all moneys, bonds, ETC.,
all departments, bureaus, boards,
&c.
Bill 162 makes the width of right
: way for designated state highways
instructed hereafter at least &C feet
ide. Bill 163 indicates the type of
rossings to be installed by railroad
whose lines cross state
ighways;
Senators Eames and Clark of Gus
T. county introduced senate bill 1853
'oviding for filling legislative vacan-
es by county commissioner.
Bill 165 by Coffin, would provide
at applicants for state farm loans
ust pay all actual and necessary ex-
,nses.
Bill 166, by Stanger, is a substitute
demurrage Independent OF
raj highway school districts for the
Election of tax moneys.
Bill 169, by Eames, would require
at county superintendents of pub
, instruction be graduates off ap-
owed normal school or college.
Bill 40, ny the llllduCe COulIuittcc,
quires employees of the state de-
rtments to put in an eight hour
y.
Bill III, by Wurtz, Albrethsen, and
ke, would give counties the power
issue bonds to take up outstanding
gal Indebtedness.
Bill ia, presented by Archibald,
,uld provide that at least one mem
r of the public utilities committee
ould be from the political party
sting the second highest number of
tes for governor at the preceding
'ction. This would make way at
ssent for a progressive member on
committee.
Bill $50 by Means, provides for
} creation of the Lewis and Clark
me preserve in Nez Perce county.
Bill 181, by Pike, would make Twin
lis county ffrSt-claSS county.