The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-03-22
NEXT TWO YEARS STATE
TAX LEVYDELOW S MILLS
NEARLY 100000 APPROPRIATED
FOR EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS.

ing for the appropriation of S1,S4l,l96
and the levying of a three eighths Of
a mill for the improvement of state
educational institutions, is the accom-
plishment of the seventeenth Idaho
legislature which adjourned Friday
night. says the Boise Statesman.
At the same time the legislature
abolished the office OF state commits
sioner of education created in 1913,
by refusing to appropriate money to
pay the salary of the man now hold
ing that office.
Had not the lower house concurred
in the senate's action in abolishing
this office the senate would have re-
fused to pass the bill calling for the
three eighths Of a mill levy for the
building program of the state educa-
tional institutions.
The new plan of education which
the state has adopted puts the state
superintendent of public instruction,
an elective officer at the head of the
system. The legislature also made an
appropriation for what it terms an
executive secretary of the state board
of education at $4,000 a year The
salary of the state superintendent was
raised from $1,000 to $4,000, but this
will not be effective until 1925.
With the proceeds of the three
eighths of mill levy there will be
constructed science hall at the state
university costing $3.50 900. This viii
be the largest expenditure out Of the
fund other repairs and improve
ments will he made at the Albion and
Lewiston state normal schools. the
technical institute at Pocatello and
the Industrial training school at ST
Anthony.
Consolidation of several functions
Of the cabinet form of government as
well as the elimination of some Of
fees and officers was also accomplish
ed by the Legislature. The majority
of these changes, while not specfcal-
ly named, were recommended by Gov
egnor c. c. Moore in his message to
tie lawmakers at the opening of the
session.
Consolidation of the state bureaus
of public accounts and budget in the
cnice of the state auditor but directly
under the control of the governor is
one of the changes made in the cab
met government inaugurated by for
n,er Governor d. w Davis in 1919 and
continued in effect by Governor Moore
when he took Office January 1, 1928
Attempts were also made by the
legislature to consolidate the offices
of the department of public invest
ments and the state land commission
e. but this plan failed to carry
constabulary Abolished.
In accordance with a plank of its
platform the republicans who have
majority of both houses as we'll as
candidates in all state offices, abol-
ished the state constabulary a plank
favoring the adjustment of this part
of the state government was also
written into the platforms of both the
democratic and progressive parties.
The fish and game bureau was TAX
en- from the state department of law
enforcement and recreated as a sep
arate function directly under the gov
ernor
The tobacco license law passed by
the 1921 session was repealed and an
of $4,000 was made to
repay those dealers who padi their
1928 license fees before the repeal of
the act.
After one of the stiffest fights of
After one of the stiffest fights of the |
session the administration forces sue
ceeded in abolishing the tuberculosis |
hospital building commission created |
by the 1919 legislature and returning /
to the general fund of the state about |
100000. the balance remaining in the /
commissions building fund The COM
mission was to build two hospitals, |
one each in the northern and south !
ern parts of the state
A substitute bill was introduced |
providing for the reappropriation of
the money for one hospital and an en-
tirely new commission but the meas
ure failed to come before the senate /
ibl lliidA NbllSiutl aNlNA NAANi IL htAh J
passed the house.
Institutions Fare Well.
state charitable and penal institu-
tions Jared well at the hands of the I
legislature All thought of politics |
or log rolling" for one institution to
the detriment of another was forgot !
ten officials say. in making financial /
allowances for these Institutions I
which care for the states unfortun- /
ates.
While there is yet much opportunity /
for Improvement in the method of /
caring for the states charges, officials /
say. vet the condition Of these inst- /
tutions has improved many times over
in the past few years.
There was a firm stand against it |
in both houses of the legislature but |
salary cuts and reductions in various |
forms Of compensation to state Off