The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-03-02
EDUCATIONAL BILL
is RECOMMENDED
is AMENDED BUT STILL WOULD
ABOLISH COMMISSIONER OF
EDUCATION.

Boise-The house state educational
board revision bill, over which there
is statewide interest due to the fact
it seeks to abolish the office of COM
missioner of education and permit the
state superintendent of public 1nstruc-
ton to take over the commissioner 8
duties, was recommended for pass
age by the lower assembly Of the Ida
no legislature, Thursday, after it was
amended to increase the membership
Of the board from four to ten and
include as members all heads of state
educational institutions. The conSolf-
dation of the two offices named, how
ever, remains in the measure.
The senate passed house bill 81
appropriating $4,000 for work in well
fare and hygiene of maternity and
infancy in cooperation with the fed
eral government under the Shepperd-
Towner bill.
Senator Kirkpatrick changed his
vote and gave notice that he would
ask for a reconsideration on Fri
day The measure passed by vote
of 80 to 10.
House bill $50, by Keeton, allowing
highway district commissioners COM
pensation of So a day. met the wrath
of the senators and was killed by
vote of II to 80.
The senate also killed house bill
1854, making removal or concealment
of goods held under lease or contract
of purchase embezz1ement, and SEN
ate bill PIG, by Vaillaincourt, pro-
viding for the improving of parking
in cities and towns.
Senate bill 224, by Boughton and
Haley, which provides for the crea-
tion of a Hepburn park fund out of
the receipts of such park for its
maintenance and improvement; SEN
ate bill 291, by Crooks, which would
remove the limit of 81 900 for the
biennial salary and expenses of the
state librarian and historian of the
historical society and the expenses of
the trustees; house bill IS, by the
public health committee, which pro-
vides for the registration of graduate
nurses who took less than the re-
quired three years course: house bill
153, by Gillis, exempting licensed
physicians from the statutory regula-
tions for optometrists and house bill
157, by the judiciary committee,
which repeals the section of the stat
utes under which witnesses might not
be obliged to respond to subpoena.
AS the statute now is, the limit over
which a subpoena holds is 0 miles
outside of the county.
Other bills passed were house bill
174, by the judiciary committee, pro-
viding for the payment of court re-
porters' salaries monthly; house bill
167, by the state affairs committee,
guaranteeing any person tried on an
insanity charge representation by an
attorney at the expense of the state
if necessary; house bill 116, by Space,
5000 for forest pro-
lection against the white pine blister
rust; house bill 148, by McCombs, au
the investment of school
district sinking funds in federal,
state and county securities; house
bill 151. by the educational commit
tee, repeating chapter 1877 of the 1921
session laws, which is the teachers
fund statute, and author
lzing the return to individuals and
money which they might have paid
in to the fund; house bill 1877 by the
committee on roads and bridges,
which provides that the money re-
ceived by the motor vehicles regis
tration bureau for blank plates and
duplicate chauffeurs' badges shall be
placed in the state highway fund;
house bill 1856, by Preston, which
would permit a majority of school
district electors to establish a high
school regardless of the school CEN
sus
Four new bills were introduced.
Senate bill 336 by the finance COM
nittee makes an appropriation of
s126,35S for the department of agri-
culture distributed as follows: Ad-
$26,30S; farm markets
$4,000; bureau of plant in
iustry, S36,750; bureau of animal
$4,000: fairs-pure seed
show and poultry show-$6, 500.
Senate bill 337, by the same COM
nittee, appropriates $4,000 for the
department. of reclamation as fol-
ows: Administration, $66,500; in
Testigation of Kootenai valley rec1a-
nation, $2,500; cooperation with
United States geological survey. $780,
OO
Under the terms of senate bill 33g
" the committee on agriculture,
ounty commissioners, on petition of
majority of electors, shall arrange
or agricultural demonstration work
Trough cooperation with the univer-
ity extension division
House bill III. to place auto stages
nder the utilities commission con-
rol. passed the house by a vote of
z to 25.
House bill 40. carrying an appro-
riation of $4,000 for the state bu-
can of mines and geology, passed the
ouse with but four negative votes
T the senate acts as favorably and
lie bill is signed, continuance is guar
nteed for the work in mineral re-
PURGE reconnaissance carried on by
lis bureau in cooperation with the
'deral geological survey.
The house also passed senate bill
)9, which provides for returning to
callers their license fees for 1923.
nee the license law has been re-