The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-03-15
ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF
THE IDAHO LEGISLATURE
eep Cut In Government Expense, De-
partment Elimination, No State
Primary, No Bank Guar
anty, Gas Tax.


Die tax leveying powers of all taxin,
bodies, whether state, county, municl
BAL, school, highway or irrigation II
oards or in districts. There was
eneral scaling down of the maximum
6mits the law heretorfore allowed s,
Mat taxes could be reduced. IT ha
een contended in Idaho of late year
#hat it was not the state tax that
laced burden on taxpayers, but tht
ewes made by local boards which
Eept them up to the maximum This
he seventeenth Idaho legislature has
&emedied to great extent. Govemoi
=. G. Moore submitted reduced budg
~ over the appropriations of tvs
Gears ago, cutting them down half a
nillion dollars, the legislature appears
n have gone him one better and cur
most another half million dollars off
Gs budget.
h The legislature made appropriations
$or all the executive and other func-
6oning departments of state.
Il There were several complete and
4uite definite department abolish
nents. The first of these, and one
hat was made campaign issue dur
81 the last election, was that of the
Hate constabulary. The law was re-
>ealed creating it and the department
Popped from the state government.
fhe second was the closing of the
loors of the Office of commissioner of
hbor, immigration and statistics.
Fhis is constitutional office and the
legislature could not abolish it, but
\ did just as effective work by cut
ing off its pay roll. The well laid
Rans for the establishment of two
lnti-tuberculosis hospitals were also
the sites for the hospitals
II Standpoint and Payette, which were
Ieeded to the state, were turned back
d those cities and the $4,000 in the
tate treasury raised by special tax
evies were turned into the general
reasury of the state and the anti
tuberculosis commission was abolished.
The veterans welfare commission
ghich supervises the care of needy
x-service men, was maintained and
iven an appropriation of $4,000, |
Fhich, together with the unexpended
10000 the commission had on hand
the close of the last biennium, will
ermit it to operate during the next
wo years.
The governor of the state instead |
the county commissioners, was Civ
b the power to fill vacancies in the
sgislature that exist, through ap
ointment.
Expenses of all state officials were
prbed by law requiring such ex
enses shall not exceed five dollars
er day except by special permission
the governor, and automobiles may
ot be hired except on special permit.
Several game preserves were created
lcluding one in Benewah county and
second in Idaho county, both in
Drthern Idaho.
The regulation days labor of the
ate employee was made eight hours,
Id the law passed requires that la
Dr. before he can draw his salary.
The tobacco license law was re-
ealed. 1t has been in existence for
70 years. Dealers in tobacco were
quired to pay state license of $50.
he legislature appropriated $4,000
refund them the license money they
lid in for 1923. ;
Unfair competition and discrimina- ]
ON in the buying and selling of
TRY products is provided for in an
her law that was written on the
atutes and which is of great import
ice to the dairy industry of the state.
The appropriation for the attorney
neral s department was so reduced
to eliminate one of his assistants;
e salaries of all memebrs of the
lblic utilities commission were re-
ICED from $4,000 to $4,000; the sal q
les of the members of the indus
lal accident board reduced on the $
me ratio together with the salaries
the members of the governors CAB y
ct, including the commission of ag- s
culture, commissioner of finance
of public investments.
Provisions of the antitrust law ?
re made not to apply to persons i
gagged in agricultural or horticul- i
raj pursuits where they market their I
oducts comparatively. 7
The budget department of. the. state !
retofore maintained separately, was n
nsolidated with the state auditor s
partment and the force of the de- "
rtment greatly reduced. The state o
reau of public accounts was also
nsolidated with the auditors de-
rtment and the office force of that T
reau reduced. y