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BILL WHICH FAILED TO PASS THE SENATE GOES ON THE STATUTE BOOKS
With the signature of (Jovernor
dames H. Brady affixed thereto, the I
measure raising the standard of the
salaries of the county officers and es
of county superintendents,
]«•<• tally
which as passed in the lower house,
where it originated, and killed in the
senate, and afterwards signed by the
president of the senate and returned to
the house, will go on the statute books
as one of the new laws, while another
house measure designed to grant
lief to the Great Western Mineral &
Falls,
re
Mining company of Idaho
which w as passed by both houses, failed
to reach the chief executive and died
on the way from the senate to the
house, the records of the senate show
ing that the hill was passed and re
turned to the house, but no further
record of the bill being found.
The house hill No. 69 by McFadden
amending section 2118 of the revised
cimIi* regarding the salaries of county
officers, was paused by tin* house Feb
ruary 24 by a vote of 38 to 8 and was
defeated in the senate on March 5 by
a vote of 4 to 16. The record of the
bill in the house shows that the hill
was signed by the president of the
senate March 6, the entry under the
date ,of the sixth of March being
crossed out by lead pencil marks. The
signing of the bill after it had been
killed by the senate, and the subse
quent approval thereof by the govern
or, leaves the bill in the hands of the
secretary of state to be placed upon
the statutes, the legislative enactment
to be tested in the courts.
Irregularity Discovered
The approval of the county officers
salary bill, after its inglorious death
in the senate was maxie Monday,
March 15, the irregularity being dis
covered by Miss B. Belle Chamberlin,
state superintendent of public instruc
tion, who apprised the private secre
tary to the governor of that fact. The
secretary was positive that the bill
had been passed by the senate, and
readily took a wager of a box of sweet
meats after having his confidence
somewhat shaken by a proposal of the
superintendent to make it a spring
bonnet and make the wager worth
while. The recoed of the bill in the
house and also in the senate was
looked up, and the fact disclosed that
the bill really had been killed in the
senate; but signed by the president of
the senate, evidently by mistake.
House Record of Bill
The house record of H. B. No. 69, ! „
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by McFadden, reads as follows:
January 25—An act to amend' sec- i
tion 2118 of the revised codes of Idaho ,
regarding the salaries of county offi
cers; introduced.
January 26—Read first time.
January 27—Read second time.
January 27—Referred to printing
committee.
January 29— R e p o r t e d correctly
February 2—Referred to judiciary
committee.
February 20—Reported with recom
mendation that the bill do pass.
February 20—Referred for engross
ment.
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February 24—Reported correctly
engrossed.
February 24—Filed for third reaxl
in K
February 24—Reaxl third time at
length, section by section.
February 24—I'assed by the follow
ing vote: Aye«, 38; nays, 8; absent
and not voting, 7.
February 24—Title approved.
February 24—Transmitted to sen
ate.
March 5—Returned from senate,
passed without change.
March 5—Referred for enrollment.
March 5—Reported correctly en
rolled.
Senate Record of Bill
March 6—Delivered to the govern
or.
March 6—Signed by speaker of the
house.
The senate rrcord of the house bill,
No. 69, by McFadden; showing that
the Bame was killed, reads as follows:
February 26—Received from house
on message as pass«!.
February 26—Reaxl first time at
length.
February 26—Referred to commit
l . tee on judiciary.
I March 1—Committee recommended
that bill do not pass,
i March 4—Fil«l for second reaxling.
March 4—Read second time at
length.
March 4—Filed for third reading.
March 5—Read third time at
length, section by section.
March 5—Did not pass; yeas, 4;
nays, 16.
• March 5—Return«! to the house.
March 6—Signed by the president
of senate in presence of senate.
Entry Crossed Out
The last entry in the senate record
of the house bill, showing that the
president signed the bill, although it
had been killed by the senate, is cross
■ ed out by means of leaxl [»encil marks
t drawn over the ink entry across the
il Page
According to the record of the bill
of
not
in the house it was returned from the
I senate on March 5, the day before the
entry in the senate record of the sign
ing of the hill by the president of the
senate.
Indorsements on Bill
The indorsements of the s|x*aker of
the house, president, of the senate, the
governor and the clerk of the house on
the bill are as follows:
"This bill passed the house of rep
resentatives on the 24th day of Feb
ruare, 1009.
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"PAUL ('LAGSTONE,
"S[>eaker of house of representatives."
"This hill passed the senate on the
fifth day of March, 1909.
"L. II. SWEETSER,
"President of the senate."
"This bill received by the governor
on the 6th dav of March,
1909, at
11:35 a. m., and approved on the 15th
day of March, 1909.
"J AMES H. BRADY,
"Governor."
I hereby certify that within house
hill No. 69 originated in the house of
representatives of the legislature of
the state of Idaho, during the tenth
session.
Chief Clerk of the House of Repre
sentatives.
Private Secretary Puzzled
The private secretary to the gover
nor, after ascertaining that the hill
had been killed by the senate and had
slipped past with the approval of the
governor to the secretary of state's
office for placing on the statute was
wrought up as to how he could secure
the bill from the secretary of state, he
evidently supposing that if possession
of the bill could be obtained it could
be held up in the governor's office and
attention called to the fact that the
bill had been killed in the upper house.
Finding that the bill was beyond re
call the secretary' allowed the bill to
take its course with regularly enacted
measures.
J AM KB H. WALLIS,
Test Validity In Courts
Attorney General McDougall was
seen with reference to the bill, he
Htating that he had heard of the in
cident and explaining that it would
have to go on the statute books the
same as the other legislative enact
ments that have been approved by
Governor Brady and the passage of
the act by the legislature tested in
court, where the regularity of the
measure would be determined.
„ ^ «P"? to the.other house bill
No. 123, granting relict to the Great
Western Mineral & Mining company
the attorney general stated that the
bill was not iegularly jiassed and ap
pro veil and therefore the amount of
the appropriation—$130—could not
be paid by the state treasurer as pro
vided by the bill. The measure will
probably be held over and presented
at the next session of the legislature.
Lost In Transit
By the records of the house with
respect to the bill, which appropriates
$130 to the Great Western Mineral
«V Mining company to refund incorpor
ation fees [laid by the comjiaiiy to the
state treasurer, the measure was pass
ed by the lower body February 15
and transmitted to the senate.
The record of the bill in the senate
shows that it was passed February 26
and returned to the house, but refer
ence to the house record does not show
its receipt there, the last record being
of the transmittal to the senate. The
bill as seen by the records of the two
houses is on its way to the lower
house, and either was lost in transit
or has taken the long way around in
returning to the hotly in which it orig
inated.
County Officers' Salary Bill.
The county officers' salary bill,
which has bv a trick of the fates pass
ed through the governor's office to be
come a "live dead" legislative enact
ment, raises the salary of the county
superintendent from the $600 to $1200
graxle to $1000 to $2000 grade. The
bill in full is as follows:
"House bill No. 69, by McFadden,
an act to amend section 2128 of the
dolitical code, revised codes of Idaho,
regarding the salaries of county offi
cers.
Section 1. That section 2118 of
the political revised codes of Idaho, be
and the same is hereby amended to
read as follows:
"B«'tion 2118. It shall be the
duty of the board of commissioners of
each county, at its regular session
April next prec«ling any general elec
tion to fix the annual salaries of the
several county officers, except prose
cuting attorney, to be elected at said
general election, for a. term commenc
ing on the second Monday in January
next after sain meeting and in no ease
shall the salary of any county officer
be less than the lowest amount herein
after designated for such officer and in
no case shall it be higher than the
highest amount hereinafter designated
for such officer. The salary of prose
cuting attorney shall be fixed at the
regular July session next preceding
each general election.
"The sheriff shall receive a salary
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of not It*« than $800 per annum and
not to exceed $2000 per annum; he
shall be allowed in addition to such
salary as fixetl by said hoard the act
ual and necessary expenses for care of
each prisoner confined in the county
jail.
"The clerk of the district court and
ex-officio auditor and recorder shall
receive a salary of,not less titan $800
per annum and not to exceed $2000
per annum.
"The assessor and ex-officio tax col
lector shall receive a salary of not less
than $800 per annum and not to ex-1
"The county treasurer shall receive j
a salary of not less than $500 and not
to exceed $1500 [ter annum.
"The prosecuting attorney shall re
ceive a salary of not less than $500
per annum and not to exceed $1500
ceed $3000 per annum.
per annum.
"The probate judge shall receive a
salary of not less than $5000 per an
num and not to exceed $1500 per an
mini.
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receive a salary of not less tlian $1000
and not to exceed $2000 per annum.
"The county surveyor shall receive
a salary of not It*» than $50 per an
num and not to exceed $800 per an
num.
"The coroner shall receive a salary
of not less than $50 per annum and
not more than $300 per annum.
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March 25—It
Missoula, Mont.,
incredible that there should he
areas in the
seems
any extensive range
United States yet unused, but such is
a fact, according to reports from the
office of the district forester in this
citv.
The public, and especially western
people, have heard so much about
over-grazed ranges that the above
statement is surprising, but it is an in
controvertible fact that in northern
Idaho, upon the Clearwater National
Forest, there is virgin summer range
sufficient for 10,000 head of steer.
This range is located toward the
headwaters of the north fork of the
Clearwater river and between the
Selwai and Loksa rivers oti the plateau
lying between the main range of the
Bitterroot and the Crags mountains,
It is feasible to graze these exten
sive well watered areas, now wholly
unused, by stock from the Montana
side of the mountains. The forage is
excellent for both beef and stock cat
tie, but the range is better adapted to
cattle on account of the long d r j v
necessary to reach it.
In addition to this large unused
range, there are similar areas in the
Lolo and Bitterroot National Forests
just across into Montana which afford
summer pasture for a great
e
many
more cattle, horses and sheep than
have grazed upon them in the past.
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authorized the Supervisors of each of
these Forests to issue grazing permits
for the full capacity of these unused
ranges, and large stock owners whose
home ranges are over-stocked would
da well to investigate this matter.
We the family of Mr. George Houts
desire to express our sincere apprécia
tlon of the kindness and sympathy
shown to us during the last illness and
death of our husband and father.
Mrs. Ida B. Houts and Family.
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