Show I TO INCREASE IDAHO REVfNUfS HkEPOETANT BELL INTRODUCED I THE HOUSE Proposition t Pay a Bounty On Beat Sugar Appropriation Bill Reported ported A Agreed Upon Special to The Herald Boise Ida Feb 23 Attorney General Hays today gave the legislature an opinion opin-ion that the bill providing maximum and minimum salaries for county officers would b unconstitutional i enacted as It delegated to the county commissioners the power to fix the salaries salares Among the bills introduced in tho legis lature today were two In the house designed de-signed to increase the state revenue by increasing the assessed valuation The state board of equalization Is permitted to Increase the total assessment of the state 13 per cent Instead of 2 as at resent res-ent and it Is made a crime for assessors to fail to assess at a fair asessor This Is an administration measure but It wit b put through under suspension with little opposition Another bill provides for a deputy state auditor to expert the books of county officers whoso duty It is to make reports or forward money to the state This is Intended to correct an ell that has lost the state hundreds of dollars A bill was also presented for the quarantining quar-antining of diseased sheep In the senate a bill was introduced providing pro-viding a bounty of a cent a pound on all sugar manufactured in the state It is understood these bills are on the list that it has been agreed to push through to the governor before the end of the session at any cost The appropriations committee reported tho general appropriation bill practically a agreed upon by the committee two weeks ago All efforts to secure caucus action failing the Issues will be fought on the hoer f items are considerably tl be low the demands made by state officers and institutions otcers LOCAL OPTION TEST The first test over local option was had opton in the house today at the opening of the session The measure had m sooner been reported printed than Johnesse moved its inueimue postponement alter a call oi tho house the motion was lost 2 to 21 and the bill was sent to the tnird reaaing The detailed vote was as follows Ajea Against local option Arbuckle Bates BlsDy Beauiiette agun ns worth Fisher Glahe Johnease Ljne Munson Aiuikey Miller Jlcilee Airs NOble Nlchalson Osborn Patterson Stephens Stalmon Stark 1r Wright a SFor local option Adams Mrs Campbell Daggett DHatuh ricson French Hal hyde Hess Hanlon Kones Klngsle Madden Murray Ioy eli son usmona Peterson iteynoic ICed i Smith Thatclier AVallentlne Slwalt er Evans 24 The house concurred in the senate amendments to the immigration bureau bill to the oleomargarine Dili und to the bi for road district elections to vote spec ial taxes The house made short work of the high I license gambling bill which was Intended to repeal the antlgambllris act After it had been read the first time the bill was Indefinitely postponed without debate by vote of 24 to 12 Senate measures were passed as follows Memorial asking for passage of the Wol cott bill for the creation of tenth United States judicial district For the appointment of a state reporter and for the publication of supreme court reports making it a misdemeanor to waste the water of any stream used for 1rrigaton TequrzJCtcacbln in the public pub-lic schools of klndnesl JI domestic animals House bills were passed as follows Amending the charter of Lewlston by giving authority to pave the streets providing pro-viding for the Investment of excess of then the-n state wagonroad sinking fund in state warrants providing a free and uniform system of text books regulating the building and maintenance of bridges across canals and ditches crossing highways high-ways requiring the county auditor to make annual financial statements to be filed with commissioners and the state auditor and published providing for the appointment of a state horticultural inspector In-spector providing for the holding of county teachers Institutes and joint institutes In-stitutes of adjoining counties requiring that affidavits of assessment work on mines contain a statement that the stakes or monuments marking the boundaries are In place and extending from three to ten days the time for staking off a claim after locating providing rights of way for mining tunnels declaring that all lands acquired by the state by forfeiture fore clousure or escheat are school lands cousure made to kill off Another futile effort was ki of the bill requiring railroad companies to pay for stock killed regardless of the carelessness care-lessness of the owner but the bil was filed for third reading fed attempt was also made to kill tho KetchumChallis toll road bill when i was reported engrossed but it failed and the bill was fed for third reading EIGHTHOUR BILL KILLED The senate yesterday killed the eight hour bill for the third time Only five votes out of the twentvone could be mustered mus-tered In Us defense The discussion lead Is animated at Ing to Its slaughter was times and especially so when iocs I warned his fusion conferees silver Republicans I Repub-licans of the pledges made In the cam Icans paign by their party Much discussion occurred over bills to establish a state reform school at Albion establsh remove the normal school from I that place to Pocatello Without taking tht the matter both bills were made action on bis mae mater a special order for tomorrow when 3 lively I live-ly I time Is expected Senator Eastons bills amending the en bis election law so as to discourage fusion by prohibiting the a appearance of n name in prohibitng one place on the ballot went more the committee of the whole and through committe rocommended for passage The was passagE Wright banking bill was also reported on banltin bi building favorably as also Senator Hays bulr favorbh Inc loan association bill and Foggs lon Mil providing for the serving of notice endorsed en-dorsed upon complaint In lieu of summons In civil actions today signed two bis The governor toa slned One ih the act regulating surety com and the other authorizing such c panics onVnanles to become sureties on official bonds |