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Show 1DAH0DEMCC3AT I BREAKS RECORDS I tends Republicas I Governor. I Bill Introduced to Punish Unlawful Cohabitation as Felony. Fine of $500 and From One to Five 1 Years in Penitentiary on Conviction Con-viction of Crime. Sreclal to The Tribune. BOISE, Ida. Jan. 9 The session of ths Senate was made somewhat memorable B because of the unprecedented action of Senator MacBeth of Custer county. The body had under consideration ths o,ues-tlon o,ues-tlon of printing a large number of copies of the Governor's message. Much to th surprise of every one. MacBeth. who la one of the two Democrats In the body, on led the motion to print and. in doing so, said he regarded Gov. Gooding's mes sage as among the leat ever penned by an Idaho executive. "It Is an able, clean-cut clean-cut document," he said, "and I do not propose to permit politics to interfere with the expression of mv candid Judgment, and of my approval of the recommends tlons the Governor has made " Applause greeted the announcement Several Bills of Importance. Among Lne bins presented in me senate sen-ate wus one appropriating 111,000 for h construction of a wagon road from the terminus of the pre-nt Ion CrSSh road in Custsr county to a connection with the Thunder Mountain road six miles from bb Roosevelt. In the House today Richards of Ada Introduced a MM providing punish-merit punish-merit for unlawful ..habitation 1'nder the terms ,,f this measure, the ,-rlme is declared a felony, and Is punishable bv r fine not exceeding .-o. and b Imprison-ment Imprison-ment from one to lli years In the pent tentlary The present statute makes th crime a misdemeanor Two bills presented make eight hours a day's work In underground mines. A proposed Constitutor Al Amendment pro- H vidlng for the referendum was also pre. seated. Banking State Funds. Another lmirtant measure authorize. I the deposit by th" State Treaaurer f public funds In banks offering the tjulrod security, and Agreeing to pay i M pel nt Interest on dally laJances, the funds So deposited to le subject to the Treasurer's check This bill does not fully meet the Idea of the Administration. giving the Treasurer too much authority In the premises, and It Is llkeh it will b- combattsd by a distinctively Admlnls-tratlon Admlnls-tratlon measure. Among other tdlls presented were the foil ,wli pproprlatlng $!n.. f.,r , pa. k trail along UN i-rth f.-rk Df tht H mon from GofT to Thunder Mountain, via Krox; establishing an Insane asylum at GrengOVllle an I providing for a bond Is-sue Is-sue of S5O.0OO for buildings and equipment, nnd appropriating tl".C" for . hrldg across the Payette river at Smith's Ferry. |