Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-01-14 | Page 4 | Would Bar Aliens from Holding Land

WOULD BAR ALIENS FROM KMC LAND Idaho Legislators Plan I Many Changes in Laws of State ' Spec a to The T bune BOISE Idaho Jan 13 Tl e outlining of a new and po cy by 1 ft ng the con etitutional restrict ons for the sa e of pub a sc ool ands in the senate and t e ntroduct on of an ant a e law in the 1 ouse of representat ves were t e , two featu es of today s sess on of t e Idaho eg s atu e The po cy of the edu ca ona coram ttees of the two houses was anno need t trough the ntroduc on In the senate of a proposed constitu t onal amendment to abo s the off ce of state supe ntendent of pub ic nstruc tlon and confer the duties of the depart ! ment on the commiss oner o- education The antialien land law was Intro duced by Represen atlve Aofle son of Bonnevi e county By Its terms al en persons corpo ations and assoc at 6ns are prohib ted from acqu ng tit e to real estate in Idaho The measure may ra se the same a en question that confronts Ca forn a In case ah a en inher ts rea estate in Ida o he must either be come a cit zen or se I the proper y with in five years according to the Anderson bl The state affairs committee of the sen a e out ned the Republican adm stra t on pol cy with refe ence to pub c anda t ough the Int oduct on of three o nt reso u ons to amend the const tut o Under the const t t on the sa e of school and ia 1 m ted to 16 000 acres per an nun The fi st reso ution removes t s restr ct on Amending section 8 article IX it also increases he sale of dry farm and to any one person fron 160 acres to 320 ac es S J R. No 3 amends sec t on 4 art c e IX p ov d ng that af er the fi st day of January 1917 p oceeds i of a g hool lands so d in ex ess of i twenty five sec ons sha const tute part of the school fund and the interest f om the money sha be compounded S J R No 4 amends sect on 3 article IX. 1 m t ng the expend ture of pub ic school funds for schoo ma ntenance The state h gl -way comm ss on law is at ac ed in senate b No 6 introduced today It came fro n the state affa s comm ttee and seeks to take f om the g waj- com n ss on apportionment and d st but o among ount es 6 per cent of motor eh c e ce se pa d by au omobile owners in the count es Under sUspens on of the ru es the sen ate passed tl e $ 500 app opr at on b 1 recommended by the governor for the use of Expert G eason to on p ete 1 Is in vest gat o nto t e easury s or age The house he d a s ort sess on An Iowa abatement aw was Introduced by John ston of B ngham and Shattuck of Bonne vi e Ande son of Bonnev e introduced a b 11 making it a m sdemeanor to fai to label explosives and e end ng terms of county commiss one s f on two to six years Shattuck of Bonne e fathered a cons Jtut onal amendmen permltt ng the sa e of 100 sect ons of s hoo land a year McMurray of Cass a introduced a amendment to make assessors e of f cio tax collector