Objection on the part of many members of the wording of the suffrage memorial presented to houses during the week brought forth another joint memorial by Senator Whitcomb in which the direct references to senators who were against suffrage were strickened out and this has been passed by the senate.
Senate bills of importance which have been started during the week are as follows, a bill by Porter providing that the compensation act shall not apply to teachers or to office workers unless express contracts are made to have the law active in individual cases; Senate bill No. 40 for the creation of a state constabularry. Senate bill No. 41 abolishing the state prison board and placing their duties in the hands of the pardon board.
Two measures by Senator Nelson of Kootenai made their appearance on the same day. One would give county commissioners a right to repair trunk roads and charge the cost to highway districts, providing the commissions the joint had notified the highway commissioners in writing 10 days previously of the needs of repairs and the other prescribes for the increasing of road levies from 26 cents per $100 to 60 cents per $100 assessed valuation.
A non-partisan measure by Booth making county tickets non-partisan such at the judiciary also came forth in the upper body. Senator Booth introduced a bill making it the duty of the state board of equalization to tax unused electric power up to the amount that a plant is capable of generating.
The following bills of importance were introduced in the house:
H.B. 37 by Neilsen, to make it a misdemeanor to draw a check or draft on individual account when sufficient funds are not there for.  The payment. 