Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-05-02
our CAPITAL LETTER.
Doings OF the Eighth legislature.
: IFrom our Special Correspondent.l 3
yIRGIxIA GITY. M. III.
April 22 I, 1873.

the IN. u s. Il. IT,, the workers Tor WAien
have been steadily Increasing. / have been
informed that the intcntionct the. Company
Is not to ask tor q subsidy nj all. but 70 ask
that the several Counties subscribe to the
placed ON par with other owners Of the
stock. The county subscription not to be
due or payable until the road is completed
through the county so subscribing. The
proposition is certainly tile fairest one that
has yet been talked Of and IL the bill passes,
itisto be voted on BY the people, to see it il
meets their appreciation. It'll
Yesterday. III the House. Sanders, 0f Lewis
& Clarke. introduced !. General Railroad
incorporation Act some OF the provisions
of which are very gootl, and Others objec-l
tionable; tho latter will in al probability BIZ
amendMl, aud pass, as some general law
is needed on the subject. s N. q
Up to this lnorping there has been intro.
.duced in the House forty-nine and in the.
Council forty -one bills, and il all Of them are
acted upon and given the care and considera-
tien which they should receive, this session
will Of necessity be oi longer duration than
the fifteen days specified in the Governors
Proclamation. The general opinion here is
that the session will last three weeks at least,
If not longer, though most Of the members
express themselves as desirons of makingas
short a session as possible, as in almost every
instance, business at home iinperitiyely de-
mands the presence Of the members. .,
In the Council yesterday a bill introduced
BY Garrigan was passed. Il provides that
cattle, sheep and horses shall be taxed In any
county where the same may be lound On the
LIST day Of January. regardless Of where they
may be owned, except in cases where they,
may be in transit, and no certificate of ASSESS,
ment Of taxes paid. IN any other county:
shall be valid as against the county whore
such stock shall have wintered. There is
every indication that the bill will pass the
Honse, and receive the signature of she Gey-.
ernor, as all speak fayorabiy OF the bill. b
Quite scene occurred in the Council to-
day, when the report Of the Committee on
Ways and Means came up for adoption. The
report was principally devoted to 9 review Of
the acts OF the Code Commissioners, and in
the report the Commission was termed an
"abortion - to this term Fisher, ,Iof Jefferson
objected, and wished to strike it out, which
occasioned a lively debate in the course Of
which every member Of the Council took
sides, although all condemned the course Of
the commission. Some were in favor. Of eall-
ing the Commissioners e Abortionists, 2 and
others of letting them down lightly with.
{. (. legal contradictions. In the end the orig
inal term went on the journal, and is now 2
matter of record. sss sts} ID 98Eslss a4sl fff
The Joint Select Committee on Fees, tor
day made their final report, but the only bill
that know has passed is the one prohibiting
County Treasurers from receiving more than
$4,000 per year. The fees remain as hereto
fore. but after he receives that amount, the
rest of his fees goes to the Contingent Fund.
The act goes into effect on and after the lst
of june, 1873. ss MI 4z stIl s ss3 y4sffssa ai
!. Now the 4 hf hoys that run with the ma
chine rare to be exempted from the pay
mellt OF Poor and Poll Taxes and from
service on jury, if the bill introduced by Bal-
lock, of Lewis and Clark, become = law. But
unfortunately for those who .fwerk On the
outside it provides that only seyenty -five
certificates of membership shall be issued by
any one company, and without such certlH- 4
cate no one can escape such pa. ment iaals and
service. is s,tf 81. q 8s.ii 4ssss q 3, IS; d
The bill known as & Coleman's Vagradnat
ACT, passed tho House to-day; 4 provides
for the arrest OF yagraAts aud their comlnittai
TO prison, there 70 be kept on bread and
water. All persons without ostensible nleans
Of support found loafing around the towns
are liable to arrest as yagran;s. The vote stood
10 nays, to ii ayes. Iss passoage has created
quite d breeze arpand town, many persons
expressing tbeif disapproya very strongly.
and as many Others supporting i just as 'l en-
phaticaNsy. ss ss3s4 s.t
Nothipx elseswill DO tile Delegation from
Lewis aud Clark County, but they must
ehauge the name of that Count Members
Of the House want Il called Edgcrlon. and the
Coancil-men want. it known as Clark County.
The name OF Dawson ls 70 be changed 70
Stevens, and Big Horn TO Lewis County.
So We aae to. have plenty Of change. III !,
Kerley. OF Deer Lodge is about the hardest
worker in the House, having introduced mere /
bills thanlany other member Of that body
Next to him comes Coleman, Of Gallatin, and
then Sanders, Of Helena. These thl lee have |
introduced more bills than almost all thu rest /
OF the members put together ss
] MIR. Harrington,of Meagter county, intro
duced d resolutions Iii the House, which was |
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