Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-01-25
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HELENA, january %, 1876.

Since my last there has been q lall IN an"
about the Capital, which may be at'iinota-
BILE to the absence OF. of1ice-seekers, and me
Legislature has turned into line, ana llls'eat
of adjourning as was proposed ny some
prominent members last week, have assl'll-
ed a business-like appearance. Instead OF
lounging around the bars, most OF ttleh'
have apparently decided upon a more eco
nomical plan by giving their elbows a rest
and taking their home-like, soothing COM
fort from their ~favorite companion ana sol
acer-the pipe.
Their deliberation i'll organizing may be
taken as a criterion for their future work,
which, if continued throughout the term.
will be careful and characterized by pru-
dence and economy.
Taking a glance at them while seated at
their desks, one must admit that they pos
SEES an average of the intelligence of the
country, and if guided in the future by the
same GOODNESS and caution which has been
exhibited by their past actions, we may YET
expect some good to come Of their uellDera-
tons.
In the House the progress has been slow.
save in the work Of Introducing bills. 1t
would he useless TO undertake to furnish 4
description Of the bills, as they will doubt
less be materially changed before they reach
the Council. Up to this date none OF the
House bills have reached the Council.
In The Counsel, the progress has been bet
ter, eight or nine b ills having been passed
by that body and gone to the House for APP
prevail. Among these bills is one giving
the Governor power to appoint a "Dmmis-
sioner of Deeds ; also, II bill giving the
County. Commissioners the power to reject
any or all bids for the care and maintenance
Of county sick and also, Il bill allowing in
terest on county warrants. A bill allowing
swine to ran at large during the winter sea-
son, has also passed the Council. An act
compelling owners of water bitches and
tiooms to keep them in repair, and prevent
the waste of water Which often damages
roads. etc. was passed. A bill in regard to
the election Of county Assessors, making an
Assessor Ineligible tor i second term, was
also passed by this body. but will probably
be, killed in the House. Among the bills
introduced. is a school law which is SO yolu-
minous that | cannot give even asynopsis.
No railroad bills have yet made their appear
allce. except the bill giving counties atjoiil-
ing Lewis and Clarke the right to vote
whether or not they will aid in the construc-
tiOn of the Benton road. | learn that OH
Monday Mitchell Will Introduce a bill ask
ing a subsidy for the building of a north
and south narrow guage railroad. The pro-
visions Of the bill require that the road Shall
be completed within three years, to the BIG
Hole river, the payments to be in seven pei
cent. bonds upon the completion of and sup.
plying each twenty miles of the road Will
rolling stock, at $500 per mile. The bill
asking Il subsidy to construct a wide guage
road from the head of navigation OH The
Yellowstone to the eastern boundary OF
Deer Lodge county, has not yet been drawn
up, but will be out very soon. A bill con
soliciting the offices OF Meaghcr county il
favorably spoken of, and MIR. Brainard will
doubtless get it through. A bill will be ii
troduced next week to allow G;lllatin coun
ty TO vote $4,000 for the building of
school-house in Bozeman. Tie bill TO All
tliorize the construction of a Territorial In
sane asylum will doubtless pass, but will b
improved very materially before it become
a law. Another one OF the important bill
to be introduced is one granting an eXemp
lion from tax for ten years to the first wool
I en- mill Which may he built in the Tarritoru