The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-07-15
FROM TIE CAPITAL.


= 0AesS y &=A.HNTT&EN NEAWAA I
The Legislators contintes Is hold tecether
Notwithstanding the resolution adjourning
the same on tie 10th. This resolution was
reconsidered on Monday, the 5th, BY both
houses snd The Legislature Is now aloat
with strong probabilities or 4 full session Or
forty days. Twenty-two bills have been
introduced In the House and nine ii, the
Council and should there be none others
introduced there certainly Il sufficient nm
finished work before the session 70 prolonc
It at least two weeks. H. b. No. 8, an Act
declaring the intention Of the last Legisla-
ture concerning the Act passed at that session
in relation to compensation Of Clerks Of Dis
trict Courts has passed both houses. The
intention Of this Act Is to prevent the clerks
from enforcing q claim for something over
six thousand dollars salary per annum
against the several counties under the Act
passed at the 11th session. The efficacy Of
the bill is doubted among the legal profess
sion, and certainly there is q question as to
whether q Legislature can usurp the powers
Of a court and construe its own laws, con-
struction of laws being strictly within the
province of the courts.
H. B. No. 8, an Act to enable the people Of
Butte to erect q school house, has also passed
both houses. This Act provides That the
trustees of school district No. 3, Deer Lodge
county, may issue coupon bonds not exceed
ing $1,000 with interest at ten per cent. pay
able in six years; the Act to be submitted to
I <I,o ~ocx1n ~ xHo E-ct HS~nl~- a. Ar~,A
1873.
81. B. No. 2, an Act to amend the Butte
Incorporation Act, was introduced on the Sd
day of July and provided the qualifications
of electors under the charter, making all per-
sons electors who pay a property tax, and
also another amendment giving the city
council power to impose a license tax on all
business in the city. This last amendment
was rejected by the House and the bill passed
the House in this shape and is now before
the Council. 1 am informed an amendment
will be offered in the Council authori zing
the city council to regulate and license
business in the city to a limited extent.
A bill has passed both houses amending
the Helena Incorporation Act and putting it
within the power of the people of this place
to submit the charter to a vote.
A bill for an Act to repeal the Butte char
ter was introduced in the House by Board
man on the It'll and placed upon its final
passage the same day and lost. Petitions for
the repeal Of the charter arriving on the
evening of the It'll, Mr.. Brooke, who voted
| onosnot fIn ropoal IN tJ,o OH r,0uoI a roonn-
sheraton of the vote, which motion was laid
on the table by a vote of 10 to II, and thus
the Butte charter was saved.
A bill for the relief of Missoula county,
(this is not The title but the true meaning of
the bill) passed the Council on the 9th and
is now before the House. Appearances indi-
cate but little hope of its passage, in its pres
ent form, at least. ~
The Council met this morning as usual,
but upon call it was ascertained that a
quorum was not present. Nessrs. Hickman,
Ives, Barrett, Sedman and Hays, anti-exemp-
~tionists, being absent. The Sergeant-at-
Arms was ordered to bring in the absentees,
but no trace of them up to this hour can be
found. This is a piece OF sharp Practice to
prevent the passage Of the railroad bill which
was yesterday introduced in the council by
Hotter, q full text of which you have seen.
The anti-exemptionists are attempting to
hold out until Conrad, from Choteau, can
arrive, or R. T. Kennon will be able 10
attend the meetings Of the Council. How
well they will succeed time will show. NJ.
Ives certainly has done much injury to his
county by his action in this matter. The
bill tor Missoula county relief will certainly
meet with more opposition on account Of his
action than r. wouid otherwise haye had,
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