The Benton weekly record., 1881-02-18

Ford, Hayes and Morris. Total, 3.
Recess until 2 p. ~.
EEause.
32l DAy.-aoRNING SESSION.
The Judiciary Committee reported House
Bill No. Il, to provide for municipal cor
porations.
Amended notices Of bills were given as
follows: ""5
Glenn to amend the law for the licensing
Of commercial travellers; DC Wolfe, for
the election oi public administrators.
Council Bill %, concerning instructions
TO jurors, was read. 1t provides that .juries
may take the instructions into~thciI' COM
. mittce.
Blake moved to insert after the word
,.gaAy Tic words t.in the discretion of eIle
#,st,tfrt t.4.3s# sla1attzt1 -.s--sJg
!, sss1TI5,, I. * amended, wa= aI01laI.
Blake ,,neresl 10 ai1,es.2seetion Il al,,Ss'
,l#ss1Bssetss
asffnted was adopted and
V f1te pa&$age If tlte bill as=anlrn;lcd was rec
omucndetI.
House Bill No. As, concerning roads and
highway, was taken up. Section which
provides for doing work by contract, was
amended OH motion Of Setman l'y striking
''mHy."
Doniolly moved to amend by striking
ont the provision that the amount Of work
shall not exceed the balance on hand from
the previous session. and two thirds of the
sum levied for the current year, adopted
Donnelly moved the reconsideration Of ths
vote by which Scdmans amendment wa:
adopted. Carried. The amendment wa:
laid on the table. In the course of the de-
bate on the bill, Sedman who introduced
it, explained that its main purpose is Il
take the expenditure of the general roat
fund ont of the hands ofthc road Super
visors and put it into the hands of TIN
County Commissioners.
Beach objected to the provision that re
qllircs that all works costing 500 or over
shall hG Let by contract urging that i
would s'e impructicable in ease Of slides 0
other emergencies. Sections | aud were
seyeraiIy adopted.
Donncly moved to add a section, pro
yiding that the IaW shall not apply +
temporary distinctions to roads alread
laid ont and open.
The committee voted to report the bill
back, with Il recommendation that the hi
do pass rs amended. The committee aros
and the House took recess till 2 p. m.
Council.
32d DAY-AFTEENooN SESSION.
A communication from the Helen
Board Of Trade was received and on til
motion Of Hayes was referred to the jolt
committee having the proposition Of I.
Power under consideration.
On motion of Ford the rules were su
pended and the order engrosscd
House Bill No. 6, to create the county {
Silver Bow, was rcconsidercd.
Aiken offered an amendment to Hou
Bill No. & which ON the motion Of Hay'
was made the special order for 80 t
morrow.
Ford moved to make House Bill No. &
-- special orIer~.fo7 7 O'clock this cyenin
Adopted.
On motion of Ford the Council took
recess until O'Clock p. III.
32d DAY-EFENISG SESSION.
House Bill No G. to establish the coun
of Silver Bow and for the election Of OF
GERS therein being the special order, W
taken up.
Aikens amendment, defining the nor
line IF the county, was read
Aiken moved for its adoption.
Mitchell hoped that the, line as recol
mended by the amendment would not
adopted He stated that that there we
SO voters III the township proposed to
put in the new county 81 Of whom Wou
rather stay in Deer Logsle county.
The amendment was lost.
House.
32d pAY-MoRNISG- SESSION.
Blake, from the Committee Oh Engro
snent, reported House Bill No. ID, To p>
vide for Sunday as Il day Of rest, correr
engrosseti. .s..-~-~=
The House went into Committee
the Whole with De Wolfe in The chair.
Harrington, moved TO refer Council 10
Resolution for the relief OF Woolfo