The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-01-18
Especial to the MINER.l
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
Twelfth Regular Session.
COUNCIL-Foarth Day.
SESSION,

A communication was read from the terri
torisl secretary in srning the members of
the counciI.that instructions from the treasury
department were to the effec that the mem
bers would not be supplied with postage
stamps and wrappers by the government.
A communication was received from the
hous informing the council that c. B. No. l
had been put to a vote and lost.
A commune ton received by the governor
conce & Ing the W shington monument hav-
ing been sent to the council, was read. 1t
requests the territory to aid in the erection of
the by appropriation; also asks
that a memorial table to be placed in the
monument be forwarded to Washington.
Mitchell moved that the communication be
referred to the committee On federal rela-
tons.
Ford.spoke at some length opposing any
measure which appropriated public money
to aid in the erection of monuments. He be-
lieved that it could be better employed in
charity bestswe upon the poor of the terri
tory. He offered an amendment to the mo-
ton Of Mitchell that the communication be
referred to the committee on ways and means;
carried.
The report Of the Historical Society was
and labor.
The account of D. S. Wade with the terri
torial law library was read by the chief clerk
and referred to the Judiciary committee.
Hundley, from a select committee reported
the reference of the governor, message to the
following standing committees: Territorial
and county finances aud fees and salaries to
ways and means committee protection of
game to federal relations committee; prairie
fires to grazing and stock growing committee;
sale of Intoxicating liquor to Indians to csm-
mittee on Indian affairs juries and Jurors to
Judiciary committee; convicts aid insane
persons to committee on internal improve
ments evils arising from the use ofopium to
committee on towns and counties territorial
auditors and treasurer's reports to the COM
mittee on ways and means; election to COM
mittee on elections enforcement of Sunday
law to committee on towns and counties /;
towns and counties to committee Oh towns
and counties.
Report received and adopted.
Ford, from the select committee on jeint
rule, recommended chat the joint rules Of
the last session be adopted with the following
amendment: In rule seven strike out in line
two the words chief or assistant substitute
For rule ten, substitute the following: THE
journal Of each house shall give the title and
number of each bill, joint resolution and me.
mortal, but the second and all subsequent ref.
ercnces shall be complete when referred to BY
its NUMBER Adopted.
House joint rule No. l, authorizing certain
committees to employ clerks not exceeding
two in number at a salary of Sd per day, was
received from the house. Referred to the ,iu.
dietary committee.
Notice of bills:
BY Browne: to repeal an act entitled CAR
act to consolidate the county officers of Beav'
erhead and Custer counties.
By Morris to authorize the refunding q
the outstanding bonded debt of Madison
county.
By Hundley: an act to prescribe fees O
Jurors III pToDate dlu JuSllCcS COuTLS.
The council went into executive session
after which a recess was taken till 2 p. M.
The following are The standing committees
COUNCIL STANDING COMMITTEES.
Ways and Aeans-Hundley, Brown ant
Morris.
Judiciary-Brown, Hays and Hundley.
Internal Improvement-Hubsell, Ford ant
Aiken.
Federal Relations-Morris, Mitchell ant
Hundley.
Education and ~Labor-Kerley, Aiken ant
Morris.
Towns and Counties Mitchell, Kerley ant
Cardwell.
Public Lands-Ford, Mitchell and Hub
bell.
Military Affairs-Aiken, Hays and Wor
den.
interpretations - Browne, Cardwell an
Kerley.
Agriculture and MISUNDERSTANDING
Cardwell and Hays.
Elections-Cardwell, Ford and Aiken.
Immigration - Mitchell, Hubbell an
Ford.
Roads aud Highways-Mitchell, Hubble
and Ford.
Engrossment - Morris, Hundley an
Aiken.
Enrollment-Kerley and Worden.
Printing-Kerley; Aiken and Browne.
Grazing and Stock Raising-Ford, Carr
well and Browne.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Council called to order at 2 p. m. by IL
president. Communication received frol
the house informing the council that Fl G
No. 3, relating to printing had passed IL
house; also that ii G No. 4, with referenc